IPL Auction 2018 Live Updates: CSK let go of Ashwin, RCB buy McCullum, KKR re-sign Lynn

Ahead of the 11th season of the IPL, which will be held from April 7 to May 27, 578 cricketers will go under the hammer in the two-day player auction in Bengaluru.

This is probably the biggest IPL auction ever. with new broadcast deal with Star and the value of the ground sponsors like Vivo, every team is already looking at a financial bonanza.

From an original pool of 1122, there will be 578 cricketers up for auction; of these, 360 are Indian and the rest overseas players. The list of 578 includes 244 capped players, 332 uncapped and two Associates players. A total of 182 players can be purchased.

Highlights from the 2018 IPL Auction:

• Sunrisers Hyderabad sign Shikhar Dhawan for Rs 5.2 cr, using their Right-to-Match option.
• Kings XI Punjab sign Ravichandran Ashwin for Rs 7.6 cr.
• Mumbai Indians sign Kieron Pollard for Rs 5.4 cr, using their Right-to-match option.
• Chris Gayle remains unsold.
• Ben Stokes sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 12.5 cr.
• Faf du Plessis bought for Rs 1.6 cr by Chennai Super Kings, who used their Right-to-match option.
• Rajasthan Royals exercise their Right-to-match option to buy Ajinkya Rahane for Rs 4 cr.
• Mitchell Starc goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.4 cr.
• CSK buy Harbhajan Singh for Rs 2 cr.
• Sunrisers Hyderabad buy Shakib Al Hasan for Rs 2 cr.
• Glenn Maxwell sold for Rs 9 cr to Delhi Daredevils. Kings XI decided not to use their RTM card.
• Delhi Daredevils also buy Gautam Gambhir for Rs 2.8 cr. KKR decided not to use their RTM card.
• CSK use their Right-To-Match option to retain Dwayne Bravo for Rs 6.4 cr.
• Kane Williamson goes to SRH for Rs 3 cr.
• Joe Root remains unsold.
• Kings XI Punjab buy Yuvraj Singh for his base price of Rs 2 cr.
• Karun Nair sold for Rs 5.6 cr to Kings XI Punjab.
• Kings XI Punjab buy KL Rahul for Rs 11 cr.
• Murali Vijay remains unsold.
• David Miller sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 cr, after they used the RTM card.
• Australian opener Aaron Finch sold for Rs 6.2 cr to Kings XI Punjab.
• Royal Challengers make their first buy of the auction. Brendon McCullum sold for Rs 3.6 cr.
• Jason Roy sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.5 cr.
• Chris Lynn sold for Rs 9.6 cr to Kolkata Knight Riders.
• Hashim Amla remains unsold.
• Manish Pandey sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 11 cr, after KKR did not use the RTM card.
• Martin Guptill remains unsold.