IPL 2023 Auction, In Numbers: Amount spent by each franchise, overseas players brought and more

The IPL 2023 Auction concluded in Kochi on Friday evening with almost all the teams fulfilling their quota of 25 players and leaving no vacancies for new entrants.

Several records were broken as Sam Curran attracted the highest bid ever in the 15-year history of IPL auctions and Cameron Green became the most expensive Australian player ever.

IPL 2023 Auction: Full list of players sold, unsold and amount

While a total of 405 players were listed in the auction list, only a handful – around 20 percent of the same were sold.

We take a look at some interesting numbers around the IPL auction.

IPL 2023, Complete squads: GT | SRH | RR | MI | PBKS | CSK | RCB | KKR | LSG | DC

The Most expensive bids ever

Punjab Kings (PBKS) acquired Sam Curran for the most expensive amount at an IPL auction ever – a whooping ₹ 18.5 crore. The previous best bid was for Chris Morris, who was sold for ₹ 16.25 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Some broke the bank