IPL Players Auction 2021 Highlights: Chris Morris becomes costliest buy; Gowtham, Jamieson attract big bids

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IPL-2021 Auction Summary:

Sold players : 57
Overseas players sold : 22
Uncapped players sold : 29

Umang Pabari, Cricket statistician

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CSK:
Moeen Ali (7 cr)
Krishnappa Gowtham (9.25 cr)
Cheteshwar Pujara (50L)
Harishankar Reddy (20L)
Bhagath Verma (20L)
Hari Nishanth (20L)

RCB:
Glenn Maxwell (14.25 cr)
Sachin Baby (20L)
Rajat Patidar (20L)
Mohammed Azharuddeen (20L)
Kyle Jamieson (15.00 cr)
Daniel Christian (4.80 cr)
Suyash Prabhudessai (20L)
Srikar Bharat (20L)

DC:
Steve Smith (2.20 cr)
Umesh Yadav (1.00 cr)
Ripal Patel (20L)
Vishnu Vinod (20L)
M Siddharth (20L)
Lukman Meriwala (20L)
Tom Curran (5.25 cr)
Sam Billings (2.00 cr)

MI:
Adam Milne (3.20 cr)
Nathan Coulter-Nile (1.50 cr)
Piyush Chawla (2.40 cr)
James Neesham (50L)
Yudhvir Singh (20L)
Marco Jansen (20L)
Arjun Tendulkar (20L)

KKR:
Shakib Al Hasan (3.20 cr)
Sheldon Jackson (20L)
Vaibhav Arora (20L)
Karun Nair (50L)
Harbhajan Singh (2.00 cr)
Ben Cutting (75L)
Venkatesh Iyer (20L)
Pawan Negi (50L)

RR:
Shivam Dube (4.40 cr)
Chris Morris (16.25 cr)
Mustafizur Rahman (1.00 cr)
Chetan Sakariya (1.20 cr)
KC Cariappa (20L)
Liam Livingstone (75L)
Kuldip Yadav (20L)
Akash Singh (20L)

Punjab Kings:
Dawid Malan (1.50 cr)
Jhye Richardson (14.00 cr)
Shahrukh Khan (5.25 cr)
Riley Meredith (8.00 cr)
Moises Henriques (4.20 cr)
Jalaj Saxena (30L)
Utkarsh Singh (20L)
Fabien Allen (75L)
Saurabh Kumar (20L)

SRH:
Jagadeesha Suchith (30L)
Kedar Jadhav (2 cr)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1.50 cr)

Umang Pabari, Cricket statistician

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What a day at the auction! We've seen the costliest buy in the history of IPL with Chris Morris bagging a whopping 16.25 crores, after being bought by Rajasthan Royals. K Gowtham received the highest ever bid for an uncapped player with 9.75 crores by Chennai Super Kings. Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kyle Jamieson all hit jackpot.

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That's it then. A record-shattering day comes to an end.

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SOLD! Arjun Tendulkar bought by Mumbai Indians for 20 lakh.

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SOLD! Akash Singh bought by Rajasthan Royals for 20 lakhs

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SOLD! Pawan Negi sold to KKR for 20 lakh (his base price)

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SOLD! Venkatesh Iyer bought by KKR for 20 lakh (his base price)

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UNSOLD! Hanuma Vihari again doesn't find any buyers!

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SOLD! Arjun Tendulkar bought by Mumbai Indians for 20 lakh.
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SOLD! Aussies going big in the auction. Daniel Christian bought by RCB

Another bidding war breaks out as KKR and RCB bid fiercely for the Aussie all-rounder. It's RCB who clinch the deal with a 4.80 crores bid.
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SOLD! Australia all-rounder Moises Henriques bought by Punjab Kings for 4.20 crores. He was listed at a base price of 1 crore.
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SOLD! Kyle Jamieson bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Kiwi pacer listed at a base price of 75 lakhs goes big. Bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 15 CRORES!!!! Boy! That was an intense bidding war between DC, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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SOLD! Cheteshwar Pujara bought by CSK for 50 lakh. A big day for the India batsman!

After years of not attracting any bidders in the IPL, Pujara finally found one in CSK. Bought at his base price. His last IPL appearance was in 2014. Sparks a round of applause in the room.
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SOLD! Riley Meredith, Australia pacer, bought by Punjab Kings for 8 CRORES!!!! 

