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.
6. Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik set the 2013 season of the cash-rich league on fire with his blistering performances. He featured in 19 matches for Mumbai Indians and scored 510 runs at a strike rate of 124.08. Witnessing the Indian international’s batting heroics, Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) bought him for the seventh IPL edition at a staggering amount of INR 12.5 crore.
The wicketkeeper batter did a decent job, scoring 325 runs in 14 games at a strike rate of 125.96. Karthik again fetched big bucks at the IPL 2015 auction when Royal Challengers Bangalore grabbed him at a hefty sum of INR 10.50 crore.
Over the years, Karthik has been one of the consistent performers in the lucrative T20 tournament. He has featured in 229 matches and accumulated 4376 runs at a strike rate of 132.65. The wicketkeeper-batter is presently associated with RCB as the franchise retained him after his stellar showing in the 2022 season. He lighted the 15th IPL edition with his incredible performances, hammering 330 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 183.33.
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