All-rounder Curran turned the most-expensive participant in IPL historical past as he was offered to Punjab Kings for round £1.85million, whereas Brook’s first IPL deal will see him earn simply over £1.3m at Sunrisers Hyderabad, the most-ever paid for a specialist batter at a mini-auction.
Ben Stokes, who had been the most costly English participant in IPL historical past till Curran’s sale, additionally picked up a superb Christmas bonus within the form of a £1.6m take care of Chennai Tremendous Kings.
Curran was all the time anticipated to be in excessive demand, having excelled in earlier editions of the IPL after which taken his repute to new heights throughout England’s T20 World Cup triumph in Australia in November.
The 24-year-old, who was man of the match within the closing victory over Pakistan and named participant of the event, was the topic of a six-team bidding conflict earlier than ultimately being snapped up by Punjab, who’re led by former England coach Trevor Bayliss.
Brook, in the meantime, has loved a outstanding breakout yr in worldwide cricket. The Yorkshire batter was participant of the collection throughout England’s 4-3 T20 collection win in Pakistan within the autumn and, after a quiet World Cup, received the identical award in the course of the 3-0 Check whitewash this month, scoring 468 runs at a strike-rate and common of greater than 93.
Stokes has repeatedly been one of many IPL’s most sought-after abroad gamers, having been MVP in his maiden marketing campaign again in 2017. Nevertheless, the Durham all-rounder has not performed within the event since struggling a damaged finger in his first match of the 2021 version for the Rajasthan Royals, skipping the 2022 event to handle his workload and concentrate on Check cricket.
Joe Root, getting into the public sale for the primary time since 2018, went unsold within the first spherical of bidding however may nonetheless be picked up later within the course of.
