Sam Karan Rs. The most expensive cricketer in the history of IPL with 18.50 crores

- Record break in IPL auction: Green gets Rs. 17.50 crore and stocks will get 16.25 crore

- Talked for Chris Morris in 2021 Rs. 16.25 crore bid record broken: Foreigners will get huge amount than India's star players

- Mayank Agarwal became the most expensive Indian cricketer at the auction with Rs 8.25 crore: Gujarat Titans signed Shivam Mavi for Rs 6 crore

- A total of 80 players were bought by 10 franchises for Rs.167 crore in the auction

Kochi: In the IPL auction, Punjab Kings created history by placing a high bid of 18.50 crores to buy England fast bowler Sam Curran. With this, Sam Curran became the most expensive player in the history of IPL. Earlier in 2021, Rajasthan Royals bid Rs 16.25 crore for South African Chris Morris, the most expensive player in the history of IPL so far.

However, this record was broken twice and equaled the third time in the IPL auction. Australia's Cameron Green was included in their team by Mumbai for Rs 17.50 crore and England's Stokes by Chennai for Rs 16.25 crore. In the auction, a total of 80 players were bought by 10 franchises for Rs.167 crore.

In the auctions ahead of the upcoming IPL season, foreign players fetched more money than India's star players.

The highest retainer fee of Indian players in IPL-2022 was Rs 16 crore, which was KL. It was given to Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant. While franchises pay players like Hardik Pandya and Kohli Rs 15 crore each. However, in this IPL auction, there were four players for whom bids of 16 or more crore rupees were received.

Lucknow Supergiants bid Rs 16.00 crore for Windizina Nicholas Pooran.

While England's young batsman Harry Burke was included in their team by Hyderabad for 13.25 crores.

IPL Auction-2022 Top Five

the player	the country	team	Price
Sam Karan	England	Punjab	18.50 crore Rs.
Cameron Greene	Australia	Mumbai	17.50 crore Rs.
Ban stocks	England	Chennai	16.25 crore Rs.
Nicholas Purna	Windies	Lucknow	16.00 crore Rs.
Harry Burke	England	Hyderabad	13.25 crore Rs.