Sam Curran becomes the costliest buy at IPL auction, fetches ₹18.5 crore bid from Punjab Kings

England all-rounder Sam Curran on Friday became the most expensive player in the history of IPL auctions after fetching a whopping ₹18.5 crore bid from Punjab Kings here. An intense bidding followed for Curran with Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings raising their paddles frenetically to secure the services of T20 World Cup player-of-the tournament.

In the end, it was Punkab Kings that broke the bank to get Curran, who drew the highest-ever bid that bettered the previous best buy of ₹16.25 crore that Rajasthan Royals had shelled out to grab South African all-rounder Chris Morris in 2021.

Australia all-rounder Cameroon Green was the second-highest earner, fetching ₹17.5 crore bid from Mumbai Indians.

England Test skipper Ben Stokes was the third-highest gainer, fetching ₹16.25 crore from CSK who pipped Kolkata Knight Riders in another intense bidding war.

England players were in demand as batter Harry Brook earned ₹13.25 crore winning from Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Brook, who struck three hundred in as many games and set a new record for most runs by an England batter in a Test series in Pakistan, started at a base price of ₹1.5 crore.

The bidding for Brook was mainly between SRH and Rajasthan Royals.

India international Mayank Agarwal was also bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹8.25 crore. His base price was set at Rs 1 crore.

New Zealand stalwart Kane Williamson was sold at his base price of ₹2 crore to Gujarat Titans.

Out-of-favour India batter Ajinkya Rahane was sold at his base price of ₹50 lakh to Chennai Super Kings, the only bidder for the player.

South Africa batter Rilee Rossouw and Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib-Al-Hasan went unsold.

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder was sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹5.75 crore.

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