IPL 2018 auction: every player sold

The ten most expensive buys

What each franchise paid, in the rupees the auction was held in

About the 2018 auction

How the auction worked and what changed from the one before

The 2018 auction was a mega auction, held at the start of a new cycle of player contracts: each franchise kept only a handful of its players and bought the rest of its squad in the room. That is why 169 players were sold, against 66 at the 2017 auction.

The franchises spent ₹431.70 crore, up 62.5% on the ₹265.60 crore spent at the last mega auction, in 2014.

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were back from their two-season suspension, and Rising Pune Supergiant and Gujarat Lions had left the league.

19 players were kept by the franchise they had played for before, on a right-to-match card, which lets a franchise take a player back by matching the winning bid for them. The most expensive was Rashid Khan, kept by Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹9 crore.

Every IPL auction

The most expensive buy at each auction from 2009 to 2026

Where to next

The rest of the money in the IPL

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