Australians Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins had the biggest paydays during the IPL auction in Dubai on Tuesday. Starc was snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 24.75 crore, while Cummins went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20.5 crore.
Among Indian players, it was Harshal Patel who turned out to be the most expensive, with Punjab Kings shelling out Rs 11.75 crore for him. Several uncapped Indian players also went for big bucks, with Sameer Rizvi being bought by Chennai Super Kings for a whopping Rs 8.4 crore.
Here's how the squads look at the end of the auction:
Chennai Super Kings
Squad before auction: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Mitchell Santner, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Ajay Mandal
Players bought: Daryl Mitchell (14 Cr), Sameer Rizvi (8.4 Cr), Shardul Thakur (4 Cr), Mustafizur Rahman (2 Cr), Rachin Ravindra (1.80 Cr), Avanish Rao Aravelly (20 L)
Players released: Ben Stokes, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh
Delhi Capitals
Squad before auction: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Players bought: Kumar Kushagra (7.20 Cr), Jhye Richardson (5 Cr), Harry Brook (4 Cr), Sumit Kumar (1 Cr), Shai Hope (75 L), Tristan Stubbs (50 L), Ricky Bhui (20 L), Rasikh Dar (20 L), Swastik Chikara (20 L)
Players released: Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg
Gujarat Titans
Squad before auction: Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Players bought: Spencer Johnson (10 Cr), Shahrukh Khan (7.4 Cr), Umesh Yadav (5.80 Cr), Robin Minz (3.6 Cr), Sushant Mishra (2.2 Cr), Kartik Tyagi (60 L), Azmatullah Omarzai (50 L), Manav Suthar (20 L)
Players released: Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, Hardik Pandya (Traded to MI)
Kolkata Knight Riders
Squad before auction: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Players bought: Mitchell Starc (24.75 Cr), Mujeeb Rahman (2 Cr), Gus Atkinson (1 Cr), Sherfane Rutherford (1.5 Cr), KS Bharat (50 L), Chetan Sakariya (50 L), Manish Pandey (50 L), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (20 L), Ramandeep Singh (20 L), Sakib Hussain (20 L)
Players released: Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles
Lucknow Super Giants
Squad before auction: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Devdutt Padikkal (Traded in from RR), Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq
Players bought: Shivam Mavi (6.40 Cr), M Siddarth (2.4 Cr), David Willey (2 Cr), Ashton Turner (1 Cr), Arshin Kulkarni (20 L), Md Arshad Khan (20 L)
Players released: Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria, Romario Shepherd (Traded to MI), Avesh Khan (Traded to RR)
Mumbai Indians
Squad before auction: Hardik Pandya (Traded from GT), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (Traded from LSG)
Players bought: Gerald Coetzee (5 Cr), Nuwan Thushara (4.80 Cr), Dilshan Madhushanka (4.6 Cr), Mohammad Nabi (1.5 Cr), Shreyas Gopal (20 L), Namandhir Singh (20 L), Anshul Kamboj (20 L), Shivalik Sharma (20 L)
Players released: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier, Cameron Green (Traded to RCB)
Punjab Kings
Squad before auction: Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Matthew Short, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa
Players bought: Harshal Patel (11.75 Cr), Rilee Rossouw (8 Cr), Chris Woakes (4.20 Cr), Ashutosh Sharma (20 L), Shashank Singh (20 L), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (20 L), Tanay Thyagarajann (20 L), Prince Choudhary (20 L)
Players released: Shahrukh Khan, Raj Bawa, Baltej Dhanda, Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Rajasthan Royals
Squad before auction: Sanju Samson, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Avesh Khan (Traded from LSG), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Singh Rathore, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Adam Zampa, Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira
Players bought: Rovman Powell (7.4 Cr), Shubham Dubey (5.8 Cr), Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Nandre Burger (50 L), Abid Mushtaq (20 L)
Players released: Murugan Ashwin. KC Cariappa, KM Asif, Akash Vashisht, Abdul Basith, Kuldip Yadav, Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Squad before auction: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Cameron Green (Traded in from MI) Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (Traded in from SRH), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar
Players bought: Alzarri Joseph (11.50 Cr), Yash Dayal (5 Cr), Lockie Ferguson (2 Cr), Tom Curran (1.5 Cr), Swapnil Singh (20 L), Saurav Chauhan (20 L)
Players released: Wanindu Hasarangha, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Squad before auction: Aiden Markram Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed (Traded from RCB), Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazahaq Farooqi
Players bought: Pat Cummins (20.5 Cr), Travis Head (6.8 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (1.5 Cr), Jaydev Unadkat (50 L), Akash Maharaj Singh (20 L), Jhathavedh Subramanyam (20 L)
Players released: Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Adil Rashid