IPL 2020 Auction Live

So, it has come to a finish. That’s it for this year’s IPL auction and this live blog. Keep following Sportzcraazy for all the in-depth analysis of all the franchises.  Thank You so much!!

RCB – Dale Steyn, Shabaz Ahmed, Isuru Udana

RR – Andrew Tye, Tom Curran

DC –  Lalit Yadav


Mark Wood: UNSOLD FOR THE SECOND TIME!!


Marcus Stoinis: Bidding starts this time for the Australian. Royals showing interest in the all-rounder. Delhi also looking to grab him. Bidding goes to 2 crores. Delhi looks desperate to buy the all-rounder.

Delhi Capitals takes Stoinis for 4.80 crores. 


Colin Munro and Ben Cutting going unsold for the second time!! No takers. UNSOLD!!


Prabhsimran Singh: Delhi and Kings bidding for the Indian talent. Punjab gets him for 55 lakhs.


Shahrukh Khan goes unsold once again!!


Dale Steyn: Goes unsold again!! No buyers for Steyn.   


Mohit Sharma: UNSOLD!! 


Kusal Parera: NO bids for him at 50 lakhs!! 


Kane Richardson: Bidding starts at 1.50 cr. RCB chasing for the Australian here. Bidding goes to 3 crores. 

Kane Richardson sold to RCB for 4 crores. 


Matt Henry: Base Price- 50 lakhs. RCB should have gone for it. UNSOLD 


Isuru Udana: No takers for the Sri Lankan. UNSOLD!!


Chris Jordan: Intense bidding going for the English bowler. It’s KXI VS RCB right now!!

Chris Jordan sold to Kings Eleven for 3 crores.


Jason Holder: Base Price- 75 lakhs!! no buyers for Holder!!


Tom Curran: Base Price- 1crore, UNSOLD!!


Tom Banton: Bidding starts for the exciting talent. KKR starts the bidding. KKR buys the talent for such a cheap price. Could you believe it.

TOM BANTON sold to KKR for 1 crore. 


Joshua Philip: RCB bids for Australian at an opening bid for 20 lakhs. SOLD!!


Shahbaz Ahmad: UNSOLD!!


Shams Mulani: UNSOLD!!


Chris Green: Base Price- 20 Lakhs. KKR bids for 20 lakhs.

Chris Green sold to KKR for 20 LAKHS.  


Welcome back!! We are live again. Let’s begin then..

FIRST SESSION HAS COME TO AN END. WE WILL BACK IN SOME TIME. DON’T GO AWAY.


Josh Hazlewood: CSK bids for the Australian. Interesting!! Sold to CSK for 50 lakhs. 

Hazlewood finds a taker in CSK for 50 lakhs. 


Ajzarri Joseph: Finds no Buyer. UNSOLD!!


Mark Wood: He goes unsold!! Shocking. Was the auction for only Australian players?


Barinder Sran: UNSOLD!! 


James Neesham: Bidding starts at 50 lakhs. Kings Eleven buys him at his base price. Neesham goes to Kings for 50 lakhs. 


Ben Cutting: 75 lakhs is the base price and he goes unsold!! 


Rishi Dhawan: UNSOLD!! 


Colin Munro: He finds no buyer. UNSOLD!! 


Andile Phehlukwayo: UNSOLD at 50lakhs!! 


Mitchell Marsh: Sunrisers Hyderabad starts the bidding at 2 cr. They sealed the deal at 2 crores


Marcus Stoinis: UNSOLD!! 


Carlon Brathwaite: No bid for Brathwaite. Goes UNSOLD


Colin Ingram, who played for DC last season is UNSOLD. 

David Miller: Rajasthan Royals starts the bidding, Royals gets him at 75 lakhs. 

David Miller head to Rajasthan Royals for 75 lakhs.  


Evin Lewis: Shocking!!! Lewis goes unsold!! 


Shimron Hetmyer: The much-anticipated bidding for the exciting West Indian has started. RR opens the bidding. Delhi and Rajasthan currently fighting it out for the southpaw. Currently with Royals at 3.80 crores.

It has reached to 5 crores now. 

Sold to Delhi Capitals at 7.75 crores. 


We are back again!!  The Ninth set is underway!!   

Ishan Porel: Kings XI Punjab have pulled off a steal and have signed Porel for his base price of 20 lakh!


Kartik Tyagi: Kings Eleven and Rajasthan Royals draw interest.

Rajasthan Royals eventually sealed the deal at 1.30 crores.


Tushar Deshpande: No interest for the Indian cricketer. Goes UNSOLD!! 


Kulwant Khejroliya: UNSOLD!!


Akash Singh: UNSOLD!!


Vishnu Vinod: UNSOLD


Ankush Bains is next. Draws no interest. Goes UNSOLD


Anuj Rawat: Rajasthan Royals starts the opening bid at 25 lakhs. KKR and RR looking most interested in the young gun. 

Rajasthan Royals gets him at 80 lakhs. 


Pavan Deshpande:  Goes UNSOLD!


Yashasvi Jaiswal: Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders making at intense bidding for the Southpaw. The Left-hander eventually goes to Royals at 2. 40 crores.


Varun Chakraverty: SOLD TO KKR FOR 4.00 CRORES. 


Deepak Hooda: He heads to Kings Eleven for 50 lakhs. 


