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English cricketer Sam Curran has turn out to be the most costly public sale purchase within the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL) – after being bought to the Punjab Kings for 18.5 crore rupees ($2.22 million).
Friday’s public sale, which befell within the Indian metropolis of Kochi, noticed a number of information damaged – with English and Australian cricketers being the primary beneficiaries.
Six franchises made a bid for the 24-year-old Curran earlier than the Punjab Kings’ record-breaking price.
Responding to the information, Curran tweeted: “Again to the place it began! Trying ahead to it.”
He beforehand performed for the Punjab Kings within the 2017 IPL season below the staff’s former identify, Kings XI Punjab.
Different massive public sale buys included Australian cricketer Cameron Inexperienced, who joined the Mumbai Indians franchise for 17.5 crore (roughly $2.1 million) and England males’s Take a look at captain Ben Stokes, who was purchased by the Chennai Tremendous Kings franchise for 16.25 crore (roughly $1.95 million).
Launched in 2007, the IPL is among the world’s Most worthy sports activities properties – attracting the perfect cricketers on big-money contracts.
The event runs for a bit over two months a yr however its worth to media corporations has soared as the worldwide viewers has exploded.
On cost-per-match phrases, it overtook the English Premier League and ranks behind solely the Nationwide Soccer League in the US.
It bought its media rights from this yr by 2027 for $6.2 billion – break up between tv rights (bought by Disney-owned Star India) and streaming rights (bought by Viacom18, a three way partnership between Paramount and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries).
The 2023 season will start on March 20 and run by Might.
