KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Ten Teams Spend Rs 167 Crore For 80 Players
The IPL auction saw teams shelling out Rs 167 crore to onboard 80 players for the upcoming edition of the coveted T20 tournament. Of the players bought on Friday, 29 are foreigners.
Of the players that went on the block, 71 remained unsold. From the 405 players shortlisted for the auction, 254 were not put up for bidding.
Together with the Rs 743.5 crore spent by teams as retention cost, the overall expenditure on players this year stands at Rs 910.50 crore.
The mini auction in Kochi made a new record for the highest paycheck in IPL yet, with Punjab Kings paying Rs 18.50 crore for English all-rounder Sam Curran. Cameron Green (Rs 17.50 crore), Ben Stokes (Rs 16.25 crore), Nicholas Pooran (Rs 16 crore) and Harry Brook (Rs 13.25 crore) follow Curran on the list of top buys.
A total of seven players went unsold in the highest reserve price category of Rs 2 crore, including Jimmy Neesham, Tom Banton, Travis Head, Chris Jordan and others.
Among Indian players batsman Mayank Agarwal got the biggest price tag of Rs 8.25 crore. The other two Indians on the list of top 10 purchases are uncapped bowlers Shivam Mavi and Mukesh Kumar, with winning bids of Rs 6 crore and Rs 5.5 crore, respectively.
KKR Picks Shakib Al Hassan
The Bangladesh legend returned to Kolkata Knight Riders as the team placed the winning bid of Rs 1.5 crore. Hassan was part of the winning KKR team in both 2012 and 2014.
Joe Root Sold To Rajasthan Royals
The former English captain was picked by the Rajasthan side in the last leg of bidding for Rs 1 crore.
Rilee Rossouw Sold To Delhi Capitals For Rs 4.6 Crore
The South African batsman went unsold earlier today, to the surprise of many. The 33-year-old left-handed batter has been in terrific form in T20 tournaments this year.
Adam Zampa, who was also unsold earlier, was picked by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.50 crore. Akeal Hosein goes to SRH for Rs 1 crore.
Teams Filling Up Slots Fast
Rajasthan Royals took Kunal Rathore, while all-rounder Sonu Yadav went to RCB. Pacer Kulwant Khejroliya was picked by KKR, and CSK got Ajay Mandal. Mohit Rathee was sold to Punjab Kings, all-rounder Nehal Wadhera went to MI, and Bhagath Varma was picked by CSK. Shivam Singh was the last name to be picked in the first leg of accelerated auction, and was sold to Punjab Kings.
All these players attracted bids of Rs 20 lakh.
KKR Takes Namibia's David Wiese for Rs 1 Crore
SRH buys Nitish Kumar Reddy for Rs 20 lakh. Fast bowler Avinash Singh was sold to RCB after its bidding war with KKR.
Irish Joshua Little Gets A Spot In Gujarat Squad
Little was picked by Gujarat Titans for Rs 4.4 crore as several teams showed interest in the left-arm fast bowler.
Pacer Mohit Sharma was also sold to Gujarat for Rs 50 lakh. Shams Mulani went to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh, while Swapnil Singh was picked by LSG for Rs 20 lakh.
Wicketkeeper Donavon Ferreira Sold To RR
The Rajasthan squad clinched the South African player for Rs 50 lakh.
Gujarat Titans takes wicketkeeper Urvil Patel for Rs 20 lakh.
Mumbai Indians place the winning bid of Rs 20 lakh for Vishnu Vinod.
Punjab Kings take pacer Vidwath Kaverappa for Rs 20 lakh. RCB takes fast bowler Rajan Kumar for Rs 70 lakh.
Spinner Mayank Dagar To Play For SRH
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals went toe-to-toe for left-arm orthodox spinner Mayank Dagar, with the former taking him for Rs 1.8 crore. His base price was Rs 20 lakh.
MI picks Duan Jansen for Rs 20 lakh, while Prerak Mankad is sold to LSG for Rs 20 lakh.
MI Takes Piyush Chawla In Accelerated Round
Mumbai Indians bought Piyush Chawla in for Rs 50 lakh.
Amit Mishra goes to LSG for Rs 50 lakh, while Punjab Kings picks Harpreet Bhatia for Rs 40 lakh.
Manoj Bhandage is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
CSK Bags Kyle Jamieson Before Break
Chennai Super Kings paid Rs 1 crore for Kyle Jamieson, the base price for the player.
Will Jacks Lands With RCB For Rs 3.2 Crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore put up a fierce bidding war with Rajasthan Royals to win Will Jacks to its side. His base price was Rs 1.5 crore.
