A lot of money was spent tonight in Kolkata as eight IPL sides went about building their squads. Only the tournament will prove how well the teams did. Thank you for joining us today, hope you enjoyed our work.
IPL 2020 Auction Live Updates: A total of 332 cricketers are set to go under the hammer including 186 Indian players. The eight franchises have a total remaining purse of Rs 207.65 crore.
A lot of money was spent tonight in Kolkata as eight IPL sides went about building their squads. Only the tournament will prove how well the teams did. Thank you for joining us today, hope you enjoyed our work.
Most expensive buys at each IPL-Auction:
2008: MS Dhoni
2009: Anndrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen
2010: Shane Bond and Kieron Pollard
2011: Gautam Gambhir
2012: Ravindra Jadeja
2013: Glenn Maxwell
2014: Yuvraj Singh
2015: Yuvraj Singh
2016: Shane Watson
2017: Ben Stokes
2018: Ben Stokes
2019: Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Chakarvarthy
2020: Pat Cummins
IPL Player Auction 2020, Summary:
Players sold: 62 (32 capped, 30 uncapped)
Overseas players sold: 29
Total money spent: INR 1,40,30,00,000
Teams with most players: KXIP, RR, SRH (25)
Team with least players: RCB (21)
Biggest buy: Pat Cummins (15.50 INR cr by KKR)
Biggest uncapped buy: Varun Chararavarthy (4.00 INR cr by KKR)
Team which bought most players: RR (11)
Players bought in IPL Auction, 2020:
CSK:
Sam Curran
Piyush Chawla
Josh Hazlewood
R Sai Kishore
DC:
Jason Roy
Chris Woakes
Alex Carey
Shimron Hetmyer
Mohit Sharma
Tushar Deshpande
Marcus Stoinis
Lalit Yadav
KKR:
Eoin Morgan
Pat Cummins
Rahul Tripathi
Varun Chakaravarthy
M Siddharth
Chris Green
Tom Banton
Pravin Tambe
Nikhil Naik
KXIP:
Glenn Maxwell
Sheldon Cottrell
Deepak Hooda
Ishan Porel
Ravi Bishnoi
James Neesham
Chris Jordan
Tajinder Dhillon
Prabhsimran Singh
MI:
Chris Lynn
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Saurabh Tiwary
Mohsin Khan
Digvijay Desmukh
Prince Balwant Rai Singh
RCB:
Aaron Finch
Chris Morris
Joshua Philippe
Kane Richardson
Pavan Deshpande
Dale Steyn
Shahbaz Ahamad
Isuru Udana
RR:
Robin Uthappa
Jaydev Unadkat
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Anuj Rawat
Kartik Tyagi
Akash Singh
David Miller
Oshane Thomas
Anirudha Joshi
Andrew Tye
Tom Curran
SRH:
Virat Singh
Priyam Garg
Mitchell Marsh
Fabien Allen
Abdul Samad
Sanjay Yadav
Sandeep Bavanaka
It's over! The IPL 2020 Auction comes to an end with Pat Cummins being the most expensive player as KKR bought him for Rs 15.5 crore. A total of 62 players were sold including 29 overseas players. The total spent was Rs 1,40,10,00,000.
UNSOLD: Veteran Vinay Kumar fails to find a buyer at his base price of Rs 1 crore.
SOLD: RCB buy another player as they get Sri Lanka all-rounder Isuru Udana for Rs 50 lakh.
SOLD: Tom Curran finds a buyer as RR buy him for Rs 1 crore.
SOLD: Nikhil Naik goes to KKR for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
SOLD: Lalit Yadav has been sold to Delhi for Rs 20 lakh. RCB capture Shahbaz Ahamad for base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Apart from the stars of international cricket, there will also be some rookies who'll go under the hammer at the auctions and could attract a buyer owing to an impressive showing in domestic T20 tournaments such as the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. From India's Priyam Garg to Afghanistan's 14-year-old prodigy Noor Ahmed Lakanwal, Rohit Sankar lists the players which he thinks, are most likely to find a buyer. Read the piece here.
