IPL 2024: Team-wise costliest buys in the auction

A total of INR 230 crore were spent on 72 players at the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. Some illustrious players, who looked fabulous in the 2023 World Cup, pulled off lucrative contracts in the auction while a few distinguished veterans such as Steven Smith, Josh Hazlewood, and Adil Rashid went unsold.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who spent INR 31.35 crore, became the highest spender in the auction. Following the two-time champions, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) splurged INR 30.80 crore from their purse. With big money spent at the event, it is time to know the most expensive player from each side.

Here are the team-wise expensive buys in the IPL 2024 auction:

10. Rajasthan Royals (RR) - Rovman Powell

Rajasthan Royals (RR) bought only five players in the auction, spending INR 14.30 crore. Before the auction, they hit the headlines for trading Devdutt Padikkal for Avesh Khan. Their costliest buy at the event was the West Indies power-hitting batter Rovman Powell, who they bought for INR 7.40 crore.

Powell made his IPL debut in 2022 for Delhi Capitals (DC). The right-handed batter has played 17 matches in the league and scored 257 runs at a strike rate of 146.02. In the previous season, the Caribbean player could amass only seven runs in three matches, following which, DC parted ways with him before the 2024 auction.

His record in T20Is is scintillating as he has amassed 1214 runs in 58 innings of 68 matches at a strike rate of 142.65. Noting his numbers, he might be given the task of playing the role of a finisher in the RR squad, due to his brilliant power-hitting talent.