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4.10 pm
West Indian Javon Searles the final player to go in the auction. KKR use up whatever they have on their purse and buy him for 30 lakh!
That's the end of the IPL auction 2018! We thank you for joining us. There will be of course more reading material and a recap of what's happened over the last two days, on these pages, in a few hours. And in the coming days too. Plenty to look forward to. It's goodbye from me, Kanishkaa Balachandran.
Here's a recap of what happened yesterday.
4 pm
Sold - Manzoor Dar (Kings XI - 20 lakh), Nidheesh MD Dinesan (Mumbai - 20 lakh), Dushmantha Chameera (50 lakh to Royals)
The other players who remained unsold - Martin Guptill, Najibullah Zadran, Ashok Dinda, Pratyush Singh, Baba Indrajith, Jack Wildermuth
3.58 p.m
Welcome back
Chris Gayle makes his third appearance. Kings XI raise the paddle and Gayle is sold for 2 crores to Kings XI !
Varun Aaron and Vikas Tokas unsold for the third time. Baba Aparajith goes unsold.
3.35 p.m
That's the end of the accelerated bidding process. The franchises are asked if they still want more players up for sale.
CSK, Daredevils and Sunrisers have selected the maximum of 25 players. Kings XI Punjab have 19, KKR the minimum with 18, RCB and Mumbai Indians with 24, Rajasthan Royals with 22.
3.30 p.m
Allrounder Chaitanya Bishnoi. Sold to CSK for 20 lakhs.
Sagar Trivedi goes unsold.
Allrounder Jatin Saxena sold to Royals for 20 lakhs.
Pavan Deshpande sold to RCB for 30 lakhs.
Allrounder Aryaman Vikram Birla sold to Royals for 30 lakhs.
3.27 pm
Kshitiz Sharma, allrounder, to CSK for 20 lakh.
Nidheesh MD Dinesan unsold.
Afghan Gulbadin Naeeb is unsold.
Jack Wildurmuth unsold.
Monu Singh sold to CSK for 20 lakhs.
3.23 p.m
Akash Bhandari goes unsold.
Mahipal Lomror. Royals begin the bid. Sold to Royals for 20 lakh.
Himmat Singh unsold.
Mohsin Khan, fast bowler. No relation to the Pakistan great. Sold to MI for 20 lakh.
Dushmantha Chameera goes unsold.
Mehdi Hasan sold to SRH for 20 lakhs.
3.20 p.m
Fast bowler V Athisayaraj. Unsold.
Dane Paterson. Unsold.
Kesrick Williams from West Indies. Unsold.
Mark Wood. CSK bid for 1.5 crores. Wood sold to CSK for 1.5 crores.
Chirag Gandhi goes unsold.
3.15 p.m
Sadiq Kirmani goes unsold.
Harvik Desai, wicketkeeper. He goes unsold.
Lalit Yadav goes unsold.
Anukul Roy comes up again. Mumbai bid for 20 lakhs. Sold to Mumbai for 20 lakhs.
Mayank Dagar. Kings XI start bidding. Sold to Kings XI.
Jhye Richardson. He is unsold too.
3.13 pm
Thisara Perera. He remains unsold .
Spinner Pradeep Sahu. Sold to Kings XI for 20 lakh.
Fast bowler Vikas Tokas. Unsold.
Smit Patel. Unsold.
3.10 p.m
Wicketkeeper Eklavya Dwivedi. Unsold.
R Samarth, batsman. He is unsold.
Akila Dananjaya. Mumbai bid at 50 lakhs. Sold to Mumbai for 50 lakhs.
3.09 pm
Ben laughlin. Royals open the bidding at 50 lakh. Sold to RR for 50 lakhs.
Varun Aaron is unsold.
3.05 p.m
David Willey, Tom Latham and Luke Ronchi go unsold.
Mayank Markande goes to Mumbai for 20 lakh.
Johnson Charles, CM Gautam, Yuvraj Chudasam and Mihir Hirwani all go unsold.
3 pm
Corey Anderson, Dale Steyn and Pravin Dubey all go unsold.
Bipul Sharma goes to SRH for 20 lakh. Sayan Ghjosh to Delhi. They have reached their full quota of 25 players
2.58 p.m
No takers for Shaun Marsh. He was a prolific scorer for Kings XI earlier.
2.55 pm
Prashant Chopra goes to Rajasthan Royals for 20 lakhs.
Nikhil Naik goes unsold.
Aditya Tare to Mumbai for 20 lakh.
R Sai Kishore goes unsold.
2.50 pm
Mumbai Indians buy Siddhesh Lad for 20 lakhs.
Tim Southee goes to RCB for 1 crore.
Ish Sodhi goes unsold .
2.49 p.m
Mitchell Johnson goes to KKR for 2 crore.
Parthiv sold to RCB for 1.7 crore.
Naman Ojha and Delhi and Royals bid for him. Ojha goes to Delhi for 1.4 crore.
Sam Billings up and CSK take him as well!
2.46 p.m
M Vijay goes to CSK so some local flavour for CSK.
Martin Guptill still goes unsold .
2.45 p.m
The unsold marquee players to come up.
Chris Gayle goes unsold!
2.30 p.m
The main even to watch after lunch is the unsold who will be given a second chance. Not all though. Only those the teams would want called back. What will be Gayle's fate?
CSK have another 11.6 crore still to spend! They have been fairly conservative in the auction.
2.25 p.m
Before we resume in 5 minutes, here's a look at the number of players bought by each side till now. The minimum is 18, the maximum is 25.
RCB - 21
KKR - 17
Kings XI - 17
CSK - 19
DD - 23
RR - 17
MI - 18
SRH - 23
Someone's delighted to be part of Chennai Super Kings! It's like the CSK team at the auction were waiting for his name to be called. Should we be surprised?
1.38 p.m
Allrounder Aryaman Birla. Unsold.
Shubham Ranjane also unsold.
Utkarsh Singh also unsold.
There will be a one-hour lunch break. Back at 2.30 pm
1.36 pm
Salman Nizar unsold. Sagar Trivedi unsold.
Allrounder Antony Dhas unsold.
Allrounder MS Midhun. Sold to RR for 20 lakhs.
1.35 pm
Allrounder Akhil Herwadkar unsold.
Allrounder Anirudh Joshi. RCB bid for 20 lakh. At last a bid and sold to RCB for 20 lakh.
1.33 p.m
Senior pro Rajat Bhatia goes unsold.
Aus allrounder Michael Neser unsold.
Aus allrounder Jack Wildermuth unsold.
Monu Singh goes unsold.
Allrounder Fabid Ahmed unsold.
1.31 pm
Allrounder Thomas Helm unsold. Aus fast bowler Aaron Summers unsold. Ben Wheeler unsold.
1.29 p.m
Allrounder Medi Hassan unsold. Kshtiz Sharma unsold. Pratyush Singh unsold.
Kyle Abbot, base price 1.50 crore. Unsold.
Dushmantha Chameera. Unsold.
1.28 p.m
Batsman Chirag Gandhi unsold. Allrounder Riyan Parag unsold. Himmat Singh unsold.
Davis Wiese unsold.
1.26 p.m
Andile Phehlukwayo and Dane Paterson also unsold.
Kesrick Williams unsold. Mark Wood also unsold.
1.25 p.m
Lalit Yadav and UP seamer Amit Mishra go unsold. V Athisayaraj also unsold.
1.23 p.m
Allrounder Kanishk Seth sold to CSK for 20 lakh.
Dhruv Shorey sold to CSK for 20 lakhs.
1.22 p.m
Left-arm spinner with the India U-19s Anukul Roy also unsold .
Allrounder Mayank Dagar goes unsold .
1.21p.m
Batsman Sharad Kumba. Mumbai show interest. Sold to Mumbai for 20 lakhs.
