IPL Auction 2019 Highlights: Varun Chakravarthy sold for whopping Rs 8.4 crore; Yuvraj goes to Mumbai Indians
IPL Auction 2019 LIVE Updates: Uncapped Prabhsimran Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for a whopping Rs 4.8 crore. Martin Guptill goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1 crore in the second round of bidding.
 "IPL Auction 2019 Highlights: Varun Chakravarthy sold for whopping Rs 8.4 crore; Yuvraj goes to Mumbai Indians")
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Highest Sold Price / Bid Price in IPL Auction 2019 :
42 – Varun Chakarvarthy
25 – Shivam Dube
18 – Akshdeep Nath
10 – Mohit Sharma
8.4 – Shimron Hetmyer
That brings the curtains down on the auction!
Riyan Parag sold to Rajasthan Royals for 20 lakh (base price)
Ashton Turner third time lucky as he is bought by Rajasthan Royals for 50 lakh (base price)
Manan Vohra bought by Rajasthan Royals for 20 lakhs!
The first player is Manan Vohra at a base price of 20 lakh!
Jalaj Saxena in current Ranji Trophy season:
Matches – 6
Runs – 465
Bat avg. – 51.66
Wickets – 28
Bowl avg. – 20.96
Joe Denly:
He is the only cricketer to have scored a century and take a hat-trick in a T20 match. He achieved the feat while playing for Kent against Surrey at London in 2018.
There are just 3 names submitted in all!
The auctioneer asks for one more name from each franchise!
Shrikant Mundhe sold to KKR for 20 lakh (base price)
Aman Khan has no bidders!
Bandaru Ayyappa sold to Delhi Capitals
Bandaru Ayyappa sold to Delhi Capitals
Tanmay Mishra has no takers
Ashton Turner, coming back at a base price of 50 lakh, is unsold!
Sandeep Warrier goes unsold!
Kedar Devdhar has no bidders!
Dan Christian up next with a base price of 1 crore. But he goes unsold!
Joe Denly is sold to KKR for 1 crore (base price)
Zeeshan Ansari is unsold!
Shubham Ranjane has no takers again!
Ruturaj Gaikwad sold to CSK for 20 lakh!
Murugan Ashwin in next. His base price is 20 lakh. KXIP has bought him for the base price!
Tushar Deshpande back again! But he goes unsold again!
Jalaj Saxena has the opening bid from Delhi Capitals and he’s sold for the base price!
That excitement level!
Can't wait to wear the RR @rajasthanroyals jersey this @IPL season. Looking ahead to tons of wickets. #IPLAuction2019 #Hallabol
— Varun Aaron (@VarunAaron) December 18, 2018
RCB went aggressively for UP all rounder Akshdeep Nath and bagged him for Rs 3.6 cr.
Akshdeep Nath was picked up Gujarat Lions in IPL – 2016. He is a handy hard-hitting middle-order batsman. He is from Utter Pradesh.
Yuvraj Singh:
– His career SR in T20 cricket is 129.01 while since 2016, his SR in T20 cricket is 117.20.
A maximum of 3 players need to be submitted by each franchise for the 2nd acceleration round now!
Dale Steyn goes unsold ONCE AGAIN!
Luke Ronchi, listed at a base price of 75 lakh, has no takers!
Jason Holder up next, with a base price of 75 lakh! He too goes unsold!
Jagadeesha Suchuth, Saurabh Tiwary and Rishi Dhawan have no takers!
Ravi Sai Kishore goes unsold!
Ishan Porel too has no bidders!
Chama Milind goes unsold again!
Tushar Deshpande up next, at a base price of 20 lakh but he has no takers!
Akshdeep Nath sold to RCB for 3.6 CRORE!
Franchises helped themselves to a number of under-19 Indian lads. Should stand Indian cricket in good stead if they pick the right habits from the foreign and Indian pros. The training with hardened cricketers should speed up their development
Prayas Ray Burman is a 16-years old leg-spinner from Bengal.
