We had 62 players being sold today, with three of the top five buys being Australians. Pat Cummins was not just the most expensive buy today at Rs 15.5 crores (to KKR), he also shattered the record for the most expensive foreign buy ever in the IPL players’ auction. Legspinner Piyush Chawla was the costliest pick among the Indians with Rs. 6.75 crores to CSK.
Some news - Following the auction, Anil Kumble, speaking to the host broadcastrer Star Sports, announced that KL Rahul will captain Kings XI Punjab in the 2020 season.
The biggest buys
| Player | Price (in crore) | Team |
| Pat Cummins | 15.5 | KKR |
| Glenn Maxwell | 10.75 | KXIP |
| Chris Morris | 10 | RCB |
| Sheldon Cotterell | 8.5 | KXIP |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 8.5 | MI |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 7.5 | DC |
| Piyush Chawla | 6.75 | CSK |
| Sam Curran | 5.5 | CSK |
R Vinay Kumar goes unsold and that concludes the auction.
Isuru Udana is sold to RCB for 50 lakhs.
Tom Curran sold to RR for 1 crore.
Wicketkeeper batsman Nikhil Naik sold to KKR for 20 lakhs.
Lalit yadav is sold to DC for 20 lakhs.
Andrew Tye. Sold to RR for 1 crore.
Third time lucky for Dale Steyn? RCB finally open a bid, for 2 crore. Sold to RCB for 2 crore.
We're into the final leg, around 10 names to be called out.
England's Mark Wood. Unsold. That ends part 1 of the accelerated auction.
Marcus Stoinis of Australia. DC open with 1 crore. RR push it to 1.10 crore. RR take it to 1.70 cr. DC take it to 2 crore. Then DC make it 2.40. DC make it 3.20. DC raise it to 4 crore. RR make it 4.20. Looks like RR withdraw. Sold to DC for 4.80 crores.
Colin Munro. Goes unsold again.
Ben Cutting. Unsold again.
Left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore. CSK open the bidding. Sold to CSK for 20 lakhs.
Tushar Deshpande, fast bowler. Sold to DC for 20 lakhs.
Prabhsimran Singh. KXUIP and DD do the bidding. KXIP take it to 55 lakhs. Sold to KXIP for 55 lakhs.
Wicketkeeper KS Bharat. Unsold.
Daniel Sam. Unsold.
M. Shahrukh Khan gets another shot. Second time unlucky.
Pawan Deshpande. RCB raise the paddle. Sold to RCB for 20 lakhs.
Karnataka batsman Rohan Kadam has another shot. Unsold.
Andrew Tye. Unsold.
Will Dale Steyn get lucky this time? Unsold!
Mohit Sharma. DC start bidding at 50 lakhs. He goes to DC for 50 lakhs.
Kusal Perera. Hard luck he goes unsold too.
Second chance for some players. Colin de Grandhomme. Unsold again.
Allrounder Sanjay yadav. SRH open bidding with 20 lakhs. Sold to SRH for 20 lakhs.
Prince Balwant Rai Singh, allrounder. Colourful name. Sold to MI for 20 lakhs.
Digvijay Deshmukh, allrounder. Sold to MI for 20 lakhs.
Anirudha Joshi, all rounder. RR open bidding at 20 lakhs. Sold to RR for 20 lakhs.
Fast bowler Saurabh Dubey. Unsold.
Fast bowler Vaibhav Arora. Unsold.
George Garton of England. Unsold.
West Indian Kesrick Williams. Unsold.
Nathan Ellis goes unsold.
Allrounder Abdul Samad. SRH begin bidding at 20 lakhs. Sold to SRH for 20 lakhs.
Tajinder Dhillon, Rajasthan batsman. KXIP begin at 20 lakhs. Sold to KXIP for 20 lakhs.
Liam Plunkett. Unsold. Yudhvir Charak goes unsold.
Australia's James Pattinson (base 1 crore). Unsold.
Pravin Tambe, all of 48 (!). KKR begin bidding at 20 lakhs. Sold to KKR for 20 lakhs.
