Sam Curran becomes most expensive IPL player

Kochi: England's Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being bought by Punjab Kings for £1.85m.

Six franchises made a bid for the 24-year-old all-rounder before Punjab were eventually successful.

Yorkshire's Harry Brook has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for £1.35m.

The 23-year-old was the leading run-scorer for England in their recent 3-0 Test series win in Pakistan.

Curran was named player of the tournament at this year's Twenty20 World Cup after helping England to become double white-ball world champions.

He took 13 wickets at an average of 11.38 in last month's event in Australia and has improved his batting to become a genuine all-rounder.

BATTERS

• Kane Williamson - 2 crore - Gujarat Titans
• Harry Brook - 13.25 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Mayank Agarwal - 8.25 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Ajinkya Rahane - 50 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
• Shaik Rasheed - 20 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
• Manish Pandey - 2.4 crore - Delhi Capitals
• Will Jacks - - 3.2 crore - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Harpreet Bhatia - 40 lakh - Punjab Kings
• Rilee Rossouw - 4.6 crore - Delhi Capitals
• Anmolpreet Singh - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Mandeep Singh - 50 lakh - Kolkata Knight RIders

BOWLERS

• Reece Topley - 1.9 crore - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Jaydev Unadkat - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Jhye Richardson - 1.5 crore - Mumbai Indians
• Ishant Sharma - 50 lakh - Delhi Capitals
• Adil Rashid - 2 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Mayank Markande - 50 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Vaibhav Arora - 60 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
• Yash Thakur - 45 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Shivam Mavi - 6 crore - Gujarat Titans
• Mukesh Kumar - 5.5 crore - Delhi Capitals
• Himanshu Sharma - 20 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Kyle Jamieson - 1 crore - Chennai Super Kings
• Piyush Chawla - 50 lakh - Mumbai Indians
• Amit Mishra - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Vidwath Kaverappa - 20 lakh - Punjab Kings
• Rajan Kumar - 70 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Suyash Sharma - 20 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
• Joshua Little - 4.4 crore - Gujarat Titans
• Mohit Sharma - 50 lakh - Gujarat Titans
• Avinash Singh - 60 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Kulwant Khejroliya - 20 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
• Akeal Hosein - 1 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Adam Zampa - 1.5 crore - Rajasthan Royals
• KM Asif - 30 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
• Murugan Ashwin - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
• Naveen Ul Haq - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Raghav Goyal - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians

ALL-ROUNDERS

• Sam Curran - 18.5 crore - Punjab Kings
• Odean Smith - 50 lakh - Gujarat Titans
• Sikandar Raza - 50 lakh - Punjab Kings
• Jason Holder - 5.75 crore - Rajasthan Royals
• Cameron Green -17.50 crore - Mumbai Indians
• Ben Stokes - 16.25 crore - Chennai Super Kings
• Vivrant Sharma - 2.6 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Samarth Vyas - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Sanvir Singh - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Nishant Sindhu - 60 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
• Romario Shepherd - 50 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Daniel Sams - 75 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Manoj Bhandage - 20 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Mayank Dagar - 1.8 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Duan Jansen - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
• Prerak Mankad - 20 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Shams Mulani - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
• Swapnil Singh - 20 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• David Wiese - 1 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
• Sonu Yadav - 20 lakh - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Ajay Mandal - 20 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
• Mohit Rathee - 20 lakh - Punjab Kings
• Nehal Wadhera - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
• Bhagath Varma - 20 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
• Shivam Singh - 20 lakh - Punjab Kings
• Akash Vashisht - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
• Yudhvir Charak - 20 lakh - Lucknow Super Giants
• Abdul PA - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals

WICKETKEEPERS

• Nicholas Pooran - 16 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
• Heinrich Klaasen - 5.25 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Phil Salt - 2 crore - Delhi Capitals
• N. Jagadeesan - 90 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
• KS Bharat - 1.2 crore - Gujarat Titans
• Upendra Singh Yadav - 25 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Donovan Ferreira - 50 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
• Urvil Patel - 20 lakh - Gujarat Titans
• Vishnu Vinod - 20 lakh - Mumbai Indians
• Nitish Kumar Reddy - 20 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Kunal Rathore - 20 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
• Litton Das - 50 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders