Most Expensive Player in IPL History: Chris Morris holds the record of the highest bid in IPL history. Chris Morris is not the only player who got this bid. The record is jointly held by former skipper Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. Here I am going to provide with you the list of the most expensive player who was auctioned during the bidding war in each Indian Premier League Season.
This year IPL 2022 is going to start from April 2022. In which the players’ bidding is going on in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
Most Expensive Player in IPL History
Before IPL Mega Auction 2022, KL Rahul was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs. 17 crores. With this, he became the most expensive player in IPL history along with Virat Kohli. Kohli was signed by the Royal Challengers in 2018 for the same amount and was never picked up in the IPL auction.
While Chris Morris holds the record for the highest bidder in the IPL history. Chris Morris got Rs. 16.25 crores bid from Rajasthan Royals in 2021 Indian Premier League auction.
List of Most Expensive Player in IPL History, Year Wise
Year | Players | Teams | Price (in Rupees) |
2008 | MS Dhoni (CSK) | Chennai Super Kings | 9.5 crore |
2009 | Kevin Pietersen Andrew Flintoff | Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Super Kings | 9.8 crore |
2010 | Shane Bond Kieron Pollard | Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians | 4.8 crore |
2011 | Gautam Gambhir | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14.9 crore |
2012 | Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings | 12.8 crore |
2013 | Glenn Maxwell | Mumbai Indians | 6.3 crore |
2014 | Yuvraj Singh | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 crore |
2015 | Yuvraj Singh | Delhi Daredevils | 16 crore |
2016 | Shane Watson | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9.5 crore |
2017 | Ben Stokes | Rising Pune Supergiant | 14.5 crore |
2018 | Ben Stokes | Rajasthan Royals | 12.5 crore |
2019 | Jaydev Unadkat Varun Chakravarthy | Rajasthan Royals Kings XI Punjab | 8.4 crore |
2020 | Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | 15.5 crore |
2021 | Chris Morris | Rajasthan Royals | 16.25 crore |
