Pant is the most expensive player of IPL with Rs 27 crores.

JEDDAH: Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant became the most expensive cricketer in IPL history when Lucknow Supergiants franchise bought him for Rs 27 crore. The record for the most expensive player was broken twice in a matter of minutes as franchises opened their wallets to sign superstar players at the auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Even before Pant bought Lucknow for Rs 27 crore, Punjab Kings had bought Kolkata champion Shrey Iyer for Rs 26.75 crore. With this, Starc’s record of being the most expensive player of IPL at Rs 24.75 crore was broken.

In the pre-season auction last season, Kolkata bought Starc for a huge amount.

The dominance of Indian players was seen in the IPL auction held under the new rules. All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer got the jackpot in the auction. Although it was not the center of attraction before the auction, Kolkata’s own team of Venkatesanate bought it for Rs 23.75 crore after much speculation.

England’s Josh Butler emerged as the most expensive foreign player on the first day of the two-day IPL auction held in Jeddah. Gujarat Titans included Butler in their team for Rs 15.75 crore. The use of Right to Match (RTM) card was seen right at the beginning of the IPL auction. Fast bowler Arshdeep was bought by Hyderabad team for Rs 18 crore. However, the Punjab team used his RTM card to include him back in their team.

In the IPL auction, different franchises included 20 players in their team by bidding Rs 10 crore or more.

Bengaluru and Hyderabad had shown interest in signing Pant, but Lucknow was ready to buy him at any price and eventually he was signed for a record Rs 27 crore. Earlier, efforts were made in Punjab and Kolkata to buy Shreyas Iyer and Delhi also jumped into it. Ultimately Punjab bought him for Rs 26.75 crore.

Most expensive player of all time in IPL

cricketer

Country

Amount (Rs.)

Team

Rishabh Pant

India

27.00 crores

Lucknow

Shreyas Iyer

India

26.75 crores

Punjab

Mitchell Starc

Australia

24.75 crores

Kolkata

Venkatesh Iyer

India

23.75 crores

Kolkata

pat cummins

Australia

20.50 crores

Hyderabad

Sam Curran

England

18.50 crores

Punjab

Arshdeep

India

18.00 crores

Punjab

Yuzvendra Chahal

India

18.00 crores

Punjab

cameron green

Australia

17.50 crores

Mumbai

shares

England

16.25 crores

Chennai

C. Morris

Like

16.25 crores

Rajasthan