IPL Auction 2019: The auction for next IPL season was held in Jaipur on Tuesday. The one who cracked the jackpot in the auction was Tamil Nadu’s mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy. The small-time baller was bought by King XI Punjab for a whopping Rs 8.40 crore. He was carrying a base price of Rs 20 lakh. Interestingly, left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat who was released by Rajasthan Royals following his dismal show in the previous edition was again signed by the RR for Rs 8.40 crore. In the previous season, Unadkat was the most expensive Indian cricketer with RR shelling out Rs 11.5 crore for his services. He had taken 11 wickets in 15 matches he had played.
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According to a tweet by IPL, all the 8 IPL teams — Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), spent Rs 1,06,80,00,000 to pick 60 players (40 Indians and 20 overseas).
In total, there were 70 spots available with a total purse of Rs 145.25 crore.
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IPL Auction 2019 Live Updates: 70 spots and 351 players. Who will crack the jackpot?
The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2008. It is regarded as the brainchild of Lalit Modi. The cricketing extravaganza is the most-attended cricket league in the world. In 2014, IPL was ranked sixth by average attendance among all sports leagues in thw world. So far, there have been 11 seasons of the IPL with Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians winning 3 titles each. If media reports are to go by, the 2019 edition of IPL is likely to be held outside India, partially or completely, if it clashes with the general elections.
In total, there were 70 spots available with a total purse of Rs 145.25 crore.
A total of 60 players have been sold at the VIVO IPL 2019 Auction. 40 Indians and 20 overseas players. Total money spent Rs 1,06,80,00,000
As many as 351 players will go under the hammer at a new venue on Tuesday. The once who cracked the jackpot in today’s auction is Varun Chakravarthy. Interestingly, left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat who was released by Rajasthan Royals following his dismal show in the previous edition, was again signed by the RR for Rs 8.40 crore.
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Bandaru Ayyappa sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh. Shrikant Mudhe sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh. Manan Vohra sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh. Ashton Turner sold Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakh. Riyan Parag sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh
Jalaj Saxena sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh. Murugan Ashwin is sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakh. Ruturaj Gaikwad sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh. Shubham Ranjane sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh. Joe Denly sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1 crore.
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Akshdeep Nath sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.6 crore
Yuvraj Singh sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore. Agnivesh Ayachi sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakh. Harpreet Brar sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakh. Martin Guptill sold to Sun Risers for Rs 1 crore
Prayas Ray Barman sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.5 crore
Prabhsimran Singh was carrying a bid price of Rs 20 lakh. The Patiala wicketkeeper-batsman was sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.80 crore. He features in India's under-19 team and has recently captained the Indian Youth Team to win U19 Asia cup.
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Harry Gurney sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 75 lakh. Harry is an English cricketer and international cricket for his side. Gurney made his ODI debut in 2014 against Scotland.
Arshdeep Singh was sold to Kings Xi Punjab at his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Nikhil Naik was picked by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh in today's auction. He was carrying a base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Himanshu Rama is the next player go under the hammer. He has a base price of Rs 20 lakh.He remains unsolf in today's bidding.
Himmat Singh is the ext player to go under the hammer. He has a base price of Rs 20 lakh. He was bought by RCB for Rs 65 lakh. Himmat Singh plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off break.
Hardus Viljoen of South Africa was bought by Kings XI Punjab in today's auction. He was bought for Rs 75 lakh.
Oshane Thomas of West Indies is the next player to go under the hammer. He is carrying base price of Rs 50 lakh. The Jamaican cricketer is a fast bowler. He had made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in October 2018. He was sold to RR for R 1.10 crore in today's bidding.
Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) base price Rs 1.5 crore, Joe Denly (England), Satyajeet Bachchav, Qais Ahmad (Afghanistan)
Anrich Nortje of South Africa was sold to KKR in today's bidding. He was carrying a base price of Rs 20 lakh. KKR bought him for Rs 20 lakh.
Sherfane Rutherford of West Indies has a base prie of Rs 40 lakh. He was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore.
Praveen Dubey is a cricketer from Karnataka. He was carrying base price of Rs 20 lakh. He is a right-handed batsman and leg break googly bowler. He was bought at the 2016 IPL players auction by RCB for Rs 35 lakh.
Shubham Ranjane has also gone unsold. He was carrying a base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Kings XI Punjab splurged a whopping Rs 8.4 crore for little known mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy. He became the joint costliest buy along with Rajasthan Royals' left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat at the IPL so far. Chakaravarthy, the Tamil Nadu leg spinner, was bought by the KXIP after an intense bidding war with Kolkata Knight Riders. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT VARUN CHAKARAVARTHY
This is for the first when IPl auction is being held out of Bengaluru in the last 11 years. This will be the 12th edition of IPL that will be probably played in March in view of the general elections and ICC Cricket World Cup that starts on May 30.
