Most Expensive Player in IPL 2023 Auction: England all-rounder Sam Curran becomes the Most Expensive Player in IPL 2023 Auction after Punjab Kings signed for a whooping INR 18.50 crore.
Most Expensive Player in IPL 2023 Auction
- Auction Price: INR 18.50 crore
- Team: Punjab Kings
Sam Curran becomes a sensation in IPL 2023 Auction after his record for best T20I figures 5–10 against Afghanistan in 2022. Sam Curran was part of the England team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup, taking the most wickets for England at the tournament and was named Player of the Tournament.
SAM-SATIONAL BUY! ❤️#SherSquad, run out of adjectives for Curran in the comments. 👇🥳#IPL2023 #SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #SamCurran pic.twitter.com/oxJrE6AZwx
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) December 23, 2022
Notably, Sam Curran was one of the ex-Punjab Kings players in IPL. In December 2018, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab(now named Punjab Kings) in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League for 7.20 crore Rupees.
Though he shines with both bat and ball, PBKS released him ahead of IPL 2020 auction where he was brought by CSK for INR 5.50 crore. Sam Curran registered his name in IPL 2023 Auction for INR 2 crores and ended up bagging 18.50 crore.
Sam Curran IPL 2023 Auction Bidding War
| PBKS | 18.50 Cr(Final Price) |
| MI | 18.25 Cr |
| PBKS | 18.00 Cr |
| MI | 17.75 Cr |
| PBKS | 17.50 Cr |
| MI | 17.25 Cr |
| PBKS | 17.00 Cr |
| MI | 16.75 Cr |
| PBKS | 16.50 Cr |
| LSG | 16.25 Cr |
| PBKS | 16.00 Cr |
| LSG | 15.75 Cr |
| PBKS | 15.50 Cr |
| CSK | 15.25 Cr |
| PBKS | 15.00 Cr |
| CSK | 14.75 Cr |
| PBKS | 14.50 Cr |
| CSK | 14.25 Cr |
| PBKS | 14.00 Cr |
| CSK | 13.75 Cr |
| PBKS | 13.50 Cr |
| CSK | 13.25 Cr |
| RR | 13.00 Cr |
| CSK | 12.75 Cr |
| RR | 12.50 Cr |
| CSK | 12.25 Cr |
| RR | 12.00 Cr |
| CSK | 11.75 Cr |
| RR | 11.50 Cr |
| MI | 11.25 Cr |
| RR | 11.00 Cr |
| MI | 10.75 Cr |
| RR | 10.50 Cr |
| MI | 10.25 Cr |
| RR | 10.00 Cr |
| MI | 9.75 Cr |
| RR | 9.50 Cr |
| MI | 9.25 Cr |
| RR | 9.00 Cr |
| MI | 8.75 Cr |
| RR | 8.50 Cr |
| MI | 8.25 Cr |
| RR | 8.00 Cr |
| MI | 7.75 Cr |
| RR | 7.50 Cr |
| MI | 7.25 Cr |
| RR | 7.00 Cr |
| MI | 6.75 Cr |
| RCB | 6.50 Cr |
| MI | 6.25 Cr |
| RCB | 6.00 Cr |
| MI | 5.75 Cr |
| RCB | 5.50 Cr |
| MI | 5.25 Cr |
| RCB | 5.00 Cr |
| MI | 4.80 Cr |
| RCB | 4.60 Cr |
| MI | 4.40 Cr |
| RCB | 4.20 Cr |
| MI | 4.00 Cr |
| RCB | 3.80 Cr |
| MI | 3.60 Cr |
| RCB | 3.40 Cr |
| MI | 3.20 Cr |
| RCB | 3.00 Cr |
| MI | 2.80 Cr |
| RCB | 2.60 Cr |
| MI | 2.40 Cr |
| RCB | 2.20 Cr |
| MI | 2.00 Cr |
| Base price | 2.00 Cr |
Sam Curran IPL Stats
Sam Curran IPL Stats – Batting
| Year | Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Career | 32 | 337 | 55* | 22.47 | 149.78 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 18 |
| 2021 | 9 | 56 | 34 | 18.66 | 193.1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 14 | 186 | 52 | 23.25 | 131.91 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 9 | 95 | 55* | 23.75 | 172.72 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
Sam Curran IPL Stats – Bowling
| Year | Mat | WKTS | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
| Career | 32 | 32 | 4/11 | 31.09 | 9.21 | 20.25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 3/34 | 36.44 | 9.93 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 13 | 3/19 | 26.46 | 8.19 | 19.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10 | 4/11 | 32.3 | 9.78 | 19.8 | 1 | 0 |
