The End:
So we come to the end of the IPL Auction 2016.
Rajiv Shukla believes he is giving a compliment when he says, "Some of the pictures weren't even available with us but the franchises did a lot of research on domestic players."
So just to recap. The biggest buys of the day were Shane Watson (Rs 9.5 Crore to RCB) and Pawan Negi (Rs 8.5 Crore to Delhi). It was pretty shocking that Martin Guptill did not attract any bids while the likes of Irfan Pathan went for just his base price. Meanwhile there was a lot more interest in someone like little known legspinner M Ashwin (Rs 4.5 Crore to Pune). Each team went after specific players with glee but there definitely seemed to have been a lot more research done in the domestic performances. Someone like Eklavya Dwivedi (Rs 1 Crore to Gujarat Lions), who was noticed by Suresh Raina, his Uttar Pradesh skipper also benefited from the same.
That said, the auction is a game in itself. A lot of the price tags may not actually reflect the value of a player but more about the strategy of the team and the way an auction is shaping up. More on that later though.
For now you should have a look at how the squads have shaped up.That will be a better indicator of how each team performed in the auction.
Mahipal Lomror: Sold to Delhi for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
Delhi go for this India U19 all rounder. Last player in the auction today.
Kshitiz Sharma: Unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
No bids for him after being called in.
Akhil Herwadkar: Sold to Delhi for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
Delhi are going for him.
Farhan Behardien: Sold to KXIP for his base price
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh. Sold to KXIP.
Coming towards the end:
There will be another round now. The teams are being asked to put down a maximum of three more players each to bring up for the auction again. That will begin soon.
All set for the final leg now. Only four players to come back now.
Vikas Tokas: Sold to RCB for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to RCB
Chama Milind: Sold to Delhi for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. Delhi go for him.
Baltej Singh goes unsold though.
Saurabh Kumar: Unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. No bids. Same goes for Rishi Arothe
Jaskaran Singh: Sold to Pune
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. Sold to Pune for his base price.
Amit Mishra:
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. He's the pacer, not to be confused with the legspinner. Sold to Gujarat Lions for his base price
Pankaj Jaswal:
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. No bids for him
Adam Zampa:
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh. Sold to RPSG
Bhargav Bhatt:
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. Unsold.
Pawan Suyal:
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold to Delhi, only bidders.
Vikramjeet Malik:
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Sold to RCB
Scott Boland: Sold to Pune for his base price
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
Sold to Pune, the only bidders
Joel Paris: Sold to Delhi for Rs 30 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Only bid for by Delhi. That's be their last overseas player. They've completed their quota
Pragyan Ojha:
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh. Remains unsold.
Samuel Badree: Sold to RCB for his base price
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
Another good pick by RCB.
Kane Richardson: Sold to RCB for Rs 2 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
Sold to RCB. Not a bad buy at all.
Ashok Dinda: Sold to Pune for his base price
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh. Picked up by Pune
Bowlers up next:
First is Dinda.
James Pattinson, Beauran Hendricks, Parvinder Awana, Ben Laughlin unsold
Pratyush Singh: Sold to Delhi for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. Sold to Delhi.
Jaydev Shah: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 Lakh
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh. Gujarat Lions bag him.
SK Ahmed: Sold to Delhi for his base price
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Delhi bid for him but are now in some confusion. They aren't sure if they bid for the right person. Now it has been solved.
Swapnil Singh: Sold to KXIP for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh. Sold to KXIP
Deepak Puniya: Sold to MI for his base price
Sold to Mumbai for Rs 10 Lakh, his base price
Krunal Pandya: Sold to MI for Rs 2 Crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Bidding going on between Delhi and MI for him. Both teams seem very keen on this all-rounder from Baroda. Price goes up to Rs 1.5 Crore.
Trivia: He's the brother of Hardik Pandya, who plays for Mumbai Indians as well.
Pardeep Sahu: Sold to KXIP at his base price
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold to KXIP
KP Kamath: Sold to MI for Rs 1.4 crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Mumbai Indians go for him, so do RCB. Now SRH come in. Now suddenly the teams have woken up. Price goes up to Rs 1.1 Crore. MI bag him
Deepak Chahar: Sold at base price to Pune
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold to Pune.
