The IPL 2021 auction in Chennai saw some interesting bidding wars for players with a high base price. Despite a very subdued record in recent times, many teams with higher purses bid flamboyantly.
In terms of numbers, the IPL 2021 auction had some interesting facets. There were 292 players up for auction.
According to the official statement by the IPL, 1114 players had registered with them for the 2021 auction. However, the final list saw just 292 cricketers.
The highest reserve price in this auction was fixed at Rs 2 crore. Only two Indians – Kedar Jadhav and Harbhajan Singh – were in that elite club at a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Others in the list of expensive players were Liam Plunkett, Shakib Al Hasan, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell.
The composition of the players in terms of nationality, were 125 foreign and 164 Indian cricketers up for grabs.
Here is the full list of players at IPL Auction 2021:
1) Karun Nair – Kolkata Knight Riders 750 lakh
2) Alex Hales – Unsold
3) Jason Roy – Unsold
4) Steve Smith – Delhi Capitals – 2.2 Crore
5) Evin Lewis – Unsold
6) Aaron Finch – Unsold
7) Hanuma Vihari – Unsold
8) Glenn Maxwell – Royal Challengers Bangalore – 14.25 crore
9) Kedar Jadhav – Sunrisers Hyderabad – 32 crore
10) Shakib Al Hasan – Kolkata Knight Riders – 73.2 Crore
11) Moeen Ali – Chennai Super Kings – 27 crore
12) Shivam Dube – Rajasthan Royals – 34.4
Crore
13) Chris Morris – Rajasthan Royals – 316.25 crore
14) Dawid Malan – Punjab Kings – 71.5 crore
15) Glenn Phillips – Unsold
16) Alex Carey – Unsold
17) Sam Billings – Delhi Capitals – 2 crore
18) Kusal Perera – Unsold
19) Adam Milne – Mumbai Indians – 3.2 crore
20) Mustafizur Rahman – Rajasthan Royals – 71 crore
21) Jhye Richardson – Punjab Kings – 314 crore
22) Nathan Coulter-Nile – Mumbai Indians – 15 crore
23) Sheldon Cotrell – Unsold
23) Sheldon Cotrell – Unsold
24) Umesh Yadav – Delhi Capitals – 31 crore
25) Adil Rashid – Unsold
26) Rahul Sharma – Unsold
27) Mujeeb Ur Rahman – Sunrisers Hyderabad -1.5 crore
28) Harbhajan Singh – Kolkata Knight Riders – 72 crore
29) Ish Sodhi – Unsold
30) Piyush Chawla – Mumbai Indians – 72.4 crore
31) Qais Ahmad – Unsold
32) Himanshu Rana – Unsold
33) C Hari Nishaanth – Unsold
34) Sachin Baby – Royal Challengers Bangalore 20 lakh
35) Rahul Gahlaut – Unsold
36) Rajat Patidar Royal Challengers Bangalore – 720 lakh
37) Himmat Singh – Unsold
38) Vishnu Solanki – Unsold
39) Atit Sheth – Unsold
40) Ripal Patel – Delhi Capitals – 720 lakh
41) Shahrukh Khan – Punjab Kings – 75.25 crore
42) Ayush Badoni – Unsold
43) Venkatesh lyer Kolkata Knight Riders – 720 lakh
44) Vivek Singh – Unsold
45) K Gowtham – Chennai Super Kings – 79.25 crore
46) Vishnu Vinod – Delhi Capitals – 20 lakh
47) Sheldon Jackson – Kolkata Knight Riders – 220 lakh
48) Kedar Devdhar – Unsold
49) Mohammed Azharuddeen – Royal Challengers Bangalore – 20 lakh
50) Avi Barot – Unsold
