4 Players who were bought most times at IPL Auction

3. Dinesh Karthik – 6

Perhaps, not many players have been in and out of the Indian team as much as Dinesh Karthik. He made his debut before MS Dhoni but lost his place to the latter and kept waiting as an injury-replacement or played as a pure batsman. However, in the IPL, he always was rated highly.

Right from 2008, Karthik attracted a lot of attention. He wasn’t all that successful in the first season but had decent returns in the next two. In 2011, the Tamil Nadu stumper was bought by KXIP for a stunning amount of $900,000. However, before the 2012 season, during the transfer period, he was shifted to Mumbai Indians (MI) where he had a couple of very good years.

In 2014, Delhi bought him for INR 10.5 crores before RCB broke the bank and spent INR 12.5 crores in 2015. In 2016, he was a part of Gujarat Lions which made it four different teams in four years. After spending a couple of years with GL, he was scalped by KKR who then made him the skipper. Hence, Karthik was bought in the auction as many as six times.