Baba Aparajith: Sold to Pune for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Pune go for him.
Manan Sharma: Sold to KKR at his base price
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold to KKR
Aksh Deep Nath: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
Only bidders are Gujarat Lions.
Akshay Karnewar: Sold at base price of Rs 10 Lakh to RCB
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
He's the psinner who bowls left-arm and right-arm. Only RCB interesgted in him.
Shadab Jakati: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 Lakh
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh
Gujarat is the only team to be interested in him.
Vijay Shankar: Sold to SRH for Rs 35 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Bids between Pune and SRH.
R Satish: Sold to KKR for Rs 20 Lakh
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh
KKR express interest. Only team to do so
Praveen Dubey: Sold to RCB for Rs 35 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Surprisingly there are two teams going after him. Delhi and RCB. Mallya's team gets him.
Andrew Tye: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 50 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Bid wars going on between Pune and Gujarat Lions. The latter wins it.
Ben Cutting: Sold to SRH for Rs 50 Lakh
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
Only bid from SRH
Thisara Perera: Sold to Pune for Rs 1 Crore
Base price of Rs 1 Crore
The first bid is from Pune. No other bids.
Jason Holder: Sold to KKR for Rs 70 Lakh
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
Finally we have more than one bid. It is between KKR and Delhi.
Allrounders and bowlers up next:
Jason Holder comes up first. Sean Abbott, Chris Jordan, Nathan McCullum, Juan Theron, Prashant Padmanabhan , Syed Mohammad, Rahul Tewatia, Rohan Prem, Mahipal Lomror unsold.
Armaan Jaffer: Sold to KXIP for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
The bid is opened by KXIP, and closed by them.
Prashant Gupta: Unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
No bids.
Apoorv Wankhade: Unsold
Base price of rs 10 Lakh
No bids again.
Alex Ross: Unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
No bids for him.
Evin Lewis: Unsold
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh
No bids.
Jitesh Sharma: Sold to MIT for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
only MI bid for him and get him.
KB Arun Karthik: Unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
No bids for him as well.
Peter Handscomb: Sold to Pune for Rs 30 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Pune are the only bidders
Cameron Bancroft: Remains unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
No bids for the Aussie
Umang Sharma: Sold to Gujarat for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold to Gujarat for his base price
Dishant Yagnik: Unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
No bids.
Ankush Bains: Sold to Pune for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold to Pune for his base price
T Suman: Sold to SRH for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Bid started by SRH. No one joining them.
Mushfiqur Rahim: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
No bids for the Bangladeshi unfortunately
Sam Billings: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 30 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
Delhi Daredevils are going for him. Only them.
Usman Khawaja: Unsold again
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
Still no bidding for Khawaja as well.
Michael Hussey: Unsold
Base price of Rs 2 crore.
No bid for Hussey again.
George Bailey: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
The no bid rule stand-off continues.
Hashim Amla: Unsold again
Base price of Rs 1 Crore for the South African.
Still no bids for him as well.
Martin Guptill: Still unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh for the Kiwi.
No bids this time around as well!
Aaron Finch: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 1 Crore.
Back for the 2nd time today with a base price of Rs 1 Crore.
And the bid is started by Gujarat Lions.
All set to resume:
So the lists have been handed back. Chances for the likes of Guptill, Finch, Khawaja to yet bag an IPL contract. This could be interesting. Stay tuned.
A break now:
So that's that for all the players today. Now we will have a round of accelerated auctions after the teams write in requests for bringing back players for the accelerated auctions list.
The biggest buys/surprises in this round were - M Ashwin (4.5Crore to Pune), Pawan Negi (8.5 Crore to Delhi), Deepak Hooda (4.2 to SRH), Rishab Pant (1.9 to Delhi), Karun Nair (4 Crore to Delhi), Nathu Singh (3.2 Crore to Mumbai).
We'll be back with more soon. And for those of you who want to keep track of how each squad is shaping up - Head right here.
