IPL auction recap: Do the big bucks always produce big performances? Not really

IPL 2022 auction to sell the hot picks. The next edition of the IPL player auction is scheduled to take place in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13 with 590 players set to go under the hammer - out of this 370 are Indian players and 220 are overseas players. All the 10 franchises, including the two new entrants Lucknow and Ahmedabad, will battle it out to buy the best of the talents on offer in intense bidding wars. They are ready to shell out mind boggling amounts of money, as is usually the case, to snatch the best of the best in the high-octane dramatical setup that is an IPL auction. But the big bucks don't always translate into big performances. Over the years, a number of the hot picks at the IPL player auction have not done anything to set the stage on fire. In fact, most of the players who have commanded the biggest price tags at the auction have been disappointing on the field, while there have been some exceptions. So before the IPL 2022 auction makes new record-breaking millionaires in the cricketing world, let us roll back the years and take a look at the most expensive price tags commanded by Indian and foreign players in the history of the IPL auction over the years and how those players did in those seasons for their respective franchises. 5 MOST EXPENSIVE PRICE TAGS FOR INDIAN PLAYERS SO FAR

1. Yuvraj Singh - Rs 16 crore - Bought by Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) - (2015)

(Photo credit: BCCI/IPL)The Delhi franchise shelled out a massive Rs 16 crore to secure the services of Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh at the 2015 IPL auctions. Delhi were locked in a bidding war with Yuvraj's former franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) before sealing the deal. RCB had bought Yuvraj for 14 crore the