IPL Auction 2019: Top 5 Most Expensive Players of 2019

IPL Auction 2019: Top 5 Most Expensive Players of 2019

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Just like every year, IPL gives life-changing opportunities to young talents. This year too in the IPL auction 2019, many new talents were bought at whopping prices. The auction featured 346 international cricketers and 226 Indian cricketers overall. The following list displays the 5 most expensive players in IPL 2019.

  1. Jaydev Undakat for Rs.8.4 crores (Rajasthan Royals Team)

Unadkat is an Indian cricketer and an excellent left arm pacer who gained everyone’s attention with his outstanding performance in Under-10 Cricket World Cup for team India. Soon then he received the contract for IPL and showed a remarkable performance in IPL 2017 with his terrific spontaneous wicket picking. He is the most expensive player bought by Rajasthan Royals in 2019 for a sum of Rs.8.4 crores.

  1. Varun Chakravarthy for Rs.8.4 crores (Kings XI Punjab team)

He is a new face of IPL 2019 from Karnataka who gained fame with his flawless mysterious bowling performance in TNPL 2017 and 2018. In TNPL 2017 he picked up 25 wickets spontaneously until he was snapped by karaikudi kaalais while in 2018, his bowling at an economy rate of 4.7 grabbed eyeballs. He became the leading wicket-taker to receive the Vijay Hazare Trophy having 22 dismissals in 9 matches. This year in 2019, his base price was 20 lakhs but, he was bought at Rs.8.4 crores by Kings Xi Punjab.

  1. Sam Curran for Rs.7.2 crores (Kings XI Punjab team)

He is the younger son of famous Zimbabwe cricketer Kevin Curran. He gained fame from his world-class debut performance at Englands T20 domestic match where he played for Surrey. His performance was loved by the Surrey cricket director Alec Stewart and he became a part of England’s under 19 squads in world cup 2016. In 2019, due to his previous remarkable performance, he was bought for Rs. 7.2 crores by Kings Xi Punjab.

  1. Collin Ingram for Rs 6.4 crores (Delhi Capitals team)

Collin is an excellent left-handed striker who first featured in T20 tournament of 2010 with a remarkable performance of striking two centuries in first five innings. His form, however, dropped from 2011 to 2013 but picked up again in 2017 and 2017 at the Natwest T20 Blast and Royal London One Day Cup. He scored 5186 runs overall with a strike rate of 139. He is currently bought by Delhi Capital at Rs. 6..4 crores in IPL 2019.

  1. Mohit Sharma for Rs. 5 crores (CSK team)

He is a Haryana based cricketer who shot to fame during the 202-13 Ranji season for being the 5th highest wicket taker. He has been a consistent performer in CSK team from 2013 until CSK faced a ban. In 2013 he picked 20 wickets in 15 matches and 23 wickets in the next IPL season. He played for Kings XI Punjab in 2016 but could not hold the consistency that way. He was released until in 2019 he was again bought by CSK with a sum of Rs.5 crore.