Top 5 IPL Auction blunders of all time

#2 Yuvraj Singh to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 14 crore

Yuvraj Singh

At his peak, Yuvraj Singh was perhaps one of the world's greatest limited-overs batsmen and very few could match his power hitting skills. However, in 2014, he looked a shadow of his usual self. He had just returned from a life-threatening illness and many expected him to remain unsold. However, a furious bidding war commenced during the IPL auctions in 2014.

After Rajasthan Royals fell by the wayside, Kings XI and RCB continued to bid for him. It seemed that RCB had got their man for 10 crores, when Kolkata Knight Riders entered the bidding, but the former was undeterred and Yuvraj was eventually sold for a whopping 14 crores ($2.3 million according to exchange rates of the time).

Yuvraj was added to an already explosive RCB batting line up but he was just not the same player. Although he did score 376 runs in 14 games and had a strike rate of 135.25, he did not produce the sort of match-turning contributions he is capable of. RCB spent big on him leaving them thin in other areas, which is why the move backfired and they were knocked out in the very first round of the tournament.