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The 2019 IPL auction was completed just a few days back and the franchises bought a total of 60 players out of the 351 players who went under the hammer. This time around, we saw a substantial rise in the demand of the Indian players. Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy happened to be the joint-most expensive buys in this year IPL auction at INR 8.4 Crore.
At the 2019 IPL auction, the franchises spent a total of INR 106.8 Crore in acquiring the 60 players. This figure roughly translates to INR 1.78 Crore spent per player. On an average, each franchise shelled out INR 13.35 Crore at the auction. Thus, while having a look at these numbers, let us also look at how much money each franchise spent and how much each team costs for IPL 2019.
#8 Delhi Capitals: INR 58 Crore
Delhi Capitals had a decent run at the 2019 IPL Auction as they managed to add some quality players to their squad while strengthening each of the departments. They made some outstanding signings in the name of Colin Ingram, Sherfane Rutherford, Hanuma Vihari, and Keemo Paul.
Players traded by DCS for IPL 2019: Capitals traded Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, and Shahbaz Nadeem for the services of Shikhar Dhawan.
Players bought by DCS at 2019 IPL Auction: Hanuma Vihari (INR 2 Crore), Axar Patel (INR 5 Crore), Ishant Sharma (INR 1.1 Crore), Ankush Bains (INR 20 Lac), Colin Ingram (INR 6.4 Crore), Sherfane Rutherford (INR 2 Crore), Keemo Paul (INR 50 Lac), Jalaj Saxena (INR 20 Lac), and Bandaru Ayyappa (INR 20 Lac).
The total cost of players bought by DCS at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 17.6 Crore
Players retained by DCS for IPL 2019: Shreyas Iyer (INR 7 Crore), Prithvi Shaw (INR 1.2 Crore), Rishabh Pant (INR 8 Crore), Manjot Kalra (INR 20 Lac), Colin Munro (INR 1.9 Crore), Chris Morris (INR 7.1 Crore), Jayant Yadav (INR 50 Lac), Rahul Tewatia (INR 3 Crore), Harshal Patel (INR 20 Lac), Amit Mishra (INR 4 Crore), Kagiso Rabada (INR 4.2 Crore), Trent Boult (INR 2.2 Crore), Sandeep Lamichhane (INR 20 Lac), and Avesh Khan (INR 70 Lac).
The total cost of players retained by DCS for IPL 2019: INR 40.4 Crore
Hence, the total cost of DCS for IPL 2019 will amount to INR 58 Crore.
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#7 Sunrisers Hyderabad: INR 69.75 Crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad acquired just three players at the 2019 IPL Auction. With a balanced side up their sleeve, SRH went in the auction in an attempt to fill their minute voids and to acquire backups for particular roles. Hyderabad's best signing was Jonny Bairstow as they lacked a quality wicket-keeper batsman in their ranks.
Players traded by SRH for IPL 2019: Hyderabad traded Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Capitals for acquiring the services of Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, and Shahbaz Nadeem.
Players bought by SRH at 2019 IPL Auction: Wriddhiman Saha (INR 1.2 Crore), Jonny Bairstow (INR 2.2 Crore), and Martin Guptill (INR 1 Crore).
The total cost of players bought by KXIP at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 4.4 Crore
Players retained by SRH for IPL 2019: David Warner (INR 12.5 Crore), Yusuf Pathan (INR 1.9 Crore), Rashid Khan (INR 9 Crore), Shakib Al Hasan (INR 2 Crore), Billy Stanlake (INR 50 Lac), Kane Williamson (INR 3 Crore), Mohammad Nabi (INR 1 Crore), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (INR 8.5 Crore), Manish Pandey (INR 11 Crore), T Natarajan (INR 40 Lac), Ricky Bhui (INR 20 Lac), Sandeep Sharma (INR 3 Crore), Shreevats Goswami (INR 1 Crore), Siddarth Kaul (INR 3.8 Crore), Khaleel Ahmed (INR 3 Crore), Basil Thampi (INR 95 Lac), and Deepak Hooda (INR 3.6 Crore).
The total cost of players retained by SRH for IPL 2019: INR 65.35 Crore
Hence, the total cost of SRH for IPL 2019 will come out as INR 69.75 Crore.
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#6 Kolkata Knight Riders: INR 70.75 Crore
Before going into the 2019 IPL Auction, Kolkata Knight Riders retained as many as 13 players while releasing eight players. Kolkata went into the auction with a strategy to fill the grey areas that hurt them in IPL 2018. Hence, the Knights acquired a total of eight players while bolstering their squad with strength.
Players bought by KKR at 2019 IPL Auction: Nikhil Naik (INR 20 Lac), Joe Denly (INR 1 Crore), Shrikant Mundhe (INR 20 Lac), Anrich Nortje (INR 20 Lac), Harry Gurney (INR 75 Lac), Lockie Ferguson (INR 1.6 Crore), Yarra Prithviraj (INR 20 Lac), and Carlos Brathwaite (INR 5 Crore).
