IPL 2024 auction sees 57% watch-time growth compared to 2023 mini auction

Viewership of the 2024 auction equalled the highest viewership for a 'mini-auction' in BARC history. 22.8 mn viewers, 29% higher than last year, tuned to Star Sports to watch players' bidding live

The mini-auction for the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) delivered a record-equalling highest viewership on television as 22.8 million viewers, 29 per cent higher than last year, tuned to Star Sports to watch the players' bidding live. The viewership of the IPL 2024 auction equalled the highest viewership for a 'mini-auction' in BARC history. The IPL 2024 auction was held on December 19, 2023.

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"The auction, which lasted over 6 hours, was held in Dubai at the Coca-Cola Arena and was watched for a record-equalling watch-time of 0.92 billion minutes. This represents ~57% growth in total watch-time compared to last year for the event," IPL broadcasters Star Sports said in a statement.

"505 million unique viewers watched the live broadcast of IPL 2023 on TV across the Star network, which was the highest-ever for any tournament edition."

"Star Sports' broadcast of the auction in 5 languages was preceded by extensive lead-up coverage to the auction, which included expert analysis and fan activations across linear and digital platforms," the press statement added.

Notably, the most-watched moments of the IPL 2024 Auction have been the bidding wars between IPL franchisees for attaining the services of Australia star pacers Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad bought Pat Cummins for Rs 20.5 crore, while Mitchell Starc became highest highest-paid cricketer in IPL history as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bagged him for a record Rs 24.75 crore. 

Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bid to attain the services of New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell featured in the three most watched moments from the auction. 

Full list of players bought of all 10 franchisees in IPL 2024 auction

Player name	Base price	Auction price	IPL team
Mitchell Starc	Rs 2 crore	Rs 24.75	Kolkata Knight Riders
Pat Cummins	Rs 2 crore	Rs 20.5 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rovman Powell	Rs 1 crore	Rs 7.4 crore	Rajasthan Royals
Harry Brook	Rs 2 crore	Rs 4 crore	Delhi Capitals
Travis Head	Rs 2 crore	Rs 6.8 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Wanindu Hasaranga	Rs 1.5 crore	Rs 1.5 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rachin Ravindra	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 1.8 crore	Chennai Super Kings
Shardul Thakur	Rs 2 crore	Rs 4 crore	Chennai Super Kings
Azmatullah Omarzai	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 50 lakh	Gujarat Titans
Gerald Coetzee	Rs 2 crore	Rs 5 crore	Mumbai Indians
Harshal Patel	Rs 2 crore	Rs 11.75 crore	Punjab Kings
Dayrl Mitchell	Rs 1 crore	Rs 14 crore	Chennai Super Kings
Chris Woakes	Rs 2 crore	Rs 4.2 crore	Punjab Kings
Tristan Stubbs	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 50 lakh	Delhi Capitals
KS Bharat	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 50 lakh	Kolkata Knight Riders
Chetan Sakaria	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 50 lakh	Kolkata Knight Riders
Alzarri Joseph	Rs 1 crore	Rs 11.5 crore	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Umesh Yadav	Rs 2 crore	Rs 5.8 crore	Gujarat Titans
Shivam Mavi	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 6.4 crore	Lucknow Super Giants
Jaydev Unadkat	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 1.6 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Dishan Madushanka	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 4.6 crore	Mumbai Indians
Shubham Dubey	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 5.8 crore	Rajasthan Royals
Sameer Rizvi	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 8.4 crore	Chennai Super Kings
Angkrish Raghuvansi	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Kolkata Knight Riders
Arshin Kulkarni	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Lucknow Super Giants
Shahrukh Khan	Rs 40 lakh	Rs 7.4 crore	Gujarat Titans
Ramandeep Singh	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Kolkata Knight Riders
Ricky Bhui	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Delhi Capitals
Kumar Kushagra	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 7.2 crore	Delhi Capitals
Yash Dayal	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 5 crore	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sushant Mishra	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 2.2 crore	Gujarat Titans
Akash Singh	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kartik Tyagi	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 60 lakh	Gujarat Titans
Rashikh Dar	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Delhi Capitals
M Siddharth	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 2.4 crore	Lucknow Super Giants
Shreyas Gopal	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Mumbai Indians
Manv Suthar	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Gujarat Titans
Sherfone Rutherford	Rs 1.5 crore	Rs 1.5 crore	Kolkata Knight Riders
Ashton Turner	Rs 1 crore	Rs 1 crore	Lucknow Super Giants
Tom Curran	Rs 1.5 crore	Rs 1.5 crore	Royal Challengers Bangalore
David Willey	Rs 2 crore	Rs 2 crore	Lucknow Super Giants
Spencer Johnson	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 10 crore	Gujarat Titans
Mustafizur Rahman	Rs 2 crore	Rs 2 crore	Chennai Super Kings
Jhye Richardson	Rs 2 crore	Rs 5 crore	Delhi Capitals
Nuwan Thushara	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 4.8 crore	Mumbai Indians
Anshul Kamboj	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Mumbai Indians
Sumit Kumar	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 1 crore	Delhi Capitals
Ashutosh Sharma	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Punjab Kings
Vishwanath Pratap Singh	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Punjab Kings
Tamay Thyagarajan	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Punjab Kings
Robin Minz	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 3 crore	Gujarat Titans
Prince Choudhary	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Punjab Kings
Manish Pandey	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 50 lakh	Kolkata Knight Riders
Rilee Rossouw	Rs 2 crore	Rs 8 crore	Punjab Kings
Lockie Ferguson	Rs 2 crore	Rs 2 crore	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Rs 2 crore	Rs 2 crore	Kolkata Knight Riders
Mohd. Arshad Khan	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Lucknow Super Giants
Mohammad Nabi	Rs 1.5 crore	Rs 1.5 crore	Mumbai Indians
Shai Hope	Rs 75 lakh	Rs 75 lakh	Delhi Capitals
Gus Atkinson	Rs 1 crore	Rs 1 crore	Kolkata Knight Riders
Swastik Chhikara	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Delhi Capitals
Abid Mushtaq	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Rajasthan Royals
Shivalik Sharma	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Mumbai Indians
Swapnil Singh	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Avanish Rao Aravelly	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Chennai Super Kings
Nandre Burger	Rs 50 lakh	Rs 50 lakh	Rajasthan Royals
Sakib Hussain	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Kolkata Knight Riders
Saurav Chauhan	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Naman Dhir	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Mumbai Indians
Shashank Singh	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Punjab Kings
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	Rs 40 lakh	Rs 40 lakh	Rajasthan Royals
Jhathavedh Subramanyan	Rs 20 lakh	Rs 20 lakh	Sunrisers Hyderabad