IPL 2023 Auction LIVE: IPL Auction LIVE: The retentions are over. Now, it’s time for rebuilding. With Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, and Cameron Green available in the auction, they are now hot commodities in IPL. The three seam-bowling all-rounders have been in tremendous forms for England and Australia. As all-rounders are hotcakes in IPL auctions, they are set to fetch big money. But only 7 franchises can afford at least one of them. SRH and PBKS have the biggest purse while LSG, DC, CSK & GT can also jump in the auction pool at least one of the stars. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Sunrisers Hyderabad with Rs 42.25 Cr and Punjab Kings with Rs 32.20 Crore in purse will be the biggest contenders. As all three stars set to break 10 Cr barrier, RCB and KKR are already out of the action in auction.
IPL 2023 Auction: 7 Franchises ready to BREAK the BANKS for Ben Stokes, Sam Curran & Cameron Green in AUCTION, CHECK OUT
IPL 2023 Auction: 7 Franchises ready to BREAK the BANKS for Ben Stokes, Sam Curran & Cameron Green in AUCTION, CHECK OUT
However, before we go ahead, let’s have a look at who have how many left in their purse.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad – 42.25 cr.
- Punjab Kings – 32.20cr.
- Lucknow Supergiants – 23.35cr.
- Mumbai Indians – 20.55cr.
- Chennai Super Kings – 20.45cr.
- Delhi Capitals- 19.45cr
- Gujarat Titans – 19.25cr.
- Rajasthan Royals – 13.20cr.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8.75cr.
- Kolkata Knight Riders – 7.05cr.
1. Ben Stokes
In IPL 2021, Rajasthan Royals were paying Stokes around INR 9 crore as his salary. However, the star all-rounder is expected to fetch more than that in the upcoming IPL mini-auction. Stokes had an excellent T20 World Cup as he played a match-winning knock for his country in the final match of the tournament. The word is that PBKS coach Trevor Bayliss wants Stokes in his camp. PBKS have a total purse of INR 32.20 so they can go all-out for the English star all-rounder.
IPL 2023 Auction: 7 Franchises ready to BREAK the BANKS for Ben Stokes, Sam Curran & Cameron Green in AUCTION, CHECK OUT
2. Sam Curran
Expect franchises to get involved in a fierce bidding war for Curran, who was the Man of the Tournament of the T20 World Cup 2022 for picking 13 wickets – 9 out of which came in the death overs – and was the Man of the Match in the final for picking 3/12 against Pakistan. Curran, a former CSK and PBKS player, has picked 32 wickets in 32 IPL matches including a hat-trick, He has also stroked 337 runs at an average of 22 and strike rate of 150. The likes of SRH, PBKS, and CSK might target Curran in the upcoming auction.
IPL 2023 Auction: 7 Franchises ready to BREAK the BANKS for Ben Stokes, Sam Curran & Cameron Green in AUCTION, CHECK OUT
3. Cameron Green
Several IPL franchises are going to go bonkers over Cameron Green, who is expected to enter his first IPL auction as one of the hottest commodities despite having played a handful of T20Is. He made a name for himself in the shortest format when he opened for Australia against India and smashed 61 off 30 balls in Mohali and 52 of 21 in Hyderabad to gain the eyeballs of fans and IPL franchises.
IPL 2023 Auction: 7 Franchises ready to BREAK the BANKS for Ben Stokes, Sam Curran & Cameron Green in AUCTION, CHECK OUT
Editors pick