Purse remaining (In Crores INR):
DD - 7.35
KXIP - 13.05
KKR - 13.25
MI - 4.905
RCB - 9.425
SRH - 9.35
RPSG - 8.2
GL - 12.55
KC Cariappa: Sold to KXIP for Rs 80 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Bid by KXIP. He was a big winner last year. One of the biggest surprises in fact. Bidding between KXIP and RCB for this young spinner. KXIP win this battle.
M Ashwin: Sold to Pune for Rs 4.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Fierce bidding on between Pune and RCB for this Tamil Nadu legpinner. Quickly goes up to Rs 2.2 Crore!
Its up by 45 times!
Sarabjeet Ladda: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold for the same price to Gujarat
Shivil Kaushik: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Sold to the only bidders, Gujarat Lions. Trivia: He has an action similar to Paul Adams.
Pravin Tambe: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Gujarat and Delhi are going for him.
Uncapped spinners up next:
KK Jiyas unsold. Adam Zampa, uncapped according to the IPL auctions list but played for Australia today, also unsold. Hardik Patel, Rahil Shah, Bhargav Bhatt, Karanveer Singh are unsold.
Ankit Rajpoot: Sold to KKR for Rs 1.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Bidding started by Pune, extended by KKR. Stakes being raised swiftly and sold to KKR.
Ishwar Pandey: Sold to Pune for Rs 20 Lakh
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh
Pune are the only bidders
Nathu Singh: Sold to MI for Rs 3.2 Crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
The pacer is attracting bids from RCB and Delhi. He was a part of the India A squad and is highly rated amongst his peers.
Bids are up to Rs 2 Crore now. Lot of thinking in the Delhi camp but they are upping the ante but RCB are matching them.
And now MI enter the fray. Sold to MI for 32 times his base price
Uncapped bowlers:
C Stephen, Dominic Muthuswamy, Vikramjeet Malik, VP Singh, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Aswin Crist, Rahul Shukla, Siddarth Trivedi, Pawan Suyal are unsold
Pradeep Sangwan: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 Lakh
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh
Gujarat Lions are the only bidders
Rajat Bhatia: Sold to Pune for Rs 60 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Pune and Delhi went after him. Pune win it.
Pawan Negi: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 8.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Bidding going on between Pune and Delhi. Remember, Negi's stocks took a recent upturn after he was selected for both the Asia Cup and World T20.
Good days to be Negi. Price up to Rs 2 Crore. And just like that, even that has doubled and tripled!
It stands at Rs 8.5 Crore with Delhi and sold! The second highest buy of the auctions so far. Who would have imagined this!
Ankit Sharma: Sold to Pune for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Only one bid from Pune and sold.
Deepak Hooda: Sold to SRH for Rs 4.2 Crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
KKR are opening the bid. Gujarat Lions too want him. Bid up to Rs 80 Lakh.
Gujarat exit but in comes SRH. And now he's worth up to Rs 2 Crore and more!
Sold at 42 times his base price to SRH!
Iqbal Abdulla: Sold to RCB for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
Sold to RCB for his base price
Uncapped allrounders:
Prashant Padmanabhan, Kevin O'Brien, Kevon Cooper are unsold
Aditya Tare: Sold to SRH for Rs 1.2 Crore
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh.
SRH and MI are in the bidding war for Tare. SRH take it up to Rs 1 Crore. They get him for a little more
Eklavya Dwivedi: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 1 Crore
Base price of Rs 20 Lakh
Gujarat Lions are keen on him. SRH too are raising the stakes.
Gujarat Lions meanwhile asked for a small pause. The CEO Keshav Bansal got on a call with someone before proceeding to bid again. Up to Rs 1 Crore now.
Rishab Pant: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.9 Crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Another India U19 star. Pune and Mumbai bid first and now RCB enter the war. Fierce battle between the two. Bid up to Rs 1.5 Crore.
Pant recently scored the fastest fifty by an U19 batsman. No wonder the battle is so fierce. And Delhi too want him now. Bid up to Rs 1.9 Crore. Sold!
