Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the IPL Auction 2020. Australian pacer Pat Cummins on Thursday broke the record for being the most expensive overseas buy ever in the history of the IPL auction after Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for a whopping Rs 15.50 crore. Veteran spinner Piyush Chawla was roped in for a whopping Rs 6.75 crore by Chennai Super Kings, making him the most expensive Indian buy so far in the auction. It won't be a big auction this time with only 73 slots there to be filled by the eight franchises and 29 of them can be foreign buys.

Here are the live updates on the Indian Premier League Players Auction 

FOR COMPLETE LIST OF PLAYERS SOLD: https://news.abplive.com/ipl-auction/amp

08:58 pm - AND THAT'S A WRAP !

PLAYERS SOLD: 62
OVERSEAS PLAYERS: 29
TOTAL MONEY SPENT: ₹1,40,30,00,000

TOP BUYS:

Pat Cummins (KKR, Rs 15.5 crore)

Glenn Maxwell (KXIP, Rs 10.75cr)

Chris Morris (RCB, Rs 10cr)

Sheldon Cottrell (KXIP, Rs 8.5cr)

Nathan Coulter-Nile (MI, Rs 8cr)

Here are how the full squads of all the 8 teams stack up after the auction:

Chennai Super Kings

Retained players: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, N Jagadeesan, M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif

Players bought at Auction: Piyush Chawla (Rs 6.75 Crore), Sam Curran (Rs 5.5 Crore), Josh Hazlewood (Rs 2 Crore), R Sai Kishore (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Delhi Capitals

Retained players: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Avesh Khan

Players bought at Auction: Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 7.75 Crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 1 Crore), Alex Carey (Rs 2.4 Crore), Jason Roy (Rs 1.5 Crore), Chris Woakes (Rs 1.5 Crore), Mohit Sharma (Rs 50 Lakhs), Tushar Deshpande (Rs 20 Lakhs), Lalit Yadav (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Kings XI Punjab

Retained Players: KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, K. Gowtham, J. Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande

Players bought at Auction: Glenn Maxwell (Rs 10.75 Crore), Sheldon Cottrell (Rs 8.5 Crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 2 Crore), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 55 Lakhs), Deepak Hooda (Rs 50 Lakh), James Neesham (Rs 50 Lakh), Ishan Porel (Rs 20 Lakh), Chris Jordan (Rs 75 Lakhs), Tajinder Dhillon (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained Players: Shubman Gill, Siddesh Lad, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier

Players bought at Auction: Pat Cummins (Rs 15.5 Crore), Eoin Morgan (Rs 5.25 Crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 4 Crore), Tom Banton (Rs 1 Crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 60 Lakh), Pravin Tambe (Rs 20 Lakhs), M Siddharth (Rs 20 Lakh), Chris Green (Rs 20 Lakhs), Nikhil Naik (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Mumbai Indians

Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aditya Tare (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan

Players bought at Auction: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 8 Crore), Chris Lynn (Rs 2 Crore), Saurabh Tiwary (Rs 50 Lakh), Mohsin Khan (Rs 20 Lakhs), Digvijay Deshmukh (Rs 20 Lakhs), Prince Balwant Rai Singh (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Rajasthan Royals

Retained Players: Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith, Sanju Samson (wk), Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Varun Aaron

Players bought at Auction: Robin Uthappa (Rs 3 Crore), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 3 Crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 2.4 Crore), Kartik Tyagi (Rs 1.3 Crore), Andrew Tye (Rs 1 Crore), Tom Curran (Rs 1 Crore), Anuj Rawat (Rs 80 Lakh), David Miller (Rs 75 Lakh), Oshane Thomas (Rs 50 Lakhs), Aakash Singh (Rs 20 Lakh), Anirudha Joshi (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained Players: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Parthiv Patel (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj

Players bought at Auction: Chris Morris (Rs 10 Crore), Aaron Finch (Rs 4.4 Crore), Dale Steyn (Rs 2 Crores), Dale Steyn (Rs 2 Crores), Kane Richardson (Rs 1.5 Crores), Isuru Udana (Rs 50 Lakhs), Joshua Philippe (Rs 20 Lakhs), Pavan Deshpande (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Players Retained: David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, T. Natarajan, Billy Stanlake

Players bought at Auction: Mitchell Marsh (Rs 2 Crore), Priyam Garg (Rs 1.9 Crore), Virat Singh (Rs 1.9 Crore), Fabian Allen (Rs 50 Lakhs), Sandeep Bavanaka (Rs 20 Lakhs), Abdul Samad (Rs 20 Lakhs), Sanjay Yadav (Rs 20 Lakhs)

BIG BUYS AFTER THE END OF SESSION 1:
Pat Cummins SOLD to KKR For 15.50 CR
Glenn Maxwell SOLD to KXIP for 10.75 CR
Chris Morris SOLD to RCB for 10 CR
Sheldon Cottrell SOLD To KXIP for 8.50 CR
Nathan Coulter-Nile SOLD to Mumbai Indians for 8 CR

08:48 pm - Veteran Speedster Dale Steyn goes to RCB for his base price of 2 CR !

