2019 IPL Player Auction: All you need to know about IPL 2019 Auction in Jaipur.
IPL Auction: The 2019 IPL Player Auction will take place on December 18 with 346 players going under the hammer. However, there are only 70 remaining slots in the eight IPL franchises. 226 Indians and 120 international players are included in the short list for IPL auction this year. These names were decided on the basis of the lists submitted by the eight IPL franchises. For IPL 2019 auction, the salary cap has been raised from Rs 80 to Rs 82 crores for the eight teams. The auction hammer will be yielded not by the known face of Richard Madley but by Hugh Edmeades for the 12th season of IPL.
Here's all you need to know about the 2019 IPL Player Auction.
1. IPL Auction 2019: Players who will go under the hammer
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IPL AUction: There are 9 players - Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Lasith Malinga, Colin Ingram, Shaun Marsh, Corey Anderson, Sam Curran, Angelo Mathews and D'Arcy Short - who have the base price of Rs 2 Crore in IPL 2019 Player Auction.
Jaydev Unadkat, the most expensive India player at last year's auction, will have base price of Rs 1.5 crore - the highest among Indians. Players like Yuvraj Singh, Alex Hales, Jonny Bairstow, Dale Steyn, Rilee Rossouw, Luke Wright, Alex Carey and Hanuma Vihari will be going under the hammer.
2. IPL Auction 2019: Date, time and where to watch
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The 2019 IPL Auction will start at 3:30 PM in Jaipur. You can watch the IPL auction live broadcast on Star Sports Network TV channels from 2.30 pm on Tuesday. The IPL 2019 auction live streaming will be available on Hotstar app and hotstar.com website as well.
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3. Chennai Super Kings: CSK squad, money available and players list
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Chennai Super Kings
Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi
Released: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma
Salary cap available: Rs 8.40 crore
Available slots: 2 (Indian 2, Overseas 0)
4. IPL Auction: Players Chennai Super Kings need to buy
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What Chennai Super Kings need: Chennai are the most settled going into this year’s auction. They don't need to do much at the auction.
Players CSK could target at IPL auction 2019: Varun Aaron or Aniket Chaudhary
5. Kings XI Punjab: KXIP squad, money available and players list
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Kings XI Punjab
Retained: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin
Released: Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor Dar
Traded: Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh with RCB
Salary cap available: Rs 36.20 crore
Available slots: 15 (Indian 11, Overseas 4)
6. IPL Auction: Players Kings XI Punjab need to buy
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What Kings XI Punjab need: They need a wicketkeeper, all-rounder, Indian pace bowler and another spinner to support the core of the team.
Players KXIP could target at IPL auction 2019: Moises Henriques, Anmolpreet Singh, Colin Ingram, Lasith Malinga and Varun Chakravarthy
7. Mumbai Indians: MI squad, money available and players list
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Mumbai Indians
Retained: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff.
Released: Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya.
Traded: Quinton de Kock from RCB
Salary cap available: Rs 11.15 crore
Available slots: 7 (Indian 6, Overseas 1)
8. IPL Auction: Players Mumbai Indians need to buy
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What Mumbai Indians need: They need an experienced spin bowler and overseas fast bowler in their otherwise solid squad.
Players MI could target at IPL auction 2019: Shivam Dube, Mohammed Shami and Axar Patel
9. Delhi Capitals: DC squad, money available and players list
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Delhi Capitals (previously Delhi DareDevils)
Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent Boult
Released: Jason Roy, Junior Dala, Liam Plunkett, Mohammed Shami, Sayan Ghosh, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Naman Ojha
Traded: Shikhar Dhawan from SRH for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem with Delhi Capitals
Salary cap available: Rs 25.50 crore
Available slots: 10 (Indian 7, Overseas 3)
10. IPL Auction: Players Delhi Capitals need to buy
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What Delhi Capitals need: With Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw and captain Shreyas Iyer they have a soild top order. However, they have to a find replacements for Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Shami and Gautam Gambhir.
Players DC could target at IPL auction 2019: Brendon McCullum, Carlos Brathwaite, Corey Anderson and Ishant Sharma
11. Rajasthan Royals: RR squad, money available and players list
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Rajasthan Royals
Retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror.
Released: D'Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Heinrich Klaasen, Dane Paterson, Zahir Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jatin Saxena.
Salary cap available: Rs 20.95 crore
Available slots: 9 (Indian 6, Overseas 3)
12. IPL Auction: Players Rajasthan Royals need to buy
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What Rajasthan Royals need: Rajasthan Royals had to release D'Arcy Short and Jaydev Undakat after an underwhelming season last year. They will need some firepower at the top of the batting and start of the bowling.
Players RR could target at IPL auction 2019: Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Md Shami and Jalaj Saxena
13. Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR squad, money available and players list
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Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Released: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Javon Searles
Salary cap available: Rs 15.20 crore
Available slots: 12 (Indian 7, Overseas 5)
14. IPL Auction: Players Kolkata Knight Riders need to buy
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What Kolkata Knight Riders need: They need experienced fast bowlers to replace Mitchell Starc and a possible replacement for Chris Lynn in second half of the tournament.
Players KKR could target at IPL Auction 2019: Manoj Tiwary, Dale Steyn, Martin Guptill and Jaydev Unadkat
15. Royal Challengers Bangalore: RCB squad, money available and players list
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya
Released: Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Sarfraz Khan
Traded: Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis with KXIP
Salary cap available: Rs 18.15 crore
Available slots: 10 (Indian 8, Overseas 2)
16. IPL Auction: Players Royal Challengers Bangalore need to buy
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What Royal Challengers Bangalore need: RCB let go of both Quinton de Kock and Brendon McCullum, and hence could be in the market for an explosive batsman to slot in at the top. They also need a death bowler.
Players RCB could target at IPL auction 2019: Shimron Hetmyer, Hanuma Vihari and Dale Steyn
17. Sunrisers Hyderabad: SRH squad, money available and players list
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al Hasan
Released: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan
Traded: Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Capitals for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem
Salary cap available: Rs 9.70 crore
Available slots: 5 (Indian 3, Overseas 2)
18. IPL Auction: Players Sunrisers Hyderabad need to buy
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What Sunrisers Hyderabad need: SRH will look to find a replacement for Shikhar Dhawan for the opening batsmen’s slot.
Players SRH could target at IPL auction 2019: Reeza Hendricks, D'Arcy Short, or Mohammad Shahzad.
