The Indian Premier League auction began on Thursday in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. All the 8 teams are set to have brilliant players in their squad. Punjab Kings had the biggest bag this year, while Royal Challengers Bangalore are pursuing to revise its team and Chennai Super Kings are up for a new gist.
Australian cricketer became the first player to be bought in the IPL 2021 Auction, who was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.2 crore. His base price was Rs 2 crore.
Glen Maxwell had a big bid with RCB picking him for a huge Rs 14.25 C starting from his base price of Rs 2 Crore, whereas Chris Morris became the most expensive player in IPL history to be sold at Rs 16.25 crore, breaking Yuvraj Singh’s record of 16 crores.
List of sold players:-
Steve Smith – Delhi Capitals – ₹2.2 Crore
Glenn Maxwell – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹14.25 crore
Shakib Al Hasan – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹3.2 Crore
Moeen Ali – Chennai Super Kings – ₹7 crore
Shivam Dube – Rajasthan Royals – ₹4.4 crore
Chris Morris – Rajasthan Royals – ₹16.25 crore
Dawid Malan – Punjab Kings – ₹1.5 crore
Mustafizur Rahman – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1 crore
Adam Milne – Mumbai Indians – ₹3.2 crore
Nathan Coulter-Nile – Mumbai Indians – ₹5 crore
Jhye Richardson – Punjab Kings – ₹14 crore
Umesh Yadav – Delhi Capitals – ₹1 cr
Piyush Chawla – Mumbai Indians – ₹2.4 crore
Sachin Baby – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
Rajat Patidar – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
Ripal Patel – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh
Shahrukh Khan – Punjab Kings – ₹5.25 crore
K Gowtham – Chennai Super Kings – ₹9.25 crore
Vishnu Vinod – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh
Sheldon Jackson – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh
Mohammed Azharuddeen – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
Lukman Meriwala – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh
Chetan Sakariya – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1.2 crore
List of players unsold:-
Karun Nair
Alex Hales
Jason Roy
Evin Lewis
Aaron Finch
Hanuma Vihari
Kedar Jadhav
Glenn Phillips
Alex Carey
Sam Billings
Kusal Perera
Sheldon Cotrell
Adil Rashid
Rahul Sharma
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Harbhajan Singh
Ish Sodhi
Qais Ahmad
Himanshu Rana
C Hari Nishaanth
Rahul Gahlaut
Ankit Rajpoot
Avi Barot
Mujtaba Yousuf
Ayush Badoni
Venkatesh Iyer
Himmat Singh
Vishnu Solanki
Atit Sheth
Rahul Gahlaut