IPL: Best XI of costliest players at auctions
Over the years, many world-class cricketers have featured at the IPL auction and franchises have broken banks to sign them.
3. Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer has been a run-bank in the cash-rich league. The 28-year-old has featured in 101 matches and notched up 2776 runs at a strike rate of 125.38. He has been a consistent performer in the international arena too and scored 1043 runs in 49 T20Is at a strike rate of 135.98.
Kolkata Knight Riders went into a bidding war with Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans at the 2022 mega auction to sign Iyer and eventually grabbed him at INR 12.25 crore. The Indian batter had established his captaincy credentials in the IPL arena, leading Delhi Capitals to the playoffs in the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and thus KKR handed him the reins of the side.
However, Iyer failed to recreate the same magic for his new franchise and KKR finished the league stage at the seventh position with six wins in 14 games. Nevertheless, the Mumbai-born was brilliant with the bat and was the leading run-getter of his team, aggregating 401 runs in 14 games at a strike rate of 134.56.
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