The auction for the 10th season of Indian Premier League began on Monday at 9.30 a.m., in Bengaluru.
Eight franchises are geared up to pick a maximum of 76 out of the 350 plus, who will go under the hammer.
This is the last auction of the 10-year cycle after which all players are set to go back into the auction pool. While the maximum squad strength can be 27, most franchises like to keep squad base between 22 and 24.
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Round 10 – Uncapped spinners
Uncapped Afghanistan spin bowler Rashid Khan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4 cr
Rashid Khan of Afghanistan with a opening bid Rs 50 lakh was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4 crore after hectic bids from Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
M Ashwin with opening bids at Rs 10 lakh was sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1 crore after hectic bidding from from Pune Supergiants and Delhi Daredevils.
Tejas Singh Baroka Rs 10 lakh sold to Gujarat Lions.
Praven Tambe Rs 10 lakh sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Mayank Dagar Rs 10 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Akshya Wakhare Rs 10 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Sarabjeet Ladda Rs 10 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Mitchell Swepson of Australia Rs 30 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Round 9 – Uncapped fast bowlers
Aniket Choudhary sold to RCB for Rs 2 crore
Aniket Choudhary, with a opening bid of Rs 10 lakh, was sold to RCB for Rs 2 crore after hectic bids between Gujart Lions, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Sunrisers Hyderabad dropped out in between.
T Natarajan, with a opening bid of Rs 10 lakh, was sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 crore after hectic bidding by Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Pune Supergiants.
Nathu Singh with opening bids at Rs 30 lakh was sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 50 lakh after hectic bids.
Basil Thampy with opening bids of Rs 10 lakh was sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 85 lakh after hectic bids from Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions.
Abu Nechim Ahmed Rs 10 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Umar Nazir Rs 10 lakhs- unsold (no bids).
Navdeep Saini Rs 10 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Pawan Suyal rs 10 lakhs - unsold (no bids).
Round 8 - Uncapped wicket keepers
Eklavya Dwivedi sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 75 lakh
Eklavya Dwivedi, with a base price of Rs 30 lakh, was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 75 lakh after hectic bids between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Lions.
Md Shahzad, Afghanisan player, Rs 50 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Mohit Ahlawat, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Manvinder Bisla, Rs 10 lakh, unsold (no bids).
Aditya Tare, Rs 20 lakh, unsold (no bids).
Vishnu Vinod, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Shreevats Gowsami, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Round 7 – Uncapped all rounders
Uncapped all rounder Gowtham picked up by Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 cr
Gowtham K, with opeing bids at Rs 10 lakh, was sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crore. This uncapped all rounder was sold after a hectic bidding from Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Night Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Pune Supergiants.
Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan, Rs 30 lakh, sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Rahul Tewatia, with opening bid of Rs 10 lakh goes to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 25 lakh after hectic bids.
Rush B Kalaria, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Priyank Panchal, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Manan Sharma, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Shivam Dube, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Praveen Dubey, Rs 10 lakh, - unsold (no bids).
Aksh Deep Nath Rs 10 lakh, unsold (no bids).
Mahipal Lomror, Rs 10 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Round 6 - Uncapped batsmen
Ankeet Bawane, Rs 10 lakh, sold to Delhi Daredevils
Tanmay Agarwal, Rs 10 lakh, sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad
Asghar Stankizai, Afghanistan, Rs 20 lakh unsold (no bids).
Unmukt Chand, Rs 30 lakh, unsold (no bids).
Umang Sharma, Rs 10 lakh, unsold (no bids).
Prithiv Shaw, Rs 10 lakh, unsold (no bids).
Round 5 – Spin Bowlers - No buys
Pragyan Ojha, India, Rs 30 lakh - unsold (no bids).
Imrah Tahir, South Africa, unsold (no bids).
