IPL 2017 auction: every player sold
66 players were sold at the IPL 2017 auction, held in Bengaluru on 20 February 2017, for ₹91.15 crore between them. The most expensive was Ben Stokes, bought by Rising Pune Supergiant for ₹14.50 crore.
The ten most expensive buys
What each franchise paid, in the rupees the auction was held in
Every player sold at the IPL 2017 auction
66 players, most expensive first, with the franchise that bought each and the base price each went under the hammer at
| # | PLAYER | FRANCHISE | BASE | SOLD FOR | CONVERTED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ben Stokes | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹2 crore | ₹14.50 crore | £1,421,000£1.4m |
| 02 | Tymal Mills | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹50 lakh | ₹12 crore | £1,176,000£1.2m |
| 03 | Kagiso Rabada | Delhi Daredevils | ₹1 crore | ₹5 crore | £490,000£490k |
| 03 | Trent Boult | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹1.50 crore | ₹5 crore | £490,000£490k |
| 05 | Pat Cummins | Delhi Daredevils | ₹2 crore | ₹4.50 crore | £441,000£441k |
| 06 | Chris Woakes | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹2 crore | ₹4.20 crore | £411,600£412k |
| 07 | Rashid Khan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹50 lakh | ₹4 crore | £392,000£392k |
| 08 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹1 crore | ₹3.50 crore | £343,000£343k |
| 09 | Karn Sharma | Mumbai Indians | ₹30 lakh | ₹3.20 crore | £313,600£314k |
| 10 | T Natarajan | Kings XI Punjab | ₹10 lakh | ₹3 crore | £294,000£294k |
| 11 | Varun Aaron | Kings XI Punjab | ₹30 lakh | ₹2.80 crore | £274,400£274k |
| 12 | Mohammed Siraj | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20 lakh | ₹2.60 crore | £254,800£255k |
| 13 | Angelo Mathews | Delhi Daredevils | ₹2 crore | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 13 | Aniket Choudhary | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹10 lakh | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 13 | Eoin Morgan | Kings XI Punjab | ₹2 crore | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 13 | K Gowtham | Mumbai Indians | ₹10 lakh | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 13 | Mitchell Johnson | Mumbai Indians | ₹2 crore | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 18 | Corey Anderson | Delhi Daredevils | ₹1 crore | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 18 | Daniel Christian | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹1 crore | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 18 | Jason Roy | Gujarat Lions | ₹1 crore | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 18 | M Ashwin | Delhi Daredevils | ₹10 lakh | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 18 | Pawan Negi | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹30 lakh | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 23 | Basil Thampi | Gujarat Lions | ₹10 lakh | ₹85 lakh | £83,300£83k |
| 24 | Eklavya Dwivedi | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹30 lakh | ₹75 lakh | £73,500£74k |
| 25 | Manpreet Gony | Gujarat Lions | ₹30 lakh | ₹60 lakh | £58,800£59k |
| 26 | Rishi Dhawan | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹30 lakh | ₹55 lakh | £53,900£54k |
| 27 | Chris Jordan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 27 | Darren Bravo | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 27 | Lockie Ferguson | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 27 | Manoj Tiwary | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 27 | Martin Guptill | Kings XI Punjab | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 27 | Matt Henry | Kings XI Punjab | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 27 | Nathu Singh | Gujarat Lions | ₹30 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 34 | Asela Gunaratne | Mumbai Indians | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Ben Laughlin | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Billy Stanlake | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Darren Sammy | Kings XI Punjab | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Jaydev Unadkat | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Mohammad Nabi | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Munaf Patel | Gujarat Lions | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Nicholas Pooran | Mumbai Indians | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Rovman Powell | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 34 | Saurabh Tiwary | Mumbai Indians | ₹30 lakh | ₹30 lakh | £29,400£29k |
| 44 | Aditya Tare | Delhi Daredevils | ₹20 lakh | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 44 | Rahul Tewatia | Kings XI Punjab | ₹10 lakh | ₹25 lakh | £24,500£25k |
| 46 | Akshdeep Nath | Gujarat Lions | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Ankit Bawne | Delhi Daredevils | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Chirag Suri | Gujarat Lions | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Ishank Jaggi | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Kulwant Khejroliya | Mumbai Indians | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Milind Tandon | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Navdeep Saini | Delhi Daredevils | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Pratham Singh | Gujarat Lions | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Praveen Dubey | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Pravin Tambe | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | R Sanjay Yadav | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Rahul Chahar | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Rahul Tripathi | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Rinku Singh | Kings XI Punjab | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Saurabh Kumar | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Sayan Ghosh | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Shashank Singh | Delhi Daredevils | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Shelley Shaurya | Gujarat Lions | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Shubham Agarwal | Gujarat Lions | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Tanmay Agarwal | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
| 46 | Tejas Baroka | Gujarat Lions | ₹10 lakh | ₹10 lakh | £9,800£10k |
About the 2017 auction
How the auction worked and what changed from the one before
The 2017 auction was a mini auction: the franchises kept most of their squads from the season before and bought to fill the gaps.
