IPL Auction Result 2023 | Sam Karran Most Expensive Player in the History of IPL
IPL Auction 2023 was concluded on the 23rd of December 2022 evening at Kochi, India. 24 years old England All-Rounder Sam Karran, the world cup hero has been bought by Punjab Kings XI for a record whopping price of Rs.18,50,00,000. The world cup hero for England has broken the record by becoming the highest-ever paid cricketer in the history of IPL.
IPL Auction
The IPL Auction 2023 for the richest cricket league in the world has concluded. This auction was attended by all the IPL Teams management officials who participated with enthusiasm and excitement. Sam Curran has become the highest-ever paid player through this IPL Auction 2023. The second highest-paid player is Cameron Green, the Australian All Rounder taken by Mumbai Indians for ₹17,50,00,000. England All-Rounder Ben Stokes was taken by Chennai Super Kings for ₹16,25,00,000. West Indies Wicket Keeper Batsman Nicholas Pooran will be playing this time for Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping ₹16,00,00,000. Harry Brook England Batsman and Mayank Agarwal were taken by Sunrisers Hyderabad for hefty amounts.
IPL Auction Sold Players List 2023
| Punjab Kings | Sam Curran | All-Rounder | ₹ 185,000,000 |
| Mumbai Indians | Cameron Green | All-Rounder | ₹ 175,000,000 |
| Chennai Super Kings | Ben Stokes | All-Rounder | ₹ 162,500,000 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | Nicholas Pooran | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 160,000,000 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Harry Brook | Batter | ₹ 132,500,000 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Mayank Agarwal | Batter | ₹ 82,500,000 |
| Gujarat Titans | Shivam Mavi | Bowler | ₹ 60,000,000 |
| Rajasthan Royals | Jason Holder | All-Rounder | ₹ 57,500,000 |
| Delhi Capitals | Mukesh Kumar | Bowler | ₹ 55,000,000 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Heinrich Klaasen | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 52,500,000 |
Highlights of IPL Auction 2023
A total of 80 players were sold in the Auction, out of which 29 are overseas players. A whopping 1,67,00,00,000 was spent by the teams in the auction to bag the best players for their teams. Some of the players who are coming for the first time to the IPL are Joe Root, Litton Das, Joshua Little, Reece Topley, Phil Salt, Will Jacks, and Sikandar Raza. Some of the existing players have shifted to new teams like Williamson joined his ex-SRH team-mate Rashid Khan at Titans and Nicholas Pooran moved to Lucknow Super Giants.
It was all-rounders, who dominated the show in the Auction. Most of the highest-paid players are all-rounders and wicket-keeping batsmen.
IPL Auction Players List 2023
| Chennai Super Kings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYER | NATIONALITY | TYPE | PRICE |
| Ben Stokes | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 162,500,000 |
| Kyle Jamieson | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Nishant Sindhu | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 6,000,000 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Indian | Batter | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Bhagath Varma | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Ajay Mandal | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Shaik Rasheed | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Delhi Capitals | |||
| Mukesh Kumar | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 55,000,000 |
| Rilee Rossouw | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 46,000,000 |
| Manish Pandey | Indian | Batter | ₹ 24,000,000 |
| Phil Salt | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Ishant Sharma | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Gujarat Titans | |||
| Shivam Mavi | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 60,000,000 |
| Joshua Little | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 44,000,000 |
| Kane Williamson | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| K.S. Bharat | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 12,000,000 |
| Mohit Sharma | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Odean Smith | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Urvil Patel | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| Shakib Al Hasan | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 15,000,000 |
| David Wiese | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| N. Jagadeesan | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 9,000,000 |
| Vaibhav Arora | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 6,000,000 |
| Mandeep Singh | Indian | Batter | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Litton Das | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Suyash Sharma | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | |||
| Nicholas Pooran | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 160,000,000 |
| Daniel Sams | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 7,500,000 |
| Amit Mishra | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Romario Shepherd | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Naveen Ul Haq | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Yash Thakur | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 4,500,000 |
| Swapnil Singh | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Yudhvir Charak | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Prerak Mankad | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Mumbai Indians | |||
| Cameron Green | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 175,000,000 |
| Jhye Richardson | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 15,000,000 |
| Piyush Chawla | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Nehal Wadhera | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Raghav Goyal | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Vishnu Vinod | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Duan Jansen | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Shams Mulani | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Punjab Kings | |||
| Sam Curran | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 185,000,000 |
| Sikandar Raza | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Harpreet Bhatia | Indian | Batter | ₹ 4,000,000 |
| Shivam Singh | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Vidwath Kaverappa | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Mohit Rathee | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Rajasthan Royals | |||
| Jason Holder | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 57,500,000 |
| Adam Zampa | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 15,000,000 |
| Joe Root | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Donovan Ferreira | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| K.M. Asif | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 3,000,000 |
| Abdul P A | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Akash Vashisht | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Kunal Rathore | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Murugan Ashwin | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| Will Jacks | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 32,000,000 |