Adrew Tye sold to RR for 1 CR. Lali Yadav sold to DC for 20 L . Shahbaz Ahmed sold to RCB for 20 L . Nikhil Nayak sold to KKR for 20 L . Tom Curran sold to RR for 1 CR. Isuru Udana sold to RCB for 50 L . Vinay Kumar and Kesrick Williams go UNSOLD !

08:23 pm - Kings XI Punjab on Thursday named KL Rahul as the captain of their franchise for 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). KXIP had bought KL Rahul for whopping Rs. 11 crore ahead of the 2018 season.

“We are happy to appoint Rahul as our captain for the upcoming season. He has been through a lot in the last year or so and has now come back strongly,” Ness Wadia, the co-owner of Kings XI Punjab told PTI on the day of the IPL auction in Kolkata.

“He has silenced his critics. You will get to see his ability not just as a batsman but also as a captain. He was our unanimous choice,” he added.

08:27 pm - Spinner R Sai Kishore sold to CSK for his base price of 20 L. Tushar Deshpande SOLD to DC for 20 L. Prabhsimran Singh had a base price of 20L and he is SOLD to KXIP for 20 L. All-rounder Marcus Stoinis SOLD To DC for 4.8 CR .


08:18 pm - Pavan Deshpande has an opening & closing bid for 20L. Dale Steyn goes unsold.

08:16 pm - Speedster Mohit Sharma SOLD to DC for 50 L .

08:13 pm - Mumbai Indians snap up Digvijay Deshmukh and Prince Balwant Rai Singh for 20 L .

08:10 pm - All-rounder Abdul Samad SOLD to SRH for 20 L. All-rounder Anirudha Joshi is SOLD to RR for 20 L .

08:08 pm - 48-year-old Pravin Tambe is SOLD to KKR for his base price of 20 L . All-rounder Tajinder Dhillon sold to KXIP for 20 L .


08:00 pm - Fast Bowler Kane Richardson SOLD to RCB for 4 CR . West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas SOLD to RR for 50 L .

07:57 pm - England all-rounder Chris Jordon is SOLD to KXIP for 3 CR. Matt Henry is unsold.


07:54 pm - Tom Banton sold to KKR for 1 CR . Fabian Allen sold to SRH fro 50 L . Rahul Shukla is unsold


07:52 pm - Joshua Philippe is SOLD to RCB for 20 L . Mohsin Khan goes to MI for 20 L . All-rounder Shahbaz Ahamad, Shams Mulani and wicket-keeper Nikhil Naikare are unsold.

07:50 pm - Sandeep Bavanaka sold to SRH for his base price of 20 L . Ayush Badoni, Pravin Dubey go UNSOLD

06:43 pm - Aussie paceman Josh Hazlewood is SOLD to CSK for his base price of 2 CR !


06:41 pm - Mark Wood, Alzarri Joseph and Mustafizur Rahman Go UNSOLD !

06:38 pm - Jimmy Neesham sold to KXIP for 50 Lakh . Anrich Nortje and left-arm pacer Barinder Sran UNSOLD !

06:37 pm - Rishi Dhawan, Andile Phehlukwayo, Colin Munro and Ben Cutting go UNSOLD !

06:35 pm - Aussie all-rounder Mitchell Marsh SOLD to SRH for 2 CR !


06:30 pm - Martin Guptill, Marcus Stoinis and Colin Ingram are unsold !


06:28 pm- David Miller sold to RR for 75 Lakh. Evin Lewis goes unsold.


06:19 pm - Windies Batsman Shimron Hetmyer sold to DC for 7.75 CR after an intense bidding between DC and RR !

06:02 pm - Ravi Bishnoi sold to KXIP for 2 CR

05:59 pm - M Siddharth joins KKR family, is sold to KKR for 20 L !

05:56 pm - Kartik Tyagi is SOLD to RR for 1.3 CR ! Ishan Porel is sold to KXIP for 20 L .

05:53 pm - Uncapped young paceman Akash Singh sold to RR for 20 L. Kulwant Khejroliya and Tushar Deshpande are unsold.