Among the eight franchises, Kings XI Punjab have the most money to spend - over Rs 42 crore - while Chennai Super Kings are left with just about Rs 14 crore after having retained most of their players. However, CSK still has five spots to fill. Read on about what to expect from the player auctions here.
IPL 2020 Auction Live Updates: A total of 332 cricketers are set to go under the hammer including 186 Indian players. The eight franchises have a total remaining purse of Rs 207.65 crore.
Preview: There's still a lot of time left for the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) but it's only a matter of hours before the auction kicks off in Kolkata on Thursday.
A total of 332 cricketers are set to go under the hammer, which will include top international players like Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell. Among Indians cricketers, Robin Uthappa, Yusuf Pathan and Jaydev Unadkat will hope to make it big on the auction day. The auction list contains 186 Indian players, 143 overseas players and three players from Associate Nations.
The eight franchises have a total remaining purse of Rs 207.65 crore with Kings XI Punjab having the maximum amount to spend — Rs 42.70 crore. Chennai Super Kings have only Rs 14.60 crore in the bank and they need to fill five spots.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have 12 slots left while Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals have to pick 11 players to make up their squad.
Here’s a quick glance at the eight franchises and their players released and retained, as well as salary caps:
Rajasthan Royals
Players retained: Steve Smith (captain), Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron and Manan Vohra.
Players traded in: Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Ankit Rajpoot
Players released: Ashton Turner, Oshane Thomas, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun.
Available slots: Indian - 7, Overseas - 4
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 28.90 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
Players retained: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi.
Players released: Chris Lynn, Carlos Brathwaite, Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, Nikhil Naik, KC Cariappa, Joe Denly, Srikant Munde, Yarra Prithviraj, Anrich Nortje
Available slots: Indian - 7, overseas - 4
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 35.65 crore
Delhi Capitals
Players retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane.
Players released: Hanuma Vihari, Jalaj Saxena, Manjot Kalra, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayappa, Chris Morris, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro.
Acquired and released: Mayank Markande
Players traded in: Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin
Available slots: Indian - 6, overseas - 5
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 27.85 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players retained: Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha.
Players released: Deepak Hooda, Martin Guptill, Ricky Bhui, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan.
Traded players: None
Available slots: Indian - 5, overseas - 2
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 17 crore
Chennai Super Kings
Players retained: Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, MS Dhoni, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur and Suresh Raina.
Players released: Chaitanya Bishnoi, David Willey, Dhruv Shorey, Mohit Sharma, Sam Billings and Scott Kuggeleijn.
Players traded: None
Available slots: India - 3, overseas - 2.
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 14.60 crore
Mumbai Indians
Players retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan.
Players released: Evin Lewis, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Beuran Hendricks, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Pankaj Jaswal, Alzarri Joseph.
Players traded in: Sherfone Rutherford, Dhawal Kulkarni.
Players traded out: Mayank Markande, Siddhesh Lad.
Available slots: Indian - 7, Overseas - 2.
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 13.05 crore
Kings XI Punjab
Players retained: KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Murugan Ashwin.
Players released: Varun Chakravarthy, Andrew Tye, Sam Curran, Simran Singh, David Miller, Moises Henriques and Agnivesh Ayachi.
Players traded in: Jagdeesha Suchith and Krishnappa Gowtham.
Players traded out: Ravichandran Ashwin
Available slots: Indian - 5, overseas - 4.
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 42.70 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Players retained: Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, and Navdeep Saini.
Players released: Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetymer, Akshdeep Nath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin de Grandhomme, Prayas Barman, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Himmat Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Milind Kumar and Dale Steyn.
Transfers: None
Available slots: Indian - 6, overseas - 6
Amount remaining in purse: Rs 27.90 crore.
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