IPL 2023: List of Unsold Players from the auction
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises battled fiercely at the mini-auction as 405 players went under the hammer in Kochi on Friday (December 23). England’s Sam Curran signed for Punjab Kings for INR 18.50 crore in the biggest deal during the auction. The overseas stars Ben Stokes, Nicholas Pooran, and Cameron Green also made the headlines by fetching big bucks while Mayank Agarwal became the most expensive Indian cricketer.
However, some big names also made the headlines for not finding any suitors. The star English batter Joe Root, for a base price of INR 1 crore, was the first player to go unsold as teams hesitated to open bids. But Rajasthan Royals signed Root for his base price in the last round of accelerated auction which came as a surprise move from the franchise.
English players dominated the auction by getting big deals but the likes of Tom Banton, Chris Jordan, Will Smeed, Tom Curran, Luke Wood, Jamie Overton, and Rehan Ahmed failed to attract bidders. But it was Dawid Malan, who remains England’s highest-ranked batter in ICC T20I Batters chart, who grabbed the headlines for going unsold. Sandeep Sharma, Shreyas Gopal and Shashank Singh lead the list of unsold players for India but surprisingly veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane managed to win a contract with Chennai Super Kings.
Star Sri Lankan batter Kusal Mendis was another surprise player in the unsold list despite impressive performances in the T20 World Cup 2022 and LPL 2022. Sri Lanka white-ball captain Dasun Shanaka and star pacer Dushmantha Chameera also failed to bag deals during the IPL auction 2023. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Tabraiz Shamsi were among the other players who failed to attract interest despite ranking in the top 10 among current T20 bowlers.
Here is the complete list of unsold players from IPL auction 2023:
Kusal Mendis
Tom Banton
Chris Jordan
Adam Milne
Tabraiz Shamsi
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Chethan LR
Shubham Khajuria
Rohan Kunnumal
Himmat Singh
Priyam Garg
Saurabh Kumar
Corbin Bosch
Abhimanyu Easwaran
Shashank Singh
Sumit Kumar
Dinesh Bana
Mohammed Azharudeen
Mujtaba Yousuf
Lance Morris
Chintal Gandhi
Izharulhaq Naveed
Shreyas Gopal
S Midhun
Paul Stirling
Rassie van der Dussen
Sherfane Rutherford
Travis Head
Dawid Malan
Daryl Mitchell
Mohammad Nabi
Wayne Parnell
Jimmy Neesham
Dasun Shanaka
Riley Meredith
Sandeep Sharma
Taskin Ahmed
Dushmantha Chameera
Blessing Muzarabani
Will Smeed
Suryansh Shedge
Jagadeesha Suchith
Baba Indrajith
Kirant Shinde
Akash Singh
Paul van Meekeren
Tejas Baroka
Yuvraj Chudasama
Jamie Overton
Richard Gleeson
Dilshan Madushanka
Himanshu Bisht
Sumeet Verma
Sanjay Yadav
Ajitesh Guruswamy
Rehan Ahmed
Tom Curran
Varun Aaron
Priyank Panchal
Sanjay Ramaswamy
B Surya
Jitender Pal
Utkarsh Singh
Shubham Kapse
Trilok Nag
Deepesh Nailwal
Shubhang Hegde
Johnson Charles
Luke Wood
Ekant Sen