Mitchell Starc became the costliest player in the history of IPL, going past his captain Pat Cummins' record set barely an hour ago. KKR splurged a whopping ₹24.75 crore to rope in Starc while Cummins was picked up by SRH for ₹20.5 crore.
Indian pacers Umesh Yadav and Shivam Mavi went for ₹5.8 crore and 6.4 crore respectively to GT and LSG. New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell came close with ₹14 crore.
He was picked up by CSK. PBKS broke the bank for Harshal Patel, who was bought for ₹11.75 crore. CSK got stuck in with the all-rounders, picking Shardul Thakur ( ₹4 crore) and Rachin Ravindra (1.8 crore) in the second set.
West Indies T20 captain Rovman Powell was sold for a whopping ₹7.40 crore to RR after a fierce bidding war between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Powell, who had a base price of ₹1 crore, was the first player to be sold in IPL 2024 auction. There were no takers for Rilee Rossouw but Harry Brook was snapped up by DC for ₹4 Crore.
There was another bidding war for Australia's Travis Head between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Finally, the World Cup final hero, whose base price was ₹2 crore, was sold for Rs. 6.8 crore to SRH. There were no takers for Steve Smith, Karun Nair and Manish Pandey.
