The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction is over with the 10 teams set with a fresh set of players. In all, the 10 sides spent Rs 167 crore combined. Total 80 players were sold, with 29 of them being foreign players. England allrounder Sam Curran was at the most expensive buy at Rs 18.5 crore (Punjab Kings) while Mayank Agarwal (Sunrisers Hyderabad) was the most expensive Indian buy at Rs 8.25 crore. Shivam Mavi (Gujarat Titans) was the most expensive uncapped Indian buy at Rs 6 crore.
Here’s what we can be the probable starting XI, full squad, total money spent of the 10 teams for IPL 2023:
Chennai Super Kings:
Total Players: 25 (Overseas: 8); Buys: 7, Retained: 18
Ben Stokes was their biggest buy and he is set to play a big role in the top order and in the seam bowling department
Possible XI:Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni, Kyle Jamieson, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary
Purchased Players: Ben Stokes (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 16,25,00,000 Kyle Jamieson (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,00,00,000 Nishant Sindhu (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 60,00,000 Ajinkya Rahane (Indian Batter) Rs 50,00,000 Bhagath Varma (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Ajay Mandal (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Shaik Rasheed (Indian Batter) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande.
Delhi Capitals:
Total Players: 25 (Overseas: 8); Buys: 5, Retained: 20
They had a settled unit and added Phil Salt and Rilee Rossouw to bolster the batting.
Possible XI: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Rilee Rossouw, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Purchased Players: Mukesh Kumar (Indian Bowler) Rs 5,50,00,000 Rilee Rossouw (Overseas Batter) Rs 4,60,00,000 Manish Pandey (Indian Batter) Rs 2,40,00,000 Phil Salt (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 2,00,00,000 Ishant Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000
Retained Players: Aman Khan, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, David Warner, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mustafizur Rahman, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rishabh Pant, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull.
Gujarat Titans:
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8); Buys: 7, Retained: 18
The IPL champions added two pacers Josh Little and Shivam Mavi to their squad
Possible XI:Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami
Purchased Players: Shivam Mavi (Indian Bowler) Rs 6,00,00,000 Joshua Little (Overseas Bowler) Rs 4,40,00,000 Kane Williamson (Overseas Batter) Rs 2,00,00,000 K S Bharat (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 1,20,00,000 Mohit Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000 Odean Smith (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 50,00,000 Urvil Patel (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan*, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Total Players: 22 (Overseas 8); Buys 8, Retained: 14
David Wiese, N Jagadeesan, Shaib Al Hasan, Litton Das – those were the four smart buys for KKR
Possible XI:Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav
Players Purchased: Shakib Al Hasan (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 1,50,00,000 David Wiese (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 1,00,00,000 N Jagadeesan (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 90,00,000 Vaibhav Arora (Indian Bowler) Rs 60,00,000 Mandeep Singh (Indian Batter) Rs 50,00,000 Litton Das (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 50,00,000 Kulwant Khejroliya (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000 Suyash Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
Lucknow Super Giants:
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8); Buys: 10, Retained: 15
Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd and Jaydev Unadkat were the three quicks that they picked. And they also got wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran.
Possible XI:KL Rahul, Quinton De Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Jaydev Unadkat
Players Purchased: Nicholas Pooran (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 16,00,00,000 Daniel Sams (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 75,00,000 Amit Mishra (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000 Romario Shepherd (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 50,00,000 Naveen Ul Haq (Overseas Bowler) Rs 50,00,000 Jaydev Unadkat (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000 Yash Thakur (Indian Bowler) Rs 45,00,000 Swapnil Singh (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Yudhvir Charak (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Prerak Mankad (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: KL Rahul, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi
Mumbai Indians:
Total Players: 24 (Overseas 8); Buys: 8, Retained: 16
Allrounder Cameron Green was their biggest buy at Rs 17.50 crore
Possible XI:Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Dewald Brevos, Hrithik Shokeen, Kumar Kartikeya, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah
Players Purchased: Cameron Green (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 17,50,00,000 Jhye Richardson (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,50,00,000 Piyush Chawla (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000 Nehal Wadhera (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Raghav Goyal (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000 Vishnu Vinod (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000 Duan Jansen (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Shams Mulani (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs
Punjab Kings:
Total Players: 22 (Overseas 7); Buys: 6, Retained: 16
They picked the most expensive player in IPL history – Sam Curran – at Rs 18.50 crore
Possible XI:Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Raj Angad Bawa, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Purchased Players: Sam Curran (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 18,50,00,000 Sikandar Raza (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 50,00,000 Harpreet Bhatia (Indian Batter) Rs 40,00,000 Shivam Singh (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Vidwath Kaverappa (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000 Mohit Rathee (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Nathan Ellis, Bhanuka Rajapakse
Rajasthan Royals:
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8); Buys: 9, Retained: 16
Possibe XI: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult
Purchased Players: Jason Holder (Overseas All-Rounder) Rs 5,75,00,000 Adam Zampa (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,50,00,000 Joe Root (Overseas Batter) Rs 1,00,00,000 Donovan Ferreira (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 50,00,000 K M Asif (Indian Bowler) Rs 30,00,000 Abdul P A (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Akash Vashisht (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Kunal Rathore (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000 Murugan Ashwin (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Jos Buttler, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8), Buys: 7, Retained: 18
Possible XI:Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed , Wanindu Hasaranga
Purchased Players: Will Jacks (Overseas Batter) Rs 3,20,00,000 Reece Topley (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,90,00,000 Rajan Kumar (Indian Bowler) Rs 70,00,000 Avinash Singh (Indian Bowler) Rs 60,00,000 Sonu Yadav (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Himanshu Sharma (Indian Bowler) Rs 20,00,000 Manoj Bhandage (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Wanindu Hasaranga.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Total Players: 25 (Overseas 8), Buys: 13, Retained: 12
Possible XI:Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Purchased Players: Harry Brook (Overseas Batter) Rs 13,25,00,000 Mayank Agarwal (Indian Batter) Rs 8,25,00,000 Heinrich Klaasen (Overseas Wicket-Keeper) Rs 5,25,00,000 Vivrant Sharma (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 2,60,00,000 Adil Rashid (Overseas Bowler) Rs 2,00,00,000 Mayank Dagar (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 1,80,00,000 Akeal Hosein (Overseas Bowler) Rs 1,00,00,000 Mayank Markande (Indian Bowler) Rs 50,00,000 Upendra Singh Yadav (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 25,00,000 Sanvir Singh (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Anmolpreet Singh (Indian Batter) Rs 20,00,000 Samarth Vyas (Indian All-Rounder) Rs 20,00,000 Nitish Kumar Reddy (Indian Wicket-Keeper) Rs 20,00,000
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar.
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