A total of 338 players are set to go under the hammer on Thursday as eight Indian Premier League franchises look to complete their squads at the 2020 Auction in Kolkata. A total of 73 slots will be filled across the eight teams, with these players to be picked up from among 332 names shortlisted for the auction.
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02:41 PM
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting shared his strategy ahead of today's Indian Premier League (IPL) players auction. Ponting said the Capitals will bid for two batsmen, an all-rounder, and two pacers. He further said that they have a strong group of Indian players in the squad and their goal is to make the best use of them.
03:04 PM
CSK will be smart about picks at auction: Stephen Fleming
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming has said the franchise will look to be a bit smart and ready to lose players whom they have in their list, considering other teams have more money than them at the auction. Listen to the Super Coach ahead of IPL 2020 Auction.
03:16 PM
Funds available with franchises: Here's a look at the purses available with all the eight franchises.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): Rs 42.70 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Rs 35.65 crore
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Rs 28.90 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Rs 27.90 crore
Delhi Capitals (DC): Rs 27.85 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Rs 17 crore.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Rs 14.60 crore
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rs 13.05 crore
03:34 PM
The total auction pool has increased to 338 players, with the addition of six new players - Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Mathew Wade, Jake Weatherald, Robin Bist and Sanjay Yadav
03:42 PM
Mumbai Indians bag Chris Lynn for the base price of Rs 2 crore
03:44 PM
KKR spend Rs 5.25 crore for Eoin Morgan
03:49 PM
Robin Uthappa goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3 crore
03:51 PM
Jason Roy goes to Delhi Capitals for base price of Rs 1.50 crore
03:54 PM
Aaron Finch gets more than four times his base price, goes to RCB for Rs 4.4 crore
04:02 PM
Glenn Maxwell sold for 10.75 crores to Kings XI Punjab
04:03 PM
DC snap up Chris Woakes for base price of Rs 1.5 crore
04:13 PM
KKR outbid RCB and DC, snap up Pat Cummins for Rs 15.50 crore
04:17 PM
CSK get their first player from the auction, snap up Sam Curran for Rs 5.50 crore
04:22 PM
Chris Morris sold for 10 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore
04:32 PM
10 players are sold from the first two sets. RCB, DC and KKR have got two each, while MI, RR, KXIP and CSK grab one each so far
04:51 PM
Alex Carey sold to Delhi Capitals for 2.40 crore
05:01 PM
Jaydev Unadkat sold to Rajasthan Royals for 3 Crore
05:05 PM
Mumbai Indians outbid CSK, gets Nathan Coulter Nile for Rs 8 crore
05:10 PM
Piyush Chawla sold to Chennai Super Kings for 6.75 crore, biggest Indian buy so far.
05:10 PM
West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell sold to Kings XI Punjab for 8.50 crore
05:25 PM
15 players are sold so far after five sets of auction. 10 in the first section and five in the just concluded one. 12 international cricketers and three Indians have been snapped up by the IPL teams. Surprisingly, SRH have not bought a single player yet.
05:33 PM
Rahul Tripathi sold for 60 lakhs to KKR
05:36 PM
Sunrisers Hyderabad get India U-19 skipper for 1.90 crore
05:39 PM
Deepak Hooda snapped by Kings XI Punjab for 50 lakhs
05:59 PM
Porel sold to Kings XI Punjab for 20 lakhs
06:15 PM
Six out of the 12 uncapped players sold so far racked in more than Rs 1 crore, much higher than their base prices. Varun Chakravarthy got a whopping Rs 4 crore from KKR, before Rajasthan Royals spent Rs 2.4 crore and Rs 1.3 crore for Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kartik Tyagi respectively. KXIP used Rs 2 crore to grab Ravi Bishnoi, while SRH snapped up Virat Singh and Priyam Garg for Rs 1.9 crore each.
06:27 PM
Delhi Capitals snap Shimron Hetmyer for 7.75 crore
06:29 PM
David Miller sold to Rajasthan Royals for 75 lakhs
06:39 PM
James Neesham sold to Kings XI Punjab for 50 lakhs
