IPL 2019: Cost of each IPL franchise

#3 Kings XI Punjab: INR 77.9 Crore

KXIP spent the most amount of money at the auction

While going into the auction, Kings XI Punjab had an arduous task up against their sleeve as they retained just nine players ahead of the retention deadlines. Thus, in a bid to complete their squad, they bought as many as 13 players at the 2019 auction.

Players traded by KXIP for IPL 2019: Marcus Stoinis exchanged for Mandeep Singh with RCB.

Players bought by KXIP at 2019 IPL Auction: Moises Henriques (INR 1 Crore), Nicholas Pooran (INR 4.2 Crore), Mohammed Shami (INR 4.8 Crore), Sarfaraz Khan (INR 25 Lac), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 8.4 Crore), Sam Curran (INR 7.2 Crore), Hardus Viljoen (INR 75 Lac), Arshdeep Singh (INR 20 Lac), Darshan Nalkande (INR 30 Lac), Prabhsimran Singh (INR 4.8 Crore), Agnivesh Ayachi (INR 20 Lac), Harpreet Brar (INR 20 Lac), and Murugan Ashwin (INR 20 Lac).

The total cost of players bought by KXIP at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 33.5 Crore

Players retained by KXIP for IPL 2019: Chris Gayle (INR 2 Crore), David Miller (INR 3 Crore), Karun Nair (INR 5.6 Crore), Mayank Agarwal (INR 1 Crore), KL Rahul (INR 11 Crore), R Ashwin (INR 7.6 Crore), Ankit Rajpoot (INR 3 Crore), Andrew Tye (INR 7.2 Crore), and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (INR 4 Crore).

The total cost of players retained by KXIP for IPL 2019: INR 44.4 Crore

Hence, the total cost of KXIP for IPL 2019 will come out as INR 77.9 Crore.

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