Australians Joel Paris and Jhye Richardson go unsold.
1.20 p.m
Lungi Ngidi, took 6 wickets on Test debut. CSK buy him for 50 lakhs.
1.19 p.m
Morne Morkel. Any takers? Nope. Unsold too.
Abhimanyu Mithun. No bids and he goes unsold .
1.18 p.m
NZ's Matt Henry. Her is unsold too.
SA's Marchant de Lange is also unsold .
1.16 p.m
Sheldon Cottrell. Unsold . Not a good auction for Sheldons. Jackson was unsold yesterday.
SA all-rounder JJ Smuts. Unsold
1.15 pm
Thisara Perera. Had a good series in Bangladesh. He goes unsold too!
Jason Holder, West Indies captain. No interest to he goes unsold .
1.14 p.m
West Indies' Andre Fletcher. Unsold .
Spinner Abhishek Sakuja goes unsold.
1.13 pm
Sandeep Lamichhane, spinner from Nepal in the mix! Welcome! DD open bidding at 20 lakh and he is sold to Delhi for 20 lakhs.
Ishan Porel and Vikas Tokas go unsold .
1.11 p.m
Fast bowler Asif KM. Mumbai and CSK bid. Sold to CSK at 40 lakhs.
1.04 p.m
Aus wicketkeeper Ben Dwarshuis. He plays for Sydney Sixers in the BBL. The auctioneer has some trouble getting his name right. Kings XI start off with the 20 lakhs. RR join in with 25. RR say 45. The bidding continues between these two. Sold to Kings XI for 1.40 crore.
Mahesh Rawat, wicketkeeper. Unsold .
Smit Patel, wicketkeeper. Unsold .
1.00 p.m
Wicketkeeper Shrivats Goswami. SRH start off with 20 lakhs. RCB say 25. Between RCB and SRH now. SRH say 60 lakhs. SRH push it to a crore. Will RCB beat that? Sold to SRH for 1 crore.
Allrounder Shashank Singh. Unsold .
Atit Sheth, all-rounder. Unsold .
12.57 p.m
Akshdeep Nath. Kings open with 20 lakhs. Kings say 30 lakhs after Mumbai join in. RCB enter the bidding with 55 lakh. Kings raise it to 90 lakhs. Kings raise it further to 1 crore. Sold to Kings XI for 1 crore.
Karnataka allrounder Shreyas Gopal. Base - 20 lakhs. Sold to RR for 20 lakhs.
12.54 p.m
Allrounder Tajinder Dhillon. MI start bidding. Kings XI join in. Sold to Mumbai for 55 lakhs.
South African Cameron Delport. Sold to KKR for 30 lakhs. MI say 55 lakhs.
12.52 p.m
Deepak Chahar of Rajasthan, fast bowler. CSK open bidding at 20 lakhs. CSK push it to 30 lakhs. DD enter the bidding. CSK - 70 lakhs. CSK take it to 80 lakhs. Sold to CSK for 80 lakhs.
12.50 p.m
Baba Aparajith, TN batsman. Unsold .
Virat Singh, batsman. Unsold .
12.49 p.m
Amandeep Khare, batsman. Hasn't played in the IPL before. Unsold .
Unmukt Chand, former U-19 captain. Unsold .
12.48 p.m
Harpreet Bhatia, played for RCB earlier. He goes unsold .
Tanmay Agarwal, batsman. SRH buy him for 20 lakhs.
12.44 p.m
Australian Andrew Tye. Base - 1 crore. Kings XI say 1.40. KKR say 1.90 crore. CSK chip in with 2.40 crore. CSK - 3.40. Kings XI push it towards 4 crore. CSK scale it up to 5 crore. Kings - 6 crore. CSK - 7 crore. Just these two teams in the fray. CSK pinder Kings XI's 7.20. CSK pull out. Sold to Kings XI for 7.20 crores and Priety pumps her fist.
12.43 p.m
Australian Billy Stanlake. Base -- 50 lakh and SRH are interested. Sold to SRH for 50 lakhs.
12.39 p.m
Barinder Sran. He has played for India, left-arm quick. MI open the bidding at 50 lakhs. Mumbai bid at 1 crore. Kings XI quote 1.10 and MI opt out. CSK emerge from the wilderness and bid 1.20! They push it to 1.80. Kings XI take it to 2,20 and CSK pull out. Sold to Kings XI for 2.20.
Adam Milne. Unsold .
12.38 p.m
Tymal Mills. He went for plenty last auction. Base - 1 crore. He goes unsold ! Will his luck change later?
12.37 p.m
Australia's Ben Laughlin. Unsold .
12.36 p,.m
Lockie Ferguson from New Zealand. Unsold.
12.32 p.m
Aus fast bowler Jason Behrendorff. MI step in late with the base price of 1 crore. Kings XI quote 1.10 crore. KKR step in with 1.20. Mi say 1.50 now. KKR decide to opt out after some chat. Sold to Mumbai for 1.50 crores.
S Aravind from Karnataka. Base - 50 lakhs. Unsold .
12.31 p.m
Varun Aaron. Base - 50 lakhs. Unsold .
Luke Ronchi. Unsold .
12. 30 pm
Kusal Perera. Unsold .
Tom Latham. Unsold .
12.29 p.m
England's David Willey. Base - 2 crore. Unsold .
Mitchell Santner. CSK begin bidding at 50 lakh. Sold to CSK for 50 lakh.
12.28 pm
WI allrounder Rovman Powell. Unsold .
12.27 p.m
Chris Jordan, from England. SRH begin bidding at 1 crore. Sold to Hyderabad for 1 crore.
John Hastings, Aus all-rounder. Unsold .
12.25 p.m
JP Duminy. Base - 1 crore. Mumbai open the bidding. Duminy goes to Mumbai for 1 crore.
12.25 p.m
Hilton Cartwright, Australia batsman. Unsold.
12.24 p.m
Ashton Agar now. Unsold as well.
12.24 p.m
Aiden Markram goes unsold.
12.22 p.m
Spinner Zahir Khan from Afghanistan. Base - 20 lakhs. RR say 60 lakhs. MI were in the bidding. Sold for 60 lakhs to RR.
Mayank Markande, is unsold .
Spinner Mihir Hirwani goes unsold .
12.21 p.m
N Jagadeeshan, from Tamil Nadu, sold to CSK for 20 lakhs.
12.20 p.m
CM Gautham goes unsold. Kedar Devdhar also goes unsold.
12.19 p.m
Niroshan Dickwella also goes unsold . So does Nicholas Pooran.
12.17 p.m
We're back. We're now into the accelerated bidding. The teams would have sent their selected names.
Johnson Charles. Unsold .
12.01 p.m
Nathu Singh. Base - 20 lakh. He goes unsold .
There will be a 15 minute break.
11.59 a.m
Anureet Singh. Base - 30 lakh. RR start bidding. Sold to Royals for 30 lakh .
11.55 a.m
Pradeep Sangwan. Base - 30 lakh. He has done well for Delhi. Kings XI and DD enter the bidding. DD - 60 lakh. MI say 65 lakh. MI take it to 75 lakh. MI say 85 lakh. DD push it to a crore. MI take it to 1.3 crores and that gets the Delhi team in a huddle. DD - 1.40 cr. MI - 1.50 crore. Sold to Mumbai for 1.50 crores.
11.54 a.m
Sayan Ghosh. Unsold as well.
11.53 a.m
Uncapped fast bowlers.
Ishwar Pandey. He is unsold .
11.52 a.m
Swapnil Singh. Unsold .
11.51 a.m
Bipul Sharma. Base - 20 lakh. He is unsold .
11.49 a.m
Abhishek Sharma, Under-19 batsman. Base - 20 lakh. SRH begin and DD join in. DD quote 35 lakh. DD - 45 lakh. DD increase it to 55 lakh. Sold to Delhi for 55 lakh.