Priyam Garg: Who’s going to pick India’s under-19 skipper. 1.90 crores at the moment for the young talent!!


Sunrisers Hyderabad gets the man for 1.90 crores.   


Virat Singh: Bidding starts for the exciting talent. Has reached quickly to 1 crore. 


SOLD to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 1.90 crores!! 


Manjot Kalra and Rohan Kadam up first. Both Unsold!


Add Harpreet Bhatia to that list.


THIRD SESSION COMES TO AN END!!


Zahir Khan: UNSOLD!!


Hayden Walsh: UNSOLD!!


Adam Zampa: UNSOLD!!


Ish Sodhi: Goes unsold!!


Piyush Chawla: Bidding starts for the leggie. Kings Eleven looking favourite to grab the leggie. Shockingly, CSK seems interested in buying the spinner. It has reached to 6.25 crores now with CSK. 


Eventually sold to CSK for 6.75 crores.  


Sheldon Cottrell: Intense bidding is going on between the kings and Delhi Capitals. Currently with Delhi Capitals at 4 crores. 


It has risen to 7 crores now with Kings Eleven Punjab.


Kings Eleven Punjab buys the West Indian for 8.50 crores.


Tim Southee: Goes UNSOLD!! 


Nathon Coulter Nile: Another Australian here and two of the most successful teams in IPL has started the bidding. Both teams looking adamant to buy the Australian bowler. The bid has reached to 6 crores now.  


CSK has given up. Mumbai Indians grabs the Australian for a whopping 8 crores


Andrew Tye: Remains UNSOLD!!


Jaydev Unadkat: Delhi opens the bidding for the Indian bowler at 1 crore. Kings Eleven Punjab and Rajasthan Royals locking horns here.


Goes to Rajasthan Royals for 3 crores. 


Dale Steyn: No one showing interest in the veteran. Remains unsold.


Mohit Sharma: Finds no buyer. Goes unsold.


Shai Hope: The West Indies keeper didn’t find a buyer either. UNSOLD!!


Kusal Perera from Sri Lanka is the next player for grabs. Base price of INR 50L. Goes unsold too.


Musfiqur Rahim is up next. Surely he can find a bidder. Goes unsold.


Heinrich Klaasen: Doesn’t find a bidder. Goes UNSOLD!


Alex Carrey: Intense bidding going on for another Australian. The Australian cricketers are currently having a good time. 


Sold to Delhi Capitals for 2.40 cr. 


END OF THE SECOND SET. WE WILL BE BACK IN A WHILE!!


Chris Morris: RCB has him for 5.50 crores. Kings eleven and RCB locking horns right now. RCB looking strong to claim the all-rounder. However, RCB knocks over in the end for a whopping 10 crores.


Sam Curran: CSK looking most interested in the English all-rounder. Currently with CSK for 5 crores. Intense bidding going on between DC and CSK. 


Sold to CSK for 5.50 crores.


Pat Cummins: Intense bidding going on for Australian bowler. Most of the franchises would be looking to grasp the Aussie. Let’s see where he lands up. Crossed 10 crores already!! Another whooper on the way!! 


Pat Cummins have become the most expensive overseas player in the history of Vivo IPL. Currently at 15cr with KKR.


KKR comes from nowhere and takes Pat Cummins for 15.50 crores.


Colin de Gradhomme: goes unsold too!! Shocking!! 


Yusuf Pathan: Goes unsold!! 


Chris Woakes: Delhi hasn’t managed to grasp Maxwell but has bought Woakes for 1.5 cr.  


Glenn Maxwell: up next is the Australian cricketer. The bidding war is on between Delhi and Kings Eleven Punjab. Bid has crossed to 6 crores now. It has climbed to 9 crores now with Delhi Capitals. 9.50 at the moment, touching 10 crores.


Wooh!! Glenn Maxwell goes to King Eleven Punjab for 10.75 crores.


END OF THE FIRST SET


Aaron Finch: Bidding war going on for the Australian cricketer between RCB and KKR. Sold to RCB for 4.4 crores. 


Jason Roy: Delhi Capitals bag for 1.50 crores.


Hanuma Vihari and Cheteshwar Pujara go unsold.


Mumbai Indians bag Chris Lynn for the base price of Rs 2 crore. 


Rajasthan Royals buys Rajasthan Royals 


As many as 332 payers will go under the hammer only to shortlist 73 of them that have fallen vacant post the release of the players.


The auction will be underway at 3:30 pm where the squads of the all the franchises will be finalized.


Here’s a look at purse sizes and slots available for all the franchises before the auction:

Chennai Super Kings
Purse left: INR 14.6 crore
Slots Left:5
Overseas Slots:2

Mumbai Indians
Purse left: INR 13.05 crore
Slots Left:7
Overseas Slots:2

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Purse left: INR 27.9 crore
Slots Left: 12
Overseas Slots: 6

Delhi Capitals
Purse left: INR 27.85 crore
Slots Left:11
Overseas Slots:5

Rajasthan Royals
Purse left: INR 28.9 crore
Slots Left:11
Overseas Slots:4

Kings XI Punjab
Purse left: INR 42.7 crore
Slots Left:9
Overseas Slots:4

Kolkata Knight Riders
Purse: INR 35.65 crore
Slots Left:11
Overseas Slots:4

Sunrisers Hyderabad
Purse left: INR 17 crore
Slots Left: 7
Overseas Slots: 2