Lakshman Sandakan, Sri Lanka, Rs 30 lakh - unsold (no bids)
Inderbir Singh Sodhi, NZ, Rs 30 lakh - unsold (no bids)
Brad Hogg, Australia, Rs 50 lakh - unsold (no bids)
Round 4
RCB picks up English bowler Tymal Solomon Mills for Rs 12 cr, Ishant Sharma unsold
Tymal Solomon Mills, a fast bowler from England with an opening bid Rs 50 lakh, was sold to RCB for Rs 12 crore crore after hectic bidding between the Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The Delhi DareDevils picked up West Indian Kagiso Rabada for Rs 5 crore after hectic bidding.
Trent Boult of New Zealand was sold to the Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5 crore.
Pat Cummins of Australia, with an opening bid Rs 2 crore, was finally sold to the Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.5 crore after hectic bids from the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Daredevils.
Mitchell Johnson of Austraila with an opening bid Rs 2 crore was sold to the Mumbai Indians.
Nathan Coulter-Nile, West India, Rs 1 cr - unsold (no bids)
Kyle Abbott, Austraila, Rs 1.50 crore - unsold (no bids)
Ishant Sharma, India, Rs 2 crore - unsold (no bids).
Round 3
Only one wicket-keeper out of this lot of 6 is sold.
Mumbai Indians picks up Nicholas Pooran, West Indian wicket keeper, for Rs 30 lakh
Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka, Rs 50 lakh goes unsold (no bids)
Ben Dunk, Australian wicket keeper, Rs 30 lakh, also unsold (no bids)
Jonny Bairstow, England, Rs 1.50 crore unsold (no bids).
Andre Fletcher, West India, Rs 30 lakh unsold (no bids).
Johnson Charles, West India, rs 30 lakh unsold (no bids).
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All rounders
English all-rounder Ben Stokes was sold to Rising Pune for Rs 14.5 crore after hectic bids from RCB, Delhi Daredevils, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians. Ben Stokes started with opening bid at Rs 2 crore and saw hectic bidding between Mumbai Indians, RCB, Delhi Daredevils and Rising Pune Supergiants for about 5 minutes. Pune's available purse this morning was only Rs. 17.5 crore.
On Ben Stokes selection, Pune's Sanjiv Goenka of the RPS, said: "He's a complete player and he completes our squad. We've been lacking this one genre of player." He added, "We have many heroes but this is the one hero we were lacking it was a conscious strategy. We knew it was going to be expensive. We knew he was going to be there for the first 14 games. And, we're happy to have him for the first 14. We knew we were not going to get him for less. We are reinforcing our core, our playing XI."
On the strategy behind Stokes selection, Goenka said: "Yes. Steve Smith, Stephen Fleming, everyone's been a part of the decision to buy Stokes. It's been a collective, collaborative decision. Ben Stokes was our No. 1, 2, and 3 preference."
Corey Anderson, Rs 1 crore, sold to Delhi Daredevils.
Chris Jordon, Rs 50 lakh, unsold (no bids)
Sean Abbott, Australia, Rs 30 lakh, unsold (no bids).
After hectic bidding between RCB, Gujarat Lions and Pune, Pawan Negi Indian all-rounder who started the bids at Rs 30 lakh was finally sold to RCB for Rs 1 crore.
Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka, Rs 2 crore, sold to Delhi Daredevils.
Irfan Pathan, Indian, all rounder, Rs 50 lakh - unsold (no bids).
At the end of Round 1, Kings XI Punjab was successful in picking up Eoin Morgan of England for Rs 2 crore.
The following players went unsold or did not find bidders.
Martin Guptill of New Zealand Rs 50 lakh - unsold (no bids)
Jason Roy England Rs 1 crore - unsold (No bids)
Faiz Fazal Rs 30 lakh - unsold (No bids)
Alex Hales England Rs 1 crore - unsold (No bids)
Ross Taylor New Zealand Rs 50 lakh - unsold (No bids)
Saurab Tiwary India Rs 30 lakh - unsold (No bids)