Kuldeep Sen (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Wicketkeeper Aryan Juyal (20 lakhs). Unsold.
Allrounder Sumit Kumar. Unsold.
West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas (base 50 lakhs). Sold to RR for 50 lakhs.
Australia's Kane Richardson (base 1.5 crore). RCB make it 1.60 crore. RR make it 1.90. RCB make it 2.40. Lots of bidding for the Australians today. RR scale it up to 3 crores. At 3.40 crores, RCB in a bit of a huddle. They go for 3.60 crores. After a pause, RR make it 3.80. RCB raiswe again and sold to RCB for 4 crore.
NZ's Matt Henry (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
Australia's Sean Abbott (base 75 lakh). Unsold.
Isuru Udana of Sri Lanka, base 50 lakhs. Unsold.
All rounder Chris Jordan, base 75 lakh. RCB and KXIP in aggresive bidding. RCB raise it to 2 crore. KXIP make it 3 crore. RCB want to opt out. Sold to KXIP for 3 crore.
Jason Holder, base 75 lakhs. Unsold.
England allrounder Tom Curran, base 1 crore. Unsold.
Fabian Allen, WI allrounder. SRH start bidding at 50 lakhs. Sold to SRH for 50 lakhs.
England's Tom Banton. Base 1 crore. KKR open the bidding. Sold to KKR for 1 crore.
Fast bowler Rahul Shukla. Unsold.
Mohsin Khan. MI open bidding. Sold to MI for 20 lakhs.
Australian allrounder Joshua Phillippe. RCB open bidding and sold to RCB for 20 lakhs.
Nikhil Naik goes unsold as well.
Shahbaz Ahamed. Unsold.
Shams Mulani. Unsold.
Australian allrounder Chris Green. KKR open bidding at 20 lakhs and sold to KKR for 20 lakh.
Pravin Dubey (base 20 lakh). Unsold.
B. Sandeep (base 20 lakh). SRH open the bidding and sold to SRH for 20 lakhs.
Ayush Badoni goes unsold.
Welcome back. It's time for the accelarated auction.
At the half way stage, here's a breakup of the funds remaining for each side. The maximum squad strength is 25 players a side, and the maximum number of overseas players a side is 8. The spending limit for each team is fixed at Rs 85 crore.
| Team | Funds remaining (in crores) | Overseas players | Total players |
| CSK | 0.35 | 8 | 23 |
| DC | 14.70 | 7 | 18 |
| KXIP | 20.25 | 7 | 22 |
| KKR | 10.10 | 6 | 19 |
| MI | 2.55 | 8 | 21 |
| RR | 17.45 | 5 | 21 |
| RCB | 13.50 | 4 | 15 |
| SRH | 11.20 | 7 | 21 |
Source - IPLT20.com
6.45 p.m. : That ends the first session. The teams would need to send the list of players they would like to be called for the accelerated auction later. There will be a break for one hour.
Zubin Bharucha, Head of Cricket at Rajasthan Royals:
On Jaydev Unadkat: "We are really pleased to have Jaydev back in our squad for the upcoming season. We could not retain him, and had planned to get him back, and I'm really happy to once again have him in the team. He was the only experienced Indian pacer available at the Auction, and after a tough bidding battle, we managed to get him. His performances during the latter stages of the IPL last season were brilliant as he helped us win matches, including a man of the match performance against Sunrisers, and he had been working with us on various aspects of his game during the off-season. He knows the franchise inside-out, therefore we are really looking forward to have him help our team again."
On Robin Uthappa- "He has always been on our radar ever since he joined KKR, and has performed exceedingly well for them over the past six seasons. He has been a part of their title-winning seasons, and we look forward to him bringing his experience to our team. He is a fantastic batsman, and can keep wickets also, therefore he is quite a utility player when it comes to the IPL. We look forward to him being a crucial part of the Rajasthan Royals' set-up, and we want to make sure he is up to speed and settles into the team so that he can be a part of the first XI. We are quite pleased to have him in our side, and would like to welcome him to the Royals' family.
