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332 players. 73 spots up for grabs. The IPL 2020 Auction is not so big on numbers and time. However, it will come in the year when Twenty20s will dominate. The 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League comes at a time when the World T20 will be played in Australia in October and this will give players the chance to express themselves in the tournament. However, the auction presents a chance for uncapped Indians to make a mark and springboard themselves into the next big stage. With the Under-19 World Cup beginning in January 2020 in South Africa, the younger generation of Indian cricketers will be looking at this auction with interest and opportunity. Uncapped Indians To Dominate There are several players who are in the high Rs 2 crore bracket and some are in the 1.5 to 1 crore bracket.
20:55 hrs IST: Vinay Kumar is unsold. That is the end of the IPL Auction.
20:54 hrs IST: Isuru Udana is next and he is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.
20:53 hrs IST: Nikhil Naik sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh. Tom Curran sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1 crore.
20:52 hrs IST: Lalit Yadav sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh. Shahbaz Ahmed is sold to RCB for Rs 20 lakh.
20:51 hrs IST: Andrew Tye is back in the auction and he is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1 crore.
20:50 hrs IST: The final part of the auction is underway. Dale Steyn is the first name. Royal Challengers Bangalore get a bid. Dale Steyn sold to RCB for Rs 2 crore.
20:33 hrs IST: Mark Wood goes unsold. Now, we will have a final accelarated auction which will have three players from each franchise.
20:32 hrs IST: Marcus Stoinis sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 4.8 crore. Australia continue to have a good day.
20:28 hrs IST: Colin Munro at a base price of Rs 1 crore goes unsold. Marcus Stoinis is back in the auction and he gets a bid from Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals.
20:27 hrs IST: R Sai Kishore is sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh. Ben Cutting unsold.
20:26 hrs IST: Prabhsimran Singh goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 55 lakh. Tushar Deshpane also gets a bid from Delhi Capitals and he is sold at his base price of Rs 20 lakhs
20:25 hrs IST: Daniel Sams goes unsold. KS Bharat is next. He will go unsold again. Prabhsimran Singh gets a bid from Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Capitals.
20:24 hrs IST: Pavan Deshpande is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakhs. Shah Rukh Khan is back in the auction. He is also unsold.
20:23 hrs IST: Dale Steyn is unsold and Andrew Tye also goes unsold. Rohan Kadam also goes unsold.
20:22 hrs IST: Mohit Sharma sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 50 lakh. Dale Steyn is next. Can he get into any team?
20:21 hrs IST: Kusal Perera also goes unsold. Mohit Sharma is next.
20:20 hrs IST: Colin de Grandhomme is next and he is back in the accelerated auction for the second time. He is unsold at his base price of Rs 75 lakhs.
20:19 hrs IST: Sanjay Yadav sold for Rs 20 lakhs to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
20:19 hrs IST: Prince Balwant Rai Singh sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakhs.
20: 18 hrs IST: Digvijay Deshmukh sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakhs.
20:17 hrs IST: Aniruddha Joshi sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakhs.
20:16 hrs IST: Vaibhav Arora goes unsold. His base price was Rs 20 lakhs. Sourabh Dube, 21 years of age and with a base price of Rs 20 lakhs, goes unsold.
20:15 hrs IST: Nathan Ellis goes unsold. Kesrick Williams, one with the notebook celebrations, goes unsold for Rs 50 lakhs. George Garton also goes unsold.
20:13 hrs IST: Sujit Nayak is next and he goes unsold at his base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Abdul Samad sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakhs.
20:12 hrs IST: Yudhvir Charak, base price of Rs 20 lakhs, goes unsold. Tejinder Dhillon is next and he gets a bid from Kings XI Punjab. He is sold for his base price of Rs 20 lakhs.
20:11 hrs IST: James Pattinson, Rs 1 crore base price, is unsold. Liam Plunkett of England also goes unsold.
20:10 hrs IST: Kuldeep Sen is unsold at Rs 20 lakhs. Pravin Tambe, 48 years of age, is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of Rs 20 lakhs.
20:09 hrs IST: Sumit Kumar, with a base price of Rs 20 lakhs, goes unsold. Aryan Juyal, the 18-year-old wicketkeeper, does not get a bid and he is unsold for Rs 20 lakhs.
20:08 hrs IST: Oshane Thomas, with a base price of Rs 50 lakhs, gets a bid from Rajasthan Royals. He is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakhs, his base price.
20:06 hrs IST: Kane Richardson is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 4 crore.
20:04 hrs IST: Matt Henry, the New Zealand pacer, goes unsold for his base price of Rs 50 lakhs. Kane Richardson, with his base price of Rs 1.5 crore, is almost unsold but Royal Challengers Bangalore get a bid. Rajasthan Royals jump in.
