IPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Curran becomes most expensive player ever; Rossouw, Root get picked in accelerated round

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— Joe Root goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1 crore

— Shakib Al Hasan goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.5 crore

— Wayne Parnell remains unsold at Rs 75 lakh

— Ekant Sen remains unsold at Rs 20 lakh.

And that’s that at the IPL 2023 Player Auction!

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Here’s how things stand for KKR, RR and PBKS, the only teams with slots left to fill:

PBKS: Three slots left with Rs 12.25 crore remaining

KKR: Five slots left with Rs 3.15 crore remaining

RR: One slot remaining with Rs 4.35 crore remaining

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All-rounder Abdul PA goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh.

He is supposed to be the final player to go under the hammer, but because teams such as KKR, RR and PBKS still have slots left in their squads, we might have another quick round.

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— Raghav Goyal goes to MI for Rs 20 lakh

— Prashant Chopra remains unsold.

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— Dilshan Madushanka remains unsold at Rs 50 lakh.

— England’s Luke Wood too goes unsold at Rs 1 crore

— Yudhvir Charak gets an opening bid from LSG for Rs 20 lakh, and eventually goes to the franchise.

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— Akash Vashisht gets picked up by RR for Rs 20 lakh

— Naveen-Ul-Haq goes to LSG for Rs 50 lakh

— Johnson Charles, Suryansh Shedge, Akash Singh find no takers.

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— KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin goes to the Royals for Rs 30 lakh and 20 lakh respectively.

— KKR open the bid for Mandeep Singh at Rs 50 lakh and secure his services in the end.

— South Africans Rassie van der Dussen and Wayne Parnell remain unsold.

— Akeal Hosein joins SRH at Rs 1 crore.

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— Adam Zampa goes to the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.5 crore

— Anmolpreet Singh goes to the Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh

— Dinesh Bana remains unsold.

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— Rossouw goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 4.60 crore, the Capitals persisting with him after some stiff competition from RR

— Bangladesh’s Litton Das then goes to KKR for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

— Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis remains unsold.

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We’re back with the final round of the auction — the second part of the accelerated round — and the first player from this list to go under the hammer is South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw, who had earlier gone unsold!

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— CSK, RCB and GT have reached the maximum player count in their squads (25) and can take no further part in the auction regardless of the funds remaining in their purse.

— DC have just one slot left with over nine crore remaining. MI, SRH and LSG have two slots remaining each, PBKS have three with over 12 crore left while KKR and RR have six slots vacant in their squads.

— DC, MI, LSG and SRH can nominate three more players for the remainder of the accelerated auction, while the remaining franchises — KKR, RR and PBKS — can nominate six.

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Purse left:

DC: Rs 9.05 crore

KKR: Rs 4.15 crore

LSG: Rs 4.25 crore

MI: Rs 25 lakh

PBKS: Rs 12.20 crore

RR: Rs 6.75 crore

SRH: Rs 7.75 crore

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— Mohit Rathee and Shivam Singh go to Punjab Kings for their base price of Rs 20 lakh.

— MI successfully bid for Nehal Wadhera for his base price of Rs 20 lakh

— Bhagath Varma goes to CSK for Rs 20 lakh.

We have a 15-minute recess now, during which time the franchises will have to come up with their picks for the remainder of the accelerated auction.

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— Kunal Rathore goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh

— Sonu Yadav goes to RCB for his base price of 20 lakh, and members of the RCB management are seen fist-bumping each other after the deal.

— Kulwant Khejroliya goes to KKR for 20 lakh

— Ajay Mandal goes to CSK for Rs 20 lakh

— B Surya, R Sanjay, Jitendra Pal, Utkarsh Singh, Shubham Kapse, H Trilog Nag, Deepesh Nailwal, Shubhang Hegde are unsold.

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— Sam Curran’s brother Tom is up next, and he goes unsold at his base price of Rs 75 lakh

— Veteran India seamer Varun Aaron too finds no takers. No bidders for Priyank Panchal either.

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— Avinash Singh goes to RCB for Rs 60 lakh

— England teen sensation Rehan Ahmed finds no takers!

