'Starc for Rs 24.75 crore, Cummins for 20.50 cr': List of most expensive players at IPL 2024 Auction

The IPL 2024 auction took place at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, on December 19, 2023. A total of 333 players went under the hammer at the event. Some caused absolute chaos, whereas some went without troubling the bid board. Focusing on the former category, let's take a look at the most expensive buys in the IPL 2024 auction.

3 things you need to know

• IPL 2024 auction took place on December 19, 2023
• The event was held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai
• Mitchell Starc became the most expensive buy in IPL 2024

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Aussie pacers stole the show

Ahead of the start of the IPL 2024 auction, the most popular wondering was who would become the most expensive signing at the event, and whether Sam Surran's record would break. Turns out Curran's Rs. 18.50 crore pole has been superseded not once but twice. The Aussie pacers Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc rocked the auction and became the first firsts to breach the 20 crore mark.

Cummins went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 20.50 crore, and if that wasn't enough, Mitchell Starc went on to break all the records. At a winning bid of 24.75 crore, Starc was acquired by Kolkata Knight Riders, and thereby with that sort of price he became the most experienced signing in the history of IPL.

Aside from Starc and Cummins, Daryl Mitchell also emerged as a player with a whopping signing amount, and from India, Harshal Patel proved to be the costliest of them all. On another end, Sameer Rizvi and Kumar Kushagra were the standouts from the uncapped list. To gauge further clarity, let's take a look at the list of players for whom the franchises went all out.

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IPL 2024 Auction: Most expensive players

• Mitchell Starc - Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 24.75 Crore
• Pat Cummins - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 20.50 Crore
• Daryl Mitchell - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 14 Crore
• Harshal Patel - Punjab Kings - Rs 11.75 Crore
• Alzarri Joseph - Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 11.50 Crore
• Spencer Johnson - Gujarat Titans - Rs 10 Crore
• Sameer Rizvi - Chennai Super Kings - Rs 8.40 Crore
• Rovman Powell - Rajasthan Royals - Rs 7.40 Crore
• Shahrukh Khan - Gujarat Titans - Rs 7.40 Crore
• Kumar Kushagra - Delhi Capitals - Rs 7.2 Crore
• Travis Head - Sunrisers Hyderabad - Rs 6.80 Crore
• Shivam Mavi - Lucknow Super Giants - Rs 6.40 Crore
• Umesh Yadav - Gujarat Titans - Rs 5.8 Crore
• Shubham Dubey - Rajasthan Royals - Rs 5.80 crore
• Gerald Coetzee - Mumbai Indians - Rs 5 Crore
• Yash Dayal - Royal Challengers Bangalore- 5 Crore
• Jhye Richardson - Delhi Capitals - Rs 5 Crore

So, these were the players who generated bidding wars, and in the end, each player went to the franchise that went desperately ahead for them. Rachin Ravindra, who was expected to be on the list, however, could not make it because CSK got him for just 1.8 crore.