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IPL auction

2018

Mega auction

Record buy

Ben Stokes

England

₹12.50 Cr

base ₹2.00 Cr · 6.3× base

Rajasthan Royals

Jaydev Unadkat

India

BWL

₹11.50 Cr

base ₹1.50 Cr · 7.7× base

Rajasthan Royals

KL Rahul

India

BAT

₹11.00 Cr

base ₹2.00 Cr · 5.5× base

Kings XI Punjab

Bought: 169
Spent: ₹431.7 Cr
Average: ₹2.55 Cr
Overseas: 33%

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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Role

Origin

Price

All 169 players · ₹431.7 Cr

Auction purchases

Ben StokesEngland	Rajasthan Royals	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹12.50 Cr	—
Jaydev UnadkatIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹11.50 Cr
KL RahulIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹11.00 Cr
Manish PandeyIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹1.00 Cr	₹11.00 Cr	—
Chris LynnAustralia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹9.60 Cr
Mitchell StarcAustralia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹9.40 Cr
Glenn MaxwellAustralia	Delhi Daredevils	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹9.00 Cr
Rashid KhanAfghanistan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹9.00 Cr
Krunal PandyaIndia	Mumbai Indians	AR	₹0.40 Cr	₹8.80 Cr
Sanju SamsonIndia	Rajasthan Royals	WK	₹1.00 Cr	₹8.00 Cr
Kedar JadhavIndia	Chennai Super Kings	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹7.80 Cr	—
Ravichandran AshwinIndia	Kings XI Punjab	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹7.60 Cr
Chris WoakesEngland	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹7.40 Cr
Dinesh KarthikIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	WK	₹2.00 Cr	₹7.40 Cr	—
Andrew TyeAustralia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹7.20 Cr
Jofra ArcherBarbados	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.40 Cr	₹7.20 Cr
Dwayne BravoTrinidad and Tobago	Chennai Super Kings	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹6.40 Cr	—
Robin UthappaIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	WK	₹2.00 Cr	₹6.40 Cr	—
Aaron FinchAustralia	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹1.50 Cr	₹6.20 Cr	—
Ishan KishanIndia	Mumbai Indians	WK	₹0.40 Cr	₹6.20 Cr
Krishnappa GowthamIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹6.20 Cr	—
Marcus StoinisAustralia	Kings XI Punjab	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹6.20 Cr
Yuzvendra ChahalIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹6.00 Cr
Kuldeep YadavIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹5.80 Cr
Karun NairIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹0.50 Cr	₹5.60 Cr	—
Kieron PollardTrinidad and Tobago	Mumbai Indians	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹5.40 Cr
Pat CumminsAustralia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹5.40 Cr
Shikhar DhawanIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹5.20 Cr	—
Karn SharmaIndia	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹5.00 Cr	—
Wriddhiman SahaIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	WK	₹1.00 Cr	₹5.00 Cr	—
Jos ButtlerEngland	Rajasthan Royals	WK	₹1.50 Cr	₹4.40 Cr
Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹4.20 Cr
Piyush ChawlaIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹4.20 Cr
Umesh YadavIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹4.20 Cr	—
Ajinkya RahaneIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹4.00 Cr
Amit MishraIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹4.00 Cr	—
D'Arcy ShortAustralia	Rajasthan Royals	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹4.00 Cr
Mujeeb ZadranAfghanistan · no player profile	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹4.00 Cr	—
Shane WatsonAustralia	Chennai Super Kings	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹4.00 Cr	—
Evin LewisTrinidad and Tobago	Mumbai Indians	BAT	₹1.50 Cr	₹3.80 Cr
Siddarth KaulIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹3.80 Cr	—
Brendon McCullumNew Zealand	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹3.60 Cr	—
Deepak HoodaIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹0.40 Cr	₹3.60 Cr	—
Nitish RanaIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹3.40 Cr
Rahul TripathiIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹3.40 Cr	—
Kamlesh NagarkotiIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹3.20 Cr	—
Shahbaz NadeemIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.40 Cr	₹3.20 Cr	—
Suryakumar YadavIndia	Mumbai Indians	BAT	₹0.30 Cr	₹3.20 Cr
Vijay ShankarIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.40 Cr	₹3.20 Cr
Washington SundarIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹1.50 Cr	₹3.20 Cr
Ankit RajpootIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹3.00 Cr	—
David MillerSouth Africa	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹1.50 Cr	₹3.00 Cr
Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹1.50 Cr	₹3.00 Cr
Khaleel AhmedIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹3.00 Cr
Mohammed ShamiIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹3.00 Cr
Navdeep SainiIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹3.00 Cr	—
Rahul TewatiaIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹3.00 Cr
Sandeep SharmaIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹3.00 Cr
Shivam MaviIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹3.00 Cr	—
Gautam GambhirIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.80 Cr	—
Quinton de KockSouth Africa	Royal Challengers Bangalore	WK	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.80 Cr
Mohammed SirajIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹2.60 Cr
Shardul ThakurIndia	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹0.75 Cr	₹2.60 Cr
Mohit SharmaIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹2.40 Cr	—
Ambati RayuduIndia	Chennai Super Kings	WK	₹0.50 Cr	₹2.20 Cr	—
Ben CuttingAustralia	Mumbai Indians	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹2.20 Cr	—
Brainder SranIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹2.20 Cr	—
Colin de GrandhommeNew Zealand	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹0.75 Cr	₹2.20 Cr	—
Murugan AshwinIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹2.20 Cr	—
Mustafizur RahmanBangladesh	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹2.20 Cr
Nathan Coulter-NileAustralia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹2.20 Cr	—
Trent BoultNew Zealand	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹2.20 Cr
Carlos BrathwaiteBarbados	Sunrisers Hyderabad	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Chris GayleWest Indies	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Harbhajan SinghIndia	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Mitchell JohnsonAustralia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Murali VijayIndia	Chennai Super Kings	BAT	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Shakib Al HasanBangladesh	Sunrisers Hyderabad	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr
Yuvraj SinghIndia	Kings XI Punjab	AR	₹2.00 Cr	₹2.00 Cr	—
Colin MunroNew Zealand	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.50 Cr	₹1.90 Cr
Rahul ChaharIndia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.90 Cr	—
Yusuf PathanIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	AR	₹0.75 Cr	₹1.90 Cr	—
