Wicketkeeper/batsman Nicholas Pooran on Saturday copped the highest-ever bid by a West Indian at an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, with Sunrisers Hyderabad shelling out INR 10.75 crore (US$1.43 million) for the Trinidadian.
It is the third IPL franchise for the 26-year-old, who previously played for Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab.
Moments earlier, Jason Holder held the record by a West Indian with the new franchise Lucknow Super Giants securing the Bajan all-rounder for INR 8.75 crore (US$1.16 million).
Holder previously had stints with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings.
Guyanese batsman Shimron Hetmyer was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals for INR 8.5 crore or US$1.13 million.
There was a bidding war between Hetmyer’s previous franchise Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals for the Berbician left-hander. The 25-year-old also had a stint with the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2022 IPL player auction in Bengaluru.
(Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 75 approx; INR 50 lakh = USD 66,000 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 133,000 approx; INR 10 crore = USD 1,330,000 approx)
Sold players
R Sai Kishore (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 3 crore
Jagadeesha Suchith (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh
Shreyas Gopal (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 75 lakh
KC Cariappa (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 lakh
Murugan Ashwin (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 1.6 crore
Noor Ahmad (Base price INR 30 lakh) sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 30 lakh
Ankit Rajpoot (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 50 lakh
Tushar Deshpande (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 lakh
Ishan Porel (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 25 lakh
Avesh Khan (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 10 crore
KM Asif (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 20 lakh
Akash Deep (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 20 lakh
Kartik Tyagi (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad sold to for INR 4 crore
Basil Thampi (Base price INR 30 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakh
Jitesh Sharma (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh
Sheldon Jackson (Base price INR 30 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 60 lakh
Prabhsimran Singh (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 60 lakh
Anuj Rawat (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 3.4 crore
KS Bharat (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Shahbaz Ahmed (Base price INR 30 lakh) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 2.4 crore
Harpreet Brar (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 3.8 crore
Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Base price INR 40 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1.1 crore
Rahul Tewatia (Base price INR 40 lakh) sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 9 crore
Shivam Mavi (Base price INR 40 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 7.25 crore
Shahrukh Khan (Base price INR 40 lakh) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 9 crore
Sarfaraz Khan (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh
Abhishek Sharma (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 6.5 crore
Riyan Parag (Base price INR 30 lakh) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 3.8 crore
Rahul Tripathi (Base price INR 40 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Tripathi for INR 8.5 crore
Ashwin Hebbar (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh
Dewald Brevis (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3 crore
Abhinav Manohar (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 2.6 crore
Priyam Garg (Base price INR 20 lakh) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 20 lakh
Yuzvendra Chahal (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 6.5 crore
Rahul Chahar (Base price INR 75 lakh) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 5.25 crore
Kuldeep Yadav (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Mustafizur Rahman (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore
Shardul Thakur (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 10.75 crore
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 4.2 crore
Mark Wood (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 7.5 crore
Josh Hazlewood (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 7.75 crore
Lockie Ferguson (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 10 crore
Prasidh Krishna (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 10 crore
Deepak Chahar (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 14 crore
T Natarajan (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 4 crore
Nicholas Pooran (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10.75 crore
Dinesh Karthik (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 5.5 crore
Jonny Bairstow (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 6.75 crore
Ishan Kishan (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 15.25 crore
Ambati Rayudu (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 6.75 crore
Mitchell Marsh (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 6.5 crore
Krunal Pandya (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 8.25 crore
Washington Sundar (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 8.75 crore
Wanindu Hasaranga (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10.75 crore
Deepak Hooda (Base price INR 75 lakh) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 5.75 crore
Harshal Patel (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10.75 crore
Jason Holder (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 8.75 crore
Nitish Rana (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 8 crore
Dwayne Bravo (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 4.4 crore
Devdutt Padikkal (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 7.75 crore
Jason Roy (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 2 crore
Robin Uthappa (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 2 crore
Shimron Hetmyer (Base price INR 1.5 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 8.5 crore
Manish Pandey (Base price INR 1 crore) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 4.6 crore
David Warner (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 6.25 crore
Quinton de Kock (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Lucknow Super Giants for INR 6.75 crore
Faf du Plessis (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 7 crore
Mohammed Shami (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Gujarat Titans for INR 6.25 crore
Shreyas Iyer (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 12.25 crore
Trent Boult (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 8 crore
Kagiso Rabada (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 9.25 crore
Pat Cummins (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 7.25 crore
R Ashwin (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 5 crore
Shikhar Dhawan (Base price INR 2 crore) sold to Punjab Kings for INR 8.25 crore
Unsold players
Sandeep Lamichhane (Base price INR 40 lakh)
Manimaran Siddharth (Base price INR 20 lakh)
N Jagadeesan (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Vishnu Solanki (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Vishnu Vinod (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Mohammed Azharuddeen (Base price INR 20 lakh)
C Hari Nishaanth (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Anmolpreet Singh (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Rajat Patidar (Base price INR 20 lakh)
Amit Mishra (Base price INR 1.5 crore)
Adam Zampa (Base price INR 2 crore)
Imran Tahir (Base price INR 2 crore)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Base price INR 2 crore)
Adil Rashid (Base price INR 2 crore)
Umesh Yadav (Base price INR 2 crore)
Sam Billings (Base price INR 2 crore)
Wriddhiman Saha (Base price INR 1 crore)
Matthew Wade (Base price INR 2 crore)
Mohammad Nabi (Base price INR 1 crore)
Shakib Al Hasan (Base price INR 2 crore)
Steven Smith (Base price INR 2 crore)
Suresh Raina (Base price INR 2 crore)
David Miller (Base price INR 1 crore)
