IPL 2019: Cost of each IPL franchise

#1 Chennai Super Kings: INR 78.8 Crore

CSK happens to be the most expensive team for IPL 2019

Chennai Super Kings had the least amount of work to be done at the 2019 IPL Auction. The reason being they had retained as many as 23 players for IPL 2019 ahead of the auction. At 2019 IPL Auction, CSK was expected to go after Indian pacers - an entity that they lacked in IPL 2018. And, rightly so, they went after Mohit Sharma to fill their bowling department.

Players bought by CSK at 2019 IPL Auction: Mohit Sharma (INR 5 Crore) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 20 Lac).

The total cost of players bought by CSK at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 5.2 Crore

Players retained by CSK for IPL 2019: MS Dhoni (INR 15 Crore), Suresh Raina (INR 11 Crore), Faf du Plessis (INR 1.6 Crore), M Vijay (INR 2 Crore), Shane Watson (INR 4 Crore), Ravindra Jadeja (INR 7 Crore), Mitchell Santner (INR 50 Lac), David Willey (INR 2 Crore), Dwayne Bravo (INR 6.4 Crore), Kedar Jadhav (INR 7.8 Crore), Ambati Rayudu (INR 2.2 Crore), Sam Billings (INR 1 Crore), Harbhajan Singh (INR 2 Crore), Deepak Chahar (INR 80 Lac), KM Asif (INR 40 Lac), Lungi Ngidi (INR 50 Lac), Imran Tahir (INR 1 Crore), Karn Sharma (INR 5 Crore), Dhruv Shorey (INR 20 Lac), N Jagadeesan (INR 20 Lac), Shardul Thakur (INR 2.6 Crore), Monu Kumar (INR 20 Lac), and Chaitanya Bishnoi (INR 20 Lac).

The total cost of players retained by CSK for IPL 2019: INR 73.6 Crore

Hence, the total cost of CSK for IPL 2019 will come out as 78.8 Crore.

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