20:03 hrs IST: Isuru Udana, with a base price of Rs 50 lakhs, goes unsold. Sean Abbott goes unsold.
20:02 hrs IST: England bowling all-rounder Chris Jordan gets involved in a massive building. He is sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 crore.
20:01 hrs IST: Jason Holder goes unsold and his base price was Rs 75 lakhs. Chris Jordan is next and he gets a bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab.
20:00 hrs IST: Tom Curran is up next and he goes unsold. His base price was Rs 1 crore.
19:59 hrs IST: Tom Banton is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1 crore. Fabian Allen gets a bid from Sunrisers Hyderabad and he is sold for Rs 50 lakhs.
19:58 hrs IST: Mohsin Khan is next and he gets a bid from Mumbai Indians. He is sold to MI for his base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Rahul Shukla unsold for his base price for Rs 20 lakhs.
19:57 hrs IST: Joshua Philip is sold to RCB for Rs 20 lakhs.
19:56 hrs IST: Shahbaz Ahmed is unsold. Nikhil Naik is unsold. Joshua Philip is the next and he gets a bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore.
19:55 hrs IST: Chris Green, the Australian batsman, is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakhs. Shams Mulani is unsold.
19:54 hrs IST: Sandeep Bavanaka is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakhs. Pravin Dubey is next and he is unsold.
19:53 hrs IST: We are now in the final part of the auction. Aayush Badhoni is the first name in the accelerated auction bid and he will go unsold. Sandeep Bavanka is next and he gets a bid from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
19:43 hrs IST: The accelerated auction will be the last to this event. There will be 80 players and some players like Fabian Allen, Tom Banton, Alex Hales, Rilee Rossouw, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Sean Abbott, Oshane Thomas, Kane Richardson, Lendl Simmons, D'Arcy Short, Kesrick Williams, Thisara Perera.
18:49 hrs IST: Adam Milne goes unsold. Now, there is a one-hour break after which there will be a break one-hour.
18:48 hrs IST: Josh Hazlewood sold to Chennai Super Kings for his base price of Rs 2 crore.
18:46 hrs IST: Alzarri Joseph, who has the best figures of 6/12 for Mumbai Indians, goes unsold. Mustafizur Rahman also goes unsold.
18:44 hrs IST: The final set is upon us and Anrich Nortje is next. He is unsold for his base price of Rs 50 lakhs. Barinder Sran also goes unsold. Mark Wood is also unsold.
18:42 hrs IST: Ben Cutting goes unsold. James Neesham, the New Zealand all-rounder is next. He gets a bid from Kings XI Punjab. Neesham sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 50 lakhs.
18:40 hrs IST: Andile Phehlukwayo, the South Africa allrounder goes unsold. Colin Munro, base price of Rs 1 crore, goes unsold. Rishi Dhawan also goes unsold.
18:39 hrs IST: Mitchell Marsh, with a base price of Rs 2 crore, gets a bid from Sunrisers Hyderabad. He is sold for his base price of Rs 2 crore to SRH.
18:38 hrs IST: Carlos Brathwaite, base price of Rs 50 lakh, goes unsold. No one remembers his name anymore. Marcus Stoinis, base price of Rs 1 crore, also goes unsold.
18:35 hrs IST: Manoj Tiwary goes unsold for his base price of Rs 50 lakhs. Colin Ingram goes unsold. Martin Guptill, at Rs 1 crore base price, goes unsold.
18:33 hrs IST: David Miller sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 75 lakhs. Saurabh Tiwary is next. He is sold for Rs 50 lakhs by Mumbai Indians.
18:31 hrs IST: Hetmyer's century has propelled him in the IPL Auction. He is nearing 10 crores. Hetmyer sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 7.75 crore. Evin Lewis unsold
18:25 hrs IST: Shimron Hetmyer is next and he gets a bid from Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Delhi Capitals jump into the fray.
18:23 hrs IST: Here is the final set before the big break of one hour. Sets 11 to Set 13.
18:08 hrs IST: R Sai Kishore goes unsold.That is a suprise. Noor Ahmed, the 14-year-old spinner from Afghanistan goes unsold. He had a base price of Rs 30 lakhs.
18:07 hrs IST: Intense bidding for Bishnoi between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab. He is sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2 crore.
18:05 hrs IST: Ravi Bishnoi is next and he gets a bid from Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab.
18:03 hrs IST: KC Cariappa, whose base price is Rs 20 lakhs, goes unsold. M Siddharth is next with a base price of Rs 20 lakh and he gets a bid from KKR. He is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakhs. Midhun Sudeshan goes unsold.
