IPL 2018 Auction: Highest Paid IPL Players in 2018

The mega two-day VIVO IPL 2018 Auction was held on January 27 and 28 at Bangalore where the 8 teams of IPL assembled under one roof to bring the best players to their team for the upcoming season of the IPL 2018.

The popularity of IPL is spread all over the world. The IPL is a Twenty20 cricket tournament featuring eight teams. It is the 11th season of IPL and the season starts on 4 April. There will be a total of 60 matches played across India. The final will take place on 27 May in Mumbai.

The players’ Auction for IPL was over and several players had laughed their way to the bank. Obviously, Virat Kohli, who is the highest paid batsman in IPL, is retained by RCB with an amount of 17 crores. Other players like MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma etc. were also gone with the huge amount but here we will discuss the Batsman who went high in the auction. England all-rounder Ben Stokes emerged as the costliest player (Rs 12.5 crore) while Jayadev Unadkat (Rs 11.5 crore) turned out to be the most expensive India cricketer at the auction. Both of them were roped in by Rajasthan Royals. There were total 580 players out of which 361 were Indians. And among all those some Players went with a huge price to the teams.

Here we are presenting the List of Top 10 Highest paid players in IPL 2018

List of Retained Players in IPL 2018

Every year, IPL Auctions are held in a different way. Not every year, each and every player is auctioned. This happens once in 3-4 years. IPL 2018 (11th season) Auction made big as many players had been released and several newcomers took an opportunity in IPL 2018. As the IPL Auctions was held in a different manner so as the rules and regulations related to the player release and retention changes. According to IPL 2018 policies, each franchise had allowed retaining a maximum of 3 players before the auction. Here is the complete list of Retained players by all IPL 2018 teams.

IPL 2018 Teams: Complete players’ list of eight teams and their salary

 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS [25 players]

MS Dhoni (retained Rs 15 cr), Suresh Raina (retained Rs 11 cr), Ravindra Jadeja (retained Rs 7 cr),Kedar Jadhav (Rs 7.8 crore), Dwayne Bravo (Rs 6.4 crore), Karn Sharma (Rs 5 crore), Shane Watson (Rs 4 cr), Shardul Thakur (RS 2.6 cr), Ambati Rayudu (Rs 2.2 cr), Murali Vijay (Rs 2 cr), Harbhajan Singh (Rs 2 cr), Faf Du Plessis (Rs 1.6 cr), Mark Wood (Rs 1.5 cr), Sam Billings (Rs 1 cr), Muhammad Imran Tahir (Rs 1 crore), Deepak Chahar (Rs 80 lakh), Mitchell Santner (Rs 50 lakh), Lungisani Ngidi (Rs 50 lakh), KM Asif (Rs 40 lakh), Kshitiz Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Monu Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Jagadeesan Narayan (Rs 20 lakh), Dhruv Shorey (Rs 20 lakh), Kanishk Seth (Rs 20 lakh), Chaitanya Bishnoi (Rs 20 lakh)

DELHI DAREDEVILS [25 players]

Rishabh Pant (retained Rs 15 cr), Chris Morris (retained Rs 11 cr), Shreyas Iyer (retained Rs 7 cr), Glenn Maxwell (Rs 9 cr), Kagiso Rabada (Rs 4.2 cr), Amit Mishra (Rs 4 cr), Vijay Shankar(Rs 3.2 cr), Shahbaz Nadeem (Rs 3.2 cr), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 3 cr), Mohammed Shami (Rs 3 cr), Gautam Gambhir (Rs 2.8 cr), Trent Boult (Rs 2.2 cr), Colin Munro (Rs 1.9 cr), Jason Roy (Rs 1.5 cr), Daniel Christian (Rs 1.5 cr), Naman Ojha (Rs 1.4 cr), Prithvi Shaw (Rs 1.2 cr), Gurkeerat Singh (Rs 75 lakh), Avesh Khan (Rs 70 lakh0, Abhishek Sharma (Rs 55 lakh), Jayant Yadav (Rs 50 lakh), Sandeep Lamichhane (Rs 20 lakh), Sayan Ghosh (Rs 20 lakh), Harshal Patel (Rs 20 lakh), Manjot Kalra (Rs 20 lakh)

MUMBAI INDIANS [25 players]

Rohit Sharma (retained Rs 15 cr), Hardik Pandya (retained Rs 11 cr), Jasprit Bumrah (retained Rs 7 cr), Krunal Pandya (Rs 8.8 cr), Ishan Kishan (Rs 6.2 cr), Kieron Pollard (Rs 5.4 cr), Pat Cummins (Rs 5.4 cr), Evin Lewis (Rs 3.8 cr), Surya Kumar Yadav (Rs 3.2 cr), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 2.2 cr), Ben Cutting (Rs 2.2 cr), Rahul Chahar (Rs 1.9 cr), Pradeep Sangwan (Rs 1.5 cr), Jason Behrendorff (Rs 1.5 cr), Jean-Paul Duminy (Rs 1 cr), Saurabh Tiwary (Rs 80 lakh), Tajinder Dhillon (Rs 55 lakh), Akila Dhananjaya (Rs 50 lakh), Siddhesh Lad (Rs 20 lakh), Aditya Tare (Rs 20 lakh), Mayank Markande (Rs 20 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs 20 lakh), Sharad Lumba (Rs 20 lakh), Mohsin Khan (Rs 20 lakh), MD Nidheesh (Rs 20 lakh), MD Dinesan (Rs 20 lakh)

