IPL 2020 Auction, highlights: Cummins grabs headlines with record pay day; Maxwell, Morris draw big bids

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. 

SOLD: RCB are going after the pacers as they buy Andrew Tye for Rs 1 crore.

SOLD: Dale Steyn finally gets sold at third attempt. He is going back to RCB at his base price of Rs 2 crore. 

SOLD: Marcus Stoinis gets a big amount as he is sold to Delhi for Rs 4.8 crore.

SOLD: Prabhsimran Singh goes to KXIP for Rs 55 lakh. R Sai Kishore is going to CSK for Rs 20 lakh. Tushar Deshpande joins DC for Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: Pavan Deshpande goes to Bangalore for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: Mohit Sharma finally finds a team as Delhi buy him for Rs 50 lakh.

SOLD: Prince Balwant Rai is bought by Mumbai for Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: Sanjay Yadav goes to Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: Anirudha Joshi has been bought by RR for Rs 20 Lakh. Digvijay Deshmukh goes to MI for Rs 20 lakh. 

SOLD: Abdul Samad goes to Hyderabad for a base price of Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: KXIP buy Tajinder Dhillon for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: 48-year-old Pravin Tambe goes to KKR for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: Windies pacer Oshane Thomas returns to RR at his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

SOLD: RCB finally get an overseas pacer. Snaps Kane Richardson for Rs 4 crore.

SOLD: England fast bowler Chis Jordan bought by KXIP for Rs 3 crore.

SOLD: Windies player Fabien Allen sold to Hyderabad for base price of Rs 50 lakh.

SOLD: England youngster Tom Banton sold to KKR for his base price of Rs 1 crore.

SOLD: Joshua Philipe goes for Rs 20 lakh to RCB. Mohsin Khan bought by Mumbai for Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: Chris Green has been bought by KKR for hsi base price of Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: Sandeep Bavanaka goes to Hyderabad for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: CSK snap up Aussie pacer Josh Hazlewood for his base price of Rs 2 crore.

SOLD: Kiwi all-rounder James Neesham goes to KXIP for base price of Rs 50 lakh.

SOLD: Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh finds a buyer in SRH for his base price of Rs 2 crore. 

SOLD: Jharkhand's Saurabh Tiwary goes for his base price of Rs 50 lakh to Mumbai.

SOLD: South Africa's David Miller goes to RR for his base price of Rs 75 lakh. 

SOLD: Delhi Captals make the big purchase of Shimron Hetmyer for Rs 7.75 crore. He recently hit a blistering ton against India.

SOLD: Ravi Bishnoi gets sold to KXIP for Rs 2 crore after having a base price of Rs 20 lakh.

SOLD: M Siddharth sold for base price of Rs 20 lakh to KKR

SOLD: Young pacer Ishan Porel goes for Rs 20 lakh to KXIP at his base price.

SOLD: UP's bowler Kartik Tyagi has been bought by RR for Rs 1.30 crore.

SOLD: Akash Singh breaks the trend as he is snapped up by RR for Rs 20 lakh at his base price. 

SOLD: Delhi youngster and batsman Anuj Rawat has been bought by RR for Rs 80 lakh.

SOLD: Young batsman Yashashvi Jaiswal goes for Rs 2.40 crore to RR. Don't forget he use to be a hawker once. 

SOLD: Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy snapped up for Rs 4 crore by KKR after having a base price of Rs 30 lakh. He went fopr Rs 8.4 crore last year. 

SOLD: Deepak Hooda goes to KXIP for Rs 50 lakh. A decent all-rounder, Hooda should be a great addition to the Punjab team.

SOLD: Hyderabad snap up another young batsman. This time India's U-19 captain Priyam Garg for Rs 1.90 crore. 

SOLD: Surprise, surprise! Young batsman Virat Singh has been snapped up by Hyderabad for Rs 1.90 crore.

SOLD: Rahul Tripathi goes to KKR for Rs 60 lakh. A good buy indeed considering he's more than a decent Indian batsman. He played for RR last season.

Players sold so far in this year's auction:

Chris Lynn, MI
Eoin Morgan, KKR
Robin Uthappa, RR
Jason Roy, DC
Aaron Finch, RCB
Glenn Maxwell, KXIP
Chris Woakes, DC
Pat Cummins, KKR
Sam Curran, CSK
Chris Morris, RCB
Alex Carey, DC
Jaydev Unadkat, RR
Nathan Coulter-Nile, MI
Sheldon Cottrell, KXIP
Piyush Chawla, CSK

SOLD: Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla bought by CSK for Rs 6.75 crore. No surprises as he has 150 IPL wickets to his name. 

