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Shahbaz Nadeem for RCB for 20 Lakhs!
Vinay Kumar and Kesrick Williams go unsold once again.
Shahbaz Ahmed, ISURU UDANA to RCB. Ahmed 20 Lakhs, Udana 50 Lakhs.
Tom Curran to RR for 1 crore
Nikhil Naik to 20 Lakhs to KKR
Lalit Yadav to DC, 20 lakhs.
Tye goes for RR, 1 Crore.
Dale Steyn once again. I mean. Third time. Why?
He is back to RCB. 2 Crores.
The final segment of the auction is here.
Mark Wood goes unsold!
Stoinis is making a come back here. Going for a good bid. DC and RR in the race. DC is going strong. Stoinis for 4.80 crores for DC.
Ben Cutting and Colin Munro go unsold!
Sai Kishore goes for CSK for 20 Lakhs
Tushar Deshpande goes for DC for 20 Lakhs.
Simran Singh comes back and KXIP gets him for 55 Lakhs!
Sams, Bharat, Shahrukh goes unsold once unsold.
Pavan Deshpande goes to RCB for 20 Lakhs
Tye, Steyn, Kadam, come back no change in the result. Goes unsold.
Mohit Sharma comes back, picked up by DC for 50 Lakhs.
Colin De Grandhomme once again. Once again unsold. Kusal Perera as well.
Sanjay Yadav sold to SRH for 20 Lakhs
It’s MI once again. This time Prince Balwant Rai, the batting allrounder. For 20 Lakhs.
Digvijay Deshmukh goes for MI for 20 Lakhs. Good bid.
Aniruddha Joshi goes for RR for 20 Lakhs.
No notebook celebration in the IPL, Kesrick Williams goes unsold. George Garton, Saurabh Dubey, Vaibhav Arora as well.
Nathan Ellis goes unsold.
Abul Samad goes for SRH for 20 Lakhs!
Sujit Nayak goes unsold.
Tajinder Singh goes for KXIP for 20 Lakhs!
James Pattinson, Liam Plunkett, Yudvir Singh go unsold.
Pravin Tambe goes for KKR for 20 Lakhs
Sumit Kumar and Aryan Juyal goes unsold.
Oshane Thomas next. Goes for RR. 50 Lakhs
Kane Richardson is here and is going for a huge bid. RR and RCB are going for him. There is a bit hesitation with RCB though.
Richardson goes for RCB for 4 crores!
Matt Henry goes unsold!
Sean Abbott goes unsold!
Chris Jordon goes for 3 crores for KXIP
Tom Curran, Isuru Udana and Jason Holder go unsold!
Fabian Allen for SRH 50 Lakhs!
Tom Banton goes for KKR for 1 crore!
Mohsin Khan goes for MI for 20 Lakhs, certainly a good pick.
Josh Philippe goes for RCB for 20 Lakhs
Shams Mulani, Nakhul Naik and Shahbaz Ahmed go unsold.
Chris Green goes for KKR, 20 Lakhs.
Praveen Dubey goes unsold.
Bavanaka Sandeep goes for SRH for 20 Lakhs.
Ayush Badoni goes unsold.
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CSK reveals why they went for Piyush Chawla
Break now, TEA.
Adam Milne goes unsold.
Josh Hazlewood. CSK goes up straight away. SOLD!
HAZLEWOOD FOR CSK for 2 Crore.
Mustafizur Rahman unsold.
Alzarri Joseph, the man who picked 6 wickets in the last IPL is unsold.
Mark Wood goes away as well.
Barinder Sran unsold as well.
Anrich Nortje unsold.
James Neesham here. After a long thought, Kumble goes up. KXIP gets the man. Oh boy, we are here for a treat.
Neesham for 50 lakhs for KXIP
Ben Cutting next. Unsold.
Rishi Dhawan unsold as well.
Colin Munro goes out as well.
Andile Phehlukwayo unsold.
Mitch Marsh next. Goes for SRH, at 2 Crores.
Marcus Stoinis who got dropped from the ODIs goes unsold here as well.
Carlos Brathwaite is up. Remember the name? Guess, nobody remembers. Goes unsold.
Set number 12 is here.
Martin Guptill next. Nobody is moving. Unsold.
Colin Ingram up next. Goes unsold as well.
Manoj Tiwary goes unsold!
Saurabh Tiwary next. MI wins him for 50 Lakhs!
David Miller next!
Miller goes for 75 Lakhs to RR!
Evin Lewis goes unsold. Expected though.
Hetmyer is here. The Shimron man just went crazy a few days ago. Surprisingly goes unsold. Oh no. Late bid for the man. RR, KKR goes here. A war. DC joins them. From nowhere he is getting both DC and RR fight for him.
DC takes HETMYER for 7.75 crores!
Next set is here. This is something big. Names including Hetmyer, Neesham will go under the hammer now.
Break now!
Noor Ahmad, 14 YO is here. Unsold.
Sai Kishore unsold!
Ravi Bishnoi next. MI and KXIP go berserk. KXIP wins the bid at 2 crores!
S Midhun unsold.
M Siddharth next. KKR wins. DK’s influence?
Goes for KKR at 20 Lakhs!
KC Kariappa goes unsold
Riley Meredith goes unsold!
Ishan Porel goes to KXIP for 20 Lakhs
Kartik Tyagi in. Bids are on after a long time. 19YO goes for whopping 1.3 crores to RR!
Kulwant Kejroliya and Tushar Deshpande go unsold.
Akash Singh next. 17-year-old goes for Rajasthan Royals. He is a bowler. Good bid.
Next set is here. 9th set.
Vishnu Vinod. Unsold
Ankush Bains. Unsold.
Simran Singh next. Unsold.