18:01 hrs IST: Ishan Porel sold to Kings XI Punjab for his base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Rillee Meredith from Australia goes unsold.
17:58 hrs IST: Tushar Deshpande goes unsold. Karthik Tyagi, a pacer with a base price of Rs 20 lakhs, gets a bid from Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab. He is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.3 crore.
17:57 hrs IST: Akash Singh, the 17-year-old, sold at his base price of Rs 20 lakhs to Rajasthan Royals. Kulwant Kejroliya is next. He is unsold.
17:54 hrs IST: Prabhsimran Singh goes unsold. Ankush Bains goes unsold. Vishnu Vinod is up next and he also goes unsold.
17:52 hrs IST: Anuj Rawat sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 80 lakhs. Kedar Deodhar goes unsold. KS Bharat unsold.
17:50 hrs IST: Shahrukh Khan, who made a good impact for Tamil Nadu, goes unsold. Anuj Rawat is next and he gets a bid from Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders.
17:48 hrs IST: Yashasvi Jaiswal sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 2.4 crore. Daniel Sams is unsold. Pavan Deshpande is next. He is unsold.
17:46 hrs IST: Jaiswal is going for big money. It was expected. Kolkata Knight Riders are in the fray. Rajasthan Royals jump in.
17:45 hrs IST: Yashasvi Jaiswal gets a bid from Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders.
17:44 hrs IST: Varun Chakravarthy is once again setting the IPL on fire. He is sold to KKR for Rs 4 crore.
17:42 hrs IST: Deepak Hooda gets a bid from Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab. He is sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 50 lakhs. Varun Chakravarthy is next and he gets a bid from KKR and RCB.
17:40 hrs IST: Priyam Garg sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.9 crore.
17:39 hrs IST: Priyam Garg, the Under-19 skipper, gets a bid from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab.
17:37 hrs IST: Virat Singh gets a big from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab. Virat Singh sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.9 crore
17:35 hrs IST: Rahul Tripathi gets bids from Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rahul Tripathi sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 60 lakhs. Virat Singh is next
17:33 hrs IST: Manjot Kalra goes unsold. Rohan Kadam goes unsold. Harpreet Bhatia also goes unsold. Rahul Tripathi is up next.
17:21 hrs IST: Adam Zampa, the Australian legspinner, is unsold. Hayden Walsh Jr of the West Indies is next. He is also unsold. Zahir Khan of Afghanistan, whose base price is Rs 50 lakhs, is unsold.
17:19 hrs IST: Piyush Chawla sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 6.75 crore. Ish Sodhi goes unsold.
17:15 hrs IST: Sheldon Cottrell sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.5 crore. Piyush Chawla is next and his base price is Rs 1 crore. He gets a big from Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab. Chennai Super Kings jump into the fray.
17:11 hrs IST: Sheldon Cottrell, the West Indies pacer, gets a big from Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. Delhi Capitals jump into the fray.
17:09 hrs IST: Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 8 crore. Tim Southee, the New Zealand pacer, goes unsold.
17:05 hrs IST: Andrew Tye unsold. Nathan Coulter-Nile gets a bid from Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. His base price is Rs 1 crore.
17:03 hrs IST: Kings XI Punjab have jumped into the fray in Unadkat's case. Jaydev Unadkat is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3 crore.
17:00 hrs IST: Mohit Sharma goes unsold. Dale Steyn, with a base price of Rs 2 crore, goes unsold. Jaydev Unadkat is next and he gets a bid. Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals are in the fray.
16:58 hrs IST: Kusal Perera, the Sri Lanka keeper also goes unsold. Shai Hope also goes unsold.
16:56 hrs IST: Heinrich Klassen goes unsold. Mushfiqur Rahim also goes unsold. Naman Ojha is also unsold.
16:51 hrs IST: The second set has started and it will be wicketkeepers. Alex Carey is the first name and he gets a bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. Rajasthan Royals jump in. Now, Delhi Capitals jump in. Alex Carey sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.4 crore.
16:24 hrs IST: It looks like the pacers are stealing the show for IPL 2020. Good bid for Morris, the South Africa pacer who played for Delhi Capitals last year. Remember, Delhi Capitals can Right To Match him. He has reached Rs 10 crore. Chris Morris goes to RCB for Rs 10 crore. Stuart Binny unsold.
16:22 hrs IST: Chris Morris is up next and he gets a bid from Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. Even Rajasthan Royals jump in.
