England's Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being bought by Punjab Kings for £1.85m.
Six franchises made a bid for the 24-year-old all-rounder before Punjab were eventually successful.
Yorkshire's Harry Brook has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for £1.35m.
The 23-year-old was the leading run-scorer for England in their recent 3-0 Test series win in Pakistan.
Curran was named player of the tournament at this year's Twenty20 World Cup after helping England to become double white-ball world champions.
He took 13 wickets at an average of 11.38 in last month's event in Australia and has improved his batting to become a genuine all-rounder.
The previous most expensive IPL player was South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris, who was signed by Rajasthan Royals for £1.6m in April 2021.
Source: BBC