Punjab kings broke the bank for England all-rounder Sam Curran to hand him the tag of the most expensive buy in IPL with a whopping price of INR 18.5 crores, overtaking South African Chris Morris who was brought for INR 16.25 crores by the Rajasthan Royals in 2021. However, the record price
The first buy of the Mini-Auction for Delhi Capitals was England's Phil Salt, who was acquired for INR 2 crore. Uncapped Indian speedster Mukesh Kumar joined the Delhi Capitals for INR 5.5 crore, Delhi Capitals acquired Indian pacer Ishant Sharma for INR 50 lakh. Manish Pandey was picked
RCB bought Will Jacks for INR 3.20 crore and Reece Topley for INR 1.90L crore and their top Indian buys were Ranjan Kumar for INR 70 lakh, Avinash Singh for INR 60 lakh, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage and Sonu Yadav for INR 20 lakh each.
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was bought by five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) for INR 17.5 crore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Kochi on Friday
Punjab Kings won the bid for Curran at 18.5 crore, it eclipsed the Chris Morris' record of the being the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League auction. At Punjab, he joins his compatriots Johnny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone. West Indies wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran got 16 crore
Sam Curran was bought by Punjab Kings in 2019 and after that he was released and in the IPL 2020 Auction Curran was bought by CSK for INR 5.5 crore. And now he is back with Punjab Kings.
With the Royals having retained 16 players ahead of the IPL 2023 Auction, the franchise was quite active in Kochi, which provided the fans some enjoyable moments.