IPL Auction 2026: Top Six Most Expensive Buys at Mini-Auctions
IPL mini auction history, costliest buys, Starc Cummins Curran Green Stokes Morris, big-money deals, franchise spending
Mitchell Starc, IPL mini auction record signing, KKR title season, premium fast bowler
Mega auctions get all the attention most of the time, but mini-auctions too have broken the record of the highest bidder. Franchises, despite having limited budget and fewer players to be bought, have paid heavily for the star players that they considered being the solution to their key issues, turning mini-auctions into unexpected heated wars of bidders.
Standout signings over the years have reshaped the whole spending trends and confirmed that even in an auction arrangement that is tight with a single player, the player can still be valued very high indeed.
The most expensive players in the history of the IPL mini-auction:
Mitchell Starc – ₹24.75 crore (Kolkata Knight Riders, 2024).
Pat Cummins – ₹20.50 crore (Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2024).
Sam Curran – ₹18.50 crore (Punjab Kings, 2023).
Cameron Green – ₹17.50 crore (Mumbai Indians, 2023).
Ben Stokes – ₹16.25 crore (Chennai Super Kings, 2023).
Chris Morris – ₹16.25 crore (Rajasthan Royals, 2021).
These agreements worth a fortune to the franchises confirm the fact that mini-auctions can still give the headlines and make the title-seeking teams in IPL even if they are smaller in the scale.