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— South Africa-born Namibian all-rounder David Wiese goes for KKR for his base price of Rs 1 crore after the two-time champions’ opening bid is uncontested.

— SRH get Nitish Kumar Reddy for Rs 20 lakh

— Ajitesh Guruswamy, R Sanjay Yadav are unsold

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— Shams Mulani to represent MI after getting picked up for Rs 20 lakh

— Swapnil Singh goes for LSG for 20 lakh

— Himanshu Singh, Sumeet Verma are unsold

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— Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq is unsold, as is Sri Lanka’s Dilshan Madushanka.

— Ireland’s Joshua Little, meanwhile, attracts quite the battle between GT and LSG, with the bid going past the 4-crore mark in quick time. The Titans eventually secure his services for Rs 4.40 crore!

— Mohit Sharma goes to Gujarat Titans for Rs 50 lakh

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— Vidwath Kaverappa joins PBKS for Rs 20 lakh

— RCB and KKR tussle for Rajan Kumar and it is the Royal Challengers who ultimately secure his services for Rs 70 lakh

— Suyash Sharma is picked up by KKR for Rs 20 Lakh

— Paul van Meekeren, Akash Singh, Tejas Baroka, Yuvraj Chudasama, Richard Gleeson and Jamie Overton are all unsold!

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— South Africa’s Donovan Ferreira goes to Rajasthan Royals at Rs 50 Lakh after a brief tussle with Kolkata Knight Riders.

— Gujarat Titans make the opening bid for Urvil Patel and ultimately secure him for Rs 20 lakh.

— Vishnu Vinod goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh.

— Baba Indrajith and Karan Shinde both at 20 lakh, go unsold.

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— Duan Jansen goes to Mumbai Indians, the franchise his twin brother Marco had represented, for his base price of Rs 20 Lakh

— Prerak Mankad goes to LSG for 20 Lakh

— Suryansh Shedge is unsold at his base price of Rs 20 Lakh, as is Jagadeesha Suchith at the same price.

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Quite the fierce bidding going on for Himachal Pradesh all-rounder Mayank Dagar, who eventually is sold to the Sunrisers for Rs 1.8 crore from his base price of 20 lakh, with the Royals jumping in and battling it out for him.

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— Harpreet Bhatia goes to PBKS for Rs 40 lakh after KKR raise his price.

— England’s Will Smeed goes unsold at his base price of Rs 30 lakh

— Manoj Bhandage is sold to RCB for his base price of Rs 20 lakh

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The action resumes at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kochi, with the accelerated auction getting underway right now

The first name on the list is leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, and he goes to Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

Fellow leggie Amit Mishra too is sold for Rs 50 lakh to Lucknow Super Giants.

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“We will definitely get a captain. Bhuvi is definitely there. But at the end of the day, the management will decide”

Sri Lankan spin legend and member of the SRH coaching staff Muttiah Muralitharan remains coy on the decision of finding Kane Williamson’s successor at the Orange Army.

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Top five buys so far:

Sam Curran — Punjab Kings, Rs 18.5 crore

Cameron Green — Mumbai Indians, Rs 17.5 crore

Ben Stokes — Chennai Super Kings, Rs 16.25 crore

Nicholas Pooran — Lucknow Super Giants, Rs 16 crore

Harry Brook — Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rs 13.25 crore

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Purse left:

CSK: Rs 1.9 crore
RCB: Rs 3.45 crore
DC: Rs 9.05 crore
GT: Rs 9.55 crore
KKR: Rs 5.55 crore
LSG: Rs 5.15 crore
MI: Rs 1.55 crore
PBKS: Rs 13.20 crore
RR: Rs 7.45 crore
SRH: Rs 9.75 crore

West Indian legend and SRH head coach Brian Lara on the franchise going after Mayank Agarwal and Harry Brook earlier in the auction.

Hear what @SunRisers Head Coach, @BrianLara has to say on getting @mayankcricket and Harry Brook on board 🗣️🗣️#TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies pic.twitter.com/iDvNifXk7F

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 23, 2022

Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia opens up on the franchise breaking the bank and creating a new IPL auction record to get English all-rounder Sam Curran after losing him to Chennai Super Kings.