51) Mujtaba Yousuf – Unsold
52) Ankit Rajpoot – Unsold
53) Lukman Meriwala – Delhi Capitals – 20 lakh
54) Chetan Sakariya – Rajasthan Royals – 71.2 crore
55) Kuldeep Sen – Unsold
56) Riley Meredith – Punjab Kings – 78 crore
57) Tushar Deshpande – Unsold
58) M. Siddharth – Delhi Capitals Rs 20 Lakh
59) Karanveer Singh – Unsold
60) Jagadeesha Suchith – Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 lakh
61) KC Cariappa Rajasthan Royals – 720 lakh
62) Sandeep Lamichhane – Unsold
63) Midhun Sudhesan – Unsold
64) Tejas Baroka – Unsold
65) Rovman Powell – Unsold
66) Shaun Marsh – Unsold
67) Corey Anderson – Unsold
68) Devon Conway – Unsold
69) Darren Bravo – Unsold
70) Rassie van der Dussen – Unsold
71) Cheteshwar Pujara – Chennai Super Kings – 750 lakh
72) Martin Guptill Unsold
73) Pawan Negi – Kolkata Knight Riders – 750 lakh
74) Kyle Jamieson – Royal Challengers Bangalore 15 crore
75) Ben Cutting – Kolkata Knight Riders – 75 lakh
76) Tom Curran – Delhi Capitals – 75.25 crore
77) Gurkeerat Singh – Unsold
78) Marnus Labuschagne – Unsold
79) Moises Henriques – Punjab Kings – 34.2 crore
80) Varun Aaron – Unsold
81) Oshane Thomas – Unsold
82) Mohit Sharma – Unsold
83) Billy Stanlake – Unsold
84) Mitchell McClenaghan – Unsold
85) Jason Behrendorff – Unsold
86) Naveen UL Haq – Unsold
86) Naveen UL Haq – Unsold
87) Karan Sharma Unsold
88) Utkarsh Singh – Punjab Kings – 220 lakh
89) KL Shrijith – Unsold
90) Jalaj Saxena – Punjab Kings – 30 lakh
91) Vaibhav Arora – Kolkata Knight Riders -720 lakh
92) Ben Dwarshuis – Unsold
93) G Periyasamy – Unsold
94) Fabian Allen – Punjab Kings – 75 lakh
95) Daniel Christian Royal Challengers Bangalore – 34.8 crore
96) Liam Livingstone Rajasthan Royals 775 lakh
97) Thisara Perera Unsold
98) Ben McDermott – Unsold
99) Matthew Wade Unsold
100) Sean Abbott – Unsold
101) Siddhesh Lad – Unsold
102) Tejinder Dhillon – Unsold
103) Prerak Mankad – Unsold
104) Suyash Prabhudessai – Royal Challengers Bangalore – 20 lakh
105) KS Bharat – Royal Challengers Bangalore- 720 lakh
106) Josh Inglis – Unsold
107) M Harisankar Reddy Chennai Super Kings – 320 lakh
108) Simarjeet Singh Unsold
109) Kuldip Yadav – Rajasthan Royals – Â¥20 lakh
110) Scott Kuggeleijn – Unsold
111) James Neesham – Mumbai Indians – 750 lakh
112) Wayne Parnell – Unsold
113) Reece Topley – Unsold
114) Chris Green – Unsold
115) Isuru Udana – Unsold
116) George Linde – Unsold
117) Chaitanya Bishnoi – Unsold
118) Yudhvir Charak – Mumbai Indians – 720 lakh
119) Ajay Dev Goud Unsold
120) K Bhagath Varma – Chennai Super Kings – 720 lakh
121) Jack Wildermuth – Unsold
122) Harsh Tyagi – Unsold
123) Gerald Coetzee – Unsold
124) Tim David – Unsold
125) Marco Jansen – Mumbai Indians – 720 lakh
126) Pratyush Singh – Unsold
127) Saurabh Kumar – Punjab Kings – 320 lakh
128) C Hari Nishanth – Chennai Super Kings – 720 lakh
129) Akash Singh – Rajasthan Royals – 720 lakh
130) Arjun Tendulkar – Mumbai Indians – 720 lakh
