5 Most Expensive Cricket Players of IPL

The IPL series was started in 2008. The IPL is the most-attended cricket league in the world and ranks sixth among all sports leagues. In 2010, the IPL became the first sporting event in the world to be broadcast live on YouTube. The brand value of IPL in 2017 was US$5.3 billion, according to Duff & Phelps. According to BCCI, the 2015 IPL season contributed Rs11.5 billion (US$182 million) to the GDP of the Indian economy.

* Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh is the most expensive player in IPL history. Yuvraj Singh was purchased by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 16 crores in 2015. However, in the 2015 IPL season, Yuvraj Singh did not do justice with his price due to his batting and scored only 248 runs in 14 matches.

* Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes has the highest amount of money in the IPL season 10. Stokes bought Pune for 14.5 crores. All-rounder stokes bought 7 times more than its base price at Pune. Stokes imposes big shots and throws the ball continuously with a speed of 140 kilometers per second. T20 specialist player Stokes can play the role of a match-fixer for Pune.

* Dinesh Karthik

Apart from Yuvraj in IPL 2014, the fate of Dinesh Karthik also opened. Karthik was bought for Delhi 12.5 million. Wicketkeeper-batsman Karthik scored 325 runs in 14 matches of that season, including 3 half-century innings. However, Karthik could not perform in the 2015 season according to his name and price.

* Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir is credited with the Kolkata Knight Riders if the 2-team IPL champions (2012 and 2014) are created. Shahrukh Khan's team bought Delhi's strongman for 11.4 crore in the 2011 season. Since then the serious ones have always been with the team. Gambhir scored 378 runs in 15 games in the 2011 season. By the way, Gambhir's name is 3634 runs in 132 matches of IPL.

* Tile Mills

After the Ben Stokes in the IPL auction, another English player was bought in big quantities. England's fast bowler Tillal Mills has been bought by Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) for a huge amount of Rs. 12 crores. At the auction the base price of this 24-year-old player was kept at Rs 50 lakhs.