New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
Josh Hazlewood (base 2 crore). CSK begin the bidding immediately. Sold to CSK for 2 crores.
Mustafizur Rahman (base 1 crore). He's also unsold.
WI fast bowler Alzarri Joseph is also unsold.
England fast bowler Mark Wood (50 lakhs base). Unsold.
Left-arm quick Barinder Sran (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
SA fast bowler Anrich Nortje (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
Allrounder Jimmy Neesham (base 50 lakhs). After a while, Kings XI begin bidding. Sold to KXIP for 50 lakhs.
Australia's Ben Cutting (base 75 lakh). Unsold.
Allrounder Rishi Dhawan (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
NZ opener Colin Munro (base 1 crore). Unsold.
SA allrounder Andile Phehlukwayo (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
Mitchell Marsh now (base 2 crore). SRH begin bidding. Sold to SRH for 2 crores.
Aus allrounder Marcus Stoinis (base 1 crore). Unsold.
Another set. Here's Carlos Brathwaite (50 lakhs). Unsold.
Martin Guptill (base 1 crore). Unsold.
South Africa's Colin Ingram (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
Another Tiwary, Manoj this time. Base of 50 lakhs, unsold.
Saurabh Tiwary (base 50 lakhs). Sold to MI for 50 lakhs.
South Africa's David Miller (base 75 lakhs). Lots of blank faces around. But RR take him for 75 lakhs.
West Indies opener Evin Lewis (base 1 crore). Unsold! That's a surprise.
Shimron Hetmyer, base price of 50 lakhs. After an eternity, RR open the bidding. KKR step in with 60 lakhs. KKR then scale it to 85 lakhs. RR take it up to a crore. KKR - 1.20 crores. RR - 1.4 crores. KKR pull out. DC join the race. RR debate on pushing it to 2 crores. It passes the 2 crore mark. DC take it up to 3 crores. Make that 3.4 crores. RR - 3.60 with the Royals. DC - 4.20 crores. Inching towards 5 crores and Shimron must be watching this from a hotel room in Cuttack I'm guessing. RR scale it up to 6 crore. Inches up to 6.5 crores with the Royals. DC challenges them by taking it to 7.25 crores. RR in intense discussion. RR lift the paddle to 7.50 crores. Sold to Delhi for 7.75 crores.
Afghanistan spinner, the 14 year old Noor Ahmed. "Invest for the future, ladies and gentleman", says Mr Edmeads. But sadly nobody raises the paddle. All's not lost. He could be in the reckoning later in the evening. Back after a 10 minute break.
TN left-arm spinner R. Sai Kishore goes unsold.
Ravi Bishnoi, leg spinner from rajasthan. KXIP and MI waste no time with the bidding. KXIP push it to 1 crore. MI take it to 1.70 crores. Sold to KXIP for 2 crore.
Midhun Sudeshan, base 20 lakhs. Unsold.
M. Siddharth, spinner (20 lakhs). KKR open the bid. Sold to KKR for 20 lakhs.
Set 10. To kick things off, it's Karnataka's KC Cariappa. Was part of KKR earlier. He goes unsold.
Australia's Riley Meredith, fast bowler (base 40 lakhs). Unsold.
Bengal fast bowler Ishan Porel. KXIP open the bidding and sold to KXIP for 20 lakhs.
Kartik Tyagi, fast bowler. KXIP open bidding at 20 lakhs. KXIP and RR bid for him. KXIP take it to 80 lakhs. it's hit the crore mark with KXIP. KXIP pull out at 1.30 crore. Sold to RR at 1.30 lakhs.
Mumbai's Tushar Deshpande. Unsold.
Delhi fast bowler Kulwant Khejroliya. Played for RCB. Unsold.
Set 9. Aakash Singh, fast bowler (base 20 lakhs). RR begin bidding. Sold to RR for 20 lakhs.
