IPL 2023 Auction LIVE – IPL Auction LIVE Streaming: It was always on the cards, and as expected England all-rounder Sam Curran broke all records at the IPL 2023 auction. Sam Curran attracted a bidding war between three teams but in the end it was Punjab Kings who bagged the England all-rounder for a record breaking sum of Rs 18.50 Crore, the highest in IPL auction history. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Auction LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
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For the record, the highest IPL auction bid is with former South African all-rounder Chris Morris who was bagged by Rajasthan Royals for whopping Rs 16.25 Crore during the 2021 season. The record looks under threat, especially from the all-rounders category.
England all-rounder Sam Curran whose base price is Rs 2 Crore is expected to fetch a huge amount at the IPL 2023 Auction. Something similar is the situation with Australian Cameroon Green and England Test skipper Ben Stokes.
If one talks strictly about Indian players, then Mayank Agarwal at a base price of Rs 1 Crore is expected to trigger a bidding war amongst franchises. The reason being he is a solid opener and also provides captaincy options. A few other options include West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran and Chennai batter N Jagadeesan.
Previous IPL Highest Paid Players LIST – Highest-paid player in IPL history: All-Time top 10 list
| S.NO | PLAYER | TEAM | PRICE (in INR) | YEAR |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 17 crore | 2018-2021 |
| 2 | KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants | 17 crore | 2022 |
| 3 | Chris Morris | Rajasthan Royals | 16.25 crore | 2021 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | Delhi Daredevils | 16 crore | 2015 |
| 5 | Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 16 crore | 2022 |
| 6 | Rishabh Pant | Delhi Capitals | 16 crore | 2022 |
| 7 | Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings | 16 crore | 2022 |
| 8 | Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | 15.5 crore | 2020 |
| 9 | Ishan Kishan | Mumbai Indians | 15.25 crore | 2022 |
| 10 | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 15 crore | 2022 |
InsideSport reached out to multiple franchises in the past two days and they revealed that though they want star players to be in their camp, but they won’t go overboard for any one of them. With SRH and PBKS left with a heavy purse going into the Auction, the likes of Stokes, Curran and Green would be on their radar.
Ben Stokes, Sam Curran on ‘MOST WANTED LIST’ of IPL TEAMS
- SRH, PBKS, LSG, MI, CSK have either of these two players on their SHOPPING LIST
- RR, KKR, GT also want to buy them but doesn’t have monies in bank to go for them
- RCB, DC representatives did not respond to InsideSport messages.
“Few teams will surely break bank for Curran & Stokes but not many can afford to do that. You want them – but you don’t have resources to do that will be the issue with most of the teams. SRH & PBKS will have advantage over others when buying for these two”, said one of the franchise representative heading for Kochi.
With so much of interest in Stokes & Curran, the big question InsideSport asked some of the franchises was whether $2MN salary mark can be breached?
The answer was ‘NO’ by each and every franchise.
“No chance that anyone would shell out $2MN for any player. No Mathematics would work. SRH & PBKS have purse to do that but why would they fight with each other. They can settle with 1 player each. Unlikely that bids would reach anywhere near 2MN dollars”, said one of the franchise official who doesn’t have big money in the purse.
They say records are meant to be broken. In case, if the franchises go all out for one of the top players in the IPL auction later in the day, one can’t totally blame them. It is all about getting the best players to play for them at the best cost.
IPL Teams Player Purse: Sunrisers had the largest purse (INR 42.25 crore) for the auction, followed by Kings (INR 32.20 crore), Lucknow Super Giant (INR 23.35 crore), Mumbai Indians (INR 20.55 crore), Chennai Super Kings (INR 20.45 crore), Delhi Capitals (INR 19.45 crore), Gujarat Titans (INR 19.25 crore), Royals (INR 13.2 crore), Royal Challengers Bangalore (INR 8.75 crore) and Kolkata Knight Riders (INR 7.05 crore).
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- As per the norm, the auction will begin with capped players.
- The IPL Authorities will break them up into different sets based on the specialisation.
- Few franchises have confirmed to InsideSport, the IPL listed the order as – batters, allrounders, wicketkeeper-batters, fast bowlers and spinners.
- The first set comprising batters will feature the likes of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, Mayank Agarwal and Harry Brook.
- IPL Teams have already pledged SALARIES in total of 743.5 CR to the players.
- On Dec 23rd another 206.5CR will be showered on players
- This will take IPL SALARY total figure to 950 CRORE – Just 50 cr shot of magical 1,000 CRORE salary mark.
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