Ishan Kishan: Sold to Gujarat Lions Rs 35 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Opening bid by Pune for the India U19 captain. Gujarat Lions are bidding for him as well, and they bag him
Uncapped wicketkeepers:
Pinal Shah, CM Gautam, Ankush Bains, Dishant Yagnik, Manvinder Bisla are unsold
Paras Dogra: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Only bid for Dogra by Gujarat Lions
Karun Nair: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4 Crore
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh
Pune and Delhi going for this Karnataka batsman. Both teams seem very keen on Nair. Bid up to Rs 75 Lakh now.
And now Gujarat Lions come in as well.
Gujarat exit now but SRH enter. Delhi still remain. Up to Rs 2 Crore!
Now it's gone to 3 Crore. Jackpot Nair! Just as I type, its gone up to Rs 3.5 Crore
Sold to Delhi for 40 times his base price!
Sachin Baby: Sold to RCB for Rs 10 Lakh
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
RCB are the only bidders and sold.
Uncapped batsmen:
Mithun Manhas, Ankit Bawne, Himanshu Rana, Debabrata Das, T Suman, Aiden Blizzard are unsold
Back again:
So we are set to resume. The teams would have no doubt strategised well and will have their own target. Uncapped players up for auction now.
Auction Action so far:
So it has been a frenetic auction session. Shane Watson (9.5 Crore to RCB), Yuvraj Singh (7 Crore to SRH) and Chris Morris (7 Crore to Delhi Daredevils) were the biggest buys.
The surprises apart from Morris included Carlos Brathwaite (4.2 Crore to Delhi), Mohit Sharma (6.5 Crore to KXIP) while Mitchell Marsh attracted a pretty hefty 4.8 Crore from Pune. Nehra was bought for Rs 5.5 Crore by SRH and Praveen Kumar was heavily bid for before being picked up by Gujarat Lions for 3.5 Crore
Irfan Pathan was bagged at his base price of just 1 Crore by Pune. Colin Munro for 30 Lakh by KKR, Travis Head for 50 Lakh by RCB were probably a steal as well. Amongst the wicketkeepers the biggest buys were Sanju Samson (4.2 Crore to Delhi), Jos Buttler (3.8 Crore to Mumbai) and Dinesh Karthik (Rs 2.3 Crore to Gujarat Lions).
Some of the big names to not attract a bid included Michael Hussey, Aaron Finch, Martin Guptill, Usman Khawaja, Darren Sammy, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Hashim Amla, Mahela Jaywardene, Thisara Perera and Cheteshwar Pujara. These names can come back into the auctions after the lunch break though. So we could yet see some big bidding. For that we need to know the purses left for each team. Here's that:
DD - Rs 21.75 Crore
KXIP - Rs 13.85 Crore"
KKR - Rs 14.75 Crore
MI - Rs 8.105 Crore
RCB - Rs 9.625 Crore
SRH - Rs 14.75 Crore
RPSG - Rs 13.6 Crore
GL - Rs 14.6 Crore
Here is how the teams have shaped up so far
Next set of bowlers and all rounders:
Fidel Edwards - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Jerome Taylor - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Parvinder Awana - Unsold
Sudeep Tyagi - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Shaun Tait - Base price of Rs 1 Crore - Unsold
Pankaj Singh - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Nuwan Kulasekara - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Ben Laughlin - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Krishmar Santokie - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Allrounders:
Isuru Udana, Soumya Sarkar, Dilruwan Perera, Narsingh Deonarine, Henry Davids, Dilshan Munaweera, Milinda Siriwardene, Christopher Barnwell, Seekkuge Prasanna, George Worker, D Sankara all went unsold
Fast bowlers:
Taskin Ahmed, Shannon Gabriel, Dusmantha Chameera, Hardus Viljoen, Tino Best, Jackson Bird, Scott Boland all went unsold
Next set of allrounders:
Farhan Behardien - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Nathan McCullum - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Jeevan Mendis - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Vernon Philander - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Juan Theron - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Shehan Jeyasuriya - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Rayad Emrit - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Anton Devcich - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Johan Botha- Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Ashton Agar - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Robin Peterson - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Travis Head: Sold to RCB for Rs 50 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh for the young Australian.
