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.
5. Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes is one of the finest all-rounders in world cricket at the moment. The 31-year-old has been a match-winner with both bat and ball and has left the world in awe with his spectacular performances. He has scored 585 runs in 43 T20Is at a strike rate of 128.00 and bagged 26 wickets for England.
Whenever the ace all-rounder has entered the IPL auction, franchises have gone into a bidding war to sign him. Stokes first went under the hammer at the 2017 auction and Rising Pune Supergiants acquired him for an eye-pooping sum of INR 14.5 crore. He was again up for grabs at the IPL 2018 auction and it was Rajasthan Royals that picked him at a gargantuan sum of INR 12.5 crore.
When Stokes arrived at the recently concluded IPL 2023 auction, Chennai Super Kings broke their bank to procure him and spent a staggering sum of INR 16.5 crore for the swashbuckling cricketer. The Christchurch-born has been brilliant in the IPL, scoring 920 runs in 43 games at a strike rate of 134.50 and bagging 28 scalps. The Chennai management would hope the England batter brings his A-game into play in the upcoming season.
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