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The Indian Premier🏅 League (IPL) 2021 auction took place in Chennai on Thursday, February 18. Associates of all eight IPL franchises came together to bid for the players to fill up the🌠 vacant slots in their team rosters.
As many as 57 players were 🐬bought in the mini-event, and a total of INR 145.3 crore was spent.
Twenty-two foreign players were sold, and it was South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris who became the m🎃ost expensive buy in the IPL history as Rajashthan Royals roped him after a stiff battle with Punjab Kings.
Australia’s young pacer Riley Meredith also set the new record for the most expensive uncapped foreign player when he was bought by Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta for INR 8 crore.
On ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe other hand, uncapped India all-rounder Krish൲nappa Gowtham was picked up at INR 9.2 crore by Chennai Super Kings.
Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar was the last p♌layer to be picked at the auction a💖s Mꦫumbai Indians bought him at his base price of INR 20 lakh.
Full squads of all 8 IPL franchises
Punjab Kings:
KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley 𝓡Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen
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