Shubman GillIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.80 Cr
Moeen AliEngland	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹1.50 Cr	₹1.70 Cr
Parthiv PatelIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	WK	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.70 Cr	—
Faf du PlessisSouth Africa	Chennai Super Kings	BAT	₹1.50 Cr	₹1.60 Cr
Daniel ChristianAustralia	Delhi Daredevils	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.50 Cr	—
Jason BehrendorffAustralia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.50 Cr
Jason RoyEngland	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹1.50 Cr	₹1.50 Cr
Mark WoodEngland	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹1.50 Cr	₹1.50 Cr	—
Pradeep SangwanIndia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹1.50 Cr	—
Ben DwarshuisAustralia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.40 Cr
Mandeep SinghIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BAT	₹0.50 Cr	₹1.40 Cr	—
Naman OjhaIndia	Delhi Daredevils	WK	₹0.75 Cr	₹1.40 Cr	—
Prithvi ShawIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.20 Cr	—
Manan VohraIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.10 Cr	—
Akshdeep NathIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Chris JordanEngland	Sunrisers Hyderabad	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr
Imran TahirSouth Africa	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr
JP DuminySouth Africa	Mumbai Indians	AR	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Manoj TiwaryIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹0.50 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Mayank AgarwalIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Mohammad NabiAfghanistan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	AR	₹0.50 Cr	₹1.00 Cr
Pawan NegiIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹0.50 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Sam BillingsEngland	Chennai Super Kings	WK	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr
Shreevats GoswamiIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	WK	₹0.20 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Tim SoutheeNew Zealand	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr
Vinay KumarIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BWL	₹1.00 Cr	₹1.00 Cr	—
Basil ThampiIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.95 Cr	—
Kulwant KhejroliyaIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.85 Cr	—
Deepak ChaharIndia	Chennai Super Kings	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.80 Cr
Rinku SinghIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.80 Cr
Saurabh TiwaryIndia	Mumbai Indians	BAT	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.80 Cr	—
Dhawal KulkarniIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.75 Cr	—
Gurkeerat SinghIndia	Delhi Daredevils	AR	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.75 Cr	—
Avesh KhanIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.70 Cr
Zahir KhanAfghanistan	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.60 Cr
Abhishek SharmaIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.55 Cr
Tajinder SinghIndia	Mumbai Indians	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.55 Cr
Akila DananjayaSri Lanka	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr
Ben LaughlinAustralia	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
Billy StanlakeAustralia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
Dushmantha ChameeraSri Lanka	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr
Jayant YadavIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
Lungi NgidiSouth Africa	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr
Mitchell SantnerNew Zealand	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr
Stuart BinnyIndia	Rajasthan Royals	AR	₹0.50 Cr	₹0.50 Cr	—
KM AsifIndia	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.40 Cr	—
Thangarasu NatarajanIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.40 Cr	₹0.40 Cr
Aniket ChoudharyIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Anureet SinghIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Cameron Delport	Kolkata Knight Riders	AR	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Javon SearlesBarbados	Kolkata Knight Riders	AR	₹0.30 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Udit BirlaIndia	Rajasthan Royals	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.30 Cr	—
Aditya TareIndia	Mumbai Indians	WK	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Aniruddha JoshiIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Ankit SharmaIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Anukul Roy priyansh KumarIndia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr
Apoorv WankhadeIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Bipul SharmaIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Chaitanya BishnoiIndia	Chennai Super Kings	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Dhruv ShoreyIndia	Chennai Super Kings	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Harshal PatelIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr
Ishank JaggiIndia	Kolkata Knight Riders	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Jatin SaxenaIndia	Rajasthan Royals	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Kanishk SethIndia	Chennai Super Kings	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Kshitiz SharmaIndia	Chennai Super Kings	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
M. D. NidheeshIndia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Mahipal LomrorIndia	Rajasthan Royals	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Manjot Kalra	Delhi Daredevils	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Manzoor DarIndia	Kings XI Punjab	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Mayank DagarIndia	Kings XI Punjab	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Mayank MarkandeIndia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Mehdi HasanIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Mohsin KhanIndia	Mumbai Indians	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr
Monu KumarIndia	Chennai Super Kings	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Narayan JagadeesanIndia	Chennai Super Kings	WK	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Pardeep SahuIndia	Kings XI Punjab	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Pavan DeshpandeIndia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Prashant ChopraIndia	Rajasthan Royals	WK	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Ricky BhuiIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Sachin BabyIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Sandeep LamichhaneNepal	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr
Sayan GhoshIndia	Delhi Daredevils	BWL	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Sharad LumbaIndia	Mumbai Indians	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Shreyas GopalIndia	Rajasthan Royals	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Siddhesh LadIndia	Mumbai Indians	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Sudhesan MidhunIndia	Rajasthan Royals	AR	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 Cr	—
Tanmay AgarwalIndia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	BAT	₹0.20 Cr	₹0.20 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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