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Set 2 – Allrounders. Base Price: INR 2 croreSam Curran played a starring role in England’s 2022 T20 World Cup triumph•AFP/Getty ImagesDon’t be surprised if Curran breaks the all-time record for the most expensive buy at an IPL auction. Why? Because he is an investment that will give you returns with robust dividends for several years. Curran has proved he can create an impact with either ball or bat, and has done that at the highest level: he was Player of the Tournament as well as the Player of the Match in the final, leading England to triumph in the T20 World Cup in Australia recently. And he is only 24.Related
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Curran became an IPL millionaire when Punjab Kings bought him for INR 7.2 crore in 2019. But he was released after just one season, which allowed Chennai Super Kings to pick him ahead of the 2020 IPL. A year later, in 2021, Curran wore the IPL winner’s medal with Super Kings, but missed the 2022 season as he recovered from a back surgery. Since September this year, Curran has taken 25 wickets in 14 T20s at an economy rate of 7.08, including 13 wickets in six matches at 6.52 at the T20 World Cup. He has also improved his batting against spin: in 31 T20 innings since 2020, he has an average of 27.07 and a strike rate of 154.69. He was also promoted in the batting order in the T20 Blast and Hundred to counter the legspinners and the left-arm spinners.Curran will be part of the second set of players to come up for bidding. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings, who have big purses, will fancy having Curran in their ranks, but there are several other franchises who can afford to go big too.IPL record: 32 wickets from 32 matches, economy rate of 9.21. With the bat, he has scored 337 runs with a 149.77 strike rate, including two fifties.
Last IPL: For Super Kings in 2021, Curran took nine wickets from as many matches at an economy rate of 9.93.Ben Stokes
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A proven captain. Clarity under pressure. Match-winning allrounder. Supreme fielder. Mentor. Brand. Any or all of these could be Stokes’ calling card. And several teams would want him on their roster. Well before he put his name on the auction list, rumours in the IPL circuit were that Lucknow Super Giants would be going all out to buy him. Sanjeev Goenka, their owner, is a big fan of Stokes and had paid him more than a million dollars in 2017, when Stokes made his IPL debut for Rising Pune Supergiants, also owned by the same group. The Lucknow franchise has INR 23.35 crore to spend and have released Jason Holder, so they will be looking for a replacement. But there will be other teams, too, who could go big solely on Stokes for the balance and impact the England Test captain can create.Stokes last played in the IPL in the 2021 season for Royals, but his campaign was curtailed to one match because of a finger injury. Royals played him as an opener in 2020, which proved successful for him personally as he struck a century and a fifty in the eight matches he played, scoring 285 runs at 40.71 and a strike rate of 142.50. During the recent T20 World Cup, Stokes played a key role in the final against Pakistan, where he remained undefeated while hitting his maiden T20I half-century.IPL record: 920 runs in 43 matches, strike rate 134.50, two centuries and two fifties. With the ball, he has 28 wickets at an 8.55 economy rate.
Last IPL: Was at Rajasthan Royals in 2021 when he was ruled out after playing only one match.Nicholas Pooran
Set 3: Wicketkeeper-batter. Base Price: INR 2 croreNicholas Pooran has been in poor form in T20s but lit up the Abu Dhabi T10•Associated PressAt the mega auction in 2022, Sunrisers overcame fierce competition from Super Kings and Knight Riders to bag Pooran for INR 10.75 crore. Pooran scored 306 runs including two fifties at an average of 38.25 and a good strike rate of 144.33 in that season. While he might have been surprised by Sunrisers’ move to release him, he would be confident about attracting another decent bid considering his power-hitting ability which was on display at the recent Abu Dhabi T10. Pooran not only won the Player-of-the-Tournament award for his 345 runs, which came at a 49.28 average along with a phenomenal strike rate of 234.69 including three fifties, he also led Deccan Gladiators to the tittle.Pooran’s recent T20 form, however, has been abysmal: since August, he has scored 216 runs in 20 innings, averaging 10.80 and striking at 114.28, which led to him stepping down as the West Indies white-ball captain after the T20 World Cup. Still, Pooran is one of most dreaded power-hitters with his ability to dominate all types of bowling.In the IPL, his strike rate against spin is 152.20 from 31 innings at an average of 42.11. Against pace in 39 IPL innings, Pooran has scored 533 runs at an average of 22.20 but a strike rate of 151.42.All three teams that bid hard for him in 2022 once again need a wicketkeeper-batter.IPL record: 912 runs in 47 matches at 26.05 average, 151.24 strike rate, four fifties.
Last IPL: Playing for Sunrisers in 2022, Pooran scored 306 runs at a 38.25 average, 144.33 strike rate, with two fifties.