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 Morꦜris has now become the most expensive player in IPL hist🙈ory. 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