These 10 players on whom a bet of 112 crores has been made, know who is the most expensive player of the 16th season
Indian Premiere 2023 starts from 31st March. The first match of the league will be played between Chennai Super Kings and defending champions Gujarat Titans. A mini auction was held for the 16th season in December last year in which many big records were also broken. There were 10 such players in this auction on which the franchisees had to spend more than 100 crores. In such a situation, let’s know about the 10 cricketers participating in IPL 2023 who were sold most expensively in the auction.
Biggest bid on Sam Karan in IPL 2023
The first name in this list comes from England’s Sam Karan. Sam was added to the IPL 2023 auction by the Punjab Kings team for 18 crores. For the first time in the history of IPL, such a huge bid was placed on a player. Sam Karan will now play for Punjab for the second time in IPL.
Mumbai Indians spent more than 17 crores on Cameron
Australia’s Cameron Green was the second most expensive player in the IPL 2023 auction. The Mumbai Indians team bid 17.5 crores on Cameron Green. The all-rounder from Australia has done exceptionally well for his team in the recent past.
CSK got Stokes from Rajasthan for 16 crores
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the third highest seller in the IPL auction. Ben Stokes has been bought by Chennai Super Kings for 16.25 crores. Prior to CSK, Stokes was a part of Rajasthan Royals.
Nicholas Pooran was the fourth most expensive player
West Indies wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran was the fourth most expensive player in the auction. Nicholls was bought by the Lucknow Supergiants team for 16 crores. Nicholas was associated with Sunrisers last season. His performance for Sunrisers was nothing special. He could only manage 306 runs in 14 matches with two fifties.
Money rained heavily on Harry Brooke too
England all-rounder Harry Brook was heavily bid for in the IPL 2023 auction. Brook was included in his team by the Sunrisers Hyderabad team for 13.5 crores. However, he won’t be able to play in the IPL anymore due to his injury on the Bangladesh tour.
Mayank Agarwal was bought by SRH for 8.25 crores.
India’s Mayank Agarwal was the sixth most expensive player sold in IPL 2023. Mayank has been bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad team for 8.25 crores. Earlier he was the captain of Punjab Kings but was released before the 16th season.
Gujarat bought Shivam Mavi for 6 crores
Shivam Mavi was the seventh most expensive player sold in IPL 2023. Shivam Mavi has been joined by the team of Gujarat Titans for 6 crores. Prior to Gujarat, Shivam was involved in the team of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rajasthan bought Jason Holder for 5.75 crores
Jason Holder was the eighth most expensive player of IPL 2023. Jason Holder was bought by the Rajasthan Royals team for 5.75 crores. Before Rajasthan, Holder played for Lucknow Supergiants. Lucknow bought him for 8.75 crores.
Mukesh Kumar will show power for Delhi Capitals
Mukesh Kumar has been the 9th most expensive player sold in IPL 2023. Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar has been joined by the Delhi Capitals team for 5.5 crores. Mukesh Kumar was included in Team India against South Africa only last year.
Henry Klaasen is the 10th most expensive player of IPL 2023
Henry Klaasen was the 10th most expensive player sold in the IPL mini auction. This South African wicket-keeper batsman was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad team for 5.25 crores.
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