The IPL 2023 auction was a much-awaited event, and it delivered on the hype: Sam Curran and Cameron Green broke previous high records to become the two most expensive players in the history of the IPL, leaving the jaws of the fans on the floor.
Punjab Kings reacquired Curran for a whopping INR 18.5 crore, while Mumbai Indians, after failing to bag Curran, went hard after the Australian all-rounder Cam Green and bought his services for INR 17.5 crore.
The other big-name all-rounder in the auction, England Test captain Ben Stokes, went to Chennai Super Kings, who splashed INR 16.25 crore for Stokes, making him the most expensive pick in CSK’s history.
A total of 167 crores were spent by the 10 teams for the buying of 80 players at the IPL 2023 auction.
Here are the finals squads of all the 10 IPL franchises post the IPL 2023 auction:
Chennai Super Kings
Players bought: Ben Stokes (16.25 cr), Kyle Jamieson (1 cr), Ajinkya Rahane (50 lakh), Shaik Rasheed (20 lakh), Nishant Sindhu (60 lakh), Ajay Mandal (20 lakh), Bhagath Varma (20 lakh)
Full squad
Openers: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed
Middle order: Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati
Wk: MS Dhoni
All-rounders: Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Nishant Sindhu, Bhagath Varma
Spinners: Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
Fast bowlers: Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Kyle Jamieson
Mumbai Indians
Players bought: Cameron Green (INR 17.5 crore), Jhye Richardson (INR 1.5 crore), Piyush Chawla (INR 50 lakh), Duan Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 lakh), Shams Mulani (INR 20 lakh), Nehal Wadhera (INR 20 lakh), Raghav Goyal (INR 20 lakh).
Full squad:
Openers: Rohit Sharma
Middle order: Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma
Wk: Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod
All-rounders: Cameron Green, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Hritik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Duan Jansen
Spinners: Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Raghav Goyal
Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal
Gujarat Titans
Players bought: Shivam Mavi (6 cr), Joshua Little (4.40 cr), Kane Williamson (2 cr), Srikar Bharat (1.20 cr), Oden Smith (50 lakh), Mohit Sharma (50 lakh), Urvil Patel (20 lakh)
Full squad
Openers: Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson
Middle order: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, B Sai Sudharsan
Wk: Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, KS Bharat, Urvil Patel
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Darshan Nalkande, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Odean Smith
Spinners: Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmed, R Sai Kishore
Fast bowlers: Pradeep Sangwan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Shivam Mavi, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma
Rajasthan Royals
Players bought: Jason Holder (INR 5.75 crore), Donovan Ferreira (INR 50 lakh), Kunal Rathore (INR 20 lakh), Adam Zampa (INR 1.5 crore), KM Asif (INR 30 lakh), Murugan Ashwin (INR 20 lakh), Akash Vashisht (INR 20 lakh), Abdul P A (INR 20 lakh), Joe Root (INR 1 crore).
Full squad:
Openers: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal
Middle order: Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Joe Root
Wk: Dhruv Jorel, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore
All-rounders: Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Abdul Basith,
Spinners: Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Adam Zampa, KC Cariappa, M Ashwin
Fast bowlers: Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, KM Asif
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Players bought: Will Jacks (3.20 cr), Reece Topley (1.90 cr), Rajan Kumar (70 lakh), Avinash Singh (60 lakh), Himanshu Sharma (20 lakh), Sonu Yadav (20 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (20 lakh)
Full squad
Openers: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Finn Allen
Middle-order: Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai
Wicketkeepers: Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat
Allrounders: Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed , Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Sonu Yadav
Spinners: Karn Sharma, Himanshu Sharma
Fast bowlers: Harshal Patel, David Willey, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh
Lucknow Super Giants
Players bought: Nicholas Pooran (16 cr), Daniel Sams (75 lakh), Jaydev Unadkat (50 lakh), Romario Shepherd (50 lakh), Amit Mishra (50 lakh), Naveen-ul-Haq (50 lakh), Yash Thakur (45 lakh), Prerak Mankad (20 lakh), Swapnil Singh (20 lakh), Yudhvir Singh Charak (20 lakh)
Full squad
Openers: Manan Vohra, KL Rahul
Middle-order: Ayush Badoni
Wk: Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran
All-rounders: Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, K Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh
Spinners: Ravi Bishnoi, Amit Mishra
Fast bowlers: Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak
Delhi Capitals
Players bought: Rilee Rossouw (INR 4.6 Cr), Philip Salt (INR 2.0 Cr), Manish Pandey (INR 2.40 Cr), Ishant Sharma (INR 50L), Mukesh Kumar (INR 5.5 Cr)
Full squad
Openers: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Phil Salt
Middle order: Sarfaraz Khan, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw
Wk: Rishabh Pant
All-rounders: Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Aman Khan, Vicky Ostwal
Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey
Fast bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Punjab Kings
Players bought: Harpreet Singh Bhatia (INR 40L), Vidhwath Kaverappa (INR 20L), Sam Curran (INR 18.5 Cr), Sikandar Raza (INR 50L), Mohit Rathee (INR 20L), Shivam Singh (INR 20L)
Full squad
Openers: Shikhar Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia
Middle-order: Shahrukh Khan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Atharva Taide
Wk: Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma
All-rounders: Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Singh
Spinners: Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Mohit Rathee
Fast bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Vidwath Kaverappa
Kolkata Knight Riders
Players bought: Vaibhav Arora (60 Lakh), N Jagadeesan (90 Lakh), Suyash Sharma (20 Lakh), David Wiese (1 Cr), Kulwant Khejroliya (20 Lakh), Litton Das (50 Lakh), Mandeep Singh (50 Lakh), Shakib Al Hasan (1.50 Cr)
Full squad
Openers: Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Middle order: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Mandeep Singh
Wicketkeepers: N Jagadeesan, Litton Das
Allrounders: Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, David Wiese, Shakib Al Hasan
Spinners: Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma
Fast bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Kulwant Khejroliya
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players bought: Harry Brook (13.25 Cr), Mayank Agarwal (8.25 Cr), Heinrich Klaasen (5.25 Cr), Adil Rashid (2 Cr), Mayank Markande (50 Lakh), Vivrant Sharma (2.60 Cr), Samarth Vyas (20 Lakh), Sanvir Singh (20 Lakh), Upendra Yadav (25 Lakh), Mayank Dagar (1.80 Cr), Nitish Reddy (20 Lakh), Anmolpreet Singh (20 Lakh), Akeal Hosein (1 Cr)
Full squad
Openers: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi
Middle order: Aiden Markram, Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Anmolpreet Singh
Wk: Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy
All-rounders: Washington Sundar, Vivrant Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Mayank Dagar
Spinners: Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Akeal Hosein
Fast bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi
