IPL Auction Flashback: MI’s COSTLIEST BUYS through the years

By Mumbai Indians | 19 Nov, 2024

Time and again, year after year, the IPL proves that no price is too high when it comes to securing top talent during the auctions.

Be it mini-auctions or mega auctions, the teams have never shied away from going all out in select bidding wars and the IPL 2025 mega auction promises to be no less.

Talking about some of Mumbai Indians’ most expensive buys in the past, our think tank has shown their fearless approach, that has led us to onboard some of the brightest talents who shone for the years to come!

… and the show must go on for the upcoming seasons too, shouldn’t it, Paltan? But before that, here’s a sneak peek into all our costliest purchases in the league until now! Who’s making it to the list in 2025?

YEAR	For MI	Price	Overall	Team	Value
2008	Sanath Jayasuriya	USD 975,000	MS Dhoni	CSK	USD 1,500,000
2009	JP Duminy	USD 950,000	Kevin Pietersen Andrew Flintoff	RCB CSK	USD 1,550,000
2010	Kieron Pollard	USD 750,000	Kieron Pollard Shane Bond	MI KKR	USD 750,000
2011	Rohit Sharma	USD 2,000,000	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	USD 2,400,000
2012	Thisara Perera	USD 650,000	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	USD 2,000,000
2013	Glenn Maxwell	USD 1,000,000	Glenn Maxwell	MI	USD 1,000,000
2014	Michael Hussey	₹ 5.00 cr	Yuvraj Singh	RCB	₹ 14.00 cr
2015	Aaron Finch	₹ 3.20 cr	Yuvraj Singh	DD	₹ 16.00 cr
2016	Jos Buttler	₹ 3.80 cr	Shane Watson	RCB	₹ 9.50 cr
2017	Karn Sharma	₹ 3.20 cr	Ben Stokes	RPS	₹ 14.50 cr
2018	Krunal Pandya	₹ 8.80 cr	Ben Stokes	RR	₹ 12.50 cr
2019	Barinder Sran	₹ 3.40 cr	Jaydev Unadkat Varun Chakravarthy	RR KXIP	₹ 8.40 cr
2020	Nathan Coulter-Nile	₹ 8.00 cr	Pat Cummins	KKR	₹ 15.50 cr
2021	Nathan Coulter-Nile	₹ 5.00 cr	Chris Morris	RR	₹ 16.25 cr
2022	Ishan Kishan	₹ 15.25 cr	Ishan Kishan	MI	₹ 15.25 cr
2023	Cameron Green	₹ 17.50 cr	Sam Curran	PBKS	₹ 18.50 cr
2024	Gerald Coetzee	₹ 5.00 cr	Mitchell Starc	KKR	₹ 24.75 cr
2025	?	?	?	?	?