11.48 a.m
Pravin Dubey. He goes unsold .
11.44 a.m
Shivam Mavi, Under-19 fast bowler at the World Cup at the moment. DD and KKR begin their bidding. DD - 60 lakhs. DD push it to a crore. KKR - 1.50. DD say 1.80. 2 crore thanks to DD. KKR quote 2.20. KKR now quote 2.60 and is that final? No! Mumbai spring a surprise with 2.80. KKR now respond with 3 crores. Sold to KKR for 3 crores.
11.42 a.m
Uncapped allrounders.
Ankit Sharma. RR begin wih 20 lakhs. Sold to RR for 20 lakhs.
11.41 a.m
Manjot Kalra. Base - 20 lakh. DD open bidding. Sold to DD for 20 lakh.
11.40 a.m
Kerala's Sachin Baby. Played for RCB earlier. SRH begin with 20 lakh. SRH buy him for 20 lakh.
11.37 a.m
Rinku Singh. Base - 20 lakh. KKR begin bidding again. Mumbai say 25 lakh. MI push it to 45 lakh. And then 55 lakh. KKR - 70 lakh. MI - 80 lakh. MI pull out. Sold to KKR for 80 lakh.
11.36 a.m
Apoorv Wankhede. KKR begin bidding. Sold to KKR for 20 lakh.
11.34 a.m
Moving to a new list now. Uncapped batsmen.
Amolpreet Singh. Base - 20 lakh. Unsold .
11.33 a.m
SA chinaman bowler Tabraiz Shamsi. Base - 50 lakhs. Unsold .
11.32 a.m
Pragyan Ojha. Long time no see. Tbe owners are not budging yet. Unsold .
11.31 a.m
Afghanistan's Fawad Ahmed. Base - 50 lakh. He goes unsold too.
11.30 a.m
Nathan Lyon. Base - 1.50 crore. Unsold .
11.26 a.m
Welcome back. Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Zadran. He's 16! Kings and DD get inti some intense bidding. DD say 2.2 crore. Kings XI quote 2.40 and DD respond with 2.60. Into the 3 crores now. Kings - 3.60. DD get together and discuss. It's now 3.80. Kings XI say 4 crore. Sold to Kings XI for 4 crore.
11.11 a.m
Dale Steyn. Base - 1 crore. Steyn is injured at the moment so will any franchises take the chance? They don't so he goes unsold for now.
Ten minute tea break.
11.08 a.m
Shardul Thakur. Base - 75 lakh. CSK say 1.20 lakh. CSK say 1.50 lakh. CSK say 1.90. Kings XI pull out. MI suddenly step in with 2.40. MI say 2.60. CSK buy Shardul Thakur for 2.60 crores.
11.05 a.m
Trent Boult. Base - 1.5 crores. MI and SRH in the bidding. DD say 2.2 crores. DD buy Boult for 2.20 crores.
10.59 a.m
Jaidev Unadkat. Had a good season for Pune last year. CSK begin bidding at 1.50 cr. Kings XI say 1.60. Kings take it to a crore. CSK push it to 3 crore. Kings - 4 crore. CSK - 4.60. They push it to 5 crore. CSK go to 7 crore. Kings XI - 7.60. CSK - 8.20. Now Kings XI pause. CSK push it to 9 crore. Kings XI push it to 10 crore. Now CSK discuss. They scale it to 10.5 crores. Kings XI - 11 crore! CSK pull out! RR jump in at 11.50 crore. This is interesting and there are claps! Kings XI pull out after some chat. So the winning bid is with Royals for 11.50 crores.
10.57 a.m
Nathan Coulter Nile. Base - 1.50 crore. RCB begin bidding. Kings XI say 1.60. RCB say 2.20 cr. Sold to RCB for 2.20 crore.
10.52 a.m
Mohammad Siraj from Hyderabad. KKR bid at 1 crore. MI say 1.10. KKR - 1.20. MI and KKR keep bidding. MI - 1.70. CSK - 1.80. CSK push it to 2 crore. RCB step in with 2.20 cr. Kings XI say 2.40 crore. RCB say 2.60. Sold to RCB for 2.60 crore.
10.51 a.m
Vinay Kumar. Base - 1 crore. KKR start bidding. The others are happy so he is sold to KKR for 1 crore.
10.46 a.m
Sandeep Sharma. KKR open with 50 lakhs. Kings XI say 1.30. KKR push this to 2 crore. Kings XI say 2.60. Kings XI pull out at 2.80. Bid's with KKR. SRH say 3 crore. SRH buy Sandeep Sharma for 3 cr.
10.42 a.m
Mohit Sharma now. Base - 1.50 crore. KKR open bidding. CSK wake up finally and bid 1.60. KKR - 1.70. CSK - 1.80. CSK - 2 crore. KKR ponder CSK's 2.40. Mohit goes back to his old team CSK for 2.40 crores. No! Kings XI use their RTM and Preity Zinta was smiling from ear to ear.
10.40 a.m
Capped fast bowlers. Dhawal Kulkarni now. Base - 50 lakh. RCB saw 65 lakh. KKR bid but exit so it's now 75 lakh with RCB. Rajasthan use their RTM to keep Kulkarni, for 75 lakh.
10.39 a.m
Rishi Dhawan. Base - 50 lakhs. He goes unsold .
10.36 a.m
Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi. Base - 50 lakh. KKR start bidding. SRH enter the bidding too. SRH push it to a crore. Sold to SRH for 1 crore . He will join countryman Rashid Khan at SRH.
10.33 a.m
Australia's Ben Cutting. SRH open the bidding for their player. Kings XI chip in. Kings XI - 1.70. SRH - 1.80. MI enter with 1.90. MI push it to 2.20. MI buy Ben Cutting for 2.20 crores.
10.32 a.m
Moises Henriques. Base - 1.50 cr. Going the same way like a lot of foreign players today - unsold .
10.31 a.m
NZ's Corey Anderson. Base - 2 crore. No bids so he goes unsold .
10.28 a.m
Gurkeerat Singh Mann. KKR open at 50 lakh. DD join in. DD say 75 lakh. Kings XI choose not to use their RTM. Sold to DD for 75 lakh.
10.27 a.m
Jayant Yadav. Base - 50 lakh. DD open the bidding. No further interest so he is sold to DD for 50 lakh.
10.24 a.m
Daniel Christian. KKR and Delhi in the bidding. Delhi - 1.50 crore. Sold to Delhi for 1.50 crore.
10.22 a.m
Pawan Negi now. Base - 1.50 crores. DD and MI in the bidding. MI say 90 lakhs. Hammer goes down for 1 crore and RCB use their RTM to retain Negi for 1 crore.
10.16 a.m
Capped all-rounders now. Washington Sundar. Base - 1.50 crore. CSK unmoved! Kings XI start the bidding. Kings XI - 1.70. RCB - 1.80. Bid at 2 crore with RCB. Kings XI at 2.20. RCB - 2.40. Kings - 2.60. RCB - 2.80. Will CSK spring a surprise? RCB at 3.20. Sold to RCB for 3.20 crore .
10.14 am
Manoj Tiwary. Kings XI begin at 50 lakh. SRH get in at 55. Kings XI push it to a crore. Sold to Kings XI for 1 crore.
10.14 a.m
It's SA's Colin Ingram. Unsold.
10.13 a.m
Australia's Travis Head. Base - 1.50 crore. Unsold .
10.10 a.m
Mandeep Singh, Punjab batsman. DD open bidding. Kings XI - 65 lakh. Kings XI - 1.30. RCB say 1.40. Sold to RCB for Rs 1.40 crore.
10.09 a.m
Lendl Simmons. Base - 1.50 cr. Unsold too.
