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England cricketer Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction purchase in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being sold to the Punjab Kings for 18.5 billion rupees ($2.22 million).
Friday’s auction took place in the Indian city of Kochi, with British and Australian cricketers being the main beneficiaries and several records being broken.
Six franchises have bid for the 24-year-old Karan before the Punjab Kings’ record-breaking payoff.
In response to the news, Curran tweeted: looking forward to it. ”
He previously played for the Punjab Kings in the 2017 IPL season under the team’s previous name, Kings XI Punjab.
Other large auction purchases include Australian cricketer Cameron Greene, who joined the Mumbai Indians franchise for $17.5 million (approximately $2.1 million) and the Chennai Super Kings franchise for $16.25 million (approximately $1.95 million). ) included England men’s Test captain Ben Stokes, purchased at
Launched in 2007, the IPL is one of the world’s most valuable sporting assets, attracting the best cricketers with high-value contracts.
Tournaments run for just over two months a year, but their value to media companies skyrockets as global audiences explode.
In terms of cost per game, it has overtaken the English Premier League and ranks second only to the National Football League in the United States.
The company sold media rights from this year to 2027 for $6.2 billion, including TV rights (purchased by Disney-owned Star India) and streaming rights (purchased by Viacom18, a joint venture between Paramount and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries). split into
The 2023 season begins March 20th and runs through May.
