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IPL Auction: A look at every squad, with Starc emerging as the most expensive player in the league

December 20, 2023, 12:32 pm

Australia pacer Mitchell Starc made history on Tuesday at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Dubai when he was purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for an incredible Rs 24.75 crores. This was only hours after his captain, Pat Cummins, broke the Rs 20 crore mark after being signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

According to Olympics.com, Sam Curran, an all-around player for England, cost Punjab Kings (PBKS) INR 18.50 crore in the previous year’s auction, making him the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

332 players from 13 different nations were up for purchase at the IPL 2024 auction. Indians made up 216 of these. A maximum of 77 seats, including 30 overseas player quotas, were available to the 10 clubs combined in the IPL 2024 auction after player retention, releases, and swaps.

Nevertheless, 72 players were chosen throughout the bidding process since only KKR (23) and RR (22) chose not to pursue their full quota of 25 players. But all thirty spots for foreign players were taken.

Apart from Starc and Cummins being the IPL players who initiated the 20 crore club, the following players at the IPL 2024 auction commanded premiums of at least 10 crore: Indian pacer Harshal Patel (Rs 11.75 cr to PBKS), West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph (Rs 11.50 cr to RCB), Australian pacer Spencer Johnson (Rs 10 cr to GT), and New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell (Rs 14.00 cr to CSK).

On Powell’s transfer to RR in the IPL 2024 Auction, Parthiv: “If he was not available then…,”

December 19, 2023, 4:20 pm

In a statement, former Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel stated that the Rajasthan Royals (RR) would have chosen someone else at the Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2024 if the Caribbean had not existed.
Speaking at Jio Cinema, Parthiv said that the Caribbean batter was the reason behind the frenzy surrounding the beginning of the IPL 2024 auction.

“Powell’s was the first name at the auction. So, we got to see something different. You don’t get to see such excitement at the start itself. But with Powell, that happened. Timing plays a crucial role. Franchises are not wanting to wait and watch. If they find someone who can secure their expectations, they go for him. If he was not available, then maybe they would have targeted someone else,” Patel said.

Kolkata Knight Riders made the first bid for Powell, who had set his base price at Rs 1 crore. The Rajasthan Royals entered the race for Powell.
Powell won an incredible Rs 7.4 crore as the captain of the Barbados Royals in the CPL. Kolkata made a strong bid, but Rajasthan beat them to get the batter’s services.

Harry Brook, a former England skipper, has been linked with the Delhi Capitals (DC) after scoring 1,202 runs in 66 T20Is. Former England skipper Eoin Morgan believes that Delhi’s offer of Rs 4 crores for a quality player like Brook is a bargain, but believes that Delhi won’t suit Brook as much as other Indian places. Brook is a middle-order batter, and Delhi’s fitness levels around Anrich Nortje might depend on the team’s balance and pitch conditions.

IPL Auction: Mitchell Starc, who joins KKR for Rs 24.75 crore, becomes the most expensive player in league history

December 19, 2023, 4:13 pm

Mitchell Starc, an Australian bowler, became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League (IPL) history. At the auction in Dubai on Tuesday, Kolkata Knight Riders paid Rs 24.75 crore to get him.
Pat Cummins, the captain of Starc, has now moved on. Previously, he was the most expensive player in IPL history, having been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20.50 crore.

The pacer set off an absurd bidding war that pitted the Delhi Capitals (DC) against the Mumbai Indians (MI) for many minutes. Following their withdrawal, the Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) engaged in an even more intense bidding battle, surpassing the Rs 20.50 crore that SRH had previously paid for Cummins. In the end, GT withdrew at a cost of Rs 24.75 crore, and KKR won Starc for an unprecedented sum.
“The recently created record is BROKEN! The official X (Twitter) account for the IPL tweeted, “Pat Cummins, the most expensive player of all time, is SOLD to #KKR for INR 24.75 Crore #IPLAuction | #IPL.”

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Mitchell Starc is SOLD to #KKR for INR 24.75 Crore ?#IPLAuction | #IPL

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 19, 2023

DC welcomes Tristan Stubbs, and KKR signs KS Bharat

December 19, 2023, 4:06 pm

The Delhi Capitals (DC) have acquired South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batter Tristan Stubbs for his base price of 50 lakh at Tuesday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction in Dubai.
The India goalkeeper, KS Bharat, entered the auction at 50 lakh in the meanwhile. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) began bidding for Bharat because they need a local keeper-batter. At his initial price of Rs 50 lakh, Bharat was purchased by KKR.
Conversely, Josh Inglis, a fellow World Cup champion, had bids of up to two crore, but he failed to close the deal.

