India Premier League 2022 will be played as per the original schedule in April 2022. But before that, a big event is around the corner which is IPL Mega Auction on 12th & 13th February 2022. All the franchise or teams were allowed to retain maximum 4 players. After the list of released players were out by every franchise, the two new teams can grab 3 players each before releasing them in the auction pool.
The two new teams Ahmedabad and Lucknow were given a time frame within which they had to close a deal with their interested players. As per the reports, Lucknow have picked KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi, whereas Ahmedabad went for Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan & Shubman Gill. Both the teams will enter the auction table with the a purse value of 60crore & 53 crores respectively. IPL mega auction has always been a pleasure to cricket fans eyes as star players are moved from one franchise to other resulting in building a strong team.
We are expecting big bids for some players in this mega auction due to multiple reasons. One of them being captaincy, after the announcement of Virat Kohli quitting RCB leadership role and Punjab Kings & Kolkata Knight Riders seeing the exit of their captain KL Rahul & Eoin Morgan respectively. We expect these teams to go all in for a player who could lead their side to glory in the upcoming seasons. Therefore, we expect Shreyas Iyer to accumulate huge bids for his captaincy skills as he proved it with Delhi Capitals franchise. We will not be shocked, if he emerges as the most expensive player in this year IPL Mega Auction 2022.
IPL Auction have witnessed huge amount of bids for players, only to leave them under constant pressure of performance and proving their worth. Therefore, we have created a list of
Top 10 highest paid players in IPL auction history-
10} Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes comes last on this list with a price tag of Rupees 12.5 crores bought by Rajasthan Royals in 2018 season.
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9} Yuvraj Singh
He was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2014 IPL season with an amount of 14 crores.
8} Jhye Richardson
Punjab Kings bought the speedster in IPL Auction 2021 for a whopping sum of 14 crores.
7} Glenn Maxwell
Even after not performing consistently over the years, the Aussie attracted a bid of 14.25 crores from Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL Auction 2021.
6} Ben Stokes
Rising Pune Supergiants took the all-rounder in their team for a big amount of 14.5 crores in 2017 season.
5} Gautam Gambhir
The most successful captain for Kolkata Knight Riders was bought in 2011 auction with a massive amount of 14.9 crores.
4} Kyle Jamieson
Kyle Jamieson was the other big buy of RCB in IPL Auction 2021 for an enormous amount of 15 crores.
3} Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins proved his worth with bat and ball for Kolkata Knight Riders which bought him for 15.5 crores in 2020 IPL Auction.
2} Yuvraj Singh
After been released by RCB, the player gathered a bigger amount than his previous one in auction as Delhi Daredevils bought him for 16 crores for 2015 season.
1} Chris Morris
Chris Morris is the most expensive buy in the IPL history, he was bought for gigantic sum of 16.25 crores by Rajasthan Royals in 2021.
However, if we talk about the most expensive player in IPL history then Virat Kohli tops the list with a salary of 17 crore, however he was never bought from an auction table. Therefore, Chris Morris tops this list.
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