10.08 a.m
It's Shaun Marsh. Preity Zinta doesn't look too sure. Unsold as well.
10.07 a.m
Eoin Morgan. Base - 2 crore. Unsold !
10.06 a.m
Alex Hales from England. Base - 1 crore. Lot of discussion. Quite surprising no movement and he goes unsold !
10.03 a.m
It's Saurabh Tiwary. Base - 50 lakh. MI open bidding. Kings XI enter with 55. That sets things rolling. Kings XI - 75 lakh. Sold to MI for 80 lakhs.
9.58 a.m
It's the capped batsmen now. Evin Lewis from West Indies. MI open the bidding at 1.50 crore. SRH - 1.60 cr. MI - 1.90 cr. SRH - 2.40. MI - 3 crore. Just two teams in the fray now. MI - 3.40 crore. SRH official on the phone. We don;t have the whole day. SRH finally say 3.60. MI quote 3.80. Sold to Mumbai for 3.80 crores.
9.54 a.m
It's TN's M. Ashwin. Kings XI open at 20 lakh. RCB - 25 lakh. RCB - 55 lakh. Kings XI - 70 lakh. Bid is now at 2.20 crores with RCB. He is sold to RCB for 2.20 crores.
9.54 a.m
Shivil Kaushik. The ambidextrous spinner. Base - 20 lakh. Unsold .
9.53 a.m
It's Iqbal Abdulla. Base - 30 lakh. He goes unsold .
9.46 a.m
It's Karnataka spinner K Gowtham. RCB pounce with the opening bid. KKR join in with 45 lakh. MI step in with 50 lakh. KKR - 65 L. MI - 80 lakh. KKR - 95 lakh. RR jump in with 1.30 cr. MI exit the bidding. RCB take it to 2.80. RR scale it to 3.80. RCB push it to 4 crore. It becomes 4.80 to RCB. RCB takes it to 5.60. RR - 6.20. There's a pause and he is sold to Royals at 6.20 crores.
9.46 a.m
J. Suchith. He goes unsold .
9.45 a.m
Tejas Baroka. He goes unsold .
9.44 a.m
Now it's Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore. He goes unsold .
9.39 a.m
Shahbaz Nadeem. He is an IPL veteran. DD not surprisingly start the bidding at 40 lakhs. DD and RCB battle it out. Goes to 95 lakh. DD push it to a crore. RCB say 1.30 cr. RCB take it to 3.20 cr. Sold to Delhi for 3.20 crores.
9.39 a.m
KC Cariappa goes unsold.
9.30 a.m
Rahul Chahar. RR begin at 20 lakhs. MI - 35 lakh. MI push it up to 95 lakh. RR pause for a bit and raise it to a crore. Rahul Chahar sold to Mumbai Indians for 1.9 crores.
Day 1
6.25 p.m
The franchises will have to send the names of the remaining players they want to come up for sale tomorrow. This may include the players who went unsold today. The auction resumes tomorrow morning at 9.30 am India time. We will be back. Thanks for joining us!
6.08 p.m
Ankit Rajpoot. KKR and Kings Xi the initial bidders. They are enjoying this. KKR - 1.4 crores. KKR say 1.60 crores and Kings XI pause. Kings say 1.70 crore. KKR take it to 2 crore. KKR make is 2.40 crore. Kings XI - 2.60. After much thought, Kings quote 3 crore. Will KKR beat that? Sold to Kings XI for 3 crores.
That's the last bid for the day. Or is it? There was the option to finish the final set but everyone's tired after a long day, understandably! That concludes the opening day.
6.04 p.m
Avesh Khan. DD begin bidding at 20 lakhs. MI - 35 lakhs. DD - 50 lakhs. KKR say 65 lakhs. Sold to Delhi for 70 lakhs.
6.00 p.m
Navdeep Saini. Kings XI and DD bidding for him almost mechanically. DD - 1.20 crores. Kings XI pull out. RCB say 1.70. RCB - 2.20 crores. They push it up to 2.60 crores. RCB make it 3 crores. Sold to RCB for 3 crores.
5.55 p.m
Khaleel Ahmed. DD begin bidding. Kings XI say 40 lakh. Kings XI - 70 lakh. DD - 1.10 crores. Kings - 1.60. DD make it 1.70 crores. Kings XI say 2 crores. SRH step in with 2.20. SRH - 2.60. SRH make it 3 crores. Sold to SRH for 3 crores.
5.54 p.m
Aniket Chaudhry. RCB open with 30 lakhs. Sold to RCB for 30 lakhs.
5.53 p.m
Rajneesh Gurbani, one of the stars for Vidarbha this Ranji season. Goes unsold !
5.49 p.m
Basil Thampi, from Kerala. Kings XI open with 35 lakhs. Mumbai - 55 lakhs. Sold to SRH for 95 lakhs.
5.47 p.m
T Natarajan, from Tamil Nadu. Base - 40 lakhs. SRH start bidding. Kings XI do not use their RTM so Natarajan goes to SRH for 40 lakhs.
5.44 p.m
Siddharth Kaul, plays for Punjab. SRH - 35 lakhs. They scale it up to 95 lakhs. SRH and Kings XI fight it out. SRH push it to 3 crores. Then to 3.80. Kings pull out. Kaul sold to SRH for 3.80 crores.
5.40 p.m
Uncapped fast bowlers. Starting with Kulwant Khejroliya, from Delhi. Mumbai start bidding with 20 lakhs. RCB - 25 lakhs. MI - 50 lakhs. SRH - 55 lakhs. SRH - 65. RCB - 75 lakhs. RCB now 85 lakhs and Khejroliya sold to RCB for 85 lakhs.
5.39 p.m
Prashant Chopra. Scored a triple hundred this Ranji season. Goes unsold as well.
5.38 p.m
Sheldon Jackson, from Saurashtra. Unsold .
5.37 p.m
Vishnu Vinod. Unsold .
5.37 p.m
Ankush Bains. Unsold .
5.36 p.m
Aditya Tare, from Mumbai. Base - 20 lakhs. Unsold .
5.35 p.m
Ben McDermott from Australia. Unsold .
5.34 p.m
Nikhil Naik. Base - 20 lakh. Unsold .
5.28 p.m
Ishan Kishan, former U-19 captain. CSK open bidding. Mumbai join in. MI - 1.50 crores. CSK - 1.80 crores. MI - 1.90 crores. CSK - 2 crores. CSK - 2.40 crores. RCB come in at 3.20 crores. RCB say 3.80. MI - 4.20 crores. RCB - 4.80 crores. It goes up to 5.20 crores. RCB and MI battle it out, it goes to 6 crores to RCB. MI have him at 6.20 crores. He is sold to Mumbai Indians.
5.27 p.m
The uncapped wicketkeepers. First, Jitesh Sharma. Unsold .
5.22 p.m
England's Jofra Archer. CSK and DD fighting it out. CSK push it to 1.90 crore. DD - 2.80. CSK - 3.40. CSK say 4.20. Kings say 4.40. They increase it to 4.80. SRH say 5.40. RR say 5.60. SRH - 6.20. SRH - 7 crores. RR - 7.20. Jofra Archer sold to RR for 7.20 crores .
5.20 p.m
Shivam Dube. Unsold .
5.13 p.m
Australian D'Árcy Short . Making waves in the BBL. DD open the bid with 20 lakhs. CSK say 35 lakh. CSK say 70 lakh. SRH say 95 lakhs. DD step in with 1.10 crores. DD say 1.30 crores. RR say 1.60. RR say 2 crores. RR - 2.40 cr. RR - 3.20 cr. DD - 3.80 crores. RR push this to 4 crores. RR buy Darcy Short for 4 crores .