Gautam Gambhir was amazed as Yuvraj Singh went unsold in the first round of the IPl auction. "I am surprised no team opted to pick him, he might not be able to do what he used to earlier or to perform the same way, but on a good day, Yuvraj can single-handedly win matches for his team," he said, adding that the 37-year-old cricketer will surely be picked in the next round.
For the first time this year, Yuvraj had reduced his base price to Rs 1 crore. However, no franchise showed interest in picking the sixer king. The left-hand batsman will be brought back in the auction pool later in the evening. Till now, Yuvraj Singh has featured for four franchises -- Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. He was the most expensive player in the history of the IPL auctions when Delhi Capitals, earlier known as Delhi Daredevils, spent a whopping Rs 16 crore for the all-rounder in 2015.
Out of 70 spots, 43 spots are still available. A total of 351 players have been shorlisted by the BCCI who will go under the hammer. Referred as 'mini auction', the auction to complete the 8 IPL squads is currently underway in Jaipur. Details about purse and spots left below:
The top buyers before the tea break are Jaydev Unadkat (Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8.40 crore), Varun Chakaravarthy (Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.40 crore), Sam Curran (Kings Xi Punjab for Rs 7.20 crore), Colin Ingram (Delhi Capitals for Rs 6.40 crore), Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals for Rs 5 crore), Carlos Brathwaite (KKR for Rs 5 crore).
It is time for tea break in Jaipur. The auction will resume after 45 minutes.
Like Dale Steyn, Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand too is one of the genuine quicks in the auction. Lockie too was unsold in the previous session. The pacer has the ability to bowl upward of 145 kmph. He has also experience of playing IPL but in last season, he went unsold. Prior to this, he had played for Rising Pune Supergiant (now dissolved).
Dale Steyn of South Africa goes unsold. Steyn had went unsold in the IPL auction last season. This time, Steyn was hopeful about getting a chance to play in the upcoming IPL season. If the BCCI decides to hold IPL in South Africa, even partly, Steyn will be a useful addition to any team.
Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand sold to KKR for Rs 1.6 crore.
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh), Luke Ronchi (New Zealand), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand), R Vinay Kumar, Kane Richardson (Australia), Vinay Kumar, Mithun Abhimanyu, Morne Morkel
Barinder Sran is the next player to go under the hammer. Sran carries a base price of Rs 50 lakh. A left-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket, was sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.40 crore. he had previously players for Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals.
Royal Challengers Bangalore bought South African cricketer Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 50 lakh. He had represented Rajasthan Royals in previous IPL edition.
The 20-year-old English Cricketer, Samuel Curran, has a base priceof Rs 2 crore. He plays for Surrey and England. Curran is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler. In today's auction, he was bought by KXIP for Rs 7.20 crore. Curran is the younger son of former Zimbabwe cricketer Kevin Curran and younger brother of England pacer Tom.
Unsold players - Hazratullah Zazai (Afghanistan) Reeza Hendricks (South Africa), Saurabh Tiwary, Hashim Amla (South Africa), Rishi Dhawan, James Neesha, Jason Holder, Parvez Rasool
New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson has gone unsold. He was carrying a base prie of Rs 2 crore. The all-rounder had played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.
Angelo Mathews has gone unsold in today's bidding. He was carrying a base price of Rs 2 crore. He is a former captain for Sri Lanka in all formats. He was a part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and the team that made the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
Shaun Marsh goes unsold in today's bidding. He was carryin a base price of Rs 2 crore. The Australian cricketer plays for Australia at Test, ODI and Twenty20 International. He is a left-handed opening batsman and occasional spin bowler.
Colin Ingram has a base price of Rs 2 crore. He is a South African cricketer and plays for Glamorgan and the Warriors. He had played for South Africa's national team in ODI and Twenty20 between 2010 and 2013. In today's bidding, Ingram was bought by Delhi Capitals for Rs 6.40 crore.
Usman Khawaja is a Pakistani-born Australian cricketer. He has gone unsold. He was carrying a base price of Rs 1 crore. Khawaja is a party of Australia's national team. He had played his first match for Australia in 2011.
Players who have remained unsold after first round of auction with base price of Rs 20 lakh include Jagadeesha Suchith, Yuvraj Chudasama, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, Ravi Sai Kishore.