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Kolkata Knight Riders shed out a massive Rs 15.50 crore for Australian pacer Pat Cummins being the expensive overseas buy ever in the IPL players auction that was held in Kolkata.
Prior to KKR, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore were engaged in a fierce war bidding for the Australian. The record of Ben Stokes in an auction of Rs 14.5 crore by Rising Pune Supergiant in the 2017 auction.
The list of players sold is mentioned here,
PLAYERS |
COUNTRY |
IPL TEAM |
BASE PRICE (IN INR) |
SOLD FOR (IN INR) |
Pat Cummins |
Australia |
KKR |
2 crore |
15.5 crore |
Glenn Maxwell |
Australia |
KXIP |
2 crore |
10.75 crore |
Chris Morris |
South Africa |
RCB |
1.5 crore |
10 crore |
Sheldon Cottrell |
West Indies |
KXIP |
50 lakh |
8.5 crore |
Nathan Coulter-Nile |
Australia |
MI |
1 crore |
8 crore |
Piyush Chawla |
India |
CSK |
1 crore |
6.75 crore |
Sam Curran |
England |
CSK |
1 crore |
5.5 crore |
Eoin Morgan |
England |
KKR |
1.5 crore |
5.25 crore |
Aaron Finch |
Australia |
RCB |
1 crore |
4.4 crore |
Varun Chakravarthy |
India |
KKR |
30 lakh |
4 crore |
Robin Uthappa |
India |
RR |
1.5 crore |
3 crore |
Jaydev Unadkat |
India |
RR |
1 crore |
3 crore |
Alex Carey |
Australia |
DC |
50 lakh |
2.4 crore |
Yashasvi Jaiswal |
India |
RR |
20 lakh |
2.4 crore |
Chris Lynn |
Australia |
MI |
2 crore |
2 crore |
Virat Singh |
India |
SRH |
20 lakh |
1.9 crore |
Priyam Garg |
India |
SRH |
20 lakh |
1.9 crore |
Jason Roy |
England |
DC |
1.5 crore |
1.5 crore |
Chris Woakes |
England |
DC |
1.5 crore |
1.5 crore |
Anuj Rawat |
India |
RR |
20 lakh |
80 lakh |
Rahul Tripathi |
India |
KKR |
20 lakh |
60 lakh |
Deepak Hooda |
India |
KXIP |
40 lakh |
50 lakh |
Akash Singh |
India |
RR |
20 lakh |
20 lakh |
By Shrithika Kushangi