KS Bharat next, goes unsold!
Kedar Devdhar goes unsold
Anuj Rawat is next, RR with the opening bid, KKR joins. He is wicket-keeper and will be a useful option for KKR but RR wins it.
He goes for RAJASTHAN ROYALS FOR 80 LAKHS!
8th set is here!
Namma Chennai Sharukh Khan goes unsold as well.
Pavan Deshpande goes unsold
Daniel Sams goes unsold
Yashasvi Jaiswal next. Going for a huge bid here. Groundwork people. He goes for 2.40 crores for RR
Varun Chakravarty, the man who went for the highest bid last year is winning here as well. RCB and KKR in a war for him.
Varun Chakravarthy gets 4 crores from KKR.
Deepak Hooda next. Hopefully, he bags a good bid too. KXIP and DC fights. Finally, KXIP gets a player after bidding for a long time.
Deepak Hooda to KXIP for 50 lakhs.
Priyam Garg next. KXIP and SRH once again. Some great groundwork from SRH to go for these youngsters. SRH gets him for 1.90 crores.
Virat Singh now. A lot of talks about this youngster and as expected he is going for a big show. SRH finally opens the bid. Feels like they woke up from the sleep just now. Beats KXIP for him.
VIRAT SINGH goes for SRH for 1.90 crores.
Rahul Tripathi now. KKR and RCB goes for a fight. KKR wins it.
Rahul goes for 60 Lakhs!
Harpreet Singh unsold.
Rohan Kadam unsold.
Next group is here. Manoj Kalra, the first player. Looks like no one is interested, unsold.
BREAK NOW!
Zahir Khan unsold!
Hayden Walsh unsold!
Adam Zampa goes unsold!
ISH Sodhi next goes unsold!
Piyush Chawla up next! CSK, KXIP goes for him. CHAWLA GOES FOR CSK FOR 6.75 CRORES!
The man is here! Cottrell. KXIP, RR fights for him. DC joins. COTTRELL GOES FOR 8.5 CRORES BY KXIP!
Tim Southee goes unsold!
Nathan Coulter Nile goes in next, MI and CSK fight for him! No doubts, good buy whoever gets him.
COULTER NILE GOES FOR MI for 8 crores!
Andrew Tye goes unsold!
JAYDEV UNADKAT, the most expensive player last year, goes under the hammer now, DC, KXIP, RR goes for him. There is certainly something about him.
UNADKAT goes for RR once again.
DALE STEYN GOES UNSOLD!
Next group now. Mohit Sharma at first. Goes unsold.
Hope goes unsold as well!
Kusal Perera up next! And unsold.
Klassen, Ojha and Rahim go unsold!
ALEX CAREY HERE in the first bid after the break. RR and RCB fight for him. DC gets him.
ALEX CAREY goes for 2.40 crores to DC!
What a game of money so far! Morris, Curran, Cummins, Maxwell gets big money. Expected, right?
15 MINUTES BREAK NOW! That’s the end of first set.
Stuart Binny goes unsold
CHRIS MORRIS IS ALSO ATTRACTING BIDS HERE! RCB and KXIP once again. MI joined the bid but RCB wins it.
MORRIS GOES FOR 10 CRORES TO RCB
SAM CURRAN NEXT. CSK finally goes for a player. DC joins in! Huge discussion at the DC camp and all smiles at the CSK camp. They came up with plans and are executing it right.
CSK Gets SAM CURRAN for 5.5 Crores!
PAT CUMMINS IS HERE! As expected he is attracting big money. DC and RCB are fighting out here. 10 crores already! Oh Boy! over 14 crores now! KKR joins the battle now. This is funny. KKR joined the battle just now and got him.
PAT CUMMINS GOES FOR 15.50 CRORES TO KKR
COLIN de GRANDHOMME UNSOLD!
YUSUF PATHAN GOES UNSOLD!
CHRIS WOAKES next! Goes for Delhi Capitals for 1.50 crores! Good pick, for sure!
GLENN MAXWELL NEXT! KXIP and DC go for fierce bidding! Kumble is having a discussion and they are all planned. Remember, Maxwell had a break and got back just now and was dropped from the ODI squad. He is going high here! JAWDROPPING HERE! THE INTENSE FIGHT IS ON. OH MY MAXWELL!
MAXWELL GOES FOR 10.75 CRORES. YES! FOR KXIP
AARON FINCH who is currently playing there for the Renegades at the BBL is under the hammer now and RCB, KKR going for him. Hey, CSK are you there? The battle for Finch is still on. RCB is on fire!
RCB gets him. 4.40 crores.
JASON ROY NEXT. DELHI CAPITALS GETS HIM FOR HIS BASE PRICE, 1.50 CRORES
CHETESHWAR PUJARA GOES UNSOLD!
HANUMA VIHARI GOES UNSOLD!
ROBIN UTTHAPPA IS CREATING A BUZZ BETWEEN RR AND KXIP Now. RR gets him for 2 crores.
EOIN MORGAN is the second name and there is a great battle between DC and KKR. GOES FOR KKR. 5.25 CRORES.
CHRIS LYNN IS THE FIRST NAME
GOES FOR MUMBAI INDIANS. WHAT A PICK! FOR 2 CRORES.
The Auction has just started with the welcome note and in a few minutes, we will be having our first set of players.
Aaron Finch, Chris Lynn, Eoin Morgan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Jason Roy, Robin Uthappa and Hanuma Vihari.
For sure, most of the players will be picked up by the teams.
What are your predictions?
Total of 338 players will be going under the hammer today and only 73 spots are available.
Here is the total players’ list. The whole list of retained, left out players list
READ: Who decides the base price?
So, the teams are ready with the plans and here we go…
