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As the IPL 2023 series will be held in India from March-May, the auction for the players has been held in Kochi. Among them, Sham Karan, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green, who are in good form and are amazing in all fields like batting, bowling and fielding, surprised the fans when they cost 15+ crores. At the same time, Nicholas Pooran, who has shown modest performances in recent times, was bought for a huge sum of 16 crores to the Lucknow team and came as a surprise to the fans.
Usually like in horse racing, the salary of the cricketers in the IPL auction is determined based on the best form and performance. Among them, last year, some players acted like run-of-the-mill horses and went for very low prices in the 2023 auction despite their quality. As if nothing in life is permanent, some players who cost huge sums last season have been signed for many times less in the 2023 season. Let’s see about them
4. Kane Williamson: One of the greatest batsmen in modern cricket and captain of New Zealand, he is still revered as one of the world’s star players. However, due to an elbow injury suffered last year, he is struggling to perform as Panneerselvam of old and scored just 216 runs in 13 matches as the captain of the Hyderabad team for 14 crores in the 2022 season.
Especially since he is not able to accumulate runs at an impressive strike rate as before, he has lost his old mouse and form and has been bought in the Gujarat team for a base price of just 2 crores this year.
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3. Odin Smith: The fast-bowling all-rounder from the West Indies drew global attention when he fought to win the last T20 series against England in 2022.
So last year, he was signed for the Punjab team for a huge amount of 6 crores, but he performed moderately by taking just 51 runs and 6 wickets in 6 matches. So he was bought for Gujarat for a base price of just Rs 50 lakh after seeing a huge drop in the bidding for the 2023 season.
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2. Jay Richardson: The fast bowler from Australia is currently one of the best players in T20 cricket in the world. Therefore, he was bought for the first time in the IPL series 2021 for a huge amount of 14 crores for the Punjab team, he got a chance in 3 matches and took 3 wickets at a moderate economy of 10.63.
However, after being ruled out of the IPL last year due to an injury, he was expected to fetch a huge sum in this auction as he showed good performances after his recovery. But when no team came forward to buy him, the Mumbai administration was surprised to find a base price of just 1.5 crores.
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1. Gayle Jamison: The fast bowling all-rounder from New Zealand has attracted global attention with impressive performances in major series such as the 2021 Test Championship.
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So in the 2021 season, he was bought for 15 crores for the Bengaluru team. He took 9 wickets in 9 matches and did not participate in the 2022 season due to injury. In that situation, he participated this year and it was expected that he would go for a huge amount, but because no team came forward to buy him, Chennai Super Kings bought him for a base price of 2 crores.
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