5.09 p.m
Nitish Rana, played for Mumbai last year. KKR and RR the early bidders. KKR - 60 lakhs. KKR at 75 lakhs. MI step in in a hurry with 80 lakhs. MI push it to a crore. KKR push it to 1.5 crore. MI take it to 2 crore. KKR - 2.20. MI - 3.20. KKR - 3.40. Nitish Rana sold to KKR for 3.40 crores.
L to R: Venky Mysore (KKR CEO), Rajiv Shukla (IPL Chairman), Ranjit Barthakur (RR Chairman and CEO), Rahul Johri (BCCI CEO) addressing the press conference during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction 2018
5.03 p.m
Krunal Pandya. Bangalore begin bidding at 40 lakh. RR say 55 lakh. RR and RCB in the contest for now. RR scale it to 3.80 crores. RCB say 4.80. Pandya hits the 5 crore mark with RR. RCB - 5.60. RCB - 6.40. SRH - 7.80. RCB - 8.40 cr. Krunal played a matchwinning knock in the IPL final last year. RCB - 8.80. Bid stops at 8.80. Mumbai use the RTM card immediately so Krunal stays with Mumbai, for 8.80 crores .
4.59 p.m
Kamlesh Nagarkoti, U-19 fast bowler. 20 lakhs. KKR and Kings XI battle. Kings XI say 60 lakh. KKR - 70 lakhs. KKR push it to a crore. SRH jump in with 1.10 crores. KKR - 1.40 crores. SRH - 1.70. 2 crores, say KKR. SRH - 2.60 crores. SRH get this up to 3 crores. KKR say 3.20. Will it stay? Nagarkoti sold to KKR for 3.20 crores.
4.58 p.m
Harshal Patel, fast bowler. Base - 20 lakhs. DD start bidding. Sold to DD for 20 lakhs. RCB don't use the RTM so Harshal Patel goes to DD for 20 lakhs.
4.55 p.m
Vijay Shankar, TN allrounder. Base - 40 lakh. DD start bidding. RCB say 45. RCB and DD battle it put. DD push this to 2 crores. RCB scale it to 3 crores. DD bid now at 3.20. Vijay Shankar sold to Delhi for 3.20 crores.
4.50 p.m
Deepak Hooda, Baroda allrounder. Base - 40 lakh. Kings XI show interest. They raise to 50 lakhs. RR - 55. Kings and RR fight this out. Kings - 80 lakh. RCB join in and their bid is 1.10 cr. RCB say 1.50 crores. DD push this to 2 crores. RCB say 3 crores. DD bid now at 3.60. Hammer down at 3.60. SRH pull put the RTM card so Deepak Hooda is retained by Hyderabad for 3.60 crores.
4.40 p.m
Welcome back. The uncapped allrounders will be up shortly.
First up. Rahul Tewatia. Base - 20 lakhs. Kings XI open the bidding. Kings and DD in the race. DD say 65 lakh. Kings XI - 80. DD push it to 1.1 crores. RCB step in with 1.40. DD say 1.70. RCB push it to 2 crores. DD - 2.20. SRH step in with 2.40. DD say 2.60. SRH say 2.80. 3 crore, courtesy DD. Tewatia sold to Delhi for 3 crores. Kings XI discuss the RTM. It stays, Tewatia bought by DD for 3 crores .
4.20 p.m
Prithvi Shaw, Under-19 captain. DD open the bid at 20 lakhs. Mumbai say 35 and the bids are picking up between Mumbai and Delhi. RR say 65 lakhs. DD bid at 70 lakhs. MI - 75. DD push it to 1.20 crore. Prithvi Shaw sold for 1.20 crores to Delhi Daredevils .
There will be a 15 minute tea break.
KKR's loss may be Delhi's gain. How does Gambhir feel about it?
4.19 p.m
Siddhesh Lad, Mumbai batsman. Base - 20 lakhs. He goes unsold .
4.15 pm
Manan Vohra now. RCB take it to 45 lakhs. It's DD vs RCB for Manan. RCB push it to 65 lakh. DD step in with 70 lakh. RCB push it to 95 lakh. DD scale it to a crore. RCB - 1.10 crore. Manan Vohra sold to RCB for 1.10 crore. Kings Xi have the RTM option.
4.09 p.m
Rahul Tripathi. Had a good season for Pune last year. RR start bidding at 20 lakh. Kings and RR fight it out. Kings XI at 75 lakh. Kings take it to 95 lakh. Kings push it to 1.10 crore. DD enter with 1.20. Kings Xi push to 1.30. RCB step in with 1.40. They push it to 1.80. 2 crores now, by RCB. RCB say 2.80. RR push it to 3 crores. At the last minute RCB chip in with 3.20. Tripathi sold to Royals for 3.20 crores.
4.08 p.m
Himanshu Rana, batsman. Base - 20 lakhs. Rana goes unsold.
4.05 p.m
Mayank Agarwal. Top scorer this Ranji season. Kings XI and DD do the bidding. RCB say 65 lakhs now. Kings XI - 80. Kings XI scale it up to a crore. Mayank Agarwal sold to Kings XI for 1 crore.
4.04 p.m
Ricky Bhui, Andhra batsman. Base - 20 lakhs. SRH begin bidding. Sold to SRH for 20 lakhs.
4.03 p.m
Ishank Jaggi, from Jharkand. Base - 20 lakh. Sold to KKR for 20 lakh.
3.59 p.m
Shubman Gill, Under-19 batsman from Punjab. Base - 20 lakh. Kings XI say 40 lakhs. DD pull out. Kings XI - 60 lakh. Then 70. KKR at 80 lakhs. KKR - 90 lakhs. KKR scale it to a crore. RR say 1.1 crore. KKR - 1.40. RR - 1.50 crore. KKR - 1.60. KKr - 1.80. Gill goes to KKR for 1.80 crores.
3.52 p.m
Now to the uncapped batsmen. Suryakumar Yadav now. Base - 30 lakhs. KKR take it to 95 lakhs. KKR take it to 1.1 crores. Mumbai at 1.40 crores. KKR - 1.50 crores. MI - 1.80. MI stretch this to 2 crores and then to 2.40. KKR - 2.60. Mumbai at 3.20. DD pull out. Suryakumar sold to Mumbai for 3.20 crores.
3.45 p.m
Kuldeep Yadav now. Base - 1.50 crore. Kings XI begin bidding. MI - 1.90. Kings XI - 2.20. MI - 2.40. MI take it to 2.80. Kings - 3.80. MI scale it to 4 crores. Kings take it to 4.20 after a chat. Bid goes to 4.80 and then 5.40 by RCB. RCB take it to 5.80 and it might stay there. KKR have to decide on matching the bid by RCB. They use the RTM card so it's Kuldeep back with KKR, for 5.80 crores.
3.45 p.m
Australian Adam Zampa. And Zampa is unsold today.
3.41 p.m
Yuzvendra Chahal. Kings bid 2.60. RR discuss and say 3.60. Kings XI - 4.20. RR - 4.40. Kings - 4.60. DD enter with 4.80. Kings XI - 5 crore. DD - 5.20 crore. Mumbai Indians say hello with 5.40. DD - 5.60. MI - 5.80. DD - 6 crores. Hammer down and RCB use their RTM card and Yuzvendra Chahal stays with RCB for 6 crores.
3.40 p.m
Samuel Badree. He goes unsold strangely!
3.36 p.m
Amit Mishra now. Base - 1.50 crore. RCB at 1.70 crore. RR say 1.90. RCB go for 2.20. RCB scale it to 3 crore. DD - 3.60. RCB - 3.80. DD at 4 crore. Mishra sold to Delhi for 4 crores.