Interest shown by RCB and Pune. And it is Mallya's team that bag him. Good buy.
Next set of batsmen:
Lahiru Thirimanne - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Richard Levi - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Cameron White - Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore - Unsold
Tamim Iqbal - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Marlon Samuels - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Dean Elgar - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Reeza Hendricks - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
RP Singh: Sold to Pune for Rs 30 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
Pune bid for him and there are no other bidders.
Abhimanyu Mithun: Sold to SRH for Rs 30 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
Bid started by SRH. No other bidders. That's a smart move.
Barinder Sran: Sold to SRH for Rs 1.2 Crore
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
The pacer who played for India recently is seeing interest by Pune and Gujarat. And now SRH are looking at him as well. They seem more keen. Gujarat Lions into a lot of discussion before every paddle-raise. And SRH win the bid!
Kyle Abbott: Sold to KXIP for Rs 2.1 Crore
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
Bidding started by RCB, stakes raised by KXIP. Price has gone up to Rs 1.1 Crore for the South African. And now that has gone up by another Crore.
Sold!
Jayadev Unadkat: Sold to KKR for Rs 1.6 Crore
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
Bid started by KKR, raised by Gujarat Lions. SRH enter the action as well. Price up to Rs 1.2 Crore!
Won by KKR. They have him again.
Mustafizur Rahman: Sold to SRH for Rs 1.4 Crore
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh for the Bangladeshi pacer famous for his cutters
Bidding between SRH and RCB. Good going young man. He was earmarked as one to watch out for. Sold to SRH. Bangladesh fans will be celebrating, I'm sure.
Marcus Stoinis: Sold to KXIP for Rs 55 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Biddng going on between Pune and KXIP. And he gets 25 Lakh more than his base price
Carlos Brathwaite: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.2 Crore
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
Bids finally, between Delhi and KKR. Some fierce bidding between the two teams for the allrounder from West Indies. Bid up to Rs 2 Crore! And now its up to Rs 3.8 Crore! This has to be the biggest surprise of the bidding so far. Brathwaite has a highest T20 score of just 36!
He's sold for Rs 4.2 Crore to Delhi. They see something quite big in him!
Set 9 - The bowlers:
Joel Paris - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Munaf Patel - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Beauran Hendricks - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Set 8 - the allrounders:
Andrew Tye - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Doug Bracewell - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Chris Jordan - Base price of Rs 1 Crore - Unsold
Wayne Parnell - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Ben Cutting - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Grant Elliott - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
James Neesham - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Sean Abbott - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Abhishek Nayar - Base price of Rs 30 Lakh - Unsold
Auction Session - Part 2:
Joe Burns - Base price of Rs 1 Crore - Unsold
David Hussey - Base price of Rs 1 Crore - Unsold
Darren Bravo - Base price of Rs 50 Lakh - Unsold
Adam Voges - Unsold
Nic Maddinson - Unsold
Owais Shah - Unsold
Abhinav Mukund - Unsold
The Auction so far:
So Delhi have been a little smart. So have been Rajkot with all their buys. Those two teams seem set to have a core set with which they want to build around. Delhi have been stringent with the spending but bid big for someone they really wanted. And Chris Morris does add a lot of value for them.
RCB have gone for the big names.
"Praveen Kumar's IPL record is amazing," says Brad Hodge, the coach of Gujarat Lions on air. More auction action coming up soon. We'll have the accelerated process now. Means more quick bids, probably a lot of players unsold as well.
Rajiv Shukla on IPL's supremacy:
Everybody is entitled to launch their own league. We cant stop them. But IPL will have its own mark. We are going to increase our telecast. They can play their own league but they can't compete with IPL.