🗣️🗣️ “He’s one of the best all-rounders”@PunjabKingsIPL Director, Ness Wadia, speaks on the record purchase of @CurranSM in the #TATAIPLAuction 2023 💰👌@TataCompanies pic.twitter.com/Liqa5xOWi9

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 23, 2022

And with that, it’s time for the action in Kochi to hit the pause button as auctioneer Hugh Edmeades announces a 45-minute interval.

The franchises will now have to submit 10 names from player number 87 to 405 in ascending numerical order for the accelerated auction — which will take place on the other side of the break.

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New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson is the final player to go under the hammer before the extended break, and he goes to CSK for his base price of Rs 1 crore!

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— Sandeep Sharma (IND), Taskin Ahmed (BAN), Dushmantha Chameera (SL) and Blessing Muzarabani (ZIM) all of them valued at Rs 50 lakh, find no takers.

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Set 13 is capped fast bowlers, and Australia’s Riley Meredith (Rs 1.5 crore) is the first name to appear in this list, and he goes unsold!

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— New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell goes unsold at his base price of Rs 1 crore

— Ex-MI all-rounder Daniel Sams goes to Lucknow for Rs 75 lakh

— Former SRH all-rounder Mohammad Nabi goes unsold!

— Wayne Parnell (75L), Jimmy Neesham (2Cr) and Dasun Shanaka (50L) too find no takers.

That concludes Set 12.

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Next up we have Set 12 — capped all-rounders. The first name from this list is West Indies’ Romario Shepherd, who goes to Lucknow Super Giants for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

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— Australis’s Travis Head is unsold for his base price of Rs 2 crore

— Mandeep Singh starts at Rs 50 lakh and fails to find any takers

— England’s Dawid Malan is the final name in the list, and fails to get any takers at his base price of Rs 1.5 crore.

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— West Indies’ Sherfane Rutherford (Rs 1.5 crore) is unsold.

— England’s Will Jacks goes to RCB for a sum of Rs 3.2 crore from his base price of 1.5 crore, following a bit of a tussle with RR.

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South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen is next at Rs 2 crore, and he fails to get a bid, joining fellow Protea Rossouw in the unsold list.

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Next in the list is the former SRH middle-order batter Manish Pandey at Rs 1 crore, and he gets an opening bid from Delhi. Soon enough, there’s a bidding war underway between RCB and DC.

Pandey goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.4 crore!

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We’re back with the proceedings, and capped batters form Set 11 — the next list.

The first name picked from the list by Rajeev Shukla is Ireland’s Paul Stirling, who remains unsold at Rs 50 lakh.

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“It’s about having the right balance, so far so good and fingers crossed. It’s lovely to have Sam back… And happy to have Raza with us, it’s good to have a Zimbabwean in the IPL”

— Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia

West Indian legend Chris Gayle has this to say to Nicholas Pooran after the latter attracts a Rs 16 crore bid from the Lucknow Super Giants!

Watch! ▶️ Reason number 175* why we have @henrygayle as one of our #TATAIPLAuction experts 😅

CC @nicholas_47 https://t.co/cNVWdwyohQ pic.twitter.com/vrM2KX0Lnk

— JioCinema (@JioCinema) December 23, 2022

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— Afghanistan’s Izhar-ul-Haq Naveed, who also goes unsold at Rs 20 lakh.

— Also unsold are Murugan Ashwin, Shreyas Gopal and S Midhun  — all of them with a base price of Rs 20 lakh.

— Himanshu Sharma goes to RCB for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

We’re in for a 10-minute break at the end of the 10th set.

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Next up in Set 10 we have uncapped spinners, and we start with Chintal Gandhi, who is unsold at his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

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CSK back out not too long after the bid goes past the crore-mark for Mukesh Kumar as PBKS and DC continue to wage a battle for the Bengal seamer.

And in the end, it is Delhi Capitals who secure Mukesh Kumar for Rs 5.5 crore! That’s two big purchases in a row from the uncapped bowlers list!