| Reece Topley | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 19,000,000 |
| Rajan Kumar | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 7,000,000 |
| Avinash Singh | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 6,000,000 |
| Sonu Yadav | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Himanshu Sharma | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Manoj Bhandage | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||
| Harry Brook | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 132,500,000 |
| Mayank Agarwal | Indian | Batter | ₹ 82,500,000 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 52,500,000 |
| Vivrant Sharma | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 26,000,000 |
| Adil Rashid | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Mayank Dagar | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 18,000,000 |
| Akeal Hosein | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Mayank Markande | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Upendra Singh Yadav | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,500,000 |
| Sanvir Singh | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Anmolpreet Singh | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Samarth Vyas | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
Unsold Players in the IPL Auction 2023
There were 71 players who have been unsold in the auction. Notable among them were Travis Head, Priyam Garg, Varun Aaron, Kusal Mendis.
| PLAYER | NATIONALITY | TYPE | BASE PRICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Banton | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Rassie Van Der Dussen | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Travis Head | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Jimmy Neesham | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Jamie Overton | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Chris Jordan | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Adam Milne | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 20,000,000 |
| Sherfane Rutherford | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 15,000,000 |
| Dawid Malan | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 15,000,000 |
| Riley Meredith | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 15,000,000 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Luke Wood | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Mujeeb Rahman | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Daryl Mitchell | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Mohammad Nabi | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 10,000,000 |
| Tom Curran | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 7,500,000 |
| Wayne Parnell | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 7,500,000 |
| Kusal Mendis | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Dasun Shanaka | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Taskin Ahmed | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Dushmanta Chameera | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Sandeep Sharma | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Johnson Charles | Overseas | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Richard Gleeson | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Varun Aaron | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Rehan Ahmed | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Paul Stirling | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 5,000,000 |
| Will Smeed | Overseas | Batter | ₹ 4,000,000 |
| Lance Morris | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 3,000,000 |
| Sanjay Ramaswamy | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Himmat Singh | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Ekant Sen | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Himanshu Bisht | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Sumeet Verma | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Sanjay Yadav | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Ajitesh Guruswamy | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Chethan L.R. | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Rohan Kunnummal | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Priyank Panchal | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Saurabh Kumar | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Shubham Khajuria | Indian | Batter | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Prashant Chopra | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| B. Surya | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Jitender Pal | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Utkarsh Singh | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Shubham Kapse | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Trilok Nag | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Deepesh Nailwal | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Shubhang Hegde | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Shashank Singh | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Izharulhuq Naveed | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| S Midhun | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Shreyas Gopal | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Chintal Gandhi | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Mujtaba Yousuf | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Sumit Kumar | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Dinesh Bana | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Mohammed Azharuddeen | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Corbin Bosch | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Suryansh Shedge | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Jagadeesha Suchith | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Baba Indrajith | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Kirant Shinde | Indian | Wicket-Keeper | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Akash Singh | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Paul Van Meekeren | Overseas | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Tejas Baroka | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Yuvraj Chudasama | Indian | Bowler | ₹ 2,000,000 |
| Priyam Garg | Indian | All-Rounder | ₹ 2,000,000 |
Some broke the bank 💵💰
Some entered an intense bidding war 🤜🤛
While some got the player of their choice 🎯
Here are the 🔝buys at the #TATAIPLAuction 2023 👌 pic.twitter.com/93LXEYegWa
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 23, 2022
FAQ
Who was sold in IPL auction?
IPL 2023 Auction was held at Kochi Grand Hyatt hotel. A total of 80 players were sold in the Auction, out of which 29 are overseas players. A whopping 1,67,00,00,000 was spent by the teams in the auction to bag the best players for their teams.
Sam Curran will play for Kings IX Punjab in the IPL 2023. He was purchased by the Kings IX team for a whopping 18.75 Crore Rupees.
Which team buy Ben Stokes in IPL 2023?
Chennai Super Kings has taken Ben Stokes for ₹16,25,00,000