Current Purse Remaining:
(In crores)
DD - 25.95
KXIP - 16.5
KKR - 16.35
MI - 8.105
RCB - 10.125
SRH - 17.65
RPSG - 13.9
GL - 14.6
That's the end of the session:
Biggest buys of this session were Chris Morris, Mohit Sharma, Mitchell Marsh and Sanju Samson among others. The biggest surprise thrown up was of course the bid of Rs 7 Crore for Morris but Delhi Daredevils see something in him.
We have some reaction from the teams. Here's what they have to say.
Bangalore - Amrit Thomas, RCB director
Shane Watson was we were looking for. He adds a lot of balance and he has been in good form. You can judge from his recent performance as well.We were really interested in Yuvraj. All the best to the team. Hopefully hell play for us sometime in the future.
Pune - Raghu Iyer, COO
I cant completely tell you what the strategy is. We were looking for all rounders as well. We are very happy with the players weve bought. They are doing very well.Every individual team will have their own strategy. We thought there was no point for having such players on the bench.
Pragyan Ojha: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh.
No bids at all. That is the end of the spinners round. No bids at all for any spinner.
Samuel Badree: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh. No bids
Cameron Boyce: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh. No bids at all.
Rahul Sharma: No bids
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh. Still no bids.
Suleiman Benn: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh but no bids.
Ajantha Mendis:
Unsold despite a base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Michael Beer: Unsold
No bids for a base price of Rs 30 Lakh
Devendra Bishoo: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
No bids again.
Nathan Lyon: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore. Pretty steep, it seems. Hence no bids.
V Permaul: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh but no bids.
Sachitra Senanayake: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh.
No bids!
End of Round 5:
Up next are the spinners!
James Pattinson: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore. A little too much, perhaps. No bids.
Mohit Sharma: Sold to KXIP for Rs 6.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore.
Bidding by KXIP and KKR. Pretty aggressive bidding for him. He will be a happy man. They raised the bid till Rs 5 Crore. And now SRH enter the fray. KXIP are the ones still going after him. And now it's up to Rs 6.5 Crore! SOLD! It is their first buy today.
Ashok Dinda: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh. No bids for the former India pacer.
Tim Southee: Sold to MI for Rs 2.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
MI and RCB are going for the Kiwi pacer. Bids have been raised till Rs 2.5 Crore, with MI. SOLD.
Praveen Kumar: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 3.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
Gujarat Lions are interested in him. KKR are too. So its between these two teams now. Bids up to Rs 1.3 Crore and now it's double that as well. That wasn't on expected lines, was it? They see a lot in Praveen Kumar. It's up Rs 3 Crore! And now 3.5 Crore
SOLD!
John Hastings: Sold to KKR for Rs 1.3 Crore
Base price of Rs 1 Crore
Bid started by Pune SuperGiants. KKR join in and acquire him
Kane Richardson: Unsold
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
No bids for him.
Dhawal Kulkarni: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
Opening bid started by Gujarat Lions. They are not going down the predictable path. No other bidders.
End of Round 4:
Up next are the fast bowlers. This could be interesting as well.
Thisara Perera: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
Surely, there will be bidding for him? Hard-hitting lower-order batsman who can bowl. But surprises are in store. No bids.
Mitchell Marsh: Sold to Pune for Rs 4.8 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore
Bidding started by KXIP, stakes raised by Pune. Bid up to Rs 4.8 Crore now. KXIP have his brother Shaun Marsh as well. But he's going to Pune, for the second time in IPL.
SOLD!
Darren Sammy: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
No bids for the charismatic all-rounder
Stuart Binny: Sold to RCB for Rs 2 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
RCB are bidding for him. As always, their strategy is befuddling but they are building a good core set. No other bidders.
Colin Munro: Sold to KKR for Rs 30 Lakh
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
KKR are bidding for him. Remember, he's the man who holds the record for the 2nd fastest T20I fifty.
Sold. That could be the smartest buy of the season.
Chris Morris: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 7 Crore
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh.
Opening bid by Mumbai Indians and Pune are raising the stakes. And they go out only to be replaced by KKR.
Price up to Rs 2 Crore. In fact it is up to Rs 4 Crore. This could be that mandatory surprise price that is thrown up in every auction. Morris could be the biggest gainer of the auction. He already has a price that is 10 times his base price.
