The IPL 2024 auction began on December 19, 2023, is being held for the first time outside India. The venue for this event is the Coca-Cola arena in Dubai.

A total of 333 players are up for grabs to fill 77 slots in this mini-auction. 47 slots are to be filled by Indians and 30 slots are for overseas players. Each franchise has INR 100 crs as a purse for the auction.

The capped wicketkeepers set saw the likes of Phil Salt, KS Bharat, Tristan Stubbs, Josh Inglis, and Kusal Mendis going under the hammer.

However, only Tristan Stubbs and KS Bharat managed to find any buyers. Stubbs was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of INR 50 lakhs. KS Bharat, on the other hand, found a buyer in Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of INR 50 lakhs.   

The best bids came for the capped fast bowlers set which had some big names like Umesh Yadav, Alzarri Joseph, and more.

Here is how the capped fast bowlers set happened:

1. Lockie Ferguson- Unsold

2. Chetan Sakariya- Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for his base price of INR 50 lakhs

3. Alzarri Joseph- Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for INR 11.50 crores

4. Umesh Yadav- Sold to Gujarat Titans (GT) for INR 5.80 crores

5. Shivam Mavi- Sold to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for INR 6.40 Crores

6. Mitchell Starc- Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 24.75 crores

7. Josh Hazlewood- Unsold

8. Jaydev Unadkat- Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)- INR 1.60 crores

9. Dilshan Madushanka- Sold to Mumbai Indians (MI)- INR 4.60 crores