Phil Salt, an aggressive keeper-battler from England, was up for auction at a starting price of 1.5 crore. All auction tables became silent awkwardly, and the English player was not successful in the bidding.

Australian captain Cummins says he’s “pumped to be joining SRH, have heard a lot about Orange Army”

December 19, 2023, 3:42 pm

Pat Cummins, the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Australia, stated his enthusiasm about playing for the team in the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
At the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on Tuesday, Cummins shattered records by becoming the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history when he was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs 20.50 crore.

“Pumped to be joining SRH for the upcoming IPL. I have heard a lot of Orange Army, I have played in Hyderabad a few times and loved it. I cannot wait to get started. Happy to see another Aussie Travis Head. We are going to have a lot of fun this season and hopefully a lot of success,” said Cummins in a video message posted by SRH.

Muttiah Muralitharan: “We really wanted him” in reference to Sunrisers’ acquisition of Travis Head

December 19, 2023, 3:35 pm

Muttiah Muralitharan, the spin bowling coach for Sunrisers Hyderabad and a former great spinner for Sri Lanka, said that the team “really wanted” Travis Head for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2024.

Among the names with a high price tag was Head, who turned up outstanding performances in the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup finals earlier this year. There was a heated bidding war between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Chennai Super Kings. But Head paid a premium of 6.8 crore to join the Orange family.

During the IPL 2024 player auction, Muralitharan discussed the purchase on JioCinema’s “We really wanted him (Travis Head) because we needed an opening left-handed batter. Adding to that he can bowl spin as well. I never thought we would get him for that price because of his performance being tremendous in the last couple of years in T20Is and ODIs for Australia.”

“So, we were waiting for this, and we thought that we would have a tough fight with a lot of teams but in the end, CSK came and fought with us. But we knew they don’t need a frontline player as they have Devon Conway, so they will stop somewhere,” Muralitharan added.

Travis has been playing exceptionally well for the Australian team, hitting hundreds against India in the World Test Championship final in the ICC Cricket World Cup final. He has amassed 554 runs at an average of 29.15 and a strike rate of over 146 in 23 Twenty20 Internationals, including one fifty. He has amassed 2,494 runs at an average of 27.71 and a strike rate of over 134 in 107 T20 matches, including one century and ten fifties.

In addition, the left-handed hitter was selected as November 2023’s ICC Men’s Player of the Month. Head won the award against fierce opposition from India seamer Mohammed Shami and partner Glenn Maxwell.

Harshal Patel is acquired by Punjab Kings for Rs 11.75 crores, making him today’s second millionaire

December 19, 2023, 3:26 pm

Indian bowler Harshal Patel was purchased by Punjab Kings for an incredible Rs 11.75 crores at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction that is currently taking place in Dubai.

After the IPL 2024 auction, Patel emerged as the second-richest player. The base cost of the Indian speedster was Rs 2 crores. Harshal participated in the T20 competition with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) during the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL). Throughout his IPL career, he has participated in ninety-two games and claimed 111 wickets.

Gerald Coetzee, a South African pacer, was acquired by the Mumbai Indians (MI) for Rs 5 crores. The starting price for Coetzee was Rs 2 crore.

After MI entered the fight, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) made the first offer for the South African team. Later, after CSK withdrew, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) entered the bidding battle. The Mumbai team succeeded and recruited Coetzee to their team.

The 23-year-old has not yet played in the opulent Twenty20 competition. He did, however, have an incredible ODI World Cup 2023 with the Proteas. In his four T20I appearances, Coetzee claimed six wickets. In 2023, he engaged in his final 20-over game against India.

Conversely, all-round batter Daryl Mitchell of New Zealand became the third millionaire of the auction when he was purchased for Rs 14 crores by Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

The New Zealand opener did not compete in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League. With the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2022, he played his final season.

In the entire T20 competition, he participated in just two games and amassed thirty-three runs. But he will be wearing the yellow jersey come next season.

The Australian captain Pat Cummins, who was purchased by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs 20.50 crore earlier in the auction, set a record by becoming the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history.

Baartman and Phehlukwayo were excluded from the last two ODIs against India

December 19, 2023, 3:16 pm

Two South African players will be out for the whole of the three-match ODI series against India due to injuries.

Due to a side strain, all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo and pacer Ottniel Baartman will miss the final two games of the ODI series against India. Phehlukwayo still received a left side strain during the series’ opening game in Johannesburg, while Baartman suffered a right side strain during training.