Liam Livingstone:
– Born in Cumberland
– Hard-hitting batsman (T20 SR of 145.47)
– Useful leg-spinner
Akshdeep Nath gets a bidder in RCB and then in CSK. The bidding has now gone over 2 crore. His base price is 20 lakh!
Ayush Badoni remains unsold!
Armaan Jaffer has no bidders again!
Yuvraj Singh sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore!
Mumbai Indians open bidding for Yuvraj!
Yuvraj Singh back again! His base price is 1 crore!
No takers for Chris Jordan!
Chris Jordan is up next, his base price is 1 crore!
Manoj Tiwary goes unsold for the second time!
Martin Guptill is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad!
Right! We have the unsold players back from the bag!
Mayank Dagar has no bidders!
Karanveer Kaushal goes unsold!
Shrikant Mundhe up next at 20 lakh base price. But he has no takers!
Harpreet Brar too goes to KXIP for 20 lakh (base price)
Agnivesh Ayachi sold to KXIP at the base price of 20 lakh!
Akash Parkar, with a base price of 20 lakh, has no takers!
Jamie Overton goes unsold!
Prayas Ray Barman sold to RCB for 1.5 CRORE!
Prayas Ray Barman seems to be in demand. The bidding war between RCB and KXIP has gone to 1.5 crore!
Prabhsimran Singh and his cousin Anmolpreet Singh both hit bonanza. The youngsters were bought by KXIP and Mumbai Indians respectively. Prabhsimran who keeps wickets and hits the ball hard was sold for a whopping Rs 4.8 cr while his cousin went for Rs 80 lakh. Great day for the Patiala boys
Prabhsimran Singh:
– Age: 17 years
– Dashing batsman
– Took keeping after watching Adam Gilchrist on TV
– Sehwag is his idol
– Trained under Kiran More at NCA
Prayas Ray Barman up next at a base price of 20 lakh. RCB and KXIP are interested. The bidding has gone over 50 lakh!
Laurie Evans goes unsold
Keemo Paul, the WI pacer, up next and Delhi Capitals are quick to open the bidding. And he is sold to Delhi for 50 lakh!
Liam Livingstone sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakh (base price)
Harry Gurney:
– His nickname is Gurns.
– He has different variations in his armory.
– He can bowl consistent yorkers at death.
Liam Livingstone of England up next at a base price of Rs 50 lakh!
Prithvi Raj Yarra is bought by KKR for 20 lakh (base price)
Rasikh Dar sold to Mumbai Indians for 20 lakh
Prabhsimran Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for 4.8 crore!
The bidding is still going on for Prabhsimran Singh. KXIP and MI are locked in an aggressive battle. The bidding has reached 4.60 crore!
MI have entered the battle to get Prabhsimran Singh, they were waiting patiently and suddenly bid 3 crore!
Prabhsimran Singh up next and there is some aggressive bidding going on between RCB and KXIP. The bidding has gone over 1 crore. Singh’s base price was 20 lakh!
Lalit Yadav has no takers!
Shashank Singh is sold to Rajasthan Royals at 30 lakh
Sairaj Patil and Swapnil Singh have no takers
Darshan Nalkande sold to KXIP for 30 lakh!
Nikhil Naik:
– Attacking wicket-keeper batsman
– Selected by KXIP in 2014
Milind Kumar in next, at base price of 20 lakh. RCB have opened the bidding and he is sold at the same price to RCB!
Mumbai Indians buy Pankaj Jaswal for 20 lakh!
Harry Gurney sold to KKR for 75 lakh!
No takers for Ashton Turner
Ashton Turner under the hammer now, at base price of 50 lakh
Sikandar Raza goes unsold
Hardus Viljoen:
– Highest wicket-taker in T10 2018 with 18 wickets at an eco. rate of 7.77
– Played Test cricket for South Africa
Sikandar Raza from Zimbabwe is up next with a base price of 75 lakh
Oshane Thomas:
His main forte is his speed. No pacer took more wickets than him (18) in CPL – 2018.
Anrich Nortje is a right-arm pacer and has taken seven wickets in his last two T20s.
