New Delhi: The mega auction of IPL 2022, which lasted for two days at Hotel ITC Gardenia in Bangalore, is finally over. A total of 204 players were sold in the mega auction. Of these, 137 were Indian and 67 foreign players. All the 10 franchises of IPL had entered the auction with 561 crores. Out of this, a total of Rs 549.70 crore were shelled out by the franchises. A total of 108 players were paid a salary of more than 1 crore. A total of 11 players secured a salary of more than 10 crores.
Uncapped players too bagged a good amount of money in the auction. All the uncapped players secured an amount, many times more than their base price and all the teams also showed great interest in buying them.
Let's have a look at the list of most expensive Indian uncapped players after the end of IPL auction.
Avesh Khan became the most expensive uncapped player in the IPL auction. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 10 crore on the first day of the auction. Avesh has become the highest selling uncapped player in the history of IPL auction.
All-rounder Shahrukh Khan was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 9 crore. Shahrukh made headlines with his brilliant batting in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Shreyas Gopal – Rs 75 lakh | Sunrisers Hyderabad
Prabhsimran Singh – Rs 60 lakh | Punjab Kings
Ankit Rajput – Rs 50 lakh | Lucknow
Basil Thampi - Rs 30 lakh | Mumbai Indians
KC Cariappa - Rs 30 lakh | Rajasthan
Jagdish Suchit – Rs 20 lakh | Hyderabad
KM Asif - Rs 20 lakh | Chennai
Ishaan Porel - Rs 20 lakh | Punjab
Tushar Deshpande – Rs 20 lakh | Chennai
Jitendra Sharma – Rs 20 lakh | Punjab Kings
Mohammad Arshad Khan - Rs 20 lakh | Mumbai Indians
Hrithik Chatterjee – Rs 20 lakh | Punjab Kings
Baltej Singh – Rs 20 lakh | Punjab Kings
Karan Sharma - Rs 20 lakh | Lucknow Super Giants
Shashank Singh – Rs 20 lakh | Sunrisers Hyderabad
Pratham Singh – Rs 20 lakh | Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajit Tomar - Rs 20 lakh | Kolkata Knight Riders
Ravikumar Samarth - Rs 20 lakh | Sunrisers Hyderabad
Baba Inderjit - Rs 20 lakh | Kolkata Knight Riders
All 10 teams shelled out over 550 crore to buy 204 players. Ishan Kishan, who was released by Mumbai Indians ahead of the auction, was retained by the franchise for a jaw-dropping INR 15.25 crore, making him the most expensive buy in this year's auction.