Kerala's Vishnu Vinod (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Ankush Bains (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Wicketkeeper Prabhsimran Singh (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Andhra wicketkeeper KS Bharat (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Baroda batsman Kedar Devdhar (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Set 8 now. Delhi batsman Anuj Rawat (20 lakhs). RR push it to 30 lakhs. KKR and RR in the bidding. KKR pull out at 80 lakhs. Sold to RR for 80 lakhs.
TN batsman M. Shahrukh Khan (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Pavan Deshpande. Unsold.
Australian allrounder Daniel Sams (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Young U-19 sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal now (base 20 lakhs). MI open the bidding for their local lad. MI and KKR raising the paddle before you can blink. KXIP join the bidding. 1.10 with KKR. MI have taken a back seat for now. KXIP - 1.8 crore. RR enter the fray at 2 crore. So many teams showing interest on the young man. Hope he is watching. Sold to RR for 2.4 crores.
Last year's big surprise, spinner Varun Chakravarthy now (base 30 lakhs). He was sold for 8.4 crore last auction., KKR raise the paddle. Between RCB and KKR for the moment. KKR at 1 crore. Past 3 crore now, still no other teams in the fray. Sold to KKR for 4 crores.
Deepak Hooda, the allrounder (base 40 lakhs). DC take it to 45 lakhs. KXIP inch it up to 50 lakhs. Sold to Kings XI for 50 lakhs.
Current Under-19 captain Priyam Garg. KXIP open the bid. SRH get in with 25 lakhs. It's up to 1 crore now and counting. Now at 1.7 and KXIP get into a discussion. At 1.90 crores and KXIP pull out. Sold to SRH for 1.90 crores.
Jharkhand batsman Virat Singh, quite a bit of chat about this guy of late. SRH ( well hello SRH, we were expecting you!) enter the bid. Intense bidding between SRH and KXIP. KXIP pull out at 1.9 crores. Sold to SRH for 1.9 crores.
Batsman Rahul Tripathi. RCB begin bidding. KKR show interest too. RCB - 45 lakhs. Stuck at 55 and all eyes on KKR. And they raise it to 60 lakhs. Sold to KKR for 60 lakhs.
Harpreet Bhatia (base 20 lakhs). Unsold.
Karnataka batsman Rohan Kadam. He's been in good recent form. Unsold.
Back with a new set. Manjot Kalra (20 lakhs). Unsold.
Afghanistan's Zahir Khan (base 50 lakhs). Unsold. Back after a 5 minute break.
West Indies's Hayden Walsh Jn (base 50 lakhs). Unsold.
Australia's Adam Zampa (base 1.5 crores). No takers, unsold.
New Zealand's Ish Sodhi (base 75 lakhs). Unsold.
Piyush Chawla (base 1 crore). CSK take it to 1.6 crore. Between CSK and KXIP now. 4 crore at the CSK table here, we're up and running again. KXIP - 5.50 crore. KXIP take it to 6 crore. Kumble after a long time raises the paddle and it's 6.75 cr. KXIP pull out. Sold to CSK for 6.75 crore.
Sheldon Cotterell, the man with the famous salute (base 50 lakhs). RR and KXIP doing the bidding. RR- 1.6. RR take it to 2 crore. KXIP scale it to 4.40 crore. They later scale it up to 5 crore. Dc enter the race and take it to 5.25 crore. KXIP push it to 7 lakhs and before you can look up it's shot up to 8 crore. RR - 8. 25 crore. Sold to KXIP for 8.50 crore. Let's do the Sheldon salute!
Tim Southee (base 1 crore). Lots of talk but ummm unsold.
Australia's Nathan Coulter-Nile (base 1 crore). MI start the bidding. CSK enter the bidding. Battle between MI and CSK here. MI push it to 2.60 crore. CSK scale it up to 4 crore, then to 4.40. Paddle competition between Fleming and Akash Ambani here. CSK - 6.25 crores. MI - 7 crores. CSK has it at 7.25, then to 7.75 crores. MI take it to 8 crores. Sold to MI for 8 crores.