3.25 p.m
Afghanistan spin sensation Rashid Khan now. RR at 2.20 crores. Kings XI - 2.40. RR - 2.60. Kings - 2.80. RR - 3 crores. Kings XI in discussion. They push it to 3.20 and then 3.60. RR - 3.80. Kings - 4 crore, scale it up to 4.40. Delhi push it to 5 crores. SRH have an RTM available by the way. Kings - 5.60. Kings - 6.40. Delhi and RR in a battle here, touches 7 crores, with DD. Kings XI opt out. RCB suddenly jump in at 7.20. DD say 7.40. RCB are talking about this and they push it to 7.60. SRH waiting patiently. DD pull out. Kings XI back in the mix at 7.80. RCB take it to 8 crores. Kings XI - 8.20. RCB - 8.40. This is very interesting guys! Kings take it to 8.60. RCB - 8.80. Kings XI take it to 9 crores now. The hammer is down. Now over to SRH and they promptly pull out the TRTM card! There are claps! Rashid Khan stays with Hyderabad for 9 crores.
3.22 p.m
Legspinner Karn Sharma. Base - 2 crore. Can't see much interest. Well hang on, Mumbai interested. CSK step in with 2.60. MI top that with 2.80. CSK - 3 crore, it goes to 3.60. Mumbai take it to 4 crore. CSK - 4.60. MI take it to 4.80. CSK push it to 5 crore. CSK buy Karn Sharma for 5 crores.
3.21 p.m
Another legspinner. Ish Sodhi from New Zealand. Base - 50 lakhs. Ish Sodhi remains unsold .
3.20 p.m
Imran Tahir now. Base - 1 crore. CSK open the bid, no other takers so Imran Tahir is sold to CSK for 1 crore .
3.13 p.m
Spinners now. It's Piyush Chawla. RR open bidding at 1 crore. RR - 1.80. CSK vs RR contest now. CSK bid at 2.60. RR - 2.80. CSK now at 3 crore. MI - 3.60. CSK - 3.80 cr. RCB join the bidding at 4 crores. CSK - 4.20. Final bid at 4.20. Long deliberation by KKR for the RTM. Longer. Longest. They use the RTM so Chawla stays with KKR for 4.20 crores.
3.04 p.m
Lasith 'Slinga' Malinga. Base - 1 crore. Nobody's showing any interest. Malinga goes unsold .
3.01 p.m
Kagiso Rabada now. CSK open the bidding. CSK take it to 2.60 after battling with RR. CSK - 3.40. RR - 4 crore. CSK - 4.20. 4.20 is the final. And DD use the RTM to retain Rabada, for 4.20 crore.
3.00 p.m
Mitchell McClenaghan from New Zealand. He's done well for Mumbai. And he goes unsold !
2.57 p.m
Mohammed Shami's turn now. RCB start bidding so we won't have a hat-trick of unsold players. This is RCB vs SRH now. SRH at 2.20 crores. DD step in with 2.40 crores. SRH - 3 crores. Hammer goes down, a glance at DD for their RTM. Discussion time. Delhi use it after all so Shami stays with Delhi, at 3 crores.
2.56 p.m
No takers for Ishant Sharma today.
2.54 p.m
Tim Southee now. Base - 1 crore. He is unsold today.
2.49 p.m
Umesh Yadav now. DD start at 1 crore. Kings XI after a while, step in with 1.1. Kings - 1.70. DD - 2 crore. DD take it to 2.40. DD- 2.80. RR - 3 crore. DD- 3.60. RR - 3.80. DD - 4 crore. RCB - 4.2 crore. KKR decide on the RTM, they drop the idea so Umesh Yadav is sold to RCB for 4.20 crore.
2.46 pm
Staying with Australia it's Pat Cummins. CSK start bidding at 2 crores. MI say 2.30 crores. CSK - 2.40. CSK need fast bowlers! CSK push it to 4 crore. MI - 4.20. CSK - 4.80. MI - 5 crores. CSK - 5.20. MI - 5.40. Fleming says CSK opting out. Hammer goes down to Mumbai. Delhi will not use the RTM card so Cummins goes to Mumbai for 5.40 crores.
2.45 p.m
Australian John Hazlewood. Base is 2 crore and he too goes unsold today.
2.44 p.m
Mitchell Johnson, everyone. He goes unsold .
2.40 pm
Fast bowlers now. Starting with the Fizz, Mustafizur Rahman.
Base - 1 crore. DD start bidding. All quiet and then MI say 1.10. Quiet again. DD take it to 1.10. MI - 1.70. This MI vs DD contest is picking up. MI at 2.20. The hammer comes down. SRH, surprisingly, do not use their RTM so Mustafizur goes to Mumbai for 2.20 crores.
2.35 p.m
Jos Buttler now. Base - 1.5 crore. Surprisingly not much movement for the opening bid. Rajasthan say 1.60. RR take it to 2 crore. Mumbai say 2.60. RR say 2.80 after a while. Mumbai scale it to 3 crore. MI - 3.80. RR- 4 crore. MI - 4.20. RR - 4.40, Mumbai exit. Mumbai can use their RTM but they don't so Jos Buttler has been bought by Rajasthan for 4.40 crores.
2.34 p.m
England's Sam Billings. Base - 1 crore. No takers today, he goes unsold .
2.30 pm
Ambati Rayudu now. Mumbai take it to 1 crore. MI - 1.20 crore. DD pull out. CSK say 1.30. CSK say 1.70 crores. RR push it to 2 crore. CSK - 2.20 crore. Rayudu sold to CSK for 2.20 crores.
2.23 p.m
Kerala's Sanju Samson now. Base - 1crore. Mumbai say 1.1 crore. MI - 1.30. RR - 1.60. MI - 1.90. MI - 2.20. Mumbai take it up to 3 crore. RR - 4 crore. MI - 5 crore. Good tussle this between RR and MI. RR push it up to 6 crores. MI say 6.60. They take it to 7 crore. RR take it to 7.60. MI go to 7.80. RR take it to 8. Delhi decline the RTM so Samson goes to Royals for 8 crores.
2.18 p.m
Robin Uthappa now. Will KKR buy him? Mumbai step forward first. RR say 2.60. Mumbai - 3.20. Mumbai - 4 crores. RR take it to 4.20, then to 4.60. MI take it to 4.80. Long deliberation. RR say 5. MI - 5.60. It goes to 6 crore by Mumbai. RR - 6.20. Mi - 6.40 after some consultation. RR exit. KKR use their bid to match MI's 6.40 so Uthappa will stay with KKR for 6.40 crores.
2.17 p.m
Naman Ojha's turn now. Base - 75 lakh. Not much activity around. Naman Ojha goes unsold today.
2.11 p.m
Dinesh Karthik. Base - 2 crore. CSK bid for their local boy. KKR say 2.20. KKR push it to 3 crore. CSK say 3.80. MI say 4 crore. MI - 4.40. KKR - 4.60. MI - 4.80. Karthik has played for MI. MI - 5.20. KKR - 5.40. MI - 5.60. KKR - 5.80. MI raise it to 6 cr. KKR - 6.20. Mumbai exit. Rajasthan enter with 6.40. RR scale it to 7.20 cr. KKR say 7.40. Dinesh Karthik sold to KKR for 7.40 crores.
2.10 p.m
Jonny Bairstow now. All quiet on the Western front. Unfortunately, it stays that way because he goes unsold .
2.06 p.m
Now it's Wriddhiman Saha. KKR open his bidding for 1 crore. SRH - 1.10 cr. It's KKR vs SRH for now. KKR push it to 2 crore. KKR take it to 2.40 crore. SRH push it to 3 crore. Has it stalled? No! MI chip in with 3.20 cr. MI push it to 4 crore. SRH say 4.60. MI - 4.80. SRH scale it up to 5 crores. Will Kings XI use their RTM? Preity Zinta says no, so Wriddhiman Saha goes to SRH for 5 crores.