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Shivam Mavi is sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 6 crore!

Next up, we have Mukesh Kumar who starts with a base price of Rs 20 lakh. CSK open the bid, and soon enough, PBKS and DC jump in.

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Ex-KKR seamer Shivam Mavi is the next name in the uncapped seamers list and he enters the auction with a base price of Rs 40 lakh.

And soon enough, he starts attracting multiple bids, with GT and RR locked in a pitched battle as the bid touches the 5 crore mark!

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— Yash Thakur goes to LSG for Rs 45 lakh from his base price of 20 lakh

— KM Asif (30L), Mujtaba Yousuf (20L) and Australian Lance Morris (30L) go unsold!

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Next up is uncapped bowlers, and the first name picked from the list is Vaibhav Arora, who goes to KKR after a bit of tussle with LSG for a sum of Rs 60 lakh, three times his base price

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— N Jagadeesan goes to KKR for 90 lakh from his base price of Rs 20 lakh

— Upendra Yadav goes to SRH for Rs 25 lakh

— Mohammed Azharudeen goes unsold!

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Next we have uncapped wicketkeepers coming up.

— Sumit Kumar and Dinesh Bana both go unsold!

— The bid for KS Bharat goes past the 1cr mark, and he is eventually sold to Gujarat Titans for Rs 1.2 crore!

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— Abhimanyu Easwaran, who had been moved to Set 7 in the last minute, is unsold at Rs 20 lakh, as is Shashank Singh.

— Nishant Sindhu goes to CSK for his base price of Rs 20 lakh

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— Priyam Garg and Saurabh Kumar are unsold at their base prices of Rs 20 lakh

— SRH buy Samarth Vyas and Sanvir Singh at their base prices of Rs 20 lakh

— South African Corbin Bosch fails to attract any bids at his base price of Rs 20 lakh

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Next up we have uncapped all-rounders, and we start with Vivrant Sharma at a base price of Rs 20 lakh. Plenty of bids coming in for the J&K leg-spinner and he eventually goes to the Sunrisers for Rs 2.6 crore!

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— LR Chetan, Shubham Khajuria, Rohan Kunnummal and Himmat Singh, all at a base price of Rs 20 lakh, are unsold as well.

— Shaik Rasheed is sold to Chennai Super Kings for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

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We have uncapped batters in the next set, and we start with Anmolpreet Singh, who is unsold at his base price of Rs 20 lakh

Here’s the history-making moment from the auction earlier today

That moment when @CurranSM became the most expensive player to be bought in the history of #TATAIPLAuction 👏👏@TataCompanies pic.twitter.com/w18WKFAyBc

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 23, 2022

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Purse left:

CSK: Rs 3.7 crore
RCB: Rs 6.85 crore
DC: Rs 16.95 crore
GT: Rs 16.75 crore
KKR: Rs 7.05 crore
LSG: Rs 6.85 crore
MI: Rs 1.55 crore
PBKS: Rs 13.20 crore
RR: Rs 7.45 crore
SRH: Rs 13 crore

— Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders are the only franchise to not have spent a single penny so far in the auction.

— Expect DC, GT and PBKS to make some big purchases in the remainder of the auction.

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“Very happy to have him on board, he has a lot of skills with both bat and ball.”

— Punjab Kings coach Trevor Bayliss on the 2014 runners-up getting the star all-rounder back in their side.

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“Green is someone we’ve tracked for 2-3 years and we thought he’s exactly what we needed.”

— Akash Ambani on going after Australis’s Cameron Green.

The Orange Army replace one Rashid with another!
 

Well done SRH on Adil Rashid. Top buy and Rashids who use their wrists have done wonders for them in the past. @cricketnext #IPL2023Auction #TATAIPLAuction

— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) December 23, 2022

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— No bids for Afghan spinner Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman at his base price of Rs 1 crore

— SRH open the bid for Mayank Markande, and eventually secure him at his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

And that completes the spin bowler set. Auctioneer Edmeades announces a 10-minute break now.