The total cost of players bought by KKR at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 9.15 Crore
Players retained by KKR for IPL 2019: Dinesh Karthik (INR 7.4 Crore), Robin Uthappa (INR 6.4 Crore), Chris Lynn (INR 9.6 Crore), Shubman Gill (INR 1.8 Crore), Nitish Rana (INR 3.4 Crore), Rinku Singh (INR 80 Lac), Andre Russell (Retained for INR 7 Crore), Sunil Narine (Retained for INR 8.5 Crore), Shivam Mavi (INR 3 Crore), Kuldeep Yadav (INR 5.8 Crore Crore), Piyush Chawla (INR 4.2 Crore), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (INR 3.2 Crore), and Prasidh Krishna (INR 20 Lac).
The total cost of players retained by KKR for IPL 2019: INR 61.6 Crore
Hence, the total cost of KKR for IPL 2019 will amount to INR 70.75 Crore.
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#5 Royal Challengers Bangalore: INR 74 Crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore fared decently at the 2019 IPL Auction as they managed to buy the likes of Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klassen, Shivam Dube, and Gurkeerat Singh. They also invested in some of the newbies for IPL 2019.
Players traded by RCB for IPL 2019: Mandeep Singh traded for Marcus Stoinis with KXIP. Quinton de Kock traded to Mumbai Indians in an all-money deal.
Players bought by RCB at 2019 IPL Auction: Shimron Hetmyer (INR 4.2 Crore), Gurkeerat Singh (INR 50 Lac), Devdutt Padikal (INR 20 Lac), Shivam Dube (INR 5 Crore), Heinrich Klaasen (INR 50 Lac), Himmat Singh (INR 65 Lac), Milind Kumar (INR 20 Lac), Prayas Ray Barman (INR 1.5 Crore), and Akshdeep Nath (INR 3.6 Crore).
The total cost of players bought by RCB at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 16.35 Crore
Players retained by RCB for IPL 2019: Virat Kohli (INR 17 Crore), AB de Villiers (INR 11 Crore), Parthiv Patel (INR 1.7 Crore), Washington Sundar (INR 3.2 Crore), Pawan Negi (INR 1 Crore), Moeen Ali (INR 1.7 Crore), Colin de Grandhomme (INR 2.2 Crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (INR 6 Crore), Mohammed Siraj (INR 2.6 Crore), Tim Southee (INR 1 Crore), Umesh Yadav (INR 4.2 Crore), Navdeep Saini (INR 3 Crore), Kulwant Khejroliya (INR 85 Lac), and Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 2.2 Crore).
The total cost of players retained by RCB for IPL 2019: INR 57.65 Crore
Hence, the total cost of RCB for IPL 2019 will come out as INR 74 Crore.
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#4 Rajasthan Royals: INR 74.85 Crore
Rajasthan Royals played pretty smartly at the 2019 IPL Auction. Manan Vohra's signing was the biggest steal for Royals at the auction as they managed to get him for just INR 20 Lac. Howbeit, one move that shocked everyone was re-acquisition of Jaydev Unadkat for INR 8.4 Crore after releasing him a few days back. Nonetheless, it seemed RR's strategy of buying back Unadkat at a lower price than that of IPL 2018.
Players bought by RR at 2019 IPL Auction: Jaydev Unadkat (INR 8.4 Crore), Varun Aaron (INR 2.4 Crore), Oshane Thomas (INR 1.1 Crore), Shashank Singh (INR 30 Lac), Liam Livingstone (INR 50 Lac), Shubham Ranjane (INR 20 Lac), Manan Vohra (INR 20 Lac), Ashton Turner (INR 50 Lac), and Riyan Parag (INR 20 Lac).
The total cost of players bought by RR at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 13.8 Crore
Players retained by RR for IPL 2019: Steven Smith (INR 12.5 Crore), Ben Stokes (INR 12.5 Crore), Jos Buttler (INR 4.4 Crore), Jofra Archer (INR 7.2 Crore), Ish Sodhi (INR 50 Lac), Ajinkya Rahane (INR 4 Crore), K Gowtham (INR 6.2 Crore), Sanju Samson (INR 8 Crore), Shreyas Gopal (INR 20 Lac), Aryaman Birla (INR 30 Lac), S Midhun (INR 20 Lac), Prashant Chopra (INR 20 Lac), Stuart Binny (INR 50 Lac), Rahul Tripathi (INR 3.4 Crore), Dhawal Kulkarni (INR 75 Lac), and Mahipal Lomror (INR 20 Lac).
The total cost of players retained by RR for IPL 2019: INR 61.05 Crore
Hence, the total cost of RR for IPL 2019 will amount to INR 74.85 Crore.
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#3 Kings XI Punjab: INR 77.9 Crore
While going into the auction, Kings XI Punjab had an arduous task up against their sleeve as they retained just nine players ahead of the retention deadlines. Thus, in a bid to complete their squad, they bought as many as 13 players at the 2019 auction.
Players traded by KXIP for IPL 2019: Marcus Stoinis exchanged for Mandeep Singh with RCB.