Romario Shepherd is picked by Lucknow Super Giants for his base of Rs 50 lakh. The team picks Australian Daniel Sams for Rs 75 lakh.
RCB Loses Manish Pandey To DC
(Source: Manish Pandey/Twitter)
(Source: Manish Pandey/Twitter)
The brief bidding war between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals ended with Manish Pandey going to the latter for Rs 2.4 crore. Pandey, who played the last IPL with LSG, is the first Indian player to hit a century in the tournament.
Teams Spend Half Of Cumulative Purse
The teams have so far spent Rs 132.05 crore so far, picking 32 players for the 87 slots available at the beginning of the IPL auction. Of these 14 are overseas players.
Names like Jimmy Neesham, Chris Lynn, Jason Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Manish Pandey, Carlos Braithwaite are still among the players waiting in the wings.
Here's what teams are left with to spend now:
Chennai Super Kings: Rs 2.90 crore
Delhi Capitals:Rs 11.45 crore
Gujarat Titans: Rs 9.55 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 5.55 crore
Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 6.40 crore
Mumbai Indians: Rs 1.55 crore
Punjab Kings: Rs 13.20 crore
Rajasthan Royals: Rs 7.45 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 6.65 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 9.75 crore
Bidding War For Bowler Mukesh Kumar Ends With Delhi On Top
Delhi Capitals bought the medium pacer from Gopalganj, Bihar for Rs 5.5 crore after beating Punjab Kings in a bidding war.
The last name on the lot Himanshu Sharma went to Royal Challengers Bangalore for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Gujarat Beats Kolkata To Bag Shivam Mavi For Rs 6 Crore
The base price for the bowling all-rounder was Rs 40 lakh, while he was picked by Gujarat Titans for Rs 6 crore. His former team Kolkata Knight Riders failed to retain the right-arm fast-medium bowler.
Gujarat and Kolkata Fight For All-Rounder Shivam Mavi
Against a base price of Rs 40 lakh, the bid for Mavi now stands at Rs 2.2 crore. The Noida based bowling all-rounder has played 32 matches in IPL, taking 30 wickets and scoring 51 runs.
Teams Loosen Purse Strings To Pick Uncapped Players
While CSK picked Nishant Sindhu for Rs 60 lakh, Sanvir Singh went to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh. Gujarat paid Rs 1.2 crore for wicketkeeper batsman Srikar Bharat, who has a high score of 78 in IPL.
KKR bought Vaibhav Sharma for Rs 60 lakh, whereas Upendra Singh Yadav was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 25 lakh.
SRH Wins Bidding War With KKR For Uncapped Vivrant Sharma
The Jammu-born left-handed batsman was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.6 crore. His base price was Rs 20 lakh.
The team picks Samarth Vyas for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Shaik Rasheed First Uncapped Player To Be Picked
Shaik Rasheed was sold to CSK for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. The right-handed batsman from Guntur has been part of the India U-19 team as its vice captain.
Ishant Sharma Goes To Delhi Capitals
(Source: Ishant Sharma)
(Source: Ishant Sharma)
Delhi picked the Indian pacer for Rs 50 lakh. Sunrisers Hyderabad picks leg spinner Adil Rashid for Rs 2 crore.
RCB Picks Reese Topley
Royal Challengers Bangalore picks Topley for Rs 1.9 crore. Lucknow Super Giants buys Jaydev Unadkat for Rs 50 lakh.
Pacer Adam Milne is unsold. Jhye Richardson goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1.5 crore.
Phil Salt Joins DC
Delhi Capital picked wicket-keeper Phil Salt for Rs 2 crore.
Chris Jordan goes unsold at base price of Rs 2 crore.
Heinrich Klaasen Stirs Up A Bidding War
Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad go back and forth for the South African wicketkeeper, with the latter picking him for Rs 5.25 crore.
Kushal Mendis and Tom Banton go unsold.
Lucknow Takes Pooran For Rs 16 crore
The bidding war between LSG and DC ends with the West Indies wicketkeeper going to the former team.
DC and RR Go At It For Nicholas Pooran
The West Indies wicketkeeper has also piqued LSG's interest as the bid for him now stands at Rs 9.5 crore against a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Bidding resumes
Litton Das, the first player as the bidding continued, went unsold at a base price of Rs 50 lakh.
Teams Spend Rs 83 Crore In Two Rounds Of Bidding
Sam Curran became the most expensive player ever to be bought in the IPL with the Rs 18.50 crore bid placed by Punjab Kings. Ben Stokes and Cameron Green were picked by Chennai Super Kings at Rs 16.25 crore and Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.5 crore, respectively.