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Next we have Set 5 — spinners

— Adil Rashid goes to SRH for his base price of Rs 2 crore

— Akeal Hosein is unsold for his base price of Rs 1 crore

— Adam Zampa is also unsold for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore

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— Jhye Richardson goes to Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore as the five-time champions add another pacer to their collection.

— Ishant Sharma goes back to the Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

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— Reece Topley goes to RCB for Rs 1.9 crore! MI, CSK and RCB bid for him, and it’s Bangalore that eventually get him, making their first purchase of the auction.

— Jaydev Unadkat sold to LSG for his base price of Rs 50 lakh! Lucknow open the bid and they’re done!

— No takes for New Zealand seamer Adam Milne (Rs 2 crore)

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Next in the list we have Set 4 — fast bowlers — and the first name on the list is England’s Chris Jordan, whose bid opens at Rs 2 crore. He unfortunately, attracts no bid for now.

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Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (Rs 50 lakh) and England’s Tom Banton (Rs 2 crore) both go unsold!

Next up is Banton’s compatriot Phil Salt, and he goes to Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore!

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South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen is next and he starts with a base price of Rs 1 crore.

DC appear to have secured his services for Rs 1.2 crore when SRH claim they were still interested. The bid then goes past the 5 crore mark, with the Orange Army getting him for Rs 5.25 crore!

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Nicholas Pooran — sold to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 16 crore!

Given how the day has shaped so far, he isn’t even in the top three of the most expensive buys!

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West Indian keeper Nicholas Pooran is next in the list, and his bid opens at Rs 2 crore. And with Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants engaged in a fierce bidding war, he becomes the latest millionaire of the day!

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Next up we have the wicketkeepers set, and Bangladesh’s Litton Das is the first name to come up in the list. And he, unfortunately gets no bid for now.

The talismanic all-rounder will be sporting a new colour next year!

pic.twitter.com/aa7XDgnvHO

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) December 23, 2022

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Here are the top buys of the day so far

Sam Curran – Punjab Kings – INR 18.50 Crore
Cameron Green – Mumbai Indians – INR 17.5 Crore
Ben Stokes – Chennai Super Kings – INR 16.25 Crore

Have MI found their long-term replacement for Kieron Pollard? Will breaking the bank prove beneficial for the five-time champions on the road ahead? Only time will tell…

That’s probably 10 years for Cameron Green at Mumbai Indians. Serious, serious buy!! #IPLAuction

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) December 23, 2022

Plenty of excitement in the Aussie camp at the moment!

Cmon Greeny!!! 💰💰💰💰

— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) December 23, 2022

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Eventually it comes down to a battle between CSK and LSG, and Stokes eventually joins Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore — the highest bid he has ever attracted at the IPL!

Auctioneer Edmeades announces a 15-minute recess at the end of the all-rounders list.

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England’s talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes, who has twice topped the pay chart in past auctions, is next with a base price of Rs 2 crore. He gets an opening bid from RR, with RCB joining the party immediately as the bid goes past the million mark in quick time.

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Cameron Green is the second most expensive player in IPL history, going to Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.5 crore! We have two of the most expensive players in the history of the IPL in the first hour of the auction itself!

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Green was expected to draw some big bucks in the auction, and sure enough, the bid that opens at Rs 2 crore crosses 10 crore in no time with a three-way battle between MI, DC and RCB. How far will this go?

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Jason Holder goes to the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 5.75 crore from his base price of 2 crore! The Royals were locked in a bidding war with Chennai Super Kings, and manage to get the West Indian’s services in the end.

Next up, we have Australia’s Cameron Green!

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— Odean Smith goes to Gujarat Titans for his base price of Rs 50 lakh

— Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza goes to Punjab Kings, also for his base price of Rs 50 lakh

Menawhile, a bidding war is underway for West Indian Jason Holder

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SAM CURRAN IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE IPL!

He goes back to the Punjab Kings for Rs 18.25 crore, exceeding the price South African Chris Morris had attracted!

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Chennai Super Kings bow out with Curran’s bid touching Rs 15.5 crore, with Punjab Kings now attempting to get the all-rounder back in their squad.

Later Lucknow Super Giants enter the race as the bid crosses the 17-crore mark for the first time in IPL history! How far will the bid go?

