IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Most expensive auction buys in IPL hory from 2008 to 2024 | Cricket News
IPL Auction 2025: The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction has been one of the most anticipated cricket events over the years since the tournament’s inception in 2008.
The auction process decides how each of the 10 franchises might potentially fare in the next few seasons, until it is time to revamp the team again in a new cycle.
Over the years, there have been multiple players that have gone under the hammer after intense and unprecedented bidding wars. Several teams lock horns to acquire a player, but of course, there is only one victor.
Ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction on November 24 and 25, here is a look at the most expensive players of the Indian Premier League over the years:
2008: M.S. Dhoni, sold to Chennai Super Kings for $1.5 million2009: Andrew Flintoff sold to Chennai Super Kings and Kevin Petersen sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $1.55 million2010: Shane Bond sold to Kolkata Knight Riders and Kieron Pollard sold to Mumbai Indians for $750k2011: Gautam Gambhir, sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.4 million2012: Ravindra Jadeja, sold to Chennai Super Kings for $2 million2013: Glenn Maxwell, sold to Mumbai Indians for $1 million2014: Yuvraj Singh, sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 14 crore2015: Yuvraj Singh, sold to Delhi Daredevils for 16 crore2016: Shane Watson, sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 9.5 crore2017: Ben Stokes, sold to Rising Pune Supergiant for 14.5 crore2018: Ben Stokes, sold to Rajasthan Royals for 12.5 crore2019: Jaydev Unadkat, sold to Rajasthan Royals and Varun Chakravarthy sold to Kings XI Punjab for 8.4 crore2020: Pat Cummins, sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for 15.5 crore2021: Chris Morris, sold to rajasthan Royals for 16.25 crore2022: Ishan Kishan, sold to Mumbai Indians for 15.25 crore2023: Sam Curran, sold to Punjab Kings for 18.5 crore2024: Mitchell Starc, sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for 24.75 crore
The next edition of the IPL auction is set to light up the streets of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25, becoming only the second edition to be held outside India.