Players bought by KXIP at 2019 IPL Auction: Moises Henriques (INR 1 Crore), Nicholas Pooran (INR 4.2 Crore), Mohammed Shami (INR 4.8 Crore), Sarfaraz Khan (INR 25 Lac), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 8.4 Crore), Sam Curran (INR 7.2 Crore), Hardus Viljoen (INR 75 Lac), Arshdeep Singh (INR 20 Lac), Darshan Nalkande (INR 30 Lac), Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4.8 Crore), Agnivesh Ayachi (INR 20 Lac), Harpreet Brar (INR 20 Lac), and Murugan Ashwin (INR 20 Lac).
The total cost of players bought by KXIP at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 33.5 Crore
Players retained by KXIP for IPL 2019: Chris Gayle (INR 2 Crore), David Miller (INR 3 Crore), Karun Nair (INR 5.6 Crore), Mayank Agarwal (INR 1 Crore), KL Rahul (INR 11 Crore), R Ashwin (INR 7.6 Crore), Ankit Rajpoot (INR 3 Crore), Andrew Tye (INR 7.2 Crore), and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (INR 4 Crore).
The total cost of players retained by KXIP for IPL 2019: INR 44.4 Crore
Hence, the total cost of KXIP for IPL 2019 will come out as INR 77.9 Crore.
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#2 Mumbai Indians: INR 77.95 Crore
Mumbai Indians, with a commanding squad up their sleeve, didn't have much to do at the 2019 IPL Auction. Howbeit, they opted for the services of quite a few youngsters in the name of Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Pankaj Singh, and Rasikh Dar.
Players traded by MI for IPL 2019: Mumbai Indians acquired Quinton de Kock for INR 2.8 Crore by releasing Mustafixur Rehman and Akila Dananjaya to offset the deal.
Players bought by MI at 2019 IPL Auction: Lasith Malinga (INR 1 Crore), Anmolpreet Singh (INR 80 Lac), Barinder Sran (INR 3.4 Crore), Pankaj Jaiswal (INR 20 Lac), Rasikh Dar (INR 20 Lac), and Yuvraj Singh (INR 1 Crore).
The total cost of players bought by MI at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 6.6 Crore
Players retained by MI for IPL 2019: Rohit Sharma (INR 15 Crore), Hardik Pandya (INR 11 Crore), Jasprit Bumrah (INR 7 Crore), Krunal Pandya (INR 8.8 Crore), Ishan Kishan (INR 6.2 Crore), Suryakumar Yadav (INR 3.2 Crore), Mayank Markande (INR 20 Lac), Rahul Chahar (INR 1.9 Crore), Anukul Roy (INR 20 Lac), Siddhesh Lad (INR 20 Lac), Aditya Tare (INR 20 Lac), Evin Lewis (INR 3.8 Crore), Kieron Pollard (INR 5.4 Crore), Ben Cutting (INR 2.2 Crore), Mitchell McClenaghan (INR 1 Crore), Adam Milne (INR 75 Lac), and Jason Behrendorff (INR 1.5 Crore).
The total cost of players retained by MI for IPL 2019: INR 68.55 Crore
Hence, the total cost of MI for IPL 2019 will amount to INR 77.95 Crore (including Quinton de Kock's deal).
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#1 Chennai Super Kings: INR 78.8 Crore
Chennai Super Kings had the least amount of work to be done at the 2019 IPL Auction. The reason being they had retained as many as 23 players for IPL 2019 ahead of the auction. At 2019 IPL Auction, CSK was expected to go after Indian pacers - an entity that they lacked in IPL 2018. And, rightly so, they went after Mohit Sharma to fill their bowling department.
Players bought by CSK at 2019 IPL Auction: Mohit Sharma (INR 5 Crore) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 20 Lac).
The total cost of players bought by CSK at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 5.2 Crore
Players retained by CSK for IPL 2019: MS Dhoni (INR 15 Crore), Suresh Raina (INR 11 Crore), Faf du Plessis (INR 1.6 Crore), M Vijay (INR 2 Crore), Shane Watson (INR 4 Crore), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 7 Crore), Mitchell Santner (INR 50 Lac), David Willey (INR 2 Crore), Dwayne Bravo (INR 6.4 Crore), Kedar Jadhav (INR 7.8 Crore), Ambati Rayudu (INR 2.2 Crore), Sam Billings (INR 1 Crore), Harbhajan Singh (INR 2 Crore), Deepak Chahar (INR 80 Lac), KM Asif (INR 40 Lac), Lungi Ngidi (INR 50 Lac), Imran Tahir (INR 1 Crore), Karn Sharma (INR 5 Crore), Dhruv Shorey (INR 20 Lac), N Jagadeesan (INR 20 Lac), Shardul Thakur (INR 2.6 Crore), Monu Kumar (INR 20 Lac), and Chaitanya Bishnoi (INR 20 Lac).
The total cost of players retained by CSK for IPL 2019: INR 73.6 Crore
Hence, the total cost of CSK for IPL 2019 will come out as 78.8 Crore.
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