England all-rounder Sam Curran stole on the show on Friday as he became the most expensive recruit ever in the Indian Premier League.

At the IPL 2023 player auction in Kochi, Curran was acquired by Punjab Kings for a staggering Rs 18.5 crore. The 24-year-old was named player of the tournament after England’s triumphant T20 World Cup campaign recently.

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Australia all-rounder Cameron Green became the second-most expensive recruit in IPL history as Mumbai Indians picked him up for Rs 17.5 crore.

Among the other big picks, England all-rounder Ben Stokes went to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore, West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran went to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 16 crore, and England batter Harry Brook went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 13.25 crore.

Mayank Agarwal was the most expensive Indian player on the day as he went to SRH for Rs 8.25 crore.

Among uncapped cricketers, Indian fast bowlers Shivam Mavi and Mukesh Kumar got the biggest bids. While Mavi was acquired for Rs 6 crore by defending champions Gujarat Titans, Kumar went to Delhi Capitals for Rs 5.5 crore.

Here are the full lists of players acquired by the 10 franchises at the IPL 2023 auction (In retained players * indicates overseas and T indicates player traded):

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

PLAYER  Type  Price 
Ben Stokes  All-Rounder  Rs 16,25,00,000 
Kyle Jamieson  Bowler  Rs 1,00,00,000 
Nishant Sindhu  All-Rounder  Rs 60,00,000 
Ajinkya Rahane  Batter  Rs 50,00,000 
Shaik Rasheed  Batter  Rs 20,00,000 
Ajay Mandal  All-Rounder  Rs 20,00,000 
Bhagath Varma  All-Rounder  Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway*, Dwaine Pretorius*, Maheesh Theekshana*, Matheesha Pathirana*, Mitchell Santner*, Moeen Ali*, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande

GUJARAT TITANS

PLAYER  Type  Price 
Shivam Mavi  Bowler  Rs 6,00,00,000 
Joshua Little  Bowler  Rs 4,40,00,000 
Kane Williamson  Batter  Rs 2,00,00,000 
K.S. Bharat  Wicket-Keeper  Rs 1,20,00,000 
Odean Smith  All-Rounder  Rs 50,00,000 
Mohit Sharma  Bowler  Rs 50,00,000 
Urvil Patel  Wicket-Keeper  Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph*, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller*, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade*, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad*, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan*, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

PLAYER  Type  Price 
Will Jacks  Batter  Rs 3,20,00,000 
Reece Topley  Bowler  Rs 1,90,00,000 
Rajan Kumar  Bowler  Rs 70,00,000 
Avinash Singh  Bowler  Rs 60,00,000 
Sonu Yadav  All-Rounder  Rs 20,00,000 
Manoj Bhandage  All-Rounder  Rs 20,00,000 
Himanshu Sharma  Bowler  Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey*, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis*, Finn Allen*, Glenn Maxwell*, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood*, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Wanindu Hasaranga*

DELHI CAPITALS

PLAYER Type Price
Mukesh Kumar Bowler Rs 5,50,00,000
Rilee Rossouw Batter Rs 4,60,00,000
Manish Pandey Batter Rs 2,40,00,000
Phil Salt Wicket-Keeper Rs 2,00,00,000
Ishant Sharma Bowler Rs 50,00,000

Retained Players: Aman Khan (T), Anrich Nortje*, Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, David Warner*, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi*, Mitchell Marsh*, Mustafizur Rahman*, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rishabh Pant, Rovman Powell*, Sarfaraz Khan, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

PLAYER Type Price
Shakib Al Hasan All-Rounder Rs 1,50,00,000
David Wiese All-Rounder Rs 1,00,00,000
N. Jagadeesan Wicket-Keeper Rs 90,00,000
Vaibhav Arora Bowler Rs 60,00,000
Mandeep Singh Batter Rs 50,00,000
Litton Das Wicket-Keeper Rs 50,00,000
Kulwant Khejroliya Bowler Rs 20,00,000
Suyash Sharma Bowler Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Andre Russell*, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T)*, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T)*, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine*, Tim Southee*, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer

LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS

PLAYER Type Price
Nicholas Pooran Wicket-Keeper Rs 16,00,00,000
Daniel Sams All-Rounder Rs 75,00,000
Amit Mishra Bowler Rs 50,00,000
Romario Shepherd All-Rounder Rs 50,00,000
Naveen Ul Haq Bowler Rs 50,00,000
Jaydev Unadkat Bowler Rs 50,00,000
Yash Thakur Bowler Rs 45,00,000
Swapnil Singh All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Yudhvir Charak All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Prerak Mankad All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers*, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis*, Mark Wood*, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock*, Ravi Bishnoi

MUMBAI INDIANS

PLAYER Type Price
Cameron Green All-Rounder Rs 17,50,00,000
Jhye Richardson Bowler Rs 1,50,00,000
Piyush Chawla Bowler Rs 50,00,000
Nehal Wadhera All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Raghav Goyal Bowler Rs 20,00,000
Vishnu Vinod Wicket-Keeper Rs 20,00,000
Duan Jansen All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Shams Mulani All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis*, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff (T)*, Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer*, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David*, Tristan Stubbs*

PUNJAB KINGS

PLAYER Type Price
Sam Curran All-Rounder Rs 18,50,00,000
Sikandar Raza All-Rounder Rs 50,00,000
Harpreet Bhatia Batter Rs 40,00,000
Shivam Singh All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Vidwath Kaverappa Bowler Rs 20,00,000
Mohit Rathee All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone*, Kagiso Rabada*, Jonny Bairstow*, Nathan Ellis*, Bhanuka Rajapaksa*

RAJASTHAN ROYALS

PLAYER Type Price
Jason Holder All-Rounder Rs 5,75,00,000
Adam Zampa Bowler Rs 1,50,00,000
Joe Root Batter Rs 1,00,00,000
Donovan Ferreira Wicket-Keeper Rs 50,00,000
K.M. Asif Bowler Rs 30,00,000
Abdul P A All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Akash Vashisht All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Kunal Rathore Wicket-Keeper Rs 20,00,000
Murugan Ashwin Bowler Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Jos Buttler *, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy*, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer*, Trent Boult*, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

PLAYER Type Price
Harry Brook Batter Rs 13,25,00,000
Mayank Agarwal Batter Rs 8,25,00,000
Heinrich Klaasen Wicket-Keeper Rs 5,25,00,000
Vivrant Sharma All-Rounder Rs 2,60,00,000
Adil Rashid Bowler Rs 2,00,00,000
Mayank Dagar All-Rounder Rs 1,80,00,000
Akeal Hosein Bowler Rs 1,00,00,000
Mayank Markande Bowler Rs 50,00,000
Upendra Singh Yadav Wicket-Keeper Rs 25,00,000
Sanvir Singh All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Anmolpreet Singh Batter Rs 20,00,000
Samarth Vyas All-Rounder Rs 20,00,000
Nitish Kumar Reddy Wicket-Keeper Rs 20,00,000

Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi*, Glenn Phillips*, Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen*, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar