IPL Mini Auction 2023 Live Updates
Which uncapped player fetched the highest bid?
Shivam Mavi! Gujarat Titans picked the Indian pacer for Rs. 6 crore.
Highest bids at each IPL auction (2008-2023)
2008: MS Dhoni
2009: Pietersen/Flintoff
2010: Bond/Pollard
2011: Gautam Gambhir
2012: Ravindra Jadeja
2013: Glenn Maxwell
2014: Yuvraj Singh
2015: Yuvraj Singh
2016: Shane Watson
2017: Ben Stokes
2018: Ben Stokes
2019: Jaydev Unadkat
2020: Pat Cummins
2021: Chris Morris
2022: Ishan Kishan
2023: Sam Curran
Mega bids in IPL 2023 mini auction
Sam Curran: Rs. 18.50 crore (PBKS)
Cameron Green: Rs. 17.50 crore (MI)
Ben Stokes: Rs. 16.25 crore (CSK)
Nicholas Pooran: Rs. 16 crore (LSG)
Harry Brook: Rs. 13.25 crore (SRH)
Mayank Agarwal: Rs. 8.25 crore (SRH)
Wayne Parnell, Ekant Sen unsold; IPL 2023 auction ends!
Wayne Parnell and Ekant Sen go unsold!
And that marks the end of the IPL 2023 mini auction that saw a flurry of records being broken. England all-rounder is now the most expensive player at the IPL auction. He was picked by Punjab Kings for Rs. 18.50 crore. His teammates Ben Stokes (sold to CSK for Rs. 16.25 crore) and Harry Brook (sold to SRH for Rs. 13.25 crore) too fetched massive deals.
Shakib Al Hasan returns to KKR
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returns to two-time IPL champions, Kolkata Knight Riders. They pick Shakib for Rs. 1.5 crore. Shakib will join Litton Das in the KKR camp.
Joe Root goes to RR, gets his first IPL contract
Former England Test captain Joe Root earns his maiden IPL contract. He has been picked by RR Rs. 1 crore.
PBKS, KKR, RR have some slots remaining
We will have one more round of the accelerated auction. PBKS, KKR, and RR still have slots remaining.
Abul PA goes to RR for Rs. 20 lakh
Abul PA, the last player of the 2023 IPL auction, sold to RR for Rs. 20 lakh.
KKR pick Mandeep Singh
KKR rope in batter Mandeep Singh for Rs. 50 lakh.
Rilee Rossouw sold to DC
Rilee Rossouw sold to DC for Rs. 4.6 crore. He scored two T20I tons this year.
RR pick Adam Zampa
RR pick Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa for Rs. 1.5 crore.
Bhagath Verma returns to the Yellow Army
Bowling all-rounder Bhagath Verma returns to the Yellow Army. CSK have picked him for Rs. 20 lakh.
GT rope in Ireland's Joshua Little
GT rope in Ireland's Joshua Little for Rs. 4.4 crore. He took a hat-trick for Ireland at the 2022 T20 World Cup.
LSG pick Saurashtra all-rounder Prerak Mankad
LSG pick Saurashtra all-rounder Prerak Mankad for Rs. 20 lakh
MI snap up SA's Duan Jansen
MI snap up South Africa's Duan Jansen for Rs. 20 lakh. He will also play for the MI franchise in the SA20.
An intense bidding war for Mayank Dagar
HP spinner Mayank Dagar has been sold to SRH for Rs. 1.80 crore. According to ESPNcricinfo, he is the nephew of former Indian batter Virender Sehwag.
Amit Mishra sold to LSG
Indian leg-spinner Amit Mishra has been sold to LSG for Rs. 40 lakh. Mishra, 40, is the oldest player on the list.
MI pick Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla
MI pick Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla for Rs. 50 lakh.
The acceleration round begins!
For the accelerated round, the franchises provide a list of players to be presented in the auction. The franchises will be asked to nominate a few players from 87-405 as well as those who have previously gone unsold.
CSK pick New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson
CSK pick New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson for Rs. 1 crore.