IPL Auction Rewind: MI’s most expensive picks over the years
It is time to bring out your calculators and strategy books, as the 2024 season beckons, and much like in the previous years, the IPL Auction is expected to be a grand show of bidding wars and the unearthing of new gems in cricket.
Mumbai Indians, five-time IPL champions, have never been afraid to break the bank to recruit the best talents on the cricket field - from icons like Sanath Jayasuriya to legends-in-the-making in Kieron Pollard and Rohit Sharma and then - the stalwarts of the future in players like Ishan Kishan.
So here we rewind and jog back our memories, to recollect who our most-expensive buys were at every Auction, and who topped the overall chart. Dive in!
|
YEAR |
For MI |
Value |
Overall |
Team |
Value |
|
2008 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
$975,000 |
MS Dhoni |
CSK |
$1,500,000 |
|
2009 |
JP Duminy |
$950,000 |
Kevin Pietersen |
RCB |
$1,550,000 |
|
2010 |
Kieron Pollard |
$750,000 |
Kieron Pollard |
MI KKR |
$750,000 |
|
2011 |
Rohit Sharma |
$2,000,000 |
Gautam Gambhir |
KKR |
$2,400,000 |
|
2012 |
Thisara Perera |
$650,000 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
CSK |
$2,000,000 |
|
2013 |
Glenn Maxwell |
$1,000,000 |
Glenn Maxwell |
MI |
$1,000,000 |
|
2014 |
Michael Hussey |
₹ 5,00,00,000 |
Yuvraj Singh |
RCB |
₹14,00,00,000 |
|
2015 |
Aaron Finch |
₹ 3,20,00,000 |
Yuvraj Singh |
DD |
₹16,00,00,000 |
|
2016 |
Jos Buttler |
₹ 3,80,00,000 |
Shane Watson |
RCB |
₹9,50,00,000 |
|
2017 |
Karn Sharma |
₹ 3,20,00,000 |
Ben Stokes |
RPS |
₹14,50,00,000 |
|
2018 |
Krunal Pandya |
₹ 8,80,00,000 |
Ben Stokes |
RR |
₹ 12,50,00,000 |
|
2019 |
Barinder Sran |
₹ 3,40,00,000 |
Jaydev Unadkat |
RR |
₹ 8,40,00,000 |
|
2020 |
Nathan Coulter-Nile |
₹ 8,00,00,000 |
Pat Cummins |
KKR |
₹ 15,50,00,000 |
|
2021 |
Nathan Coulter-Nile |
₹ 5,00,00,000 |
Chris Morris |
RR |
₹ 16,25,00,000 |
|
2022 |
Ishan Kishan |
₹ 15,25,00,000 |
Ishan Kishan |
MI |
₹ 15,25,00,000 |
|
2023 |
Cameron Green |
₹ 17,50,00,000 |
Sam Curran |
PBKS |
₹ 18,50,00,000 |