Ten players have been sold so far, with four going for their respective base prices. Eight of these are overseas players.
Three players—Rilee Rossouw, Shakib Al Hassan and Joe Root—went unsold
CSK Gets Ben Stokes For Rs 16.25 crore
Chennai Super Kings interrupted the bidding war between Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad to pick Ben Stokes for Rs 16.25 crore.
Lucknow and Hyderabad Raise Bids For Stokes
The bid for Ben Stokes has crossed Rs 13 crore.
MI Wins Bidding War, Gets Cameron Green For 17.5 Crore
Mumbai Indians pays 17.5 crore for the Australian bowling all-rounder. Last one this round is Ben Stokes.
Delhi-Mumbai Bidding War Over Cameron Green
The current bid for the Australian now stands at Rs 17 crore against a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Jason Holder Sold to Rajasthan Royals
The West Indian fetched a price of Rs 5.75 crore after a bidding war between CSK and RR.
Jason Holder Up For Bids
The West Indian all-rounder has a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Sam Curran Goes to Punjab Kings With A Record Bid
All-rounder Curran was picked by Punjab Kings for Rs 18.50 crore, the highest bid seen in IPL yet, after a long-drawn bidding war. Gujarat Titans pick Odean Smith for his base price of Rs 50 lakh. Punjab Kings pick their next in Sikander Raza for Rs 50 lakh.
Shakib Al Hassan Goes Unsold
No bids for the Bangladesh legend at the base price of Rs 1.5 crore. The all-rounder was part of the both winning squads for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012 and 2014.
Sam Curran is next on the block.
Set 2 Begins, All Rounders Take The Stage
Shakib Al Hassan is the first name out of the hat.
Rilee Rossouw Is The Last Player In The First Set
The in-form Proteas batsman went unsold at a base price of Rs 2 crore.
CSK Picks Ajinkya Rahane for Rs 50 Lakh
Rahane's base price for the auction was Rs 50 lakh. Joe Root goes unsold for now.
Another Addition For SRH, Picks Mayank Agarwal For Rs 8.25 Crore
Agarwal goes to Sunrisers after a bidding war. His base price was Rs 1 crore.
Harry Brook Goes To SRH
Sunrisers Hyderabad bid Rs 13.25 crore for Brook against a base price of Rs 1.5 crore.
Bidding War Over Harry Brook
Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabd kick off the first bidding war of the day. English batsman Harry Brook is in the player on the block. Bids have crossed Rs 10 crore against a base price of Rs 1.50 crore.
Kane Williamson sold to Gujarat Titans
Williamson was purchased for his base price of Rs 2 crore.
The Bidding Begins
Hugh Edmeades takes the stage in Kochi to open IPL auction 2023. Kane Williamson is the first player on the block.
IPL Auction All Set To Begin
Top Overseas Picks
Teams are expected to get into bidding wars for Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson, Sam Curran, Shakil Al Hassan, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran and Riley Rossouw.
How The Squads Look So Far
Indian Players In The Spotlight: Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane
Among the players available for bidding, these three Indian batsmen are expected to draw big numbers from teams. Agarwal and Pandey have a base price of Rs 1 crore each, whereas Rahane has a base price of Rs 50 lakh.
Team Purses Today
Chennai Super Kings: Rs 20.5 crore.
Delhi Capitals: Rs 19.5 crore.
Gujarat Titans: Rs 19.3 crore.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 7.05 crore.
Lucknow Super Giant: Rs 23.4 crore.
Mumbai Indians: Rs 20.6 crore.
Punjab Kings: Rs 32.2 crore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 8.75 crore.
Rajasthan Royals: Rs 13.2 crore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 42.3 crore.
Total Purse Of Rs 206.50 Crore On Teams' Hands, 87 Slots To Be Filled
Sunrisers Hyderabad will have the fattest purse at its disposal at Rs 42.25 crore. Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians have the next three highest purses at Rs 32.20 crore, Rs 23.35 crore, and Rs 20.55 crore, respectively.
The teams have 87 slots available between them, 30 of which can be filled with overseas players.
405 Players To Go Under The Hammer
Of the 405 players available for the auction, 273 are Indian and 132 are overseas players. The shortlisted players, picked from an initial list of 991, include 119 capped and 282 uncapped players, along with four from associate nations.
IPL 2023 Auction To Begin Shortly
The stage is set. Bidding by team managements of the 10 squads in the Indian Premier League to fill the available slots in their squads is set to begin soon in Kochi.
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