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IPL Auction 2019 Live Updates: Live updates of IPL 2019 Player Auction as CSK, RR, MI, KKR, RCB, KXIP, SRH, DD Team 2019 Players List IPL 2019.
IPL Auction 2019: Unheralded architect-turned-cricketer Varun Chakravarthy fetched a sensational bid of Rs 8.4 crore, more than 40 times his base price, while veteran Yuvraj Singh was sold for his base price at the 2019 IPL Player Auction.
Chakravarthy, with a base price of Rs 20 lakh, went to Kings XI Punjab after a bidding war that also involved Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Shivam Dube from Mumbai also became an IPL star as he went for Rs 5 crore to RCB.
KXIP also spent big on England all-rounder Sam Curran, buying him for Rs 7.2 crore.
Medium pacer Jaydev Unadkat became a millionaire once again with a Rs 8.4 crore bid from Rajasthan Royals but the spotlight was firmly on Chakravarthy, the 27-year-old mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu who gave up a career as freelance architect to pursue cricket.
37-year-old Yuvraj, who was a sought after player in the IPL for a long time and during his prime, did not get any bid when his name came up. However, Mumbai Indians rescued him took him for his base price of Rs one crore.
Spinner Axar Patel (Rs five crore), pacer Mohit Sharma (Rs five crore) and Mohammad Shami (Rs 4.8 crore) were the other names to fetch big bids.
Royal Challengers Bangalore paid Rs 4.2 crore for Shimron Hetmyer. His teammate Brathwaite, the star of 2016 World T20, was sold to KKR for Rs five crore. Another West Indian to get an attractive deal was wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran. The 23-year-old, who came with a base price of Rs 75 lakh, went for Rs 4.20 crore to KXIP.
Indian Test player Hanuma Vihari was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs two crore, four times his base price.
Pacer Ishant Sharma, who had a base price of Rs 75 lakh, went to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.1 crore while wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was bought back by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.2 crore.
The high-profile unsold players were Cheteshwar Pujara, Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes and Dale Steyn.
Here's how it all went down in the IPL Auction 2019:
Rajasthan Royals get Manan Vohra, Ashton Turner and Riyan Parah for Rs 20 lakh each.
That concludes the 2019 IPL Player Auction.
Teams are asked for the last time to bring back one player. Three names are submitted.
Shrikant Mudhe is sold to #KKR for Rs 20 lakh
Jalaj Saxena goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh
Murugan Ashwin is sold to KXIP for Rs 20 lakh
Ruturaj Gaikwad is sold to CSK for Rs 20 lakh
Shubham Ranjane is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh
Joe Denly is sold to KKR for Rs 1 crore
Bandaru Ayyappa is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh
15 players to go under hammer again.
Akshdeep Nath gets 3.6 crore, goes to RCB.
Yuvraj Singh goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore
Martin Guptill goes to Sunrisers for Rs 1 crore
Prayas Ray Barman is sold to RCB for Rs 1.5 crore
Agnivesh Ayachi is sold to KXIP for Rs 20 lakh
Harpreet Brar is sold to KXIP for Rs 20 lakh
Prabhsimran Singh is sold to KXIP for Rs 4.8 crore
Keemo Paul is sold to Delhi for Rs 50 lakh
Rasikh Dar sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh
Prithvi Raj Yarra is sold to KKR for Rs 20 lakh
Liam Livingstone is sold to RR for Rs 50 lakh
Shashank Singh is sold to RR for Rs 30 lakh
Darshan Nalkande is sold to KXIP for Rs 30 lakh
Milind Kumar is sold to RCBT for Rs 20 lakh
Pankaj Jaswal is sold to MI for Rs 20 lakh
Harry Gurney is sold to KKR for Rs 75 lakh
Nikhil Naik is sold to KKR for Rs 20 lakh
Arshdeep Singh is sold to KXIP for Rs 20 lakh
The action resumes after the break.
Pravin Dubey, Shubham Ranjane go unsold
Dale Steyn, Vinay Kumar, Kane Richardson, Abhimanyu Mithun remain unsold. Barinder Sran goes to Mumbai for Rs 3.4 crore while Lockie Ferguson goes to KKR for Rs 1.6 crore.