Fabian Allen has no takers
Sherfane Rutherford
– He was the only player to score a century in Global T20 Canada, 2018.
Fabian Allen, with a base price of 50 lakh, up next
Sandeep Warrier has no bidders
Jaskaran Singh goes unsold
Arshdeep Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab
Arshdeep Singh, with a base price of 20 lakh, is up next
Patrick Brown has no takers
Vishnu Vinod goes unsold!
Nikhil Naik sold to KKR for 20 lakh!
Nikhil Naik up next out of the bag with a base price of 20 lakh
Lewis Gregory has no takers
Next up is Himmat Singh. RR and RCB have started bidding for him. And he goes to RCB for 65 lakh!
Himanshu Rana goes unsold!
They have put up a wrong picture of Himanshu Rana. It has happened twice now that a wrong picture is displayed.
Himanshu Rana up next. He is base priced at 20 lakh!
Hardus Viljoen sold to KXIP for Rs 75 lakh
Rajasthan Royals buy Oshane Thomas for Rs 1.1 crore
As expected, Royals and Punjab are interested in Thomas. The bidding has gone over 1 crore
Oshane Thomas in next. Expect some aggressive bidding. His base price is 50 lakh
James Pattinson of Australia too goes unsold!
No takers for Ali Khan
Ali Khan of USA in next with a base price of 40 lakh!
Manpreet Grewal too goes unsold!
Dan Christian as no bidders
Dan Christian of Australia is the next one out from the bag. He has a base price of 1 crore!
Rilee Rossouw of South Africa goes unsold!
Joe Denly has no takers!
Joe Denly of England under the hammer now at a base price of 1 crore
Satyajeet Bachhav up next at a base price of 20 lakh. He goes unsold!
Qais Ahmad goes unsold!
Anrich Nortje sold to KKR at the base price of 20 lakh
Anrich Nortje of South Africa is up next with a base price of 20 lakh. KKR has opened the bidding.
Sherfane Rutherford sold to Delhi Capitals for 2 crore!
KKR and Delhi Capitals are in for Rutherford. The bid is up to 1 crore now.
Sherfane Rutherford of West Indies up next with a base price of 40 lakh!
Shubham Ranjane too goes unsold!
No takers for Pravin Dubey
Pravin Dubey is out from the bag first up. Base price is 20 lakh.
We are back after the long break. There will now be an accelerated auction…
Just a recap of top buys so far at IPL 2019 auction.
Top buys at the @Vivo_India #IPLAuction so far. pic.twitter.com/oJUZP0IyQ9
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
Remaining purse for each team:
KKR : 8.60 crore
RR : 10.15 crore
CSK : 3.40 crore
RCB : 7.75 crore
KXIP : 10.35 crore
SRH : 6.30 crore
DC : 10.60 crore
MI : 4.95 crore
Dale Steyn:
There was no bid for him in IPL-2018.
His figures in ODI cricket since his return: 2/19, 3/29, 2/18, 2/31, 3/45
Barinder Sran:
– He could have been a boxer
– Played for three different IPL teams – RR, KXIP and SRH
– Has taken 40 wickets from 37 T20s at a SR of 18.9
Heinrich Klaasen:
– His career SR in T20 cricket is 141.08. However, he made only 67 runs from seven innings at an average of 11.16 in MSL – 18.
Time for a 45-minute break now. Each team can submit from 7 to a maximum of 15 unsold players to bring back into the pot again!
Dale Steyn goes UNSOLD!
Up next is DALE STEYN. Listed at a base price of 1.5 crore!
Lockie Ferguson sold to KKR for 1.6 crore!
KKR and KXIP are fighting it out for Ferguson. The bidding has gone to 1.5 crore
NZ pacer Lockie Ferguson up next! His base price is 1 crore
No takers for Morne Morkel!
Morne Morkel up next with a base price of 1.5 crore!
Abhimanyu Mithun goes unsold!
