Most Expensive Indian Player In IPL History: Mega auction is to be held at the end of this year before IPL 2025. According to the rules of IPL, mega auction is organized every three years. Many previous records are expected to be broken in this auction. Know here which are the Indian players who were sold for the highest price in the IPL auction.
The first name in this list comes from an Indian batsman who always left his mark in ICC tournaments. Yes, we are talking about Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj played an important role in India winning the World Cup twice. Yuvraj does not have so many records in his name in IPL. But still, in the 2015 auction, Delhi team had bought Yuvraj for Rs 16 crore, which is the biggest bid ever placed on an Indian player. Yuvraj Singh played 132 matches in IPL, in which he scored 2750 runs in 126 innings and also took 36 wickets in his name.
Young Indian and Jharkhand player Ishan Kishan has played brilliant innings for the team on many important occasions. This young batsman has played many seasons for the Mumbai team. Ishan was included in their team by Mumbai in 2022 for Rs 15.25 crore. Ishan has played a total of 105 matches in IPL so far, in which he has scored 2644 runs in 99 innings.
In this list, the name of such Indian bowler comes who has played very little cricket for India. Harshal Patel has troubled the batsmen with his bowling many times in the IPL. He has many variations, due to which his bowling becomes even more difficult to play. Harshal played for Punjab team in the year 2024. Punjab had bought him for Rs 11.75 crore. He has played 106 matches of IPL so far, due to which he has 124 wickets in his name.
Left arm bowler of India who has played very good cricket so far in IPL. Rajasthan Royals included Jaydev Unadkat in their camp for Rs 11 crore 50 lakh. 32 year old Jaydev Unadkat comes from Gujarat. He is a left arm fast bowler. Jaydev has played for India in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup. For the first time in IPL, he got a chance to play for Kolkata Knight Riders, he has played a total of 105 matches in IPL and has 99 wickets in his name.
Gautam Gambhir is the current head coach of India, who played an important innings for the Indian team in the 2011 ODI World Cup final. Gautam Gambhir was included in their team by Kolkata Knight Riders in the year 2011 at a hefty price of Rs 11 crore. He became the most expensive player sold in the auction that season. After joining KKR, Gambhir led them to the IPL title twice under his captaincy. Gambhir has played 158 matches in IPL, in which he has 4217 runs in his name.
