With the only exception of 2013, when Mumbai Indians were given Glenn Maxwell for 1 million bucks, the staff that purchased the costliest participant in an public sale hasn’t ever gained the IPL name the similar yr.
But first, a caveat. We have no longer checked out ‘icon avid gamers’ or retained avid gamers, simplest the avid gamers who got here up for public sale every yr.
IPL saga: Big expense, low go back
Now, let’s take a look at the data. In the first actual public sale, Mahendra Singh Dhoni used to be the costliest participant and his staff Chennai Super Kings completed because the event’s runner-up.
In 2009, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen had been the costliest avid gamers as each fetched 1.55 million bucks every – even upper than Dhoni who were offered for 1.5 million bucks. Flintoff’s CSK misplaced within the semis whilst Pietersen’s Royal Challengers Bangalore used to be that yr’s runner-up.
In 2010, Shane Bond and Kieron Pollard had been the costliest avid gamers however Bond’s Kolkata Knight Riders ended the season in sixth position at the issues desk whilst Pollard’s Mumbai Indians had been the runner-up.
In 2011, Kolkata Knight Riders paid 2.4 million bucks to shop for Gautam Gambhir however their season ended within the removal ultimate. The staff used to be positioned fourth within the ultimate issues desk.
In 2012, CSK purchased Ravindra Jadeja for two million bucks and ended because the event’s runner-up. The yr 2013 used to be the one exception when a staff purchasing the costliest participant additionally emerged because the winner. Since 2014 the public sale is being completed in Indian rupees as an alternative of greenbacks and Yuvraj Singh used to be the costliest purchase for each 2014 and 2015 – at the start by way of RCB and later by way of Delhi Daredevils. Both groups completed the seventh.
Shane Watson used to be the costliest participant of 2016 and his staff RCB completed because the event’s runner-up. In 2017, Ben Stokes used to be the costliest participant and his staff Rising Pune Supergiants used to be the runner-up.