ipl auction 2021: sportstar presents the full list of 298 sold and unsold players who went under the hammer in chennai on thursday, 18 february.
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South Africa all- rounder Chris Morris, in only the second set of the IPL 2021 auction in chennai, clinched the highest bid ever in the Twenty20 extravaganza's history at inr,16.25 crore. the Rajasthan Royals.
Earlier, india's Yuvraj Singh held the record of being the most expensive player in the tournament, having fetched inr,16 crore in 2015
all rounder krishnappa gowtham became the most expensive indian buy, going for inr, 9.25 crore to the chennai super kings.
Australian cricketers jhye Richardson (Punjab Kings,inr,14 crore), Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bagnalore,inr,14.25 crore) and riley Meredith ( Punjab Kings, inr. 8 crore ) were some who started a bidding war among the franchises.
Batting superstar Steve Smith became the first cricketer to be sold at the mini- auction to the delhi Capitals for inr, 2.2 crore. his reserve price was seat at inr, 2 crore.