IPL Auction 2023 Highlights: New records were set at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction with three most-expensive buys ever. England all-rounder Sam Curran and Australia all-rounder Cameron Green were picked for Rs 18.50 crore and Rs 17.50 crore respectively by Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians. Sam Curran is now the costliest player ever to be sold in an IPL auction. On the other hand, England Test captain Ben Stokes was picked by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore, an amount with which he equalled the previous record holder Chris Morris. Meanwhile, Nicholas Pooran got the highest-ever price for a West Indies player as Lucknow Supergiants secured him after making a whopping bid of Rs 16 crore. The day started with Harry Brook going to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 13.25 crore. SRH also bought Mayank Agarwal for Rs 8.25 crore. Among the surprise millionaires, pacer Shivam Mavi was picked by Gujarat Titans for Rs 6 crore while Mukesh Kumar was picked by Delhi Capitals for Rs 5.50 crore. The 40-year-old Amit Mishra was picked for Rs 50 lakh by Lucknow Supergiants.
Here are the Highlights of the IPL Mini Auction 2023 from Kochi:
- 20:48 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: The bidding war is over!Okay, guys! That's the end of the mini auction ahead of IPL 2023. Sam Curran was the star of the event with a record-breaking 18.50 crore deal with Punjab Kings. We hope you liked our coverage for the bidding war. You can get all the IPL auction related data HERE, and for IPL 2023 you can go to THIS PAGE. Until we meet gain, goodbye!
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- 19:26 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Joshua Little to GT for 4.40 crore!Joshua Little comes in next after the bidders showed some silence in the past names. This time the bidders are really interested and here is some good battle going on between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. The bid has gone over 4 crore. GT hold it at 4.40 crore and they win it.
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- 18:51 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Sam Curran reacts to his record signing!In case you missed the biggest highlight of the IPL auction so far, let me tell you that Sam Curran fetched a whopping sum of 18.50 crore, a bid that was made by Punjab Kings to secure his services. That made Curran the costliest IPL player ever. Check out Curran's reaction on the record signing:
- 18:44 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Minutes away from resumption!The auction will resume in some 10-20 minutes from now. It will be really interesting to see the fate of the rest of the players as a lot of franchises have already invested some huge amount from their respective purses and now they have to use their remaining balance quite judiciously. An interesting session awaits us, stay connected folks!
- 18:17 (IST)IPl Auction 2023: Is Brook overpaid?David Hussey says this: "Not really, I thought SRH probably overpaid. I'm not unsurprised by the amount of money he went for but I think SRH spent a lot of money on a similar player like Aiden Markram already on the list. It's a good buy, but have they overspent? Hope they aren't going to miss out on anybody in the backend like a good domestic spinner like M Ashwin or Markande."
- 18:15 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: SRH's Big BuysSimon Katich spoke on Sunrisers Hyderabad buying Harry Brook and Mayank Agarwal. "Well, definitely, Harry Brooks. Obviously, he's a fantastic young player. He's had a fantastic 2022 across all formats. He's going to be a very, very big player. He's used to coming-in in all formats and in the IPL, look, it's a big price to pay for a young man. But obviously, SRH have done their homework and feel that he will fit in. I think Mayank Agarwal is a very good buy for them, he's a very good player of spin, and he's obviously highly experienced. So, I think they got him cheaper than what I thought before the auction started."
- 18:06 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Jamieson sold to CSK, Sandeep unsold!Riley Meredith is unsold. Sandeep Sharma follows him and he too goes unsold. Taskin Ahmed comes third on the list with a base price of 50 lakh and none of the bidders is interested in him too. Dushmantha Chameera is next and he is also unsold. Zimbabwe's Blessing Muzarabani also goes unsold. New Zealand's Kyle Jamieson becomes the only player on the list to be sold. CSK secure him for his base price of 1 crore.
- 18:00 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Nabi, Parnell, Neesham, Shanaka unsold!Mohammad Nabi is under the hammer. He has a base price of 1 crore and he goes unsold. Wayne Parnell follows Nabi with a base price of 75 lakh and he also goes unsold. James Neesham comes in next and he will also meet the same fate as of Nabi and Parnell. Neesham's base price was 2 crore. Dasun Shanaka is last on this list with a base price of 50 lakh and he too goes unsold.
- 17:59 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams to LSG!Romario Shepherd has been sold to Lucknow Super Giants for his base price of 50 lakh as none of the other franchises showed interest in him. Daryl Mitchell follows him but he goes unsold after setting a base price of 1 crore for himself. Daniel Sams comes in next and he has been sold to LSG for 75 lakh.
- 17:55 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Travis Head, Mandeep Singh, David Malan unsold!Travis Head has set a base price of 2 crore for himself and none of the franchises are interested in buying him. The Aussie batter goes unsold. Mandeep Singh follows him. His base price is 50 lakh and he too goes unsold. David Malan comes next and he also goes unsold. His base was 1.50 crore.
- 17:53 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Will Jacks sold to RCB for 3.20 crore!England batter Will Jacks had set a bcase price of 1.50 crore for himself. RCB and RR are interested in the player and that sees the bid crossing 3-crore mark in no time. Jacks holds an experince of over 100 T20 matches and his strike rate is over 150 in teh format. RCB lock him for 3.20 crore.
- 17:50 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Manish Pandey sold to DC, van der Dussen unsold!While Ireland's Paul Sterling went unsold at the start of the bidding for international batters, India batter Manish Pandey is attracting good bidders. He has crossed the mark of 2 crore after starting at a base price of 1 crore. Delhi Capitals secure his services for 2.40 crore. Rassie van der Dussen and Sherfane Rutherford follow Pandey and they go unsold.
- 17:41 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: PBKS director speaks about Sam Curran dealPBKS paid a big whopping sum of 18.50 crore for Sam Curran. The all-rounder is going through a great form. He was the Player of the Match in the final of the T20 World Cup 2022 and also the Player of the Tounament. Listen what PBKS director Ness Wadia has to say about the deal:
- 17:20 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Mukesh Kumar sold to DC for 5.50 crore!The bid for Mukesh Singh started at a base price of 20 lakh but it has crossed 1 crore in no time. PBKS and DC are in the race for the pacer. The bid goes over 2 crore now. Some intense battle between both the sides continues and the bid now goes over 3 crore. This is going really good for Mukesh as he has crossed the mark of 5 crore now. Both DC and PBKS are adamant for securing him. It is Delhi Capitals, who win the player for a sum of 5.50 crore.
- 17:18 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Shivam Mavi goes to GT for 6 crore!Shivam Mavi has started on his base price of 40 lakh, but he is nearing 1 crore. He has got there and KKR make the bid for him. Mavi has now crossed the mark of 2 crore. GT and RR are in contention at the moment. Bid for Mavi is now over 4 crore and GT have made the latest bid of 4.20. It's over 5 crore now. Gujarat Titans wins the bid eventually for 6 crore.
- 16:28 (IST)IPL Auction 2023: Mayank Markande goes to SRH!Mayank Markande has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for an amount of 50 lakh and with it, the spinners' set ends here, but highlight of the phase was wicketkeeper batter Nicholas Pooran going to Lucknow Super Giants for 16 crore. The side already has KL Rahul and yet they paid such a big amount for Pooran. These biddings are hard to predict and decipher at times.
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