IPL 2022: Meet India's million-dollar boys

Feb 12, 2022

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

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Ishan Kishan

Sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹15.25 crore | Base price: ₹2 crore | The wicket-keeper batsman has so far scored 1,452 runs in 61 matches with an average of 28.47. Kishan, by crossing the $2 million figure (approx. ₹15 crore at current exchange rates), became the most expensive player put on auction on Day 1.

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Deepak Chahar

Sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹14 crore | Base price: ₹2 crore | Making his IPL debut in 2016, Chahar has a tally of 1,722 runs in 63 matches with a strike rate of 22.44.

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Shreyas Iyer

Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for ₹12.25 crore | Base price: ₹2 crore | Making his IPL debut in 2015, Iyer has so far played 87 IPL matches and has a tally of 2,375 runs with 123.95 as the strike rate.

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Harshal Patel

Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for ₹10.75 crore | Base Price: ₹2 crore | The Haryana-born pacer has an IPL career tally of taking 78 runs in 63 matches with an average of 23.17.

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Shardul Thakur

Sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹10.75 crore | Base price: ₹2 crore | Right-medium fast bowler, Thakur, has so far taken 67 wickets in 61 matches with an average of 27.87.

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Prasidh Krishna

Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹10 crore | Base price: ₹1 crore | Krishna has a track record of taking 30 wickets in 34 matches with a strike rate of 24.87.

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Krunal Pandya

Sold to Lucknow SuperGiants for ₹8.25 crore | Base price: ₹2 crore | Batting all-rounder from Ahmedabad, Pandya, has scored 1,143 runs and has taken 51 wickets in 84 matches so far.

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Shikhar Dhawan

Sold to Punjab Kings for ₹8.25 crore, same price as of Krunal Pandya | Base price: ₹2 crore | Also known as ‘Gabbar Dhawan’, he has scored 5,784 runs in 192 runs with an average of 34.84.

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Nitish Rana

Sold to KKR for ₹8 crore | Base price: ₹1 crore | Left-handed batsman from Delhi has a career tally of 1,820 runs in 77 matches with a strike rate of 132.45.

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Devdutt Padikkal

Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹7.75 crore | Base price: ₹2 crore | A left-handed batsman from Kerala, Paddikal has so far played 29 matches and has scored 884 runs.

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