It turned out to be a record-breaking day at the IPL auction on Tuesday.
Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in IPL history after attracting an eye-watering Rs 24.75 crore (Rs 247.5 million/$2.98 million) bid from the Kolkata Knight Riders with compatriot Pat Cummins bagging a massive Rs 20.5 crore (Rs 205 million) deal from the Sunrisers Hyderabad as the elusive Rs 20 crore mark ($2.46 million) was breached for the first time in the history of the T20 league.
Overall, 72 players were sold at the IPL 2024 auction including 30 overseas players with the 10 franchises spending a whopping Rs 230.45 crore (Rs 2.3045 billion) in total.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction:
Chennai Super Kings
Players bought at the auction: Daryl Mitchell (Rs 14 crore/Rs 140 million), Sameer Rizvi (Rs 8.4 crore/Rs 84 million), Shardul Thakur (Rs 4 crore/Rs 30 million), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 2 crore/Rs 20 million), Rachin Ravindra (Rs 1.8 crore/Rs 18 million), Avanish Rao Aravelly (Rs 20 lakh/Rs 2 million).
Batters: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain, wicket-keeper), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Sameer Rizvi, Avanish Rao Aravelly (wicket-keeper),
All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal.
Bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Mahesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh.
Delhi Capitals
Players bought at the auction: Kumar Kushagra (Rs 7.2 crore/Rs 72 million), Jhye Richardson (Rs 5 crore/Rs 50 million), Harry Brook (Rs 4 crore/Rs 40 million), Sumit Kumar (Rs 1 crore/Rs 10 million), Shai Hope (Rs 75 lakh/Rs 7.5 million), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 50 lakh/Rs 5 million), Ricky Bhui (Rs 20 lakh/Rs 2 million), Swastik Chhikara (Rs 20 lakh), Rasikh Dar (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: Rishabh Pant (Captain, wicket-keeper), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Harry Brook, Yash Dhull, Tristan Stubbs (wicket-keeper), Shai Hope (wicket-keeper), Swastik Chhikara, Abishek Porel, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra.
All-rounders: Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav.
Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Jhye Richardson, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Khaleel Ahmed.
Gujarat Titans
Players bought at the auction: Spencer Johnson (Rs 10 crore/Rs 100 million), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 7.4 crore/Rs 74 million), Umesh Yadav (Rs 5.8 crore/Rs 58 million), Robin Minz (Rs 3.6 crore/Rs 36 million), Sushant Mishra (Rs 2.2 crore/Rs 22 million), Kartik Tyagi (Rs 60 lakh/Rs 6 million), Azmatullah Omarzai (Rs 50 lakh), Manav Suthar (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: Shubman Gill (captain), Kane Williamson, David Miller, Matthew Wade (wicket-keeper), Shahrukh Khan, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Robin Minz (wicket-keeper).
All-rounders: B Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abhinav Manohar, Darshan Nalkande.
Bowlers: Mohammad Shami, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Spencer Johnson, Rahul Tewatia, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Kartik Tyagi, Sushant Mishra, Rasikh Dar, Manav Suthar.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Players bought at the auction: Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore), Mujeeb Rahman (Rs 2 crore/Rs 20 million), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs 1.5 crore/Rs 15 million), Gus Atkinson (Rs 1 crore/Rs 10 million), Manish Pandey (Rs 50 lakh/Rs 5 million), K S Bharat (Rs 50 lakh), Chetan Sakariya (Rs 50 lakh), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs 20 lakh), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Sakib Hussain (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket-keeper), Sherfane Rutherford, K S Bharat (wicket-keeper), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
All-rounders: Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy.
Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya.
Lucknow Super Giants
Players bought at the auction: Shivam Mavi (Rs 6.4 crore/Rs 64 million), Manimaran Siddharth (Rs 2.4 crore/Rs 24 million), David Willey (Rs 2 crore/Rs 20 million), Ashton Turner (Rs 1 crore/Rs 10 million), Arshin Kulkarni (Rs 20 lakh), Arshad Khan (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: K L Rahul (Captain, wicket-keeper), Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner, Quinton de Kock (wicket-keeper), Nicholas Pooran (wicket-keeper).
All-rounders: Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Krishnappa Gowtham, David Willey, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Arshad Khan.
Bowlers: Mark Wood, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Amit Mishra, Shivam Mavi, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth.
Mumbai Indians
Players bought at the auction: Gerald Coetzee (Rs 5 crore/Rs 50 million), Nuwan Thushara (Rs 4.8 crore/Rs 48 million), Dilshan Madushanka (Rs 4.6 crore/Rs 46 million), Mohammad Nabi (Rs 1.5 crore/Rs 15 million), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 20 lakh), Shivalik Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Anshul Kamboj (Rs 20 lakh), Naman Dhir (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Vishnu Vinod.
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Gerald Coetzee, Romario Shepherd, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Arjun Tendulkar, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Sumit Kumar, Shivalik Sharma.
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Dilshan Madushanka, Jason Benrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Shreyas Gopal.
Punjab Kings
Players bought at the auction: Harshal Patel (Rs 11.75 crore/Rs 117.5 million), Rilee Rossouw (Rs 8 crore/Rs 80 million), Chris Woakes (Rs 4.2 crore/Rs 42 million), Ashutosh Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Shashank Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Tanay Thyagarajann (Rs 20 lakh), Prince Choudhary (Rs 20 lakh),
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Prabhsimran Singh (wicket-keeper), Harpreet Bhatia.
All-rounders: Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Chris Woakes, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajan, Atharv Taide, Shivam Singh.
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary.
Rajasthan Royals
Players bought at the auction: Rovman Powell (Rs 7.4 crore/Rs 74 million), Shubham Dubey (Rs 5.8 crore/Rs 58 million), Nandre Burger (Rs 50 lakh), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Rs 40 lakh/Rs 4 million), Abid Mushtaq (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: Sanju Samson (Captain, wicket-keeper), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Shivam Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore.
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abid Mushtaq.
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Players bought at the auction: Alzarri Joseph (Rs 11.5 crore/Rs 115 million), Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore/Rs 50 million), Lockie Ferguson (Rs 2 crore/Rs 20 million), Tom Curran (Rs 1.5 crore), Saurav Chauhan (Rs 20 lakh), Swapnil Singh (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: Faf du Plessis (Captain), Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Suyash S Prabhudesai, Saurav Chauhan.
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Tom Curran, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage.
Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson, Reece Topley, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijay Kumar.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players bought at the auction: Pat Cummins (Rs 20.5 crore), Travis Head (Rs 6.8 crore/Rs 68 million), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 1.6 crore/Rs 16 million), Wanindu Hasaranga (Rs 1.5 crore/Rs 15 million), Jhathavedh Subramanyam (Rs 20 lakh), Akash Maharaj Singh (Rs 20 lakh).
Batters: Aiden Markram (Captain), Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy.
All-rounders: Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Wanindu Hasaranga, Abhishek Sharma, Sanvir Singh.
Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Thangarasu Natarajan, Shahbaz Ahamad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Jhathavedh Subramanyam.