It is up to Rs 6.5 Crore. Morris must be losing his head right now. And now Delhi Daredevils enter the war. MI go out and so do KKR.
SOLD!
Jason Holder: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh
No bids for the West Indies skipper
Tillakaratne Dilshan: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore.
No bids for the Sri Lankan as well. A little surprising.
Ravi Bopara: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
No bids for him.
Irfan Pathan: Sold to Pune for Rs 1 Crore
Base price of Rs 1 Crore. And was on the list of all the players to watch out for made across the media.
Let's see what the franchises think. And Pune start the bidding for him. Sold at the base price!
Manoj Tiwary: Unsold
He's an all-rounder apparently. And his base price is Rs 1 Crore.
No bids for the Bengal batsman. Sorry, all-rounder.
End of Round 3:
Up next are the all-rounders. That could be a more action-packed session
Cameron Bancroft: Unsold
Base price of Rs 10 Lakh.
No bids for the Aussie
Dinesh Karthik: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2.3 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
Expect some bidding for him. And it's opened by RCB. Gujarat Lions go after him as well.
And he's sold for Rs 2.3 crore. Gujarat got Dwayne Smith and Dale Steyn for the same price today. Smart buys.
Ben Dunk: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh. No bids
Sam Billings: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh for the England player. No bids whatsoever.
Morne van Wyk: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh.
No bids for him as well.
Brad Haddin: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore.
No bids at all for the Australian.
Johnson Charles: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh but nor bids.
Mushfiqur Rahim: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
No bids for him as well.
Jos Buttler: Sold to MI for Rs 3.8 Crore
Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore.
Opening bid by Mumbai Indians. He could be a steal if there are no other bids. And at the very last moment, KKR enter the bidding war.
Up to Rs 2.5 Crore and now up to Rs 3.5 Crore. It's come to a standstill at Rs 3.8 Crore, with MI. SOLD!
An excellent buy.
Shane Dowrich: Unsold
Base price of Rs 30 Lakh
No bids.
Sanju Samson: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.2 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore
Finally a bid after the break. Gujarat Lions start off. Delhi raise the baton for the first time today!
Price up to Rs 3 Crore. A lot of discussion going on between the strategists. Up to Rs 4.2 Crore now. Delhi entered the auction with the biggest purse. This is the first bid that they are doing. Very interesting. Delhi's strategy has been the most intriguing so far.
Sold!
Round 3:
Wicketkeepers coming up. First up is Sanju Samson
Usman Khawaja: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
Well, this has to be a big surprise. Everyone's sitting quiet for Khawaja. He has a brilliant record and is in-form as well. Sadly, no bids.
Michael Hussey: Unsold
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
Maybe too high a base price despite the incredible record. Unsold.
Mahela Jayawardene: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore
No bids for the former Sri Lanka skipper as well.
S Badrinath: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh.
No bids for Badri as well. This has been a pretty thin session so far.
George Bailey: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
No bids again!
Hashim Amla: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
No bids for Amla as well. Remember, they all can come back later if there are requests.
Cheteshwar Pujara: Unsold
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh.
No bids for Pujara as well. He must be gutted.
Rilee Rossouw: Unsold
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
No bids for the South African.
Up next are the batsmen:
So we are ready to go after the break. Batsmen are up.
End of Round 1:
Well that marks the end of Round 1. The marquee players are all sold. Shane Watson and Yuvraj Singh are the biggest buys of this round.
Purse remaining:
Gujarat Lions - Rs 22.4 Crore
RPSG - Rs 19.7 Crore
SRH - Rs 17.65 Crore
RCB - Rs 12.125 Crore
MI - Rs 14.405 Crore
KKR - Rs 17.95Crore
KXIP - Rs 23 Crore
DD - Rs 37.15 Crore
Dale Steyn: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2.3 Crore
Base price of Rs 1.5 Crore.
Pune are going for the wild-eyed Steyn. RCB are also going for him. And now Gujarat Lions join in the bids. SOLD!