05:49 pm - Vishnu Vinod, Ankush Bains, Prabhsimran Singh, K S Bharat and Kedar Devdhar go unsold

05:46 pm - Uncapped wicket-keeper batsman Anuj Rawat is sold to RR for 80 L .

05:41 pm - Batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal sold to RR for 2.4 CR. Daniel Sams and Pavan Deshpande goes unsold.


05:39 pm - Last year’s auction sensation Varun Chakravarthy is sold to KKR for 4 CR.

05:38 pm - Hard-hitting all-rounder Deepak Hooda goes to KXIP for 50 L.

05:35 pm - India U-19 Captain Priyam Garg sold to SRH for 1.9 CR.


05:33 pm - Batting all-rounder Virat Singh sold to SRH for 1.9 CR.


05:32 pm - Rahul Tripathi is sold to KKR for 60 L !

05:27 pm - KKR's new head coach Brendon McCullum told reporters during the first break of the auction that Dinesh Karthik will remain the captain of KKR despite the franchise going for England's World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan in IPL 2020 Auction. Swashbuckling southpaw Morgan went for Rs 5.25 crore to KKR.
Source: IANS

O5:15 pm - Ish Sodhi and Adam Zampa both go UNSOLD !


05:11 pm - Piyush Chawla is sold for 6.75 CR. He will play for CSK !

05:10 pm - Windies star bowler Sheldon Cottrell sold to KXIP for 8.5 CR after a tough bidding war between KXIP and DC .


05:02 pm - Nathan Coulter-Nile Goes To Mumbai Indians for 8 CR. Meanwhile, Andrew Tye and Tim Southee goes UNSOLD !


04:59 pm - Young bowler Jaydev Unadkat is sold to RR for 3 CR.

04:36 pm - Dale Steyn, Mohit Sharma are unsold !

04:52 pm - Former RR Player Heinrich Klaasen, Bangladesh wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim, Naman Ojha, Shai Hope and Perera goes unsold at IPL 2020 Auction.


04:49 pm - Australia's wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey is sold to DC for 2.4 Cr after an intense bid war.

04:27 pm - MOST EXPENSIVE BUYS TILL NOW: Pat Cummins (15.5 CR), Glenn Maxwell (10.75 CR), Chris Morris (10 CR), Sam Curran (5.5 CR)

04:24 pm - Round-up of Set 2 


04: 22 pm - Stuart Binny goes unsold !

04: 21 pm - Chris Morris is sold to RCB for 10 Cr !

04: 20 pm - Star all-rounder Sam Curran goes to CSK for 5.5 Cr.

04:06 pm - Pat Cummins goes to KKR for a whopping 15.5 Cr after a tough bidding battle between RCB, DC and KKR. Meanwhile, New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme goes unsold.


04:03 pm - Chris Woakes is sold to Delhi Capitals for his base price of 1.5 Cr . Yusuf Pathan goes unsold at the IPL 2020 Auction.

04:00 pm - BIG SHOW - Glenn Maxwell becomes first millionaire at IPL 2020 Auctions and goes to his former team KXIP for 10.75 Cr !!!


03:59 pm - SET 1 Round Up


03:51 pm - After an intense bidding war between KKR and RCB, Aussie explosive opener Aaron Finch finally joins RCB at 4.4 Crores.


03:44 pm - Big hard-hitting opener Jason Roy goes to Delhi Capitals for 1.5 Cr

03:43 pm- Hanuma Vihari and Cheteshwar Pujara goes unsold at the IPL Auction

03:43 pm - India veteran player Robin Uthappa sold to Rajasthan Royals at 3Cr.

03:41 pm - After an intense bidding, England skipper Eion Morgan has been sold to Kolkata Knight Riders at 5.25 Cr.

03:37 pm- Chris Lynn is the first player to go under the hammer for auctions today. Lynn has been sold to Mumbai Indians at base price of INR 2 Cr.

12:30 pm - A total of 332 players will enter the auction pool with 73 slots available across the eight franchises. Eight franchisees will have a total purse of ₹ 207.65 crore to buy up 73 players.