Heinrich Klaasen is sold to RCB for Rs 50 Lakh while Kusal Perera, Mushfiqur Rahim, Luke Ronchi remain unsold
Jason Holder, Parvez Rasool, Corey Anderson, Rishi Dhawan, Angelo Mathews, James Neesham, Hashim Amla, Saurabh Tiwary, Shaun Marsh, Reeza Hendricks, Hazratullah Zazai remain unsold
Colin Ingram is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 6.4 crore
Purse remaining with the teams.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2018
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Nathu Singh is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 Lakh
Rajneesh Gurbani, Chama Milind, Tushar Deshpande, J Suchith, Yuvraj Chudasama, Zahir Khan Pakteen, KC Cariappa, Ravi Sai Kishore and M Ashwin remain unsold.
Ankush Bains is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 Lakh. Ishan Porel, Aniket Choudhary, Arun Karthik Basker, KS Bharat, Baba Indrajith and Anuj Rawat remain unsold.
Varun Chakaravarthy (Base Price Rs 20 Lakh) has been sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.4 crore.
Shivam Dube, from Mumbai, has been sold for Rs 5 crore to RCB.
Among domestic uncapped players now:
Anmolpreet Singh goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 80 Lakh. Sarfaraz Khan is sold to KXIP for Rs 25 Lakh.
Akshdeep Nath, Ayush Badoni, Armaan Jaffer, Ankeet Bawane, Sachin Baby and Manan Vohar remain unsold.
Rahul Sharma, Adam Zampa, Khary Pierre and Fawad Ahmed remain unsold.
Mohammed Shami goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.8 crore.
Lasith Malinga is sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crore. Ishant Sharma goes to Delhi Capitals for 1.1 crore.
Jaydev Unadkat sets the auction on fire again- He is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8.40 crore.
Hyderabad Sunrisers get Wriddhiman Saha back for 1.2 crore. The auction will now stop for 5 minutes now.
Among the wicket-takers now- Jonny Bairstow goes for 2.2 crore to Hyderabad Sunrisers. Naman Ojha and Ben McDermott remain unsold.
Delhi Capitals take Axar Patel for Rs 5 crore.
Gurkeerat goes to RCB for Rs 50 Lakh, Moises Henriques returns to KXIP for Rs 1 Crore.
Chris Jordon unsold. Yuvraj Singh comes up next and remains unsold.
Carlos Brathwaite- KKR and KXIP get in to a bidding war. He goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for RS 5 CRORE.
Chris Woakes is the first all-rounder to go under the hammer and he remains unsold.
Shimron Hetmyer has been sold to RCB for 4.2 crore. Whiel Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill remain unsold.
Hanuma Vihari goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore.
The first three players- Manoj Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara and Alex Hales remain unsold.
We are minutes away from IPL 2019 Player Auction now. KXIP have the most money to spend with Rs 36.2 crore, followed by the re-christened Delhi Capitals at Rs 25.5 crore. It is mandatory that every franchise spends a minimum Rs 61.5 crores out of their total purse of Rs 82 crores.
If you have a confusion over how many players will go under the hammer. Five new players were added to the list in the eleventh hour. According to Espncricinfo, the most notable inclusion is that of England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan. The others are South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen, Australian fast bowler Riley Meredith, and two domestic Indian cricketers Mayank Dagar and Pranav Gupta.
The defending champions are ready. Chennai Super Kings are one the most settled sides going into the auction. They could but a couple of Indian players to boost their squad.
Now on repeat mode hoping for the best! If YOU know what WE mean! #PrideOf19 #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/Fmv6dN56Y0
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 18, 2018
This time, with the World Cup in focus, major big players such as Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch, Mitchell Starc, etc., are giving the tournament a miss. It means that the primary focus in this year's IPL will be on the domestic players. Some of the Ranji stars could find a big opening tonight.
This particular reason, however, could well be a windfall for some of the domestic players and fringe players from overseas who will be available for the entire duration of IPL.
Here are 10 uncapped Indian cricketers who could get big money bids in 2019 IPL Player Auction
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