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The bid has now crossed the Rs 11 crore mark! Can Curran go past his England teammate Brook for the highest bid of the day? Stay tuned for more…

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English all-rounder Sam Curran is next, and he could attract another huge bidding war!

He opens at Rs 2 crore, and instantly gets the first bid from Mumbai Indians, with Royal Challengers Bangalore joining the battle soon enough! Rajasthan Royals join the fray with the bid going past the 7-crore mark!

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We move on to the second set, that is all-rounders. And BCCI vice-president walks to the stage to pick the first bail, which is Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, who is currently engaged in a Test against India in Dhaka. His bid opens at Rs 1.5 crore.

He goes unsold!

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Mayank Agarwal, who has represented Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings in the past, captain the latter as well, finds a new home.

Very happy for Mayank Agarwal. Good buy for @sunrisers

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 23, 2022

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Not a bad lineup at all for Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have been somewhat underperforming in recent editions and will hope to stage a turnaround in the 16th edition

SRH's Top 6 in IPL 2023 so far:

- Abhishek Sharma.
- Mayank Agarwal.
- Rahul Tripathi.
- Harry Brook.
- Aiden Markram.
- Glenn Philips.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 23, 2022

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Auctioneer Hugh Edmeades announces a five-minute recess as the first set of players comes to an end, with SRH already making a couple of big purchases!

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England’s Joe Root (base price Rs 1 crore) goes unsold! He could get a bid later in the auction though during the accelerated auction.

Next up is South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw (Rs 2 crore) and he too doesn’t attract any bid. That’s rather interesting, given he had been in red-hot form this year, smashing an unbeaten ton in India recently!

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CSK get Ajinkya Rahane for Rs 50 lakh, the four-time champions securing his services with their opening bid.

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Mayank Agarwal is the first Indian player sold, going to SRH for 8.25 crore!

We have another Indian next in Ajinkya Rahane, and he starts with Rs 50 lakh. He gets an opening bid from CSK.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad seem intent on making some big purchases early as they get into another bidding war right after spending 13 crore on Brook, this time with CSK for opener Indian opener Mayank Agarwal. The bid has now crossed the 8 crore mark!

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Mayank Agarwal is next, and he starts at a base price of Rs 1 crore. And he gets opening bids from his former franchises Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The bid crosses the 3 crore mark with Chennai Super Kings also joining the party.

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Harry Brook — sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 13.25 crore

RR have a little over 13 crore in their purse at the start of the auction, and bow out soon as the bid crosses that mark. And Harry Brook eventually goes to the Orange Army, who make a huge purchase from the word go!

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Harry Brook (Base price Rs 1.5 crore)

RCB bow out of the bidding war against RR, and 2016 champions SRH take their place. And the bid has now crossed the 12-crore mark! This could turn out to be a defining bid today!

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Harry Brook (Base price Rs 1.5 crore)

Englishman Brook is the next to go under the hammer with a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. He gets an opening bid from RCB with RR soon joining the party, and the two franchises engage in a bidding war — the first of the day. They manage to drive the price beyond the Rs 5 crore mark! Looks like we could get a record bid early in the auction!

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Kane Williamson — sold to GT for Rs 2 crore

Former SRH skipper Kane Williamson is the first player to go under the hammer, and his bid opens at Rs 2 crore. Gujarat Titans open the bidding, and they ultimately secure his services at his base price!

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IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal begins the event with a speech, and the auction is officially underway. He then allows auctioneer Hugh Edmeades to take over the proceedings.

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— Abhimanyu Easwaran has gone from uncapped wicketkeepers list to uncapped all-rounders list

— Ben McDermott has withdrawn himself from the #IPLAuction

— Rehan Ahmed’s base price has changed to ₹50lakh

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Sanjay Bangar speaks to broadcaster Star Sports minutes before the start of the Player Auction:

“We obviously have released two overseas players and three Indian players and all five of them were not in the playing XI. We will also try and fill up those backup positions. We have a relatively smaller purse, for a major part we are going to be mere spectators. We’ll wait and watch, and if there’s an opportunity for us to steal some bargains…”

IPL 2023 Auction: How ‘Impact Player’ rule works, impact on auction

With a little over 10 minutes to go for the auction to begin at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kochi, we bring to you everything you need to know about the ‘Impact Player’ rule and the effect it could have on the the manner in which the franchise heads bid for players when they go under the hammer.

IPL 2023 Auction LIVE Updates:

BCCI secretary Jay Shah and Mumbai Indians owner Akash Ambani arrive at the Grand Hyatt in Kochi in the build-up to the IPL auction

The Big Bosses Are Here, Jay Shah and Akash Ambani Enter The #IPLAuctions pic.twitter.com/J3W0jNd146

— News18 CricketNext (@cricketnext) December 23, 2022

IPL Auction 2023: Previewing CSK’s auction strategy

The upcoming IPL mini-auction in Kochi allows CSK an opportunity to rope in some local players. TN have shown lot of improvement in white-ball competitions in the last five years and plenty of players have dished out consistent performances with both bat and ball in the domestic circuit. Of the 405 players shortlisted for December 23 bidding, 16 are from TN.

Sahil Malhotra analyses the moves that the four-time champions could come up with in Kochi.

IPL 2023 Auction: Looking at biggest purchases in past auctions

From Chennai Super Kings securing MS Dhoni’s services in the inaugural IPL auction to Mumbai Indians breaking the bank for wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan in the mega-auction earlier in February, we take a look at the most expensive players in each auction.

IPL 2023 Auction Strategies

From CSK prioritising an all-rounder to replace the legendary Dwayne Bravo to defending champions Gujarat Titans hunting for a new speedster, we take a look at the strategies that the ten franchises are likely to come up with in the auction that begins in a little over an hour’s time.

Mahela Jayawardene is in the house!

MI have touched base. Akash Ambani walked in 20 mins ago and now Mahela, Zaheer, and other support staff have arrived. #IPL2023Auction #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/5WdfBtPn3J

— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) December 23, 2022

Salary cap available across franchises:

CSK: Rs 20.45 crore

DC: Rs 19.45 crore

GT: Rs 19.25 crore

KKR: Rs 7.05 crore

LSG: Rs 23.35 crore

MI: Rs 20.55 crore

PBKS: Rs 32.2 crore

RCB: Rs 8.75 crore

RR: Rs 13.2 crore

SRH: Rs 42.25 crore

Total: Rs 206.5 crore

For more information on the auction, including number of available slots and the full list of players in the auction, click here

“RCB will always be my team. I love that franchise and I’m glad that I was a part of it”

In an exclusive conversation with Somya Kapoor, West Indian batting legend Chris Gayle discusses his best memories from the Indian Premier League, sharing the dressing room with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers and answering the all important question — will there be another Universe Boss?

A glance at the Grand Hyatt Hotel that is set to host the mini auction later today

Kochi applying final touches ahead of the #IPL2023Auction @cricketnext pic.twitter.com/ZsWMhCSiQa

— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) December 22, 2022

Auctioneer Edmeades has ‘good nerves’ after minor scare

Hugh Edmeades is back to conduct his fifth IPL auction. The 62-year-old collapsed midway through the mega auction earlier this year but is back with high spirits for the mini-auction in Kochi on 23 December.

Edmeades admits there are nerves, but “good nerves” every time he conducts an auction and also threw light on the preparation which goes behind the stage to pull off the high-tension job.

Tucked in the corner of the city, the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Bolgatty region of Kochi is all set to host the IPL mini-auction on December 23. The preparations were in full swing on eve of the big day and franchise owners, coaches and other support staff started checking in as early as 12 PM in the day.

Sahil Malhotra soaks in the vibe and paints an image of what it’s like being at the venue on the day the franchises are set to battle it out for some of the most sought-after players in the world.

Read: Kochi all set for ultimate ‘mini’ battle

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the mini player auction for the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League that is set to take place in Kochi, Kerala later today. A total of 405 players are set to go under the hammer in the event and no more than 87 of them can get picked by the franchises, with the total number of overseas players at 30.