2.02 p.m
Now it's Quinton de Kock. Base - 2 crores. RCB open the bidding after a few anxious moments for Quinny, sitting in Johannesburg. MI say 2.60 cr. RCB having a long discussion. RCB take it to 2.80. Will DD claim their RTM? No, so Quinton de Kock is bought by RCB for Rs 2.8 cr.
2.00 p.m
Welcome back. Wicketkeepers now.
We begin with Parthiv Patel. Base - 1 crore. He goes unsold .
1.45 p.m
We're not too far from the post-lunch session. The wicketkeepers will be up next.
12.58 p.m
Moeen Ali. Base price - 1.50 crore. Quiet start, then RCB open the bid. CSK - 1.60. RCB - 1.70. Moeen Ali sold to RCB for Rs 1.70 crores.
There will be a lunch break for 55 minutes.
12.54 p.m
It's Marcus Stoinis, all-rounder from Australia. Base - 2 crore. RR open the bidding. RR- 2.80. RCB - 3.20. RR- 4 crore. RCB - 5 crore. RCB - 5.40. It's RCB vs RR here. It's hit 6 crore now and RCB thinking about it. Raised to 6.20 by RCB. RR exit. Kings XI use their RTM so they keep Stoinis for 6.20 crore.
12.52 p.m
It's Stuart Binny. Base - 50 lakhs. RR start off bidding. Others unmoved. Binny goes to Rajasthan for 50 lakhs but RCB do not use their RTM. So, RR it is.
12.49 p.m
Colin Munro, hitter of 3 T20I centuries! DD- 55 lakhs. MI - 60 lakhs. DD - 1.10 crores. RR jump in with 1.20. DD- 1.70 cr. RR - 1.80. DD say 1.90 cr. Colin Munro is sold to DD for 1.90 crores.
12.46 p.m
It's Yusuf Pathan. Base - 75 lakh. Nobody's moving? We have an open bid. DD say 1.40 cr. SRH in the race. Kings XI join in with 1.60. SRH - 1.90. Sold! Yusuf goes to SRH but we need to wait for KKR. They don't use the RTM so Yusuf to SRH for 1.90 cr.
12.45 p.m
James Faulkner now. Base price - 2 crore. No bidding yet. Faulkner is unsold.
12.42 p.m
New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme. Base - 75 lakh. RCB open the bidding. SRH - 1.20 cr. RCB - 1.70. RCB raise it to 2.20 cr. de Grandhomme goes to RCB for Rs 2.20 crores.
12.39 p.m
It's Kedar Jadhav. Base price - Rs 2 crore. CSK and Royals bid. Kings XI - 2.40, CSK - 2.60. CSK - 5 cr. Intense bidding here. SRH say 5.20. CSK - 6.20. CSK - 7. SRH - 7.20. CSK - 7.80. Looks like SRH are pulling out. RCB choose not to use the RTM so Jadhav goes to CSK for 7.80 crore.
12.32 p.m
It's Watto, Shane Watson. CSK open bidding at 1 crore. RR vs CSK for now. CSK - 1.80. CSK 2 crore. Stuck at 2.80 with CSK. Will RCB use their RTM? DD in intense discussion. This is taking a while. CSK - 3.20. DD exit. Watson sold for 4 crore to CSK. No RTM this time.
12.29 p.m
It's all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite. Base price - 1 crore. No bidding yet. SRH open bidding. Kings XI - 1.1 cr. Bidding between SRH and SRH. Kings XI - 1.9. Is 2 crore the final price? D D do not use their RTM so Brathwaite sold to SRH for 2 crore.
12.24 p.m
It's England's Chris Woakes. CSK open bidding. RCB - 2.20. Between CSK and RCB. RCB - 3.40. RCB - 4.20, CSK - 4.40. CSK - 4.80. RCB say 6.20 after deliberating. CSK - 6.40. RCB - 6.60. CSK exit bidding. They change their mind and are back in with 6.80! RCB - 7. RCB say 7.40. Chris Woakes sold to RCB for 7.40 cr.
12.14 p.m
New Zealand's Martin Guptill. Base - 75 lakh. He goes unsold.
Five minute break.
12.06 p.m
Manish Pandey. Base - 1 crore. CSK open the bidding. CSK - 1.20. Battle with Kings XI here. Kings - 3 cr. CSK - 4. Kings XI - 4.6. MI - 4.80. Kings - 5.40. MI - 5.60. MI - 5.80. Kings - 6.20. RCB - 6.40. Kings - 7. RCB - 7.20. RCB - 7.60. RCB - 8. Kings XI - 8.20. SRH - 8.40. Kings - 8.60. SRH - 8.80. SRH - 9.60. Kings - 9.80. SRH - 10 crore. Kings XI exit. But they return, with 10.5. SRH buy Pandey for 11 crores. Will KKR use their RTM? So Pandey goes to SRH for 11 crores.
12.05 p.m
It's Hashim Amla. Base - 1.5 crore. Everyone's quiet. Amla is unsold.
11.58 a.m
It's Australian Chris Lynn. MI say 2.80. MI - 3.20. RR - 3.60. MI - 4.40. MI - 4.80. RR- 5 cr. MI exit. KKR say 5.60. DD - 5.80. KKR - 6. DD - 6.40. KKR - 6.80, DD - 7. KKR - 7.20. KKR say 8. RCB say 8.20, KKR - 8.40, RCB - 9 cr. RCB - 9.40, KKR - 9.60, RCB exit. Lynn sold to KKR for Rs 9.60 crores.
11.56 a.m
It's England's Jason Roy. Base - 1.5 cr. DD start bidding. No further bidding your honour. Roy goes to Delhi for Rs 1.5 crore.
11.52 a.m
It's Baz! Brendon McCullum. Base - Rs 2 crore. RCB open the bidding. RR- 2.20. RCB - 2.40. RR - 2.60 after much thought. RCB - 2.80. RR - 3 crore. RCB - 3.20, RR exit. DD enter with 3.40. RCB - 3.60. DD exit. Sold and McCullum goes to RCB for Rs 3.60 crores.
11.46 a.m
It's Australian Aaron Finch. RR say 1.60. Kings XI - 2.20. RR - 2.40 . Kings - 2.60. DD- 2.80. DD- 3.20. DD- 3.60. Kings - 4.20. Kings - 4.60. RR- 4.80. Kings - 5 cr. RR- 5.20. Kings - 5.40. Kings - 5.80. RR- 6 cr. Kings - 6.20. Aaron Finch sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 6.20 crore.
11.43 a.m
South African David Miller now. Base - 1.50 crore. MI open the bidding. DD- 1.60. DD- 1.80. DD exit. MI - 2.20. SRH - 2.40. They scale it to 2.80. MI - 3 crore. SRH exit. David Miller sold to MI for 3 crore but Kings XI use their RTM so Miller stays with Kings XI, for Rs 3 cr.
11.41 a.m
It's M Vijay. Base - Rs 2 crore. No sign of life from anyone. M Vijay goes unsold .
11.36 a.m
KL Rahul now. Base - 2 crore. MI - 2.20. MI and RR in the bidding war. MI push it to 5. RR- 5.20. then 5.60. MI - 5.80. RR- 6 crore. MI exit. SRH say 6.20. Kings - 6.40. SRH - 7. Kings XI - 7.60. Kinhs XI - 8.80. SRH - 9.40. Kings - 9.60. Kings 10 crore. Kings - 11 crore! RCB do not use their RTM, so KL Rahul sold to Kings XI Punjab for 11 crore.
11.29 a.m
Now it's Karun Nair. Base price Rs 50 lakhs. He recently scored 2 T20 centuries. Kings XI - 70 lakhs. Kings XI 1.20 cr. They push it to 2 crore. Kings - 2.40. Royals - 2.60. Kings - 3.20. Kings - 4 cr. RR - 4.20. Kings - 4.40, then 4.80. RR- 5 crore. Kings - 5.20. DD have their RTM card. RR - 5.40 cr. Kings - 5.60. Karun Nair goes to Kings XI for Rs 5.60 crore. Is there an RTM from DD? nope! Nair to Kings XI.
