Australia's Mitchell Starc was IPL 2024 auction's most expensive buy, being bought by KKR for ₹24.75 crore. England's Sam Curran was the costliest buy of IPL 2023 auction, with PBKS buying him for ₹18.5 crore. MS Dhoni was the costliest buy in first-ever IPL auction (CSK, $1.5 million). Yuvraj Singh was the costliest buy in IPL 2014 and 2015 auctions.