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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction has been held in Dubai with more than 300 players going under the hammer as the 10 franchises look to strengthen their squads before the upcoming season, which is likely to be held in March next year.

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman roped in by the Chennai Super Kings at his base price of INR 2 crore as he can participate in the league from March 22 to May 11.

Bangladesh's Mustafiz, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam were set to go under the hammer but the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) decided to only give NOC to Mustafizur, while Taskin and Shoriful were denied due to national team duty with the T20 World Cup coming right after the IPL.

'The Fizz' had played for the Delhi Capitals for the last two seasons. Previously he won the IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 and also played for Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals.

Australian fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins became the most expensive players in Indian Premier League history Tuesday, with franchises dishing out millions of dollars for their services at the glitzy Twenty20 tournament.

Starc, who last played in the IPL eight years ago, made a smashing comeback when he was snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 24.74 crore, setting an all-time IPL auction record.

"We won, Mr Starc!" the franchise posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Starc, 33, broke the record set by Cummins earlier in the day when Sunrisers Hyderabad paid INR 20.50 crore for the World Cup-winning skipper.

Before Tuesday, England all-rounder Sam Curran was the most expensive player after being bought for INR 18.50 crore last year by Punjab Kings.

"Pumped to be joining SRH for the upcoming IPL season," Cummins, who skipped this year's IPL because of a packed calendar, said in a video posted by the franchise on social media.

"I have played in Hyderabad a few times and always loved it so can't wait to get started."

Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in a fervent bidding session for Cummins, to claps and cheers from other franchises participating in the auction, held this year in Dubai.

Both Australians were key members of the team that led Australia to ODI World Cup victory in November, beating hosts India in the final at Ahmedabad.

Cummins had silenced a crowd of nearly 100,000 when he bowled out star batsman Virat Kohli, and was widely lauded for leading Australia to the title.

Both Starc and Cummins had entered this auction with a base price of INR 2 crore the top tier at which players can start the bidding for their services.

New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell was the third-top player at the auction, grabbed by Chennai Super Kings for INR 14 crore

Mitchell, 32, was also one of the breakout stars at the World Cup, scoring two centuries against India  in the group stage and in the semi-final.

West Indies star Rovman Powell went to Rajasthan Royals for INR 7.4 crore and Travis Head of Australia will play alongside Cummins for Hyderabad after being sold for INR 6.4 crore.

South African paceman Gerald Coetzee was sold to Mumbai Indians INR 5 crore.

But up-and-coming New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra failed to arouse much interest, with Chennai paying an underwhelming INR 1.8 crore for his services.

Former Australia skipper Steve Smith went unsold in the first round, along with fellow wicketkeeper Josh Inglis.

IPL 2023 Players List:

Squads-

Mumbai Indians squad: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Hardik Pandya (C,Traded), Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd.

Purchased players from auction: Gerald Coetzee (INR 5 crore), Dilshan Madushanka (4.6 crore), Shreyas Gopal (20 lakh), Nuwan Thushara (4.8 crore), Anshul Kamboj (20 lakh), Naman Dhir (20 lakh), Mohammad Nabi (1.50 crore),  Shivalik Sharma (20 lakh)

Chennai Super Kings squad: MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway (wk), Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana.

Purchased players from auction: Rachin Ravindra (INR 1.8 crore), Shardul Thakur (4 crore), Daryl Mitchell (14 crore), Sameer Rizvi (8.40 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (2 crore), Avanish Rao Aravelly (20 lakh)

Gujarat Titans squad: Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.

Purchased players from auction: Azmatullah Omarzai (INR 50 lakh), Umesh Yadav (5.80 crore), Shahrukh Khan (7.40 crore), Sushant Mishra (2.20 crore), Kartik Tyagi (60 lakh), Rasikh Dar (20 lakh), Manav Suthar (20 lakh), Spencer Johnson (10 crore), Robin Minz (3.6 crore)

Delhi Capitals squad: Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar.

Purchased players from auction: Harry Brook (INR 4 crore), Tristan Stubbs (50 Lakh), Ricky Bhui (20 lakh), Kumar Kushagra (7.20 crore), Jhye Richardson (5 crore), Sumit Kumar (1 crore), Shai Hope (75 lakh), Swastik Chhikara (20 lakh)

Lucknow Super Giants squad: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Devdutt Padikkal (Traded).

Purchased players from auction: Shivam Mavi (INR 6.40 crore), Arshin Kulkarni (20 lakh), M. Siddharth (2.40 crore), Ashton Turner (1 crore), David Willey (2 crore), Arshad Khan (20 lakh)

Rajasthan Royals squad: Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan (Traded).

Purchased players from auction: Rovman Powell (INR 7.4 crore), Shubham Dubey (5.80 crore), Abid Mushtaq (20 lakh), Nandre Burger (50 lakh)

Sunrisers Hyderabad squad: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed (Traded).

Purchased players from auction: Travis Head (INR 6.8 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (1.5 crore), Pat Cummins (20.50 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (1.6 crore), Akash Singh (20 lakh), Jhathavedh Subramanyan (20 lakh)

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (Traded), Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green (Traded).

Purchased players from auction: Alzarri Joseph (INR 11.50 crore), Yash Dayal (5 crore), Tom Curran (1.50 crore), Lockie Ferguson (2 crore), Swapnil Singh (20 lakh), Saurav Chauhan (20 lakh)

Punjab Kings squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh.

Purchased players from auction: Harshal Patel (11.75 crore), Chris Woakes (4.20 crore), Ashutosh Sharma (20 lakh), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (20 lakh), Shashank Singh (20 lakh), Tanay Thyagarajan (20 lakh), Prince Choudhary (20 lakh), Rilee Rossouw (8 crore)

Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Purchased players from auction: KS Bharat (INR 50 lakh), Chetan Sakariya (50 lakh), Mitchell Starc (20.75 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (20 lakh), Ramandeep Singh (20 lakh), Sherfane Rutherford (1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (50 lakh), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2 crore), Gus Atkinson (1 crore), Sakib Hussain (20 lakh)