MS Dhoni to Mitchell Starc: Most expensive player of every IPL auction from 2008 to 2024

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Mitchell Starc becomes the most expensive player in IPL auction history as Kolkata Knight Riders splurged INR 24.75 crore, hours after Pat Cummins was bought by SRH for INR 20.50 crore Image Source : Getty

2008 - MS Dhoni - INR 6.52 Cr approx ($1.5 million for Chennai Super Kings) Image Source : Getty

2009 - Kevin Pietersen (Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Andrew Flintoff (Chennai Super Kings) - INR 7.5 Cr approx ($1.55 million) Image Source : Getty

2010 - Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) and Shane Bond (Kolkata Knight Riders) - INR 3.42 Cr approx ($750k) Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2011 - Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders) for INR 11.04 Cr Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2012 - Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings) - INR 10.68 Cr approx ($2 million) Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2013 - Glenn Maxwell (Mumbai Indians) - INR 5.6 Cr approx ($1 million) Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2014 - Yuvraj Singh (Royal Challengers Bangalore) - INR 14 Cr Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2015 - Yuvraj Singh (Delhi Daredevils) - INR 16 Cr Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2016 - Shane Watson (Royal Challengers Bangalore) - INR 9.5 Cr Image Source : RCBtweets X

2017 - Ben Stokes (Rising Pune Supergiant) - INR 14.5 Cr Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2018 - Ben Stokes (Rajasthan Royals) - INR 12.5 Cr Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2019 - Jaydev Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals) - INR 8.4 Cr Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2020 - Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) - INR 15.5 Cr Image Source : KKRiders X

2021 - Chris Morris (Rajasthan Royals) - INR 16.25 Cr Image Source : BCCI/IPL

2022 - Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians) - INR 15.25 Cr Image Source : mipaltan X

2023 - Sam Curran (Punjab Kings) - INR 18.5 Cr Image Source : AP

2024 - Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders) - INR 24.75 Cr Image Source : Getty

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