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IPL 2024 Auction Highlights: 77 spots were up for grabs in the mini-auction
The IPL 2024 mini-auction was full of surprises. While Travis Head and Gerald Coetzee were touted to get big bucks, it was Australia's World Cup 2023-winning captain Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins who created history. Cummins was roped in for Rs 20.50 crore by SRH whereas Starc went to KKR for Rs 24.75 crore.
On the other hand, Head and Coetzee were relatively bought at a much lower price than expected. Head went to SRH for RS 6.8 crore whereas MI got Coetzee for Rs 5 crore.
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And with RCB bidding for the last player, the auction comes to an end. It has been a historic mini-auction. Two Australian players Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins went over Rs 20 crore mark. Starc at Rs 24.75 crore became the most expensive player in IPL auction history. The franchises have been able to fill the spots they needed to. There were a few surprising bidding wars at the fag end of the auction. Now, it will be interesting to see if the strong team on paper delivers on the field or not.
Sourav Chauhan is the last player to get picked in the auction. RCB get the last pick of the mini-auction for the base price of Rs 20 lakh.
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Picked three wickets against India in the second ODI, left-arm pacer Nandre Burger found a place at Rajasthan Royals for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.
CSK got the services of wicketkeeper-batter Avanish Ravelly for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. KL Shrijith remained unsold.
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Shivamlik Sharma went to MI, Abid Mushtaq to RR, and Swapnil Singh to RCB for their base prices of Rs 20 lakh. Rohit Rayudu and G Ajitesh remained unsold.
Swastik Chhikara who made his name in UP T20 League has been picked by Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh. Overseas pacers Adam Milne, Matt Henry, and Dushmantha Chameera went unsold again. Amandeep Khare remained unsold as well.
England fast bowler Gus Atkinson has been picked for Rs 1 crore by KKR. Gautam Gambhir looks very happy with the pick.
CPL-winning captain Shai Hope will play for Delhi Capitals. Hope was picked for his base price of Rs 75 lakh.
Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will strengthen Mumbai Indians' middle-order and their spin-bowling attack. Nabi has been picked for Rs 1.5 crore by Mumbai Indians.
Arshad Khan who played for Delhi Capitals last season will now play for Lucknow Super Giants. He was picked for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. Michael Bracewell remained unsold again.
Afghan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman will be seen in purple and gold next season. He went to KKR for his base price of Rs 2 crore. He will join Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy to form a lethal spin trio. Saurav Chauhan, Waqar Salamkheil and Steve Smith remained unsold again.
It should be considered a steal deal and RCB know it. Tearaway pacer Lockie Ferguson has been bought for his base price of Rs 2 crore.
Surprising, very surprising! Rilee Roussouw who had a tough time in the previous season at Delhi Capitals has been roped in for Rs 8 crore by Punjab Kings. Delhi Capitals tried to get him back but PBKS had their eyes set on him.
With Gautam Gambhir at the helm of things at KKR, Manish Pandey did not remain unsold in the auction. Pandey has been picked for his base price of Rs 50 lakh. Meanwhile, Karun Nair went unsold.
SRH cap off the second-last set by roping in uncapped TNPL star Jhathavedh Subramanyan for Rs 20 lakh.
Punjab Kings rope in another uncapped player in Prince Choudhary for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. KM, Asif, Sakib Hussain, Mohammed Kaif, Abhilash Shetty, Gurjapneet Singh and Prithvi Raj Yarra remained unsold.
Another uncapped player becomes crorepati. Wicketkeeper-batter Robin Minz ignited a bidding war. Gujarat Titans rope him in at Rs 3.6 crore. Meanwhile, Gourav Choudhary, Bipin Saurabh and G Ajitesh remained unsold.
Punjab Kings rope in Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh and Tanay Thyagarajan for their base prices of Rs 20 lakh each.
Delhi Capitals acquired the services of Sumit Kumar after a tussle with KKR for Rs 1 crore. Meanwhile, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rohit Rayudu and Pradosh Paul remained unsold.
29-year-old Sri Lankan pacer with a slingy action, Nuwan Thushara has been roped in for Rs 4.8 crore by Mumbai Indians after engaging in a bidding war with RCB. Meanwhile, Sandeep Warrier, England's Luke Wood, uncapped players Swastik Chhikara, Rithik Easwaran, Himmat Singh, Shashank Singh, Sumeet Verma, Tanush Kotian and Harsh Dubey remained unsold.
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