Australian superstar Steve Smith was the first player to be sold at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction in Chennai on Thursday (February 18). The 31-year-old batsman was roped in by Delhi Capitals (DC) for INR 2.2 crore.
Following Smith a big and intense bid of Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell took place. The ‘Big Show’ was picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for a whopping amount of Rs 14.25 Cr. Meanwhile, South Africa’s fast bowling all-rounder Chris Morris has now become the most expensive player in IPL history. He smashed the record of 16 crores paid to Yuvraj Singh by Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in 2015.
India’s Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara was bought by two-times IPL champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for INR 50 lakh.
Here’s the list of players sold at the IPL 2021 auction:
- Steve Smith – Delhi Capitals – ₹2.2 Crore
- Glenn Maxwell – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹14.25 crore
- Shakib Al Hasan – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹3.2 Crore
- Moeen Ali – Chennai Super Kings – ₹7 crore
- Shivam Dube – Rajasthan Royals – ₹4.4 crore
- Chris Morris – Rajasthan Royals – ₹16.25 crore
- Dawid Malan – Punjab Kings – ₹1.5 crore
- Mustafizur Rahman – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1 crore
- Adam Milne – Mumbai Indians – ₹3.2 crore
- Nathan Coulter-Nile – Mumbai Indians – ₹5 crore
- Jhye Richardson – Punjab Kings – ₹14 crore
- Umesh Yadav – Delhi Capitals – ₹1 cr
- Piyush Chawla – Mumbai Indians – ₹2.4 crore
- Sachin Baby – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
- Rajat Patidar – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
- Ripal Patel – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh
- Shahrukh Khan – Punjab Kings – ₹5.25 crore
- K Gowtham – Chennai Super Kings – ₹9.25 crore
- Vishnu Vinod – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh
- Sheldon Jackson – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh
- Mohammed Azharuddeen – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
- Lukman Meriwala – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh
- Chetan Sakariya – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1.2 crore
- Riley Meredith – Punjab Kings – ₹8 crore
- M Siddharth – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh
- Jagadeesha Suchith – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹30 lakh
- KC Cariappa – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh
- Cheteshwar Pujara – Chennai Super Kings – ₹50 lakh
- Kyle Jamieson – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹15 crore
- Tom Curran – Delhi Capitals – ₹5.25 crore
- Moises Henriques – Punjab Kings – ₹4.2 crore
- Utkarsh Singh – Punjab Kings – ₹20 lakh
- Jalaj Saxena – Punjab Kings – ₹30 lakh
- Vaibhav Arora – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh
- Fabian Allen – Punjab Kings – ₹75 lakh
- Daniel Christian – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹4.8 crore
- Liam Livingstone – Rajasthan Royals – ₹75 lakh
- Suyash Prabhudessai – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
- KS Bharat – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh
- M Harisankar Reddy – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh
- Kuldip Yadav – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh
- James Neesham – Mumbai Indians – ₹50 lakh
- Yudhvir Charak – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh
- K Bhagath Varma – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh
- Marco Jansen – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh
- Saurabh Kumar – Punjab Kings – ₹20 lakh
- Karun Nair – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹50 lakh
- Kedar Jadhav – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹2 crore
- Sam Billings – Delhi Capitals – ₹2 crore
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹1.5 crore
- Harbhajan Singh – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹2 crore
- C Hari Nishanth – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh
- Ben Cutting – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹75 lakh
- Venkatesh Iyer – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh
- Pawan Negi – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹50 lakh
- Akash Singh – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh
- Arjun Tendulkar – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh