Yuvraj Singh still holds the record to be the most expensive player bought in IPL auction back in 2015. He was bought by Delhi Daredevils for a record $2.67 million. While the most expensive foreign player record is broke in 2017 when Pune Supergiants bought Ben Stokes for a record ₹14.5 crore ($2.16 million).
Indian Premier League gave a new dimension to domestic cricket around the world and more importantly in India, it is by far the most lucarative domestic T20 league in the world leaving, Australia’s T20 big bash and other T20 domestic competitions, in shadows. Premier League was started back in 2007 and since than it has grown from strength to strength with alot of exposure for Indian crickets and some very expensive foreign imports.
It will be the 9th edition of Indian Premier League taking place in Indian starting from 09 April 2016 to 29th May 2016, BCCI has already announced the schedule dates for IPL 2016 while auction will take place today, Saturday, 06 February 2016. We decided to take a look at 10 of the most expensive players ever bought in IPL history from 2007 to 2015.
| NO# | PLAYER | PRICE | BOUGHT BY |
| 1 | Yuvraj Singh | $2.67 milliom | Delhi Daredevils in 2015 |
| 2 | Gautam Ghambir | $2.4 million | Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011 |
| 3 | Yuvraj Singh | $2.33 million | Royal Challenger Bangalore in 2014 |
| 4 | Ben Stokes (new) | $2.16 million | Pune Supergiants in 2017 |
| 5 | Yusuf Pathan | $2.1 million | Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011 |
| 6 | Robin Uthappa | $2.1 million | Pune Warriors in 2011 |
| 7 | Dinesh Karthik | $ 2.08 million | Delhi Daredevils in 2014 |
| 8 | Rohit Sharma | $2 million | Mumbai Indians in 2011 |
| 9 | Ravindra Jadeja | $2 million | Chennai SuperKings in 2012 |
| 10 | Irfan Pathan | $1.9 million | Delhi Daredevils in 2011 |
| 11 | Dinesh Karthik | $1.75 million | Royal Challenger Bangalore in 2015 |
| 12 | Saurabh Tiwary | $1.6 million | Royal Challenger Bangalore in 2011 |
| 13 | Kevin Pieterson | $1.55 million | Delhi daredevils in 2014 |
| 14 | Andrew Flintoff | $1.55 million | Chennai Superkings in 2009 |
| 15 | MS Dhoni | $1.50 million | Chennai Superkings in 2008 |
| 16 | Glenn Maxwell | $1 million | Mumbai Indians in 2013 |
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