The franchises spent ₹91.15 crore, down 32.9% on the ₹135.80 crore spent at the 2016 auction.
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were serving the second season of their suspension, so Rising Pune Supergiant and Gujarat Lions bought in their places again.
What each franchise spent
The 8 franchises that bought at the 2017 auction, biggest spender first
| FRANCHISE | PLAYERS | SPENT | CONVERTED | MOST EXPENSIVE BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Pune Supergiant | 9 | ₹17.20 crore | £1,685,600£1.7m | Ben Stokes ₹14.50cr |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 | ₹15.40 crore | £1,509,200£1.5m | Tymal Mills ₹12cr |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | ₹14.35 crore | £1,406,300£1.4m | Trent Boult ₹5cr |
| Delhi Daredevils | 9 | ₹14.05 crore | £1,376,900£1.4m | Kagiso Rabada ₹5cr |
| Kings XI Punjab | 8 | ₹9.45 crore | £926,100£926k | T Natarajan ₹3cr |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | ₹8.65 crore | £847,700£848k | Rashid Khan ₹4cr |
| Mumbai Indians | 7 | ₹8.20 crore | £803,600£804k | Karn Sharma ₹3.20cr |
| Gujarat Lions | 11 | ₹3.85 crore | £377,300£377k | Jason Roy ₹1cr |
Rising Pune Supergiant spent the most, ₹17.20 crore on 9 players, 18.9% of all the money spent at the auction.
How far the bidding went past the base price
43 of the 66 players sold went for their base price, the opening price they went under the hammer at. The biggest jump was T Natarajan's, from ₹10 lakh to ₹3 crore, 30.0 times the base.
| PLAYER | FRANCHISE | BASE | SOLD FOR | TIMES THE BASE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Natarajan | Kings XI Punjab | ₹10 lakh | ₹3 crore | 30.0 |
| Tymal Mills | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹50 lakh | ₹12 crore | 24.0 |
| Aniket Choudhary | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹10 lakh | ₹2 crore | 20.0 |
| K Gowtham | Mumbai Indians | ₹10 lakh | ₹2 crore | 20.0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20 lakh | ₹2.60 crore | 13.0 |
Every IPL auction
The most expensive buy at each auction from 2009 to 2026
Frequently asked questions
Who was the most expensive player at the IPL 2017 auction?
Ben Stokes, bought by Rising Pune Supergiant for ₹14.50 crore, which is £1,421,000. Tymal Mills was next, at ₹12 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
How many players were sold at the IPL 2017 auction?
66. Gujarat Lions bought the most, 11 players.
How much did the franchises spend at the IPL 2017 auction?
₹91.15 crore, which is £8,932,700. Rising Pune Supergiant spent the most, ₹17.20 crore on 9 players.
When and where was the IPL 2017 auction held?
In Bengaluru, on 20 February 2017.
Was the IPL 2017 auction a mega auction?
No. It was a mini auction, at which the franchises kept most of their squads and bought to fill the gaps. The mega auctions were in 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2025.
Where to next
The rest of the money in the IPL
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