Top 5 IPL Auction blunders of all time

#3 Dinesh Karthik to Delhi Daredevils for INR 12.5 crore

Dinesh Karthik

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik moved to Mumbai Indians from Delhi Daredevils ahead of the IPL in 2012 but it was a year later that he really showed his worth when he ended as the 7th highest run scorer in the Mumbai-based team's triumphant campaign. The Daredevils must have felt hard done by for having lost him and in 2014, they seemed to be in a rush to get him back.

In a bidding war that saw them fight it out with the Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Delhi Daredevils eventually got their man for a whopping 12.5 crores INR (more than $2 million).

However, it needs to be questioned whether it was actually value for money at the time since Mumbai had got him for far less. As it turned out, Karthik was a disappointment for the Delhi Daredevils in the 2014 season and scored 258 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 125.96. Daredevils cut their losses and released him the following year.