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IPL auction

2016

Mini auction

Record buy

Shane Watson

Australia

₹9.50 Cr

base ₹2.00 Cr · 4.8× base

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Pawan Negi

India

BWL

₹8.50 Cr

base ₹0.30 Cr · 28.3× base

Delhi Daredevils

Chris Morris

South Africa

BWL

₹7.00 Cr

base ₹0.50 Cr · 14× base

Delhi Daredevils

Bought: 94
Spent: ₹139.7 Cr
Average: ₹1.49 Cr
Overseas: 30%

Where the money went

Spend at this auction by team, with what each retained and traded alongside (those are not bids).

Outside the auction:

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Team

Role

Origin

Price

All 94 players · ₹139.7 Cr

Auction purchases

Shane WatsonAustralia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹9.50 Cr	—
Pawan NegiIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹8.50 Cr	—
Chris MorrisSouth Africa	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹7.00 Cr	—
Yuvraj SinghIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹7.00 Cr	—
Mohit SharmaIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹6.50 Cr	—
Ashish NehraIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹5.50 Cr	—
Mitchell MarshAustralia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹4.80 Cr
Murugan AshwinIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹4.50 Cr	—
Carlos BrathwaiteBarbados	Delhi Daredevils	AR	₹0.30 Cr	₹4.20 Cr	—
Deepak HoodaIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹4.20 Cr	—
Sanju SamsonIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹4.20 Cr
Karun NairIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹4.00 Cr	—
Paras DograIndia	Gujarat Lions	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹4.00 Cr	—
Ishant SharmaIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹3.80 Cr	—
Jos ButtlerEngland	Mumbai Indians	WK	₹1.50 Cr	₹3.80 Cr
Praveen KumarIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹3.50 Cr	—
Nathu SinghIndia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹3.20 Cr	—
Kevin PietersenEngland	Rising Pune Supergiants	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹3.00 Cr	—
Tim SoutheeNew Zealand	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹2.50 Cr
Dale SteynSouth Africa	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹2.30 Cr	—
Dhawal KulkarniIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.30 Cr	—
Dinesh KarthikIndia	Gujarat Lions	WK	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.30 Cr	—
Dwayne SmithBarbados	Gujarat Lions	BAT	₹0.50 Cr	₹2.30 Cr	—
Kyle AbbottSouth Africa	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹2.10 Cr	—
Kane RichardsonAustralia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Krunal PandyaIndia	Mumbai Indians	AR	₹0.10 Cr	₹2.00 Cr
Stuart BinnyIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Rishabh PantIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹1.90 Cr
Jaydev UnadkatIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹1.60 Cr
Ankit RajpootIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹1.50 Cr	—
Kishore Kamathno player profile	Mumbai Indians		₹0.10 Cr	₹1.40 Cr	—
Mustafizur RahmanBangladesh	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹1.40 Cr
John HastingsAustralia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.30 Cr	—
Aditya TareIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	WK	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.20 Cr	—
Brainder SranIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹1.20 Cr	—
Aaron FinchAustralia	Gujarat Lions	BAT	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Eklavya DwivediIndia	Gujarat Lions	WK	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Irfan PathanIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Thisara PereraSri Lanka	Rising Pune Supergiants	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
KC CariappaIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.80 Cr	—
Jason HolderBarbados	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.70 Cr
Rajat BhatiaIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.60 Cr	—
Marcus StoinisAustralia	Kings XI Punjab	AR	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.55 Cr
Andrew TyeAustralia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.50 Cr
Ashok DindaIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
Ben CuttingAustralia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
Samuel BadreeTrinidad and Tobago	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
Scott BolandAustralia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
Travis HeadAustralia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BAT	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.50 Cr
Ishan KishanIndia	Gujarat Lions	WK	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.35 Cr
Praveen DubeyIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.35 Cr	—
Vijay ShankarIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.35 Cr
Abhimanyu MithunIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Adam ZampaAustralia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr
Colin MunroNew Zealand	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr
Farhaan BehardienSouth Africa	Kings XI Punjab	AR	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Joel ParisAustralia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr
Peter HandscombAustralia	Rising Pune Supergiants	WK	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
R. P. SinghIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Sam BillingsEngland	Delhi Daredevils	WK	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr
Ishwar PandeyIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Jaydev ShahIndia	Gujarat Lions	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Pradeep SangwanIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Pravin TambeIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Rajagopal SathishIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Shadab JakatiIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Vikramjeet MalikIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Akhil HerwadkarIndia	Delhi Daredevils	AR	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Akshay KarnewarIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Akshdeep NathIndia	Gujarat Lions	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Amit MishraIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Ankit SharmaIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Ankush BainsIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	WK	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Armaan JafferIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Baba AparajithIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	AR	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Chama MilindIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Deepak ChaharIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr
Deepak PuniaIndia	Mumbai Indians	AR	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Iqbal AbdullaIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Jaskaran SinghIndia	Rising Pune Supergiants	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Jitesh SharmaIndia	Mumbai Indians	WK	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr
Khaleel AhmedIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr
Mahipal LomrorIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Manan SharmaIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	AR	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Pardeep SahuIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Pawan SuyalIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Pratyush SinghIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Sachin BabyIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Sarabjit LaddaIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Shivil KaushikIndia	Gujarat Lions	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Swapnil SinghIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Tirumalasetti SumanIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Umang SharmaIndia	Gujarat Lions	BAT	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—
Vikas TokasIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.10 Cr	₹0.10 Cr	—

Sources

Cricsheet · cricsheet.org
Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata · www.wikidata.org
ESPNcricinfo · www.espncricinfo.com
Sportskeeda · www.sportskeeda.com
Women’s Premier League (official site) · www.wplt20.com
Outlook India · www.outlookindia.com
myKhel · www.mykhel.com
Olympics.com · www.olympics.com
CricAPI · www.cricapi.com
Wikimedia Commons (photos) · commons.wikimedia.org

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