IPL Auction 2021 / Who were the most expensive buys in the IPL 2021 auction?

Cricket Desk: Indian Premier League is the biggest T-20 league in the world. Right from the first season, franchises have bought innumerable players who featured in the cash rich league. While some of them proved to be a addition to the side, some proved way too costly for the team .

1. Chris Morris - 16.25 crores

The tall South African all-rounder Chris Morris is headed back to the Rajasthan Royals after a long gap of 6 years, but not before breaking records and bank of the Jaipur-based franchise. Morris had played for the franchise in 2015 year, where he took 13 wickets in the 11 games he played. The Royals grabbed the all-rounder for a whopping sum of INR 16.25 crore after being involved in furious bidding wars with first the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and then the Kings XI Punjab. He thereby broke all the records of the auctions by becoming the most expensive player in the history of the league as he left Yuvraj Singh (16 crores) and Pat Cummins (15.5 crores) behind.

2. Kyle Jamieson - 15 crores

The 6 foot, 6 inches tall New Zealand pace bowling all-rounder Kyle Jamieson also broke the record for the most expensive New Zeland player in the auction ever as the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The tall Kiwi has become a sensation ever since he made his debut in international cricket last year against India and given his ability to hit long sixes, he can prove to be a great buy for the RCB side.

3. Glenn Maxwell - 14.25 crores

Glenn Maxwell, the perennial big spend player went for another money-run after going for INR 10.75 cr last year when the Punjab team bought the all-rounder. The 32-year old Australian cricketer's bid war was started by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals after which Chennai Super Kings joined, but the RCB prevailed in the end to lap the explosive batter up.

4. Jhye Richardson - 14 crores

The golden arm winner of the Big Bash League (BBL) was touted to be one of the possible biggest buys of the auction and it proved to be one. The 24-year old West Australian was picked by the Punjab Kings, who had the biggest purse before the auction as they splurged 14 crores for the pacer. Richardson, who has played 24 games for Australia across formats, will be playing his first IPL.

5. Krishnappa Gowtham - 9.25 crores

The surprise of the list, probably the whole of the auction was the Karnataka off-spinning all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham. The uncapped player, who has previously played for the Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab, will be playing for the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings, who sprung many surprises in the auction. CSK, who were in a dire need of an off-spinner, splurged money on two of them, the other one being Moeen Ali.