16:21 hrs IST: Sam Curran is the next in bid and he gets a bid from Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals. Sam Curran is sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 5.5 crore
16:18 hrs IST: World record alert for a foreign buy. Pat Cummins goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 15.5 crore, which is the most expensive buy for a foreigner in the history of the IPL, breaking the record set by Ben Stokes who went for Rs 14.5 crore for Rajasthan Royals.
16:10 hrs IST: Pat Cummins gets into a massive bidding war with Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has already gone past 5 crore. He has zoomed past 10 Crore
16:08 hrs IST: Yusuf Pathan, with his base price of Rs 1 crore, goes unsold. Colin de Grandhomme is next. He is also unsold
16:06 hrs IST: We have our first 10-crore member in the IPL 2020 Auction. Glenn Maxwell sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 10.75 crore. What a whopping return. Chris Woakes is next. He goes to Delhi Capitals for his base price Rs 1.5 crore
15:58 hrs IST: Glenn Maxwell is next and he gets a bid from Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab. He is already becoming the highest bid in the auction so far.
15:56 hrs IST: Aaron Finch's price has quadrupled. His rate has gone past 4 crore. Which franchise will pocket him? Aaron Finch has been sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 4.4 Crore
15:51 hrs IST: Jason Roy goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore. Aaron Finch is next and he gets a bid. Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore have opened up an intense bid.
15:49 hrs IST: Cheteshwar Pujara goes unsold. Seems he has been pigeon-holed as a Test specialist. His base price was Rs 50 lakhs.
15:48 hrs IST: Robin Uthappa, whose base price is Rs 1.5 Crore, is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3 Crore. Hanuma Vihari becomes first unsold player in the auction.
15:46 hrs IST: Eoin Morgan is next and he gets a massive bidding war between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Roders. He is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5.25 Crore
15:43 hrs IST: Chris Lynn is the first name to be in the auction list. His base price is Rs 2 crore. He is sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crore, his base price.
15:39 hrs IST: The auction has officially begun with Brajesh Patel, the chairman of the IPL Governing Council. He is extending his welcome to Sourav Ganguly, Jay Shah and other members of the BCCI council.
15:36 hrs IST: The first list of players who will be up for grabs will be Aaron Finch, Chris Lynn, Eoin Morgan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Jason Roy, Robin Uthappa and Hanuma Vihari.
15:30 hrs IST: Right, it is time! The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Singh, Sai Kishore and other uncapped players are all set to potentially hit a jackpot.
15:20 hrs IST: Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, the three-time and four-time champions, have retained the core of the side and they may not be too busy in the IPL Auction. They have a purse of Rs 14 and Rs 13 crore respectively.
15:11 hrs IST: We are now minutes away from the auction. We shall see prices, Right To Match Cards and other franchises indulge in a bidding war.
15:01 hrs IST: Will anybody breach the Rs 10 crore mark today? In the last auction, the highest was Rs 8.4 crore. One gets a feeling that the Rs 2 crore bracket players might go either at their base price or go unsold.
14:56 hrs IST: Who will be the captain for the Kings XI Punjab? Ravichandran Ashwin, currently in the process of saving Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy game against Himachal Pradesh, was traded to Delhi Capitals. The auction is vital for Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have perenially underachieved in the tournament due to dodgy decisions in the auction.
14:41 hrs IST: Live visuals from the ITC Royal Bengal in Kolkata show that the owners of the franchises are making their way to the auction room. There are seven players in the Rs 2 crore bracket with Robin Uthappa and Piyush Chawla in the Rs 1.5 crore bracket. Will they be sold today?
14:39 hrs IST: The uncapped players will once again rule the roost. In 2018, it was T Natarajan. In 2019, it was Varun Chakravarthy who netted Rs 8.4 crores. In 2020, it might be M Shahrukh Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Kishore or the likes of Pavan Deshpande and Devdutt Padikkal who might walk off with a big pay cheque.
14:31 hrs IST: There are 12 slots available in the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise while Chennai Super Kings are the most settled with only five slots available. One hopes Virat Kohli and the franchise make some good decisions as they look to build a settled team.
14:22 hrs IST: Kings XI Punjab have a massive purse of Rs 42 crore and they will be the busiest franchise in the auction. The first major update is that Wasim Jaffer, the Ranji giant who has been accumulating runs even at the age of 41, has been apparently appointed as the batting coach of the franchise for the 2020 IPL.
14:04 hrs IST: A warm welcome to the IPL 2020 Player Auction. 73 spots are up for grabs and 332 players will go under the hammer. Meaning 1 in 5 players could get the chance to play for a franchise. The auction will start in about one hours time and we shall plenty of teams scrambling to get the best players that will enhance their team composition for the 2020 edition of the tournament.