It's Australia's Andrew Tye (base 1 crore). Not much interest. Unsold.
Jaydev Unadkat at 1 crore. What can we expect this time? After a long time, DC raise the paddle. RR after a few more anxious moments raise it to 1.10 crores. KXIP enter with 1.2 crore. RR - 1.30. KXIP - 1.40 crores. RR - 1.90 crores. KXIP scale it to 2 crores. RR - 2.20. RR scale it up to 3 crores. Sold to Rajasthan Royals for 3 crores.
Dale Steyn at 2 crores. Nobody showing any interest. Unsold! Okay, maybe again later.
Mohit Sharma, base at 50 lakhs. Unsold.
West Indies's Shai Hope. He's in good batting form now. Takers? Nope. Unsold.
Sri Lanka's Kusal Perera, base at 50 lakhs. Unsold.
Naman Ojha, 50 lakhs base. Unsold.
Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim base price at 75 lakhs. Unsold.
South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen., he is unsold.
Now it's the wicketkeepers, Alex Carey of Australia at 50 lakhs. RCB begin the bidding. They push it to 60 lakhs. RR in the bidding too. RR say 85 lakhs. RCB - 90. RCB scale it to 1 crore. RR push it late to 1.10 crores. RCB - 1.20 crores. RR - 1.3 crores. RCB - 1.60 crores. 2 crores at RCB table now. RR at 2.3 crores and RCB pull out. DC join the race. Sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.40 crores.
Now it's Stuart Binny, unsold. Second set done. There will be a short break.
South Africa's Chris Morris, base at 1.50 crores. RCB and Kings XI Punjab doing the bidding. 3.60 crores say KXIP. RCB say 4.20 crore. RCB raise it to 5 crores. KXIP raise it to 7.25 crores. RCB scale it to 8 crores. KXIP seem to have pulled out. RCB out it at 8.25. Mumbai Indians step in. MI push it to 9.25. RCB say 9.50. RCB say 10 crores. Sold to RCB for 10 crores.
Phew! Noiw it's Sam Curran. Base price at 1 crore. CSK and DC at the bidding war. Welcome, CSK. It;s at 3 crore with CSK. DC debate at 3.8 crore. It has gone to 5.50 crore and CSK buy him for 5.50 crores.
Now it's Pat Cummins. This should be big. Base price is Rs 2 crores. RCB and Delhi Capitals doing the bidding. It;s now at 6 crores at RCB's table. DC push it to 7 crores. This is going up like crazy here. In no time it has shot up to 10 crores! RCB say 10.25 crores. This looks set to beat Maxwell's 10.75 crores. DC hike it to 11 crores. DC scale it to 12 crores. RCB say 12.25 crores. Sorry Maxi, your record is gone. RCB say 12.75 crores. RCB say 13.25 crores. DC push it to 13.50 crores. At 13.75 DC discuss and it's gone to 14 crores. RCB say 14.25 crores. DC after a few seconds raise the paddle. Looks like DC are pulling out. Suddenly KKR spring up with 15 crore! RCB raise the paddle to 15.25, KKR say 15.5 crores. Sold to KKR for 15.50 crores!
New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme, base price 75 lakhs. Unsold.
Yusuf Pathan is unsold.
Chris Woakes, base price Rs 1.5 crores. Sold to Delhi Capitals, the only bidders.
It's the all rounders and it's Glenn Maxwell to begin, base price at Rs 2 crores. Kings XI Punjab begin the bidding. It's between Kings XI and Delhi Capitals. KXIP push it to 4 crore. DC say 4.2 crore. DC push it to 5 crore. Kings XI push this closer to 6 crore. DC push it to 6.5 crore. Kumble of KXIP scales it up to 6.75. It;s at 7.25 and DC hike it to 7.5 crore. DC push it to 8 crore. It's at 8.25 and DC after a few seconds hike it to 8.5 crore. KXIP ask for more time. Kumble raises the paddle for 8.75. DC get it up to 9 crore. KXIP say 9.25 crores. DC say 9.5. Just these two teams battling for Maxwell here. Can DC push this to 10 crore? And they do! KXIP push it to 10.25 crore. DC paddle up and it's 10.5 crore. Is Maxwell watching this? KXIP hike it to 10.75 crore.
