From Chris Morris, MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh, here are the costliest picks in every IPL auctions (from 2008 to 2021):
Former Indian star Yuvraj Singh still holds the record of being the costliest player to go under the hammer in IPL auctions. Singh became the costliest pick in IPL 2014 after being sold to RCB for INR 14 crores. He then beat his own record in IPL 2015 after Delhi Daredevils bought him for record-INR 16 crores.
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England's star all-rounder Ben Stokes was the costliest pick in IPL auctions for two consecutive years (2017, 2018). In 2017, he was picked by Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) for INR 14.50 crore. In 2018, the English player left for Rajasthan Royals at INR 12.50 crores.
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Indian cricketers Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy were the joint-costliest pick in IPL 2019 auction. During that IPL auction, Rajasthan Royals (RR) won the bid for Unadkat and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) bought Varun and both had winning bids of INR 8.4 crore.
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