IPL Auction 2020 Live Updates:
Players sold in this IPL Auction so far:
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
Rahul Tripathi, KKR
Virat Singh, SRH
Priyam Garg, SRH
Deepak Hooda, KXIP
Varun Chakaravarthy, KKR
Yashasvi Jaiswal, RR
Anuj Rawat, RR
Kartik Tyagi, RR
Ishan Porel, KXIP
M Siddharth, KKR
Ravi Bishnoi, KXIP
Akash Singh, RR
Shahrukh Khan with a base price of Rs 20 lakh goes unsold
India Under-19 batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal, with base price of Rs 20 lakh, bought for Rs 2.40 crore by Rajasthan Royals at IPL players’ auction
West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.5 crore
New Zealand quickie Tim Southee goes without a bid. He has a base price of Rs 1 crore.
Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey, with a base price of Rs 50 lakh, sold for Rs 2.40 crore to Delhi Capitals at IPL players’ auction
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
.@CurranSM is sold to @ChennaiIPL for 5.5Cr #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 19, 2019
03:43 PM | Robin Uthappa, who won the Orange cap in the 2014 edition of the tournament, is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs. 3 crore.
With almost all players set to go back into the pool for the 2021 season, Thursday’s Indian Premier League auction is more about investing in youth and buying uncapped Indian players if some of the tacticians involved with the eight franchises are to be believed.
As many as 332 cricketers (186 Indian & 146 overseas players) will go under the hammer. It won’t be a big auction this time; only 73 slots are there to be filled by the eight franchises and 29 of those can be foreign buys.
Kings XI Punjab have the maximum money to spend (Rs 42.70 crore) and will look to rope in a captain after India’s premier Test off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was traded to Delhi Capitals.
Chennai Super Kings and defending champions Mumbai Indians have more or less a set core of players retained and will look to buy back-up options in case of injuries. Both teams do not have a lot of money left in their purse and would look to spend smartly.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will have their eyes on overseas players although they don’t have too much purse remaining (Rs 27.90 crore) to play with.
Kolkata Knight Riders have released big names like Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, and Piyush Chawla and they have the second-highest remaining purse among the teams (Rs 35.65 crore).
Delhi Capitals will also be on the lookout for good foreign buys having a strong core Indian contingent.
Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad will have to add to their domestic roster and within their purse, where Royals (Rs 28.90 crore) have an edge over Sunrisers (Rs 17 crore), the two teams will have to fish for efficient recruits and that can get tricky in a small auction.
