IPL 2024: Team-wise worst buys in the auction

The IPL 2024 auction concluded with 72 players out of 333 registered getting a buyer amongst the ten franchises that participated. The event was held on December 19, at the Coca-Cola Arena, in Dubai. This was a mini-auction with an eye on the upcoming edition of the tournament next year.

Pat Cummins with an INR 20.50 crore bid by Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mitchell Starc with an INR 24.75 crore bid from Kolkata Knight Riders, broke the INR 20 Cr barrier in IPL auction history. Consequently, they became the two most expensive players ever sold. Besides, there were other players as well, who received huge monetary bids, but there was no explanation from franchises as, to why they were bought.

In this article, we will have a look at team-wise worst buys in the IPL 2024 auction, players who might not live up to the price tag or the hype in the upcoming IPL edition.

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

9. Sameer Rizvi (Chennai Super Kings)

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has come into the IPL 2024 auction looking for a decent Indian batter to take over from Ambati Rayudu in the playing XI. They had the option to buy the likes of Karun Nair and Manish Pandey, both having extensive experience in domestic and IPL T20s with good techniques.

However, the CSK franchise decided to splurge more than INR 8 Cr on Uttar Pradesh’s Sameer Rizvi on the back of some good batting performances in the UP T20 League. Rizvi has been dubbed as a ‘right-handed Suresh Raina’ and even got backing from Raina himself. It remains to be seen how Rizvi performs under the pressure of the money tag and as a replacement for Rayudu.