KINGS XI PUNJAB [21 players]

Axar Patel (retained 12.5 cr), KL Rahul (Rs 11 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs 7.6 cr), Andrew Tye (Rs 7.2 cr), Aaron Finch (Rs 6.2 cr), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 6.2 cr), Karun Nair (Rs 5.6 cr), Mujeeb Zadran (Rs 4 cr), David Miller (Rs 3 cr), Ankit Singh Rajpoot (Rs 3 cr), Mohit Sharma (Rs 2.4 cr), Barinder Sran (Rs 2.2 cr), Chris Gayle (Rs 2 cr), Yuvraj Singh (Rs 2 cr), Ben Dwarshuis (Rs 1.4 cr), Mayank Agarwal (Rs 1 cr), Manoj Tiwary (Rs 1 cr), Akshdeep Nath (Rs 1 cr), Mayank Dagar (Rs 20 lakh), Manzoor Dar (Rs 20 lakh), Pradeep Sahu (Rs 20 lakh)

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS [19 players]

Sunil Narine (retained Rs 12.5 cr), Andre Russell (retained Rs 8.5 cr) Chris Lynn (Rs 9.6 cr), Mitchell Starc (Rs 9.4 cr), Dinesh Karthik (Rs 7.4 cr), Robin Uthappa (RS 6.4 cr), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 5.8 cr), Piyush Chawla (Rs 4.2 cr), Nitish Rana (Rs 3.4 cr), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs 3.2 cr), Shivam Mavi (Rs 3 cr), Mitchell Johnson (Rs 2 cr), Shubman Gill (Rs 1.8 cr), R Vinay Kumar (Rs 1 cr), Rinku Singh (Rs 80 lakh), Cameron Delport (Rs 30 lakh), Javon Searless (Rs 30 lakh), Ishank Jaggi (Rs 20 lakh), Apoorv Wankhade (Rs 20 lakh)

RAJASTHAN ROYALS [23 players]

Steve Smith (retained 12.5 crore), Ben Stokes (Rs 12.5 cr), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 11.5 cr), Sanju Samson (Rs 8 cr), Jofra Archer (Rs 7.2 cr), Gowtham Krishnappa (Rs 6.2 cr), Jos Buttler (Rs 4.4 cr), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 4 cr), Darcy Short (Rs 4 cr), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 3.4 cr), Dhawal Kulkarni (Rs 75 lakh), Zahir Khan Pakteen (Rs 60 lakh), Ben Laughlin (Rs 50 lakh), Dushmanta Chameera (Rs 50 lakh), Stuart Binny (Rs 50 lakh), Aryaman Vikram Birla (Rs 30 lakh), Anureet Singh Kathuria (Rs 30 lakh), Prashant Chopra (Rs 20 lakh), Ankit Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Midhun S (rs 20 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 20 lakh), Jatin Saxena (Rs 20 lakh), Mahipal Lomror (Rs 20 lakh)

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE [24 players]

Virat Kohli (retained Rs 17 cr), AB de Villiers (retained Rs 11 cr), Sarfraz Khan (retained Rs 3 cr)Chris Woakes (Rs 7.4 cr), Yuzvendra Chahal (Rs 6 cr), Umesh Yadav (Rs 4.2 cr), Brendon McCullum (Rs 3.6 cr), Washington Sundar (Rs 3.2 cr), Navdeep Saini (Rs 3 cr), Quinton De Kock (Rs 2.8 cr), Mohd Siraj (Rs 2.6 cr), Colin De Grandhomme (Rs 2.2 cr), Murugan Ashwin (Rs 2.2 cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 2.2 cr), Parthiv Patel (Rs 1.7 cr), Moeen Ali (Rs 1.7 cr), Mandeep Singh (Rs 1.4 cs), Manan Vohra (Rs 1.1 cr), Tim Southee (Rs 1 cr), Pawan Negi (Rs 1 cr), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs 85 lakh), Aniket Choudhary (Rs 30 lakh), Anirudha Joshi (Rs 20 lakh), Pavan Deshpande (Rs 20 lakh)

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD [25 players]

David Warner (retained 12.5 c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (retained 8.5 c), Manish Pandey (Rs 11 cr), Rashid Khan Arman (Rs 9 cr), Shikhar Dhawan (Rs 5.2 cr), Wriddhiman Saha (Rs 5 cr), Kane Williamson (Rs 3 cr), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 3 cr), Shakib Hasan (Rs 2 crore), Carlos Brathwaite (Rs 2 crore), Yusuf Pathan (Rs 1.9 cr), Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil (Rs 1 cr), Chris Jordan (Rs 1 cr), Billy Stanlake (Rs 50 lakh), Siddharth Kaul (Rs 3.8 crore), Deepak Hooda (Rs 3.6 cr), Syed Khaleel Ahmed (Rs 3 cr), Shreevats Goswami (Rs 1 cr), Basil Thampi (Rs 95 lakh), T Natarajan (Rs 40 lakh), Bipul Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Mehdi Hasan (Rs 20 lakh), Ricky Bhui (Rs 20 lakh), Sachin Baby (Rs 20 lakh), Tanmay Agarwal (Rs 20 lakh)