IPL 2024: Team-wise best buys in the auction

The Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) auction saw franchises break their banks in hopes of building a formidable tournament-winning unit. For the first time, the IPL auction was held overseas and Dubai played host to the event on December 19, 2023. A total of 333 players were on the list to fill up 77 spots, out of which 30 were for overseas players.

In total, 72 players were picked by the franchises in the IPL 2024 auction. Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins became the first two players ever to get a bid of over INR 20 Cr each. Starc got a bid of INR 24.75 Cr from Kolkata Knight Riders, while Sunrisers Hyderabad paid INR 20.50 Cr to Pat Cummins. Harshal Patel with a bid of INR 11.75 Cr from Punjab Kings was the most expensive Indian player.

With squads for all ten franchises completed, we take a look at who was the best buy for each of the ten franchises in the IPL 2024 auction. 

Here are the team-wise best buys in the IPL 2024 auction:

1. Chennai Super Kings - Rachin Ravindra

New Zealand played a lottery by sending Rachin Ravindra to bat at the No. 3 spot in the ICC World Cup 2023 in place of the injured Kane Williamson and hit the jackpot. Ravindra went on to own that spot for the tournament and hammered three centuries to score over 570 runs. He batted like a proper batter and also picked a handful of wickets with his left-arm spin.

Ravindra had smartly kept his base price to INR 50 lakhs and Chennai Super Kings had to bid just 1.80 Cr to get the young all-rounder in the CSK squad. Now they have three left-arm spin all-rounders in their squad Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, and Rachin Ravindra to choose from as per requirement.