Beuran Hendricks, a fast bowler, was selected for the team to take the position of the injured players. Since making his international debut in 2014, the 33-year-old Hendricks has played for South Africa in all three forms of the game: one Test, eight ODIs, and 19 T20Is.

Hendricks was a member of the Proteas squad in the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, where he participated in one match against Afghanistan. Hendricks last played an ODI for South Africa in 2021.

Aiden Markram (captain), Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Mihlali Mpongwana, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, and Lizaad Williams are the South African team who played in the past two One-Day Internationals.

Hasaranga, Shardul Thakur, and Rachin Ravindra’s CSK bag services are sold for a flat fee

December 19, 2023, 3:08 pm

Star all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka unexpectedly joined Sunrisers Hyderabad for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore, while rookie Rachin Ravindra of New Zealand was picked up at a discount by the defending champion Chennai Super Kings at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.

Aside from Steve Smith, one of the unexpected events was Hasaranga asking for his basic fee. Hasaranga, a highly sought-after player in the T20 league circuit, spent the previous two seasons as a spinner with Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has claimed 91 wickets and amassed 533 runs at an average of 14.02 in 58 Twenty20 Internationals for Sri Lanka. He has amassed 1,760 runs at an average of over 18 in 157 Twenty20 Internationals, with seven fifties and 216 wickets taken.

Rachin was pursued by the Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, and Chennai Super Kings, but the all-round player was signed by the reigning champions for a whopping Rs 1.8 crore.

Rachin was one of the main heroes of the just finished ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. He finished with 578 runs in 10 matches at an average of 106.44, including three hundreds and two fifties, placing him as the fourth-highest run scorer. He hasn’t shown himself in Twenty20 Internationals, though, as he has only amassed 145 runs at an average of 13.18 in 16 innings while taking 11 wickets.

In the following five minutes, Chennai scored another coup when they acquired Shardul Thakur for Rs 4 crore. The all-round Indian bowler can put in some valuable runs with the bat and breaks partnerships. In Twenty20 Internationals, he has taken 33 wickets for India and amassed 69 runs with a strike rate of over 181 and an average of 22,000 across six innings. Even though he had a poor season the previous year, he nevertheless led KKR to victories in several games.

Azmatullah Omarzai, an all-round player from Afghanistan, joined Gujarat Titans for a base fee of Rs 50 lakh.

Pat Cummins, the captain of Australia that won the World Cup, is now the most expensive player in IPL history

December 19, 2023, 2:55 pm

Australia’s Pat Cummins, the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), shattered records on Tuesday at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai by becoming the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Mumbai Indians were interested in Cummins and joined the bidding battle for the first time, with a starting price of Rs 2 crore. MI supported while Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the bidding battle against CSK as the price went up. As it appeared like RCB would win the players, SRH entered the fray, and the next seconds saw a high-bidding war break out.

The whole stadium erupted in cheers as he crossed the 20 crore threshold. After RCB gave up, SRH paid Rs 20.50 crore to sign the Australian captain, who had won the World Cup, making Cummins the most expensive player in IPL history.

Sam Curran had held the record with an estimated cost of Rs 18.50 crore. After being traded to Punjab Kings, the World Cup and World Team Championship-winning skipper has now drastically altered the situation.

With a top stat of 3/15, he has claimed 55 wickets for Australia in 50 Twenty20 Internationals. His batting average was 16.90 He is also a valuable lower-order hitter having played in 128 T20 games total, with three fifties.

Live updates from the IPL Auction 2024: Rovman Powell joins the Rajasthan Royals for 7.4 crores

December 19, 2023, 1:36 pm

When the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auctions begin in earnest on Tuesday at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, all eyes will be on the 333 players up for bid as the 10 teams try to bolster their rosters ahead of the new season.

It would be intriguing to observe who the 2022 winners choose to purchase during the auction, given the recent national uproar over Hardik Pandya’s move from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians and his subsequent promotion to captain. The Titans will have a busy auction window with players like Shardul Thakur and Rachin Ravindra on their radar.

Regarding the money left, the Titans are in the lead with Rs 38.15 crores, Sunrisers Hyderabad is second with Rs 34 crores, and Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders are third and fourth respectively with Rs 32.7 crores and Rs 31.4 crores. Along with the Mumbai Indians (Rs 17.75 crore) and Rajasthan Royals (Rs 14.5 crore), the Lucknow Super Giants have the lowest available purse, at Rs 13.15 crore.