Indian Premier League (IPL) auction was held in Dubai on 19 December ahead of the 2024 edition, we are talking about the Top five most expensive buys of the IPL 2024 auction.
Tata IPL Teams was keen to buy new Players in their respective teams there were some high-profile cricketers available in the auction and some young talent from domestic cricket was also attracting the eyes of the IPL Teams.
Here is the List of the top five most expensive buys of the IPL 2024 auction:
5. Alzarri Joseph
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Alzarri has an Economy of 9.2 per over in IPL 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/5DeQSY9Ft9— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) December 19, 2023
Alzarri Joseph is 27 years West Indies cricketer who plays as an all-rounder in the team. He is an all-rounder who is a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman. In 2019 Joseph joined IPL team Mumbai Indians as a replacement for Adam Milne. He was released by Mumbai Indian in 2020 in a 2021 auction he was unsold. In February 2022 he joined Gujarat Titans. This Year he set a base Price of 1 crore and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) added him to their squad at the price of 11.50 crore.
Alzarri Joseph’s IPL Record is he Played 19 matches in which he took 20 wickets his best performance is 6/12 and in batting he played a total of 7 innings and 15 runs his best score total runs scored by him is 27 runs with a strike rate of 84.38.
4. Harshal Patel
The Punjab Kings have a valuable buy in the form of Harshal Patel for a whopping price of INR 11.75 Crore 🔥🔥#IPLAuction | #IPL pic.twitter.com/YNyDPOzaQk
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 19, 2023
Harshal Patel is 33-year-old right-arm medium-pace bowler Harshal Patel joined Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2012. In 2018 Harshal was traded to Delhi Daredevils now Delhi Capitals in January 2021, Patel was traded by the Delhi Capitals to the Royal Challengers Bangalore before the fourteenth season of IPL.
Harshal Patel’s base price was 2 crores, and this year Punjab Kings added him with a whopping 11.75 crore. Harshal Patel is an IPL veteran who Played 91 matches and took a total of 111 wickets his best was 5/27 against Mumbai Indians in 2021. He holds a record for the first bowler to claim a 5-wicket haul against Mumbai Indians in IPL.
3. Daryl Mitchell
Daryl Mitchell is a 32-year-old right-handed batsman who plays for the New Zealand cricket team. Daryl Mitchell Played an important role for Kiwi in the Men’s World Cup 2023 New Zealand reached at semi-finals of the tournament. He played for Rajasthan Royals in 2022 where he only played two IPL matches.
Daryl Mitchell has played 59 matches to date in his T20 career and has scored 1,102 runs, with an average of 24. Daryl Mitchell has hit 73 fours and 41 sixes in his T20 career. Chennai Super Kings Paid 14 crore to have him in his team this is the third most expensive buy in IPL auction 2024.
2. Pat Cummins
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Pat Cummins is a 30-year-old right-arm fast bowler who plays for the Australian cricket team, and he is a World Cup-winning team captain. Cummins is considered one of the best fast bowlers in the world. He made his IPL debut with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014. Cummins played in 37 IPL matches from 2014 to 2021, taking 38 wickets.
Pat Cummins has played 50 matches to date in his T20 international career, and he took 55 wickets, with an average of 24.55, conceding nearly 7.38 runs per over with a best individual figure of 3 for 15. Cummins appeared in the IPL 2024 auction and was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 20.5 crore, making him the second-most-expensive player in IPL history.
1. Mitchell Starc
Mitchell Starc is a 33-year-old left-arm fast bowler who plays for the Australian cricket team he played an important role in winning the men’s World Cup 2023. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in white-ball cricket as well as one of the best fast bowlers to play in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Mitchell Starc has played 58 matches to date in his T20 career, and he took 73 wickets, with an average of 22.92, conceding nearly 7.64 runs per over with a best individual figure of 4 for 20. Starc made his IPL debut with Royal Challenger Bangalore in 2014 he played only 27 matches and took 34 wickets. Kolkata Knight Riders him for 24.75 Crore, breaking the record for the most expensive buy in the history of the IPL auction.
Presenting the Top 5⃣ buys of #IPLAuction 2024 😎
Mitchell Starc tops the list with a whopping amount of INR 24.75 Crore 🔥#IPL pic.twitter.com/3ky8QsixV1
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 19, 2023