IPL 2023 is around the corner, and we are here to pin down every detail of the biggest premiere league. Indian Premiere League, i.e., IPL, is a men’s T20 franchise cricket league of India, annually contested in the country. To date, the sports event has witnessed 15 successful seasons, and now its 16th season, formally known as IPL 2023, has geared up to release on the horizon.
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To kick off the sports league, the IPL auction 2023 was held at Kochi so that the 10 franchises could finalize their respective squads. The IPL auction organized on 23rd December 2023 saw a total of 405 (273 Indian and 132 overseas players at hammer. While Punjab Kings took the highest buy on England’s Sam Curran at $2.23 million, India’s Swapnil Singh witnessed the lowest bidding at Kochi. Keep reading to get more details on the list of sold and unsold players of IPL 2023.
Who Is The Most Expensive Player on IPL 2023?
The IPL auction 2023 sees its history’s most expensive player in England’s Sam Curran. Punjab Kings broke the bank at $2.23 million for Sam Curran. With this hefty selling amount, Sam Curran becomes the most expensive player in IPL history to earn – 18.25 crore.
Reports of the IPL 2023 auction state there was intense bidding followed for the English cricketer. Teams who raised their paddles for Samuel Matthew Curran include Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, and Lucknow Super Giants. While the five franchises continuously raised their claims, Punjab Kings took the final call and secured the services of the star England all-rounder Sam Curran at the Indian Premier League.
Who Bought Ben Stokes in IPL 2023?
Ben Stokes, the second most hyped player in the IPL auction 2023, found interest from Lucknow Super Giants, SunRisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. Similar to Sam Curran, the English all-rounder Ben Stokes also saw aggressive bidding at the Indian Premiere League 2023 auction.
After a series of claims, Chennai Super Kings secured the services of the 31-year-old all rounder for – 16.25 crore. Questioning what has led the four franchises to bid for the player lies in his heroic playing style that has helped England win the 2019 ODI World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup, respectively.
Top 10 Players to Earn Mind-Boggling Prices in IPL 2023
The IPL auction 2023 held in Kochi saw the 10 franchises emphasizing the fast-bowling to add in their squads. After a multiple-sets-of-bidding, Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green turned the most expensive cricketers in the Indian Premier League. Here is a complete list of the most expensive players of the IPL Auction 2023.
Complete List of Sold Players of IPL Auction 2023
| Player Names | Bidding Price INR |
| Sam Curran | 18.25 crore |
| 18.25 crore | 17.5 crore |
| Ben Stokes | 16.25 crore |
| Nicholas Pooran | 16 crore |
| Harry Brook | 13.25 crore |
| Mayank Agarwal | 8.25 crore |
| Jason Holder | 5.75 crore |
| Rilee Rossouw | 4.6 crore |
| Will Jacks | 3.2 crore |
Here is a complete list of sold players of IPL Auction 2023 held on Friday. The bidding price for the cricketers are displayed in Indian currency.
Punjab Kings
- Shivam Singh – 20 lakh
- Mohit Rathee – 20 lakh
- Vidwath Kaverappa – 20 lakh
- Harpreet Bhatia – 40 lakh
- Sikandar Raza – 50 lakh
- Sam Curran 18.5 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Sonu Yadav – 20 lakh
- Avinash Singh – 60 lakh
- Rajan Kumar – 70 lakh
- Manoj Bhandage – 20 lakh
- Will Jacks – 3.2 crore
- Himanshu Sharma – 20 lakh
- Reece Topley – 1.9 crore
Chennai Super Kings
- Bhagath Varma – 20 lakh
- Ajay Mandal – 20 lakh
- Kyle Jamieson – 1 crore
- Nishant Sindhu – 60 lakh
- Shaik Rasheed – 20 lakh
- Ben Stokes – 16.25 crore
- Ajinkya Rahane – 50 lakh
Gujarat Titans
- Mohit Sharma – 50 lakh
- Joshua Little – 4.4 crore
- Urvil Patel – 20 lakh
- Shivam Mavi – 6 crore
- KS Bharat – 1.2 crore
- Odean Smith – 50 lakh
- Kane Williamson – 2 crore
Lucknow Super Giants
- Naveen Ul Haq – 50 lakh
- Swapnil Singh – 20 lakh
- Prerak Mankad – 20 lakh
- Amit Mishra – 50 lakh
- Daniel Sams – 75 lakh
- Romario Shepherd – 50 lakh
- Yash Thakur – 45 lakh
- Jaydev Unadkat – 50 lakh
- Nicholas Pooran – 16 crore
Mumbai Indians
- Nehal Wadhera – 20 lakh
- Shams Mulani – 20 lakh
- Vishnu Vinod – 20 lakh
- Duan Jansen – 20 lakh
- Piyush Chawla – 50 lakh
- Jhye Richardson – 1.5 crore
- Cameron Green – 17.5 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Anmolpreet Singh – 20 lakh
- Akeal Hosein – 1 crore
- Nitish Kumar Reddy – 20 lakh
- Mayank Dagar – 1.8 crore
- Upendra Yadav – 25 lakh
- Sanvir Singh – 20 lakh
- Samarth Vyas – 20 lakh
- Vivrant Sharma – 2.6 crore
- Mayank Markande – 50 lakh
- Adil Rashid – 2 crore
- He-ich Klaasen – 5.25 crore
- Mayank Agarwal – 8.25 crore
- Harry Brook – 13.25 crore
Rajasthan Royals
- Akash Vashisht – 20 lakh
- Murugan Ashwin – 20 lakh
- KM Asif – 30 lakh
- Adam Zampa – 1.5 crore
- Kunal Rathore – 20 lakh
- Donovan Ferreira – 50 lakh
- Jason Holder – 5.75 crore
- Joe Root – 1 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Mandeep Singh – 50 lakh
- Litton Das – 50 lakh
- Kulwant Khejroliya – 20 lakh
- David Wiese – 1 crore
- Suyash Sharma – 20 lakh
- Vaibhav Arora – 60 lakh
- N. Jagadeesan – 90 lakh
- Shakib Al Hasan – 1.5 crore
- Rilee Rossouw – 4.6 crore
- Manish Pandey – 2.4 crore
- Mukesh Kumar – 5.5 crore
- Ishant Sharma – 50 lakh
- Phil Salt – 2 crore
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