MI @ IPL Auctions - Relive OUR FIRST PICKS through the years
Let's hop on to the time machine for this one, shall we?
20th February 2008 • IPL’s first-ever auction • Legendary Harbhajan Singh goes under the hammer…
Needless to say, Paltan was totally over the moon when we heard the gavel go down at USD 850,000 on Bhajji to make him our maiden buy in the tournament’s history.
… And when the foundation stone for our ‘first buys’ is laid in such fashion, one can only expect the five-time champions to totally ace their opening purchases for the years to come!
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On that note, let’s have a look at our first picks in each IPL auction held so far:
|
Year |
Player name |
Country |
Price |
|
2008 |
Harbhajan Singh |
India |
USD 850,000 |
|
2009 |
JP Duminy |
South Africa |
USD 950,000 |
|
2010 |
Kieron Pollard |
West Indies |
USD 750,000 |
|
2011 |
Rohit Sharma |
India |
USD 2,000,000 |
|
2012 |
Herschelle Gibbs |
South Africa |
USD 50,000 |
|
2013 |
Ricky Ponting |
Australia |
USD 400,000 |
|
2014 |
Michael Hussey |
Australia |
₹ 5.00 cr |
|
2015 |
Aaron Finch |
Australia |
₹ 3.20 cr |
|
2016 |
Jos Buttler |
England |
₹ 3.80 cr |
|
2017 |
Nicholas Pooran |
West Indies |
₹ 30 lacs |
|
2018 |
Kieron Pollard (RTM) |
West Indies |
₹ 5.40 cr |
|
2019 |
Lasith Malinga |
Sri Lanka |
₹ 2.00 cr |
|
2020 |
Chris Lynn |
Australia |
₹ 2.00 cr |
|
2021 |
Adam Milne |
New Zealand |
₹ 3.20 cr |
|
2022 |
Ishan Kishan |
India |
₹ 15.25 cr |
|
2023 |
Cameron Green |
Australia |
₹ 17.50 cr |
|
2024 |
Gerald Coetzee |
South Africa |
₹ 5.00 cr |
|
2025 |
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Right then, which player would you like to see us onboard as our first buy of the IPL 2025 mega auction? Let us know in the comments below!