12:40 pm - A look at what purses do the team have and how many slots can they each of them fill in 

  • Chennai Super Kings have ₹14.6 cr to spend for up to five players, including two overseas

  • Delhi Capitals have ₹27.85 cr to spend for to buy 11 players, including five overseas

  • Kings XI Punjab have ₹42.7 cr in the kitty to buy  nine players, including four overseas

  • Kolkata Knight Riders have ₹35.65 cr to spend for up to 11 players, including four overseas

  • Mumbai Indians have ₹13.5 cr to spend for up to seven players, including two overseas

  • Rajasthan Royals have ₹28.90 cr to spend for up to 11 players, including four overseas

  • Sunrisers Hyderabad have ₹17 cr to spend for up to seven players, including two overseas

  • Seven players (all overseas) in the auction pool with highest base price of ₹ 2 crore

  • Robin Uthappa has highest best price of ₹ 1.5 crore among Indian players


12:47 pm - Here is the list of seven players who have the highest base price of Rs 2 crore

The 7 overseas players who have been listed in the highest bracket of Rs 2 crore are - Dale Steyn (South Africa), Chris Lynn (Australia), Pat Cummins (Australia), Glenn Maxwell (Australia), Mitchell Marsh (Australia), Josh Hazlewood (Australia), Angelo Matthews (Sri Lanka)


12:57 pm -  Here are the players who have their base price set at Rs 1.5 crore in the auction

Robin Uthappa (only Indian), Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Chris Woakes, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott.

1:05 pm - 14-year-old Afghanistan left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmad is the youngest cricketer in the auction, while  48-year-old veteran spinner  Pravin Tambe is the oldest cricketers in IPL 2020 auction.

1:10 pm - Kings XI Punjab with Rs 42.7 cr are the richest franchise in terms of having the maximum corpus heading into the auction. With Rs 13.05 crore, Mumbai Indians will go into this auction with the least amount of money.

1:15 pm -  Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli is all set for the IPL auction and has shared a special message with the fans. RCB looks all geared up to rebuild their team with a aim to end their trophy jinx


1:20 pm - Kings Eleven Punjab have roped in seasoned domestic cricketer Wasim Jaffer as batting coach for the upcoming season

1:30 pm - Here is when and where you can watch the IPL auction live 

Read On: https://english.wahcricket.com/news/ipl-2020-auction-when-and-where-to-watch-live-telecast-live-streaming-139220

1:33 pm - The initial round of the IPL auctions will trigger heavy bids to rope in destructive strokemakers who could add meat the batting lineups. Some of the major who could fetch sky roaring prices are

Glen Maxwell, Eoin Morgan, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Lynn, Aaron Finch and Jason Roy

Read More: https://english.wahcricket.com/news/ipl-2020-auction-5-batsmen-who-could-be-on-every-teams-wishlist-139225

1:37 pm - Six new players have been added to the initial list of 332 players, taking the pool to 338 players

The six players included in the auction pool are - R Vinay Kumar, Ashoke Dinda, Matthew Wade, Sanjay Yadav, Robin Bist, and Jake Weatherald

1:51 pm - IPL 2020 is likely to become the first season where all the eight teams will have an option of loaning capped players - Indian or overseas - between them after the halfway point of the season.

2:00 pm -  Amidst the aim to boost the batting armoury, the 8 teams will be keen on strengthening bowling resources by adding weaponry to their seam and spin attack

Some of the in-form bowlers who could be lucrative buys in the auction are -  Sheldon Cottrell, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, Andre Tye, Chris Woakes

2:05 pm - Teams will look to lend balance to their squads by picking up all-rounders who can deliver the goods with both bat and ball. There are some world class all-rounders in the poool who could attract high bids - Sam Curran, Colin De Grandhomme, Chris Morris, Stuart Binny, Yusuf Pathan

2:12 pm - 

Here is how the eight teams stack up before the IPL auction

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Squad: AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha.

Chennai Super Kings

Squad: Ambati Rayudu , KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, MS Dhoni, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Suresh Raina

Mumbai Indians

Squad: Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McCleneghan, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Rohit Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult

Rajasthan Royals

Squad : Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Steven Smith, Varun Aaron

Delhi Capitals

Squad: Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer

Kings XI Punjab

Squad: Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, K Gowtham, Hardus Viljoen, Harpreet Brar, Jagadeesha Suchith, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb ur Rahman, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders

Squad: Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine

2:20 pm - Here is the list of most expensive buys in the previous editions of the IPL player auction

2014 - Yuvraj Singh Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rs 14 crore)
2015 - Yuvraj Singh Delhi Daredevils (Rs 16 crore)
2016 - Shane Watson Royal Challengers Bangalore ( Rs 9.5 crore)
2017 - Ben Stokes Rising Pune Supergiant (Rs 14.5 crore)
2018 - Ben Stokes Rajasthan Royals (Rs 12.5 crore)
2019 - Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Chakravarthy Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab (Rs 8.4 crore)

3:32 pm - Teams have made their way into the auction hall at Kolkata. We are minutes away from the auction. There is a feeling of buzz and excitement among all the team franchisee owners and the hundreds who will be watching the auction live.