Yuvraj Singh: Sold to SRH for Rs 7 Crore.
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
After a lengthy delay, it is Mumbai Indians who bid for him. And RCB join in. They had to, didn't they?
Price up to Rs 4.2 Crore. And its up to Rs 5.5 Crore. SRH in the bidding war now. Up to Rs 7 Crore. Sold to SRH. Second highest buy of the season so far!
Ashish Nehra: Sold to SRH for Rs 5.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
KXIP are interested in Nehra. So is Gujarat. Price up to Rs 3 Crore now.
And now SRH are in. Price up to Rs 4 Crore now.
Sold to SRH! Second highest buy of the season so far.
Aaron Finch: Unsold!
Base price of Rs 1 Crore.
No bids for Aaron Finch, the Australia T20 captain. He can come in at a later stage, just like Guptill.
Shane Watson: Sold to RCB for Rs 9.5 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
Pune start the bidding. RCB are bidding for him as well. Well, well! Bidding war between Pune and RCB so far. Price up to Rs 4.8 Crore. Bid with RCB.
And that wall is broken. It's up to Rs 5.5 Crore, with RCB!
And now Mumbai Indians join in. Party-poopers? It's up to Rs 8.5 Crore now!
Sold to RCB for Rs 9.5 Crore! RCB have used up 44% of their purse for just Watson in this auction.
BTW, former IPL COO Sundar Raman is sitting with the Mumbai Indians. Hmm.
Martin Guptill: Unsold!
Base price of Rs 50 Lakh. Just Rs 50 Lakh.
Unsold! That's the first shock of the Auction. No bids for Guptill. He can come back in at a later stage though.
Ishant Sharma: Sold to Pune for Rs 3.8 Crore
Base price of Rs 2 Crore for the India pacer.
KXIP start the bidding for him. Pune join in. Between just these two teams now. Price up to Rs 3.8 Crore currently, with Pune! SOLD!
Pune needed a fast bowler. Could be a perfect fit. Highest
Dwayne Smith: Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2.3 Crores
Dwayne Smith is next up. Base price of Rs 50 Lakhs.
Pune open the bidding again. It's between Pune and Rajkot again. As expected one would say. Up to Rs 2.1 Crores now!
Sold to Gujarat. Their first buy of the season. Not a bad pick at all.
Kevin Pietersen: Sold to Pune for Rs 3.5 Crore
First player in today's auction is KP. Base price of Rs 2 Crore.
Pune start the bidding. Gujarat Lions join in. Bid stays between Pune and Gujarat. That's nice. The two new teams are getting right into it straightaway. It's up to Rs 3 Crores now and just like that it's up to Rs 3.5 Crore and is with Pune. Sold and there's the first buy of the season!
The welcome speeches:
Ratnakar Shetty and Rajiv Shukla address the gathering present. Lot of pensive faces around in the tables. Spotted: Sundar Raman, the IPL COO and Richard Madley has a new nickname - The Great Hammerman, according to Rajiv Shukla.
First up, the marquee players.
Almost there now..:
So the team's strategists are all making their way for the IPL Auctions. What's interesting is that Brad Hodge, Daniel Vettori and Muttiah Muralitharan who all played in the MCL yesterday night have all flown in already for the auctions. Hodge is with the Gujarat Lions. He's their head coach.
Stephen Fleming and Gautam Gambhir are in attendance too. The former is the coach of Rising Pune SuperGiants and the latter is the skipper of KKR.
Coming up soon:
A few things to take note while we start things off. A total of 351 players will be up for auction out of which 116 can be picked. The teams will be spending an amount of Rs 198.28 Crores. Some amount that isn't it? First up to come into the auctions will be the marquee players.
List of marquee players:
Ishant Sharma 2,00,00,000
Shane Watson 2,00,00,000
Ashish Nehra 2,00,00,000
Kevin Pietersen 2,00,00,000
Yuvraj Singh 2,00,00,000
Dale Steyn 1,50,00,000
Aaron Finch 1,00,00,000
Martin Guptill 50,00,000
Dwayne Smith 50,00,000
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