Highest Paid Players in IPL Auction 2021: Indian Premier League has constantly been complete of unexpected events and IPL Auction 2021 is no significantly less as Chris Morris developed history by becoming the highest paid player in the IPL ever. The South African cricketer surpassed Yuvraj Singh to turn out to be the most highly-priced get. Rajasthan Royals shelled out Rs 16.25 crore for this all-rounder throughout the bidding method in Chennai on Thursday.
However, the costliest player in the IPL remains Indian skipper Virat Kohli, retained for Rs 17 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Interestingly, the 33-year-old player had a base cost of just Rs 75 lakh and generated bids from 4 teams. However, later Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had been noticed sparring more than Morris. But ultimately, Rajasthan Royals sealed it with a whopping bid of Rs 16.25 crore. This produced the all-rounder the costliest get at the auction ever. According to news agency PTI, Morris has scored 551 runs at an typical of 23.95 in 70 IPL games. He has taken 80 wickets at 23.98. Morris surpassed Yuvraj Singh, who was purchased for Rs 16 crore by Delhi Capitals in 2015.
In the final auction, the gifted all-rounder was by the RCB for Rs 10 crore. But this time he will be noticed playing in a pink jersey.
Earlier, Australian all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell managed to attract a winning Rs 14.25 crore bid from RCB. CSK, RCB, and KKR had been noticed generating intense bidding for the perennial below-performer. The opening bid for the Maxwell was produced by KKR but it ultimately became a two-way war among Chennai Super Kings and RCB. The Virat Kohli-led group emerged as the winner with a bid that came to Rs 14.25 crore or USD 1.96 million.
In the final auction, he was component of Punjab Kings. But the 32-year-old player was release following the 2020 edition in which he managed to score just 108 runs in 13 games at 15.42. He does not have a extremely impressive all round typical either. In 82 IPL games, Maxwell has produced 1505 runs at 22.13.
The third highest-paid player so far is Jhye Richardson. Punjab Kings shelled out Rs 14 crore to rope in the Australian pacer. Punjab Kings hopes that the 24-year-old player will plug the gap in their leaking bowling division as he was the top wicket-taker in the current Big Bash League. He has so far played 13 ODIs and two Tests for Australia.
Earlier in the day, Chennai Super Kings paid Rs 7 crore for England all-rounder Moeen Ali. Moeen had base costs of Rs 2 crore.