The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction saw two of the most expensive signings on Tuesday as bids as high as INR 24 crore were made.
Australian pacer Mitchell Starc became the most expensive player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history after he was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a whopping INR 24.75 crore fee during IPL 2024 auctions.
A long bidding war between KKR and Gujrat Titans (GT) took place for the in-demand Australian pacer which the former eventually won.
Starc trumped his national teammate Pat Cummins to become the costliest player in IPL. The 30-year-old was signed by Sunrises Hyderabad (SRH) for INR 20.5 crore following an intense intense bidding war for the 2023 World Cup winning captain with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Today was the first time that the 20-crore barrier was broken in the IPL auction.
But who are the most expensive players in each IPL year? From the likes of Andrew Flintoff to Shane Bond to Kevin Pietersen, here are some of the biggest names who were once the most expensive players in IPL history.
Here is the list of the most expensive players of each year since the commencement of IPL
2008: MS Dhoni — CSK — 9.50 crore
2009: Andrew Flintoff — CSK— 9.80 core
2009: Kevin Pietersen — RCB — 9.80 crore
2010: Shane Bond — KKR — 4.80 crore
2010: Kieron Pollard — Mumbai Indians — 4.80 crore
2011: Gautam Gambhir — KKR — 14.90 crore
2012: Ravindra Jadeja — CSK — 12.80 crore
2013: Glenn Maxwell — RCB — 6.30 crore
2014: Yuvraj Singh — RCB — 14 crore
2015: Yuvraj Singh — Delhi Daredevils — 16 crore
2016: Shane Watson — RCB — 9.50 crore
2017: Ben Stokes — Rising Pune Supergiants — 14.50 crore
2018: Ben Stokes — Rajasthan Royals — 14.50 crore
2019: Jaydev Unadkat — Rajasthan Royals — 8.40 crore
2019: Varun Chakravarthy — Kings XI Punjab — 8.40 crore
2020: Pat Cummins — KKR — 15.50 crore
2021: Chris Morris — Rajasthan Royals — 16.50 crore
2022: Ishan Kishan — Mumbai Indians — 15.25 crore
2023: Sam Curran — Punjab Kings — 18.50
2024: Pat Cummins — Sunrises Hyderabad — 20.50 crore
2024: Mitchell Starc — KKR — 24.75 crore