11.20 a.m
It's Yuvraj Singh. Base -2 crore. Owners a bit hesitant to bid. Anyone, guys? Kings XI say 2 crore. Looks like the final bid but SRH don't use their RTM so Yuvraj goes to Kings XI, his old team for his base price of Rs 2 crore.
The marquee players are done, all 16. There will be a 5 minute break.
11.18 a.m
First time at the auction for Joe Root. Base - 1.50 crore. No bids yet. Joe Root remains unsold.
11.17 a.m
It's Kane Williamson. Base price 1.50 cr. SRH - 2.6. RVCB - 2.80. SRH - 3 crore. SRH buy Williamson for 3 crore. He stays with the team.
11.13 am
It's Dwayne Bravo. Kings XI open bidding at 2 crore. Kings XI - 3.20. MI - 3.80. RR- 4.80. MI - 5.80. CSK have their RTM though. MI pull out. Kings say 6.40. Bravo sold to Kings XI for 6.40 crore, but CSK use their RTM so Bravo stays with CSK, for 6.40 cr.
11.10 a.m
It's Gautam Gambhir. DD open bidding for Gambhir, his base price for Rs 2 crore. Kings XI say 2.60. DD say 2.80. Gambhir sold to Delhi for Rs 2.80 crores. KKR don't use their RTM.
11.02 am
It's Glenn Maxwell. His base price is Rs 2 crore. SRH say 2 crore. Royals - 2.20. Royals say 3.40. RR- 4. SRH - 4.80. RR -5. SRH - 5.20. RR - 5.4. SRH - 6. RCB now say 6.20. They push it to 6.60. DD say 7. SRH say 7.20. DD- 7.40. SRH - 7.60. DD - 7.80. SRH - 8. DD- 8.20. DD - 8.60. SRH - 8.80. Will DD respond? They push it to 9! SRH exit the bidding. The 'silver hammer' goes down and Maxwell goes to Delhi for 9 crore! Kings XI don't use their RTM.
11.00 a.m
Now Shakib Al Hasan. Base price - 1 crore. SRH push it to 1.8 cr. The 2 crore. They fight it out with RR. Shakib sold to SRH for Rs 2 crore.
10.59 am
We're back. Now it's Harbhajan Singh. CSK quote his base price of Rs 2 crores and no other bids. Harbhajan sold to CSK for 2 crores.
10.37 a.m
Now it's Mitchell Starc . Kings XI say 4.80. KKR - 5.40. Kings - 6. then 6.40. Then 6.60. Then 6.80, all Kings XI. KKR - 8.20. Kings - 8.80. Kings - 9.20. KKR say 9.40 and no movement from Kings so Starc will play for KKR as he's sold for 9.40 crores.
There will be a 15 minute break. The first round of 8 marquee players is done.
10. 34 a.m
Now it's Ajinkya Rahane . Base price - Rs 2 crore. Kings XI gunning for him at 3.80. They push it to 4. Fighting it out with Mumbai. Kings XI say 4 and Royals use their RTM to buy back Rahane for 4 cr.
10.33 a.m
Now, Faf du Plessis. Kings XI say 1.60 cr. Base price is 1.50 crore. Kings say 1.60 crore and it appears final but CSK use their RTM to buy back du Plessis for Rs 1.60 crore.
10. 26 a.m
Now, Ben Stokes. All quiet on the bidding front? CSK say 2.20 cr. Raise it to 2.80 and then 4 cr. Kings XI say 4.40. Bidding goes up to 6.60. KKR say 6.80. Kings - 7. KKR - 8 cr. Kings - 9. Kings push it to 10 cr. KKR push it to 10.5 crore. Kings say 12 crore. Royals say 12.50 cr. Stokes sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 12.50 crore .
10.25 am
Another West Indian - Chris Gayle . Base price - Rs 2 crore. No bids! Chris Gayle remains unsold today. He will come for bidding again later.
10.21 a.m
Now, Kieron Pollard. Kings XI - 2.40. Bidding's up to 3.80 by Mumbai. Kings XI - 4 cr. Delhi say 4.20. Kings XI - 4.80. DD- 5.40. Mumbai have their Right to Match card. MI use their RTM card and take back Pollard for Rs 5.40 crore .
10.16 am
Next up is R Ashwin . Kings XI want him for 4.40 cr. Royals say 4.80. Kings XI say 5 crore. Royals say 5.40 CR. Kings XI push it to 6 cr. Royals say 6.20. Kings XI say 6.80. They then raise it to 7.20. R Ashwin sold to Kings XI for Rs 7.60 crore .
10.11 a.m
Shikhar Dhawan goes up first. Base price is Rs 2 crore. Royals bid 2.60. Kings XI push it to Rs 3.20 cr. Kings XI say 4 crore. Sunrisers have the Right to Match card. Mumbai now go for 4.20 cr. Kings XI push it to 5. Mumbai say 5.20. Hyderabad use their RTM card to buy Dhawan for Rs 5.20 crore.
10.00 a.m
BCCI CEO Rahul Johri starts his welcome address. A round of thank-yous. Rajiv Shukla makes his welcome speech. He welcomes back CSK and Rajasthan Royals. Auctioneer Richard Madley tests the hammer.
9.50 a.m
As we edge closer, here's the list of 16 marquee players who be up first. Auction begins at 10 a.m.
R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell Starc, Ben Stokes, Dwayne Bravo, Shakib Al Hasan, Glenn Maxwell, Joe Root, Yuvraj Singh, Kane Williamson, Harbhajan Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Gautam Gambhir.
9.20 a.m
The auction will begin at 10 a.m IST. I guess a lot of us thought it would start at 9 a.m sharp. For all things Bengaluru, blame it on the traffic, even on a weekend morning.
Richard Madley, a familiar face at all IPL auctions, will take it away this time as well as the auctioneer.
Here's some more reading material for you before we get underway. There will be a lot of uncapped players called out. Some will be familiar names, some not so. There is an Under-19 World Cup going on and a few of those guys are in the list. Here's our take on select Indian uncapped players who could bag a contract by the end of the weekend. Read here.
Amol Karhadkar has this story for us on some familiar names like Deepak Hooda who could attract bids as high as that of the capped players. A capped player is one who has represented the country in international cricket.
Preview
The general auction of the Indian Premier League, ahead of the 2018 season, is underway in Bengaluru from 9 a.m (IST) onwards. A total of 578 players – including 360 Indian players - will be auctioned on January 27 and 28. Why are we talking of so many numbers here? Because the IPL has now gone back to its eight original teams, with Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals returning, and Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Super Giant making way for them.
Read our auction preview here .
Here’s the agenda – on Saturday, 170 players will be auctioned, starting with the 16 marquee players, in two sets of eight each. Then the other capped and uncapped players will come up for bidding. A capped played is one who has played international cricket. On Sunday, the remaining players ( 171-578 ) will be auctioned. The unsold players will come back into the auction once all 578 are called out.
Teams can retain a maximum of five players using the player retention and Right to Match options. A franchise can retain a maximum of three capped India players and two capped overseas players. What is the Right to Match option? Here’s an explainer.
Here are the players already retained by each team:
Chennai Super Kings : MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja
Delhi Daredevils : Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer
Mumbai Indians : Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah
Rajasthan Royals : Steven Smith
Royal Challengers Bangalore : Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders : Sunil Narine, Andre Russell
Kings XI Punjab : Axar Patel
Sunrisers Hyderabad : David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Note: A team can have a maximum of eight overseas players. The maximum squad size is 25.