The (silver) hammer goes down and Maxwell is sold to Kings XI Punjab for 10.75 crore!
Australia's Aaron Finch. KKR push it to 1.2 crores. KKR then scale it to 1.5 crores. KKR and RCB in the race for now. RCB push it to 2 crores. Discussion at the RCB table. KKR's Venky Mysore pushes it to Rs 3 crore. At 3.2 crore and KKR table in discussion. It's at 3.4 crores and RCB get talking. It'ds now at 3.6 crore in RCB's side. KKR after a while make it 3.80 crore. RCB's Mike Hesson and Simon Katich then agree to take it to 4 crore. KKR say 4.2 crore. This isn't ending too soon. KKR stop at 4.4 crore. Any one else? Sold to RCB for 4.4 crores. First set done.
Jason Roy now, England batsman, base price of Rs 1.5 crores. Opening bid to Delhi Capitals. Sold to Delhi for 1.5 crores.
Hanuma Vihari is the first player this afternoon to go unsold. No takers yet for Pujara either. They may have a second chance later.
The first Indian player now, Robin Uthappa,base price of 1.5 crores. Rajasthan Royals start bidding. Kings XI Punjab push it to 1.90 crores. Rajasthan Royals hike it to 3 crores. Sold to RR for 3 crores.
Eoin Morgan is the second name. Base price of 1.5 crores. KKR and Delhi Capitals are bidding. KKR push it to 4.8 crores. It's at 5.25 crores and DC not keen on going further. Sold to KKR for 5.25 crores.
Chris Lynn is the first name on the list. Base price of 2 crores. Mumbai Indians are interested. Sold to Mumbai Indians.
We are just a few minutes from the start. Below is a quick guide to the limitations and options for each team. Hugh Edmeads is back as the auctioneer.
IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel begins his introductory speech.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Player slots remaining - 12 (Indians 6, overseas 6)
Money spent - Rs 57.15 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 27.90 crore
Delhi Capitals
Player slots remaining - 11 (Indians 6, overseas 5)
Money spent - Rs 57.15 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 27.85 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
Player slots remaining - 11 (Indians 7, overseas 4)
Money spent - Rs 49.35 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 35.65 crore
Rajasthan Royals
Player slots remaining - 11 (Indians 7, overseas 4)
Money spent - Rs 56.10 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 28.90 crore
Kings XI Punjab
Player slots remaining - 9 (Indians 5, overseas 4)
Money spent - Rs 42.30 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 42.70 crore
Mumbai Indians
Player slots remaining - 7 (Indians 5, overseas 2)
Money spent - Rs 71.95 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 13.05 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Player slots remaining - 7 (Indians 5, overseas 2)
Money spent - Rs 68 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 17 crore
Chennai Super Kings
Player slots remaining - 5 (Indians 3, overseas 2)
Money spent - Rs 70.40 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 14.60 crore
Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the 2020 IPL auction. The auction is set to begin at 3.30 p.m. IST in Kolkata, which is hosting an IPL auction for the first time. I am Kanishkaa Balachandran and alongwith my colleague Amol Kharadkar, we will be bringing you the updates.
Since this is a mini auction, a revised total of 338 players are in the pool and from this, a total of 73 players can be picked. On Wednesday evening, six new players - Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Mathew Wade, Jake Weatherald, Robin Bist and Sanjay Yadav - were added.
The maximum squad strength is 25 players a side, and the maximum number of overseas players a side is 8. The spending limit for each team is fixed at Rs 85 crore, an addition of Rs 3 crore to the franchises' purse from the IPL 2019 auction.
How do the eight teams stack up? Read here.
Amol has this auction preview for us. Expect a lot of bidding for the fast bowlers.
