IPL 2022 Auction: The costliest players the last 14 auctions and their prices

But
here

MyKhel
looks
at
the
costliest
player
in
each
of
the
previous
auction
and
the
price
they
commanded.

1
MS
Dhoni
(2008)

The
former
Indian
captain
had
begun
the
climb
towards
the
peak
of
his
popularity,
guiding
the
team
to
2007
T20
World
Cup
title.
A
brilliant
white
ball
skipper
and
a
destructive
batsman,
and
the
combo
was
enough
for
teams
to
go
for
a
dash.
The
Chennai
Super
Kings
bagged
him
for

Rs
9.5
crore.

2
Kevin
Pietersen,
Andrew
Flintoff
(2009)

The
England
duo
of
Pietersen
and
Flintoff
were
bagged
by
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
and
Chennai
Super
Kings
respectively.
RCB
shelled
out

Rs
9.8
crore
for
KP
and
CSK
spent
the
same
amount
for
Freddie.

3
Shane
Bond,
Kieron
Pollard
(2010)

The
tearaway
pacer
from
New
Zealand
was
bought
over
by
Kolkata
Knight
Riders,
whole
Pollard
began
his
long
association
with
Mumbai
Indians
that
year,
and
both
the
buys
were
made
for

Rs
4.8
crore
in
the
mini
auction.

4
Gautam
Gambhir
(2011)

In
some
sense,
Gambhir
was
the
first
player
to
break
into
the
big
money
league,
crossing
the
Rs
10
crore
mark.
The
KKR
gave

Rs
14.9
crore
to
purchase
him
in
the
year
he
made
significant
contributions
to
India’s
World
Cup
win.
The
buy
was
really
profitable
as
Gambhir
scored
runs
and
also
led
the
KKR
to
two
IPL
titles.

5
Ravindra
Jadeja
(2012)

The
all-rounder
from
Gujarat
was
at
the
nascent
stage
of
his
career
but
the
CSK
realised
the
value
and
balance
he
brings
to
the
team
as
an
all-rounder.
They
paid

Rs
12.8
crore
and
Jadeja
since
became
a
part
of
CSK
core
unit.

6
Glenn
Maxwell
(2013)

The
Mumbai
Indians
added
Australian
all-rounder
Glenn
Maxwell
for

Rs
6.3
crore
from
the
mini
auction
but
the
temperamental
cricketer
left
the
team
soon
after
the
season.

7
Yuvraj
Singh
(2014)

The
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
nearly
broke
then
highest
price
of
Gambhir,
while
paying

Rs
14
crore
to
Yuvraj
in
the
auction.
But
the
euphoria
lasted
only
one
season
as
he
was
released
after
a
string
of
modest
outings.

8
Yuvraj
Singh
(2015)

Despite
having
a
modest
IPL
2014,
the
Delhi
Daredevils
spent
a
then
record

Rs
16
crore
for
Yuvraj.
It
was
clear
that
the
dashing
all-rounder
has
waned
by
then
but
some
strange
calculations
forced
Delhi
to
loose
the
purse
string
for
Yuvraj.
The
record
price
stood
for
6
years.

9
Shane
Watson
(2016)

The
RCB
gave
away

Rs
9.5
crore
to
acquire
the
Australian
all-rounder
but
this
too
didn’t
work
well
as
Watson
left
for
Chennai
Super
Kings
next
season.

10
Ben
Stokes
(2017)

The
Rising
Pune
Supergiants
made
the
England
all-rounder
Stokes
the
highest
paid
overseas
player
giving
him

Rs
14.5
crore.

11.
Ben
Stokes
(2018)

Rajasthan
Royals
started
their
association
with
Stokes
in
2018
and
the
England
man
got
another
hefty
deal
of

Rs
12.5
crore
making
one
of
the
richest
IPL
players.

12.
Jaydev
Unadkat,
Varun
Chakravarthy
(2019)

Deviating
from
the
accepted
format
of
big
names
getting
big
price,
two
rookie
India
players
bagged
high
contracts
in
2019.
For

Rs
8.4
crore,
Unadkat
was
bought
over
by
Rajasthan
and
Varun
went
to
Kolkata.

13.
Pat
Cummins
(2020)

The
Australian
fast
bowler
was
purchased
by
Kolkata
Knight
Riders
for

Rs
15.5
crore
and
Cummins
had
a
good
season
for
them.

14
Chris
Morris
(2021)

No
one
would
have
expected
to
become
the
costliest
ever
player
in
the
history
of
IPL
and
it
happened
so
when
Rajasthan
rolled
out

Rs
16.25
crore
for
the
South
African
all-rounder.