SOLD: Kings XI Punjab make another big buy as they acquire West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for Rs 8.5 crore. 

Sheldon Cottrell in up for bidding now.

He is one of the eight players to have taken 30-plus wickets in this year in ODIs. (Wickets – 30, SR – 33.2, Eco. – 5.71)

He can swing the ball both ways, has ability to bowl yorkers and slower deliveries as and when needed.

Nathan Coulter Nile:

He has taken 36 wickets at a SR of 15.64 in his IPL career from 26 matches.

His last four bowling performances in T20 cricket:

1/33, 3/26, 2/28, 3/30

SOLD: After an intense bidding war between Mumbai and Chennai, MI snap up pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile for Rs 8 crore.

SOLD: Jaydev Unadkat is once again gonna play for the Royals. RR buy him for Rs 3 crore. The pacer had a base price of Rs 1 crore.

UNSOLD: South Africa legend Dale Steyn who has a base price of Rs 2 crore goes unsold.

UNSOLD: Sri Lanka keeper Kusal Perera goes unsold. He has a base price of Rs 50 lakh. 

UNSOLD: Naman Ojha goes unsold. He has a base price of Rs 50 lakh. 

UNSOLD: Bangladesh star Mushfiqur Rahman goes unsold. His base price was of Rs 75 lakh.

UNSOLD: Heinrich Klaasen goes unsold. He played for RCB last season.

SOLD: Aussie keeper Alex Carey gets sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.40 crore. RCB were interested, made few bids but gave up in the end. 

UNSOLD: Stuart Binny goes unsold and we now head into a break. 

SOLD: Chris Morris will be a happy man tonight. He has been acquired for Rs 10 crore by RCB who fought off MI for their services. Morris had a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. 

SOLD: England all-rounder Sam Curran goes to CSK for Rs 5.5 crore. His base price was set at Rs 1 crore. Good buy, Chennai! 

Highest bids in IPL auctions - INR crore:

16.00 - Yuvraj Singh, DC, 2015
15.50 - Pat Cummins, KKR, 2020*
14.50 - Ben Stokes, RPS, 2017

SOLD: Finally! KKR snap up Pat Cummins for Rs 15.5 crore. RCB and DC fought hard and long but KKR made the entry late and took Cummins home.

UNSOLD: Colin de Grandhomme goes unsold. No bid for the Kiwi who had a base price of Rs 75 lakh.

UNSOLD: Yusuf Pathan goes unsold. He has a base price of Rs 1.5 crore.

SOLD: Chris Wokaes has been bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore. No other bid came in for the all-rounder.

SOLD: Huge! KXIP dish out Rs 10.75 crore for the services of Glenn Maxwell. His base price was of Rs 2 crore. DC pushed KXIP till the end before pulling out in the end. 

SOLD: Jason Roy has been sold for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore to Delhi Capitals. They were the only side to bid for him.

UNSOLD: Cheteshwar Pujara finds no suitors for now as he goes unsold. His base price is set at Rs 50 lakh. 

UNSOLD: Hanuma Vihari goes without a bid. His base price was of Rs 50 lakh. 

SOLD: England ODI captain Eoin Morgan led to a bidding war and has been bought by KKR for 5.25 crore. Delhi Capitals were also interested but gave up later. 

SOLD: Mumbai have acquired Chris Lynn for Rs 2 crore. Be happy MI paltan. Lynn has been bought by defending champions at his base price. 

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 
 
Who will be the most expensive players in this year's auction?

Funds remaining with the each team:

Chennai Super Kings : ₹14,60,00,000

Delhi Capitals : ₹27,85,00,000

Kings XI Punjab : ₹42,70,00,000

Kolkata Knight Riders : ₹35,65,00,000    

Mumbai Indians : ₹13,05,00,000               

Rajasthan Royals : ₹28,90,00,000             

Royal Challengers Bangalore : ₹27,90,00,000      

Sunrisers Hyderabad : ₹17,00,00,000

2020 Vivo IPL Auction Summary:

No. of players registered: 997

No. of players shortlisted: 332

No. of Indian players shortlisted: 186

No. of overseas players shortlisted: 143

No. of players shortlisted from Associate Nations: 3

All eyes will be on the big-hitters from the West Indies who have wowed the crowds in India with their brute strength during the ongoing limited-overs series. Shimron Hetmyer and Kesrick Williams will be a couple of names to watch out for in the player auctions. 

That is not to forget the bidding war we could see for Australian pacer Pat Cummins, who's in red-hot form for quite a while now, and has also made fine contributions with the bat.