Abhimanyu Mithun is the next name out of the bag. His base price is 50 lakh
Kane Richardson unsold
Kane Richardson is next up, listed at a base price of 1 crore
No bidders for Vinay Kumar
Vinay Kumar up next at a base price of 50 lakh
Barinder Sran sold to Mumbai Indians for 3.4 crore!
CSK and MI are locked in a battle to get Sran. The bidding has gone to 1 crore…
New set and the first one from the bag is Barinder Sran. His base price is 50 lakh
Glenn Phillips goes unsold
Next up is New Zealander Glenn Phillips. His base price is 50 lakh
Heinrich Klassen sold to RCB at the base price of 50 lakh
Insane bidding for Sam Curran. His medium pace can’t be effective in India. So there must be an investment for his all round abilities elsewhere. He went for Rs 7.4 cr to KXIP
Heinrich Klassen goes under the hammer next. At a base price of 50 lakh!
Kusal Perera is unsold
Kusal Perera up next with a base price of 75 lakh
Mushfiqur Rahim has no takers
Mushfiqur Rahim is up next. His base price is 50 lakh
No bids for Luke Ronchi
We have the next set now. First one out is Luke Ronchi. His base price is 75 lakh
Sam Curran sold to Kings XI Punjab for 7.2 CRORE!
Sam Curran
– He was player of the series in India-England Test series by making an impact with both bat and bowl. However, his career T20 SR is 118.90 and economy rate is 8.24.
Hashim Amla:
He has not scored a fifty in his last 18 T20 innings. He remained unsold as expected.
Experienced S outh African T20 cricketer Colin Ingram who has scored over 5000 runs in T20 cricket was in great demand. Is this a sign that IPL could be played in SA? Ingram was sold for Rs 6.40 cr to Delhi
Colin Ingram:
His SR in various T20 leagues:
APL – 135.53, BBL – 139.19, CPL – 91.11, IPL – 80.76, PSL – 140.46, Pro T20 – 128.33, T20 Cup – 162.03
Reeza Hendricks:
He is the only player to score two centuries in MSL – 2018. He finished as the joint second highest run-getter in the tournament, amassing 412 runs at an average of 58.85 and a SR of 142.56.
However, he remained unsold.
Hazratullah Zazai:
He holds the record of scoring the joint fastest fifty in T20 cricket – off 12 balls. He achieved the feat in APL – 2018. He also hit six sixes during that innings in an over.
He remained unsold.
RCB and Delhi Capitals are still at it, the bidding has upped to 6 crore for Sam Curran.
As expected, RCB and Delhi Capitals have gone rampant straightaway in bidding for Curran. The bidding has reached 4 crore so far….
Sam Curran up next. We can expect some aggressive bidding. His base price is 2 crore
No takers for Jason Holder
Jason Holder next to go under the hammer. At a base price of 75 lakh
Parvez Rasool goes unsold
Parvez Rasool is next one out of the bag with a base price of 50 lakh
No one interested in Corey Anderson, he goes unsold.
Corey Anderson up next. His base price is 2 crore!
Rishi Dhawan goes unsold!
Rishi Dhawan next to go under the hammer at a base price of 50 lakh.
Angelo Mathews back again in the pot! Unsold!
Angelo Mathews is next up at a base price of 2 crore!
No takers for James Neesham too!
James Neesham, the NZ all-rounder**,** is the next player out of the bag with a base price of 75 lakh
HASHIM AMLA TOO GOES UNSOLD!
Hashim Amla, at a base price of 1 crore, is up next
Saurabh Tiwary goes unsold
Saurabh Tiwary up next. His base price is 50 lakh
No takers for Shaun Marsh
Shaun Marsh up next at base price of 2 crore!
Delhi Capitals have Colin Ingram for 6.4 crore**!**
SRH and Delhi Capitals bidding aggressively for Ingram. The bidding has reached 5 crore now.
Colin Ingram under the hammer now at 2 crore and straightaway we have a bidding war. It’s gone up to 3 crore in a few seconds.
Reeza Hendricks goes unsold
Reeza Hendricks is the next one out of the bag! With a base price of 50 lakh!
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