IPL 2023 Auction LIVE – IPL Auction LIVE Streaming: IPL Auction is now less than 2 days away. 1 thing which is coming certain from all franchise camps is that Ben Stokes & Sam Curran will be the MOST WANTED players at IPL Auction in Kochi on Friday. InsideSport reached out to multiple franchise in past 2 days to check their MOST WANTED pick at Auction. 6 out of 8 franchises who responded had Stokes & Curran in their list. Two IPL franchises did not respond to InsideSport query. Follow IPL Auction LIVE Updates & Check CSK Squad IPL 2023 updates with InsideSport.IN
Ben Stokes, Sam Curran on ‘MOST WANTED LIST’ of IPL TEAMS
- SRH, PBKS, LSG, MI, CSK have either of these two players on their SHOPPING LIST
- RR, KKR, GT also want to buy them but doesn’t have monies in bank to go for them
- RCB, DC representatives did not respond to InsideSport messages.
“Few teams will surely break bank for Curran & Stokes but not many can afford to do that. You want them – but you don’t have resources to do that will be the issue with most of the teams. SRH & PBKS will have advantage over others when buying for these two”, said one of the franchise representative heading for Kochi.
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Can $2MN Salary mark breached? With so much of interest in Stokes & Curran, the big question InsideSport asked some of the franchises was whether $2MN salary mark can be breached?
The answer was ‘NO’ by each and every franchise.
“No chance that anyone would shell out $2MN for any player. No Mathematics would work. SRH & PBKS have purse to do that but why would they fight with each other. They can settle with 1 player each. Unlikely that bids would reach anywhere near 2MN dollars”, said one of the franchise official who doesn’t have big money in the purse.
IPL Highest Paid Players LIST – Highest-paid player in IPL history: All-Time top 10 list
| S.NO | PLAYER | TEAM | PRICE (in INR) | YEAR |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 17 crore | 2018-2021 |
| 2 | KL Rahul | Lucknow Super Giants | 17 crore | 2022 |
| 3 | Chris Morris | Rajasthan Royals | 16.25 crore | 2021 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | Delhi Daredevils | 16 crore | 2015 |
| 5 | Rohit Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 16 crore | 2022 |
| 6 | Rishabh Pant | Delhi Capitals | 16 crore | 2022 |
| 7 | Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings | 16 crore | 2022 |
| 8 | Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | 15.5 crore | 2020 |
| 9 | Ishan Kishan | Mumbai Indians | 15.25 crore | 2022 |
| 10 | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 15 crore | 2022 |
IPL 2023 auction: Why Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings can break the bank for Ben Stokes & Sam Curran?
After missing the last edition due to injury the 31-year-old is back in the auction pool at a base price of 2 crores. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings have released their captains and are in need of a new face to lead the team.
Last season SRH signed Romario Shepherd but the all-rounder had a mediocre outing overall. With Ben Stokes, SRH will not only get a quality all-rounder but also a proven leader to get the best out of the players at his disposal.
On the other hand Stokes can also end Punjab Kings search for a quality all-rounder
The IPL 2022 auction was a good one for Punjab Kings as they filled the slots in the team with match-winners. However, the team was unable to get an all-rounder who could bring the right balance to the team.
PBKS invested heavily in Odean Smith but the West Indian failed to perform. Rishi Dhawan performed well with the ball picking up 6 wickets but could only score a mere 37 runs with the bat at a strike rate of 92.50. With high quality, all-rounder like Stokes, PBKS will have a bankable 3D player. Expect the franchise to go all guns blazing and break the bank to sign the England Test skipper.
Official working closely with SRH management informed InsideSport, “Team will gun for a BIG ALLROUNDER at IPL Auction. Yes, Green, Stokes & Curran kind players will be on radar. But our decision-making will be dependent on the fact that whether these players are available for full IPL Window or not.”
| Player | Matches | Runs | Avg | BAT S/R | HS | Wickets | EC0 | BOWL S/R | Bowl avg | BBI |
| Ben Stokes | 157 | 3008 | 25.06 | 133.39 | 107* | 93 | 8.41 | 21.5 | 30.19 | 4/16 |
| Cameron Green | 21 | 245 | 16.33 | 137.64 | 61 | 5 | 9.04 | 26.4 | 39.8 | 2/16 |
| Sam Curran | 145 | 1731 | 20.85 | 135.65 | 72* | 149 | 8.43 | 18.1 | 25.56 | 5/10 |
IPL Teams Player Purse: Sunrisers had the largest purse (INR 42.25 crore) for the auction, followed by Kings (INR 32.20 crore), Lucknow Super Giant (INR 23.35 crore), Mumbai Indians (INR 20.55 crore), Chennai Super Kings (INR 20.45 crore), Delhi Capitals (INR 19.45 crore), Gujarat Titans (INR 19.25 crore), Royals (INR 13.2 crore), Royal Challengers Bangalore (INR 8.75 crore) and Kolkata Knight Riders (INR 7.05 crore).
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- As per the norm, the auction will begin with capped players.
- The IPL Authorities will break them up into different sets based on the specialisation.
- Few franchises have confirmed to InsideSport, the IPL listed the order as – batters, allrounders, wicketkeeper-batters, fast bowlers and spinners.
- The first set comprising batters will feature the likes of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, Mayank Agarwal and Harry Brook.
- IPL Teams have already pledged SALARIES in total of 743.5 CR to the players.
- On Dec 23rd another 206.5CR will be showered on players
- This will take IPL SALARY total figure to 950 CRORE – Just 50 cr shot of magical 1,000 CRORE salary mark.
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