IPL Auction 2019 Live: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 Player Auctions is being held in Jaipur on Tuesday. The 8 IPL teams Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, King XI Punjab, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indian and Kolkata Knigh Riders will pick the players to add to their core team. With most teams having made their big buys in the IPL auction last year, this year they will focus on adding what is missing from their squads.
However, teams like KXIP and DC will go for big players as they look to rebuild their sides again.
The franchises are yet to hear from the IPL Governing Council whether the tournament would be shifted to South Africa, similar to the way it was done during the general Lok Sabha elections in 2009 and to UAE in 2014. Still some teams may make bids based on the chance of the matches being held in some other venue than India.
Around 351 cricketers, including 228 Indians, will go under the hammer on Tuesday. There was a total of around 1,003 players initially registered for the auction, but the final list was released with a figure of 351, including the last-minute entry of five players. This will include the 119 capped, 229 uncapped and two associate nation players available for auctions.
We will bring you all the updates from the IPL Auction 2019 here:
Ankush Bains is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 Lakh. Ishan Porel, Aniket Choudhary, Arun Karthik Basker, KS Bharat, Baba Indrajith and Anuj Rawat remain unsold.
Varun Chakaravarthy (Base Price Rs 20 Lakh) has been sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.4 crore.
Shivam Dube, from Mumbai, has been sold for Rs 5 crore to RCB.
Among domestic uncapped players now:
Anmolpreet Singh goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 80 Lakh. Sarfaraz Khan is sold to KXIP for Rs 25 Lakh.
Akshdeep Nath, Ayush Badoni, Armaan Jaffer, Ankeet Bawane, Sachin Baby and Manan Vohar remain unsold.
Rahul Sharma, Adam Zampa, Khary Pierre and Fawad Ahmed remain unsold.
Mohammed Shami goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.8 crore.
Lasith Malinga is sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crore. Ishant Sharma goes to Delhi Capitals for 1.1 crore.
Jaydev Unadkat sets the auction on fire again- He is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8.40 crore.
Hyderabad Sunrisers get Wriddhiman Saha back for 1.2 crore. The auction will now stop for 5 minutes now.
Among the wicket-takers now- Jonny Bairstow goes for 2.2 crore to Hyderabad Sunrisers. Naman Ojha and Ben McDermott remain unsold.
Delhi Capitals take Axar Patel for Rs 5 crore.
Gurkeerat goes to RCB for Rs 50 Lakh, Moises Henriques returns to KXIP for Rs 1 Crore.
Chris Jordon unsold. Yuvraj Singh comes up next and remains unsold.
Carlos Brathwaite- KKR and KXIP get in to a bidding war. He goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for RS 5 CRORE.
Chris Woakes is the first all-rounder to go under the hammer and he remains unsold.
Shimron Hetmyer has been sold to RCB for 4.2 crore. Whiel Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill remain unsold.
Hanuma Vihari goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore.
The first three players- Manoj Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara and Alex Hales remain unsold.
We are minutes away from IPL 2019 Player Auction now. KXIP have the most money to spend with Rs 36.2 crore, followed by the re-christened Delhi Capitals at Rs 25.5 crore. It is mandatory that every franchise spends a minimum Rs 61.5 crores out of their total purse of Rs 82 crores.
If you have a confusion over how many players will go under the hammer. Five new players were added to the list in the eleventh hour. According to Espncricinfo, the most notable inclusion is that of England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan. The others are South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen, Australian fast bowler Riley Meredith, and two domestic Indian cricketers Mayank Dagar and Pranav Gupta.
The defending champions are ready. Chennai Super Kings are one the most settled sides going into the auction. They could but a couple of Indian players to boost their squad.
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— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 18, 2018
This time, with the World Cup in focus, major big players such as Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch, Mitchell Starc, etc., are giving the tournament a miss. It means that the primary focus in this year's IPL will be on the domestic players. Some of the Ranji stars could find a big opening tonight.
This particular reason, however, could well be a windfall for some of the domestic players and fringe players from overseas who will be available for the entire duration of IPL.
Here are 10 uncapped Indian cricketers who could get big money bids in 2019 IPL Player Auction