His base price was 40 lakh. Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings were involved in intense bidding before DC relented and Punjab Kings won the bid at 8 crores.
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SOLD! Krishnappa Gowtham is bought by CSK! He's hit a jackpot

SRH and KKR were involved in fierce bidding for the Karnataka all-rounder. And then CSK joined in and sealed the deal at 9.25 CRORES!!!
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SOLD! Shahrukh Khan, the Tamil Nadu all-rounder who had a decent Syed Mushtaq Ali 2021 tournament, hits a jackpot as he is bought by Punjab Kings for 5.25 crores. His base price was 20 lakh!!! 
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UNSOLD! Harbhajan Singh, who was released by Chennai Super Kings, doesn't find any buyers.
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SOLD! Jhye Richardson is bought by Punjab Kings for 14 CRORES! What a day for the Australia pacer!
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SOLD! Adam Milne is bought by Mumbai Indians for 3.20 crores

The New Zealand pacer is snapped up by Mumbai Indians. They needed a foreign pacer and got one in Milne. Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians started off the bidding war but then Sunrisers Hyderabad joined in but they didn't go too aggressive. MI won the bid at 3.25 crore.
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Highest purchases in IPL auctions:
 

CHRIS MORRIS : 16.25 crs, RR -2021*
Yuvraj Singh : 16 crs, DD - 2015
Pat Cummins : 15.5 crs, KKR - 2020
Ben Stokes : 14.5 crs, RPS - 2017
Glenn Maxwell : 14.25 crs, RCB - 2021
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SOLD! Dawid Malan bought by Punjab Kings for 1.5 crores!
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SOLD! Chris Morris sold to Rajasthan Royals for 16.25 crores.

MI went all out for the South Africa all-rounder right from the start. RCB were involved in a bidding war but then Rajasthan Royals also joined in. And then Punjab Kings joined in late too. Mumbai relented then while Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings stepped up the bidding. Finally, it was RR who managed to seal the deal at 16.25 crores
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SOLD! Shivam Dube is bought by Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan Royals shell out 4.40 crores for the India all-rounder
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SOLD! Moeen Ali is bought by CSK

CSK shell out 7 crores for Moeen. They have got their man. An aggressive batsman and an off-spinner. 
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SOLD! Shakib Al Hasan sold to KKR 

Kolkata Knight Riders buy the Bangladesh all-rounder for 3.2 crore.
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SOLD! Glenn Maxwell is bought by RCB for 14.25 crores

As expected, Maxwell sparks a bidding war. RCB, CSK, KKR, RR, all bidding aggressively for the Australia all-rounder. In the end, it was a frenetic bidding war between RCB and CSK after the rest pulled out and it was RCB who managed to seal the deal.
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UNSOLD: Aaron Finch who was released by RCB has gone unsold.
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SOLD! Steve Smith is bought by Delhi Capitals for 2.2 crores. 

RCB started off the bid then DC joined in and no one was ready to go over 2.2 crores.
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Unsold: Well, well. Alex Hales too has no buyers at 1.5 crores.

Preview: The player auction for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) takes place on Thursday in the southern Indian city of Chennai, with 292 players set to go under the hammer in the event.

The auction, in which international stars such as Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Moeen Ali as well as Indians such as Harbhajan Singh are expected to attract big bids, marks the first major event in the build-up to this year's edition of the cash-rich league, which is expected to return to India after having taken place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier the full players' list for the 2021 Auction was unveiled and as many as 10 players — including Indians Harbhajan and Kedar Jadhav — were put in the highest reserve price bracket of Rs 2 crore. Another 12 had the Rs 1.5 crore price tag against their name, and 11 were put under the Rs 1 crore category.

Officially, each of the eight teams is allowed to spend nearly $12 million in salaries for the 10-week tournament but because many have a high number of retained players the cash available for the auction will differ.

Punjab Kings (former known as Kings XI Punjab) will enter the auction with the biggest purse of $7 million followed by Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore on $4.75 million. Rajasthan Royals will have $4.7 million after releasing high-earning captain Steve Smith, who could be a major target for one of the other teams.

Punjab, Bangalore and Rajasthan are all rebuilding after a disappointing 2020 season. Champions Mumbai Indians released seven players and will have about $2 million to bid.

Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins was the most expensive foreign player in 2020, costing Kolkata Knight Riders $2.1 million at last year's auction.

The IPL is to be increased to 10 teams, but media reports say this will only happen in 2022.

Click here to read all about IPL Auction 2021

With inputs from AFP

Updated Date: February 18, 2021 20:18:46 IST

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