IPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Root gets maiden IPL contract; Curran, Green, Stokes and Pooran bag record-breaking contracts

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Sam Curran became the most expensive player in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) for Rs 18.50 crore on December 23. As expected franchises engaged in an intense bidding war for Ben Stokes and Cameron Green as well. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) went all out for England's Test captain Stokes and picked him for Rs 16.25 crore. Australia's big-hitting all-rounder who hit a 19-ball 50 against India got picked by Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) for Rs 17.50 crore. 

 

A total of 405 players including 273 Indian and 132 overseas players went under the hammer in IPL mini-auction. The franchises had a maximum of 87 slots to fill in their squads which included 30 overseas picks. For the mini-auction, the franchises were also allocated an additional Rs 5 crore. 

 

A total of 80 players were picked in the auction and Rs 167 crores were spent.
 

Here is a full list of players who found a franchise in the mini auction –
Kane Williamson to Gujarat Titans for Rs 2 crore
Harry Brook to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 13.25 crore

Mayank Agarwal to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 8.25 crore

Ajinkya Rahane to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 50 lakh

Sam Curran to Punjab Kings for Rs 18.50 crore

Odean Smith to Gujarat Titans for Rs 50 lakh

Sikandar Raza to Punjab Kings for Rs 50 lakh

Jason Holder to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 5.75 crore

Cameron Green to Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.50 crore

Ben Stokes to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore

Nicholas Pooran to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 16 crore

Heinrich Klaasen to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 5.25 crore

Phil Salt to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore

Reece Topley to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.9 crore 

Jaydev Unadkat to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 50 lakh

Jhye Richardson to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.5 crore

Ishant Sharma to Delhi Capitals for Rs 50 lakh

Adil Rashid to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2 crore

Mayank Markande to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 50 lakh

Shaik Rasheed to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh

Vivrant Sharma to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.6 crore

Samarth Vyas to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh

Sanvir Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh

Nishant Sindhu to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 60 lakh

N Jagadeesan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 90 lakh

KS Bharat sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 1.2 crore

Upendra Yadav sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 25 lakh

Vaibhav Arora sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 60 lakh

Yash Thakur to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 45 lakh

Shivam Mavi to Gujarat Titans for Rs 6 crore

Mukesh Kumar to Delhi Capitals for Rs 5.5 crore

Himanshu Sharma to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh

Manish Pandey to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.40 crore

Wil Jacks to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.2 crore

Romario Shephered to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 50 lakh

Daniel Sams to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 75 lakh

Kyle Jamieson to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1 crore

Piyush Chawla to Mumbai Indians for Rs 50 lakh

Amit Mishra to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 50 lakh

Harpreet Bhatia to Punjab Kings for Rs 40 lakh

Manoj Bhandage to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh

Mayank Dagar to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.8 crore

Duan Jansen to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh

Prerak Mankad to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 20 lakh

Donovan Ferreira to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakh

Urvil Patel to Gujarat Titans for Rs 20 lakh

V Kaverappa to Punjab Kings for Rs 20 lakh

Rajan Kumar to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 70 lakh

Suyash Sharma to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh

Joshua Little to Gujarat Titans for Rs 4.40 crore 

Mohit Sharma to Gujarat Titans for Rs 50 lakh

Shams Mulani to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh

Swapnil Singh to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 20 lakh

David Wiese to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1 crore

Nitish Kumar Reddy to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh

Avinash Singh to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 60 lakh

Kunal Rathore to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh

Sonu Yadav to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh

Kulwant Khejroliya to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh

Ajay Mandal to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh

Mohit Rathee to Punjab Kings for Rs 20 lakh

Nehal Wadhera to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh

Bhagath Verma to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh

Shivam Singh to Punjab Kings for Rs 20 lakh  

Vishnu Vinod to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh

Rilee Rossouw to Delhi Capitals for Rs 4.6 crore

Litton Das to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 50 lakh

Akeal Hosein to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1 crore

Adam Zampa to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.5 crore

Anmolpreet Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh

KM Asif to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 30 lakh

Murugan Ashwin to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh

Mandeep Singh to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 50 lakh

Akash Vashisht to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh

Naveen-ul-Haq to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 50 lakh

Yudhvir Charak to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 20 lakh

Raghav Goyal to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh

Abdul PA to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh

Joe Root to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1 crore

Shakib Al Hasan to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.5 crore

 

Unsold players whose names appeared in auction -

Kusal Mendis

Tom Banton

Chris Jordan

Adam Milne 

Tabraiz Shamsi

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

LR Chetan

Shubham Khajuria

Rohan Kunnummal

Himmat Singh

Priyam Garg

Saurabh Kumar

Corbin Bosch

Abhimanyu Easwaran

Shashank Singh

Sumit Kumar

Dinesh Bana

Mohammed Azharuddeen 

Mujtaba Yousuf

Chintal Gandhi

Izharulhaq Naveed 

S Midhun

Shreyas Gopal

Paul Stirling

Travis Head

Dawid Malan

Daryl Mitchell

Mohammad Nabi

Dasun Shanaka

James Neesham

Taskin Ahmed

Sandeep Sharma

Dushmantha Chameera

Blessing Muzarabani

Will Smeed

Suryansh Shedge

J Suchith

B Indrajith

Kirant Shinde

Paul van Meekeren
Akash Singh
Tejas Baroka

Yuvraj Chadasama

Jamie Overton

Richard Gleeson

Dilshan Madushanka

Himanshu Bisht

Sumeet Verma

Sanjay Yadav

Ajitesh Guruswamy

Rehan Ahmed

Tom Curran

Priyank Panchal

Sanjay Ramaswamy

Jitender Pal

Utkarsh Singh

Trilog Nag

Dipesh Nailwal

Shubhang Hegde

Wayne Parnell

Johnson Charles

Luke Wood

Prashant Chopra

Eknath Sen