IPL Auction 2020 Highlights: IPL Auction Ends, Pat Cummins Most Expensive Buy Of The Season
IPL Auction 2020 Highlights: Pat Cummins was the most expensive buy as he was bought by two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders for a whooping Rs 15.50 crore.
- Prakash Rai
- Updated:December 19, 2019 09:19 PM IST
Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins was the most expensive buy of season as he was bought by two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders for a whooping Rs 15.50 crore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 auction on Thursday. In fact, he became the most expensive overseas player in the history of the IPL auctions. His Australian teammate Glenn Maxwell also pocketed big amount as his old franchise Kings XI Punjab shelled Rs 10.75 crore to get his services. Australia's limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch was picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 4.4 crore, while Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis got lucky the second time as he attracted intense bidding from Delhi Capitals and Rajatshan Royals and was eventually bought by Delhi for Rs 4.80 crore. Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla was the most expensive Indian player as he went to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 6.75 crore. England's World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan will be plying trade for KKR in the upcoming IPL season as he was bought for Rs 5.25 crore. Robin Uthappa, who was released by KKR, went in opposite direction as he was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3 crore. Dale Steyn was picked by RCB in the final bidding round for his base price of Rs 2 crore. Several West Indies players, including Evin Lewis, who were expected to force the bidding war went unsold. Yusuf Pathan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Adam Jampa, Martin Guptill and Colin Munro were among other players who failed to find any bidders in Kolkata.
- 20:50 (IST)IPL annual auction concludes!Vinay Kumar is the last player to go unsold and with that the IPL annual auction comes to an end.
- 20:50 (IST)SOLD!Tom Curran, base price of Rs 1 crore, sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1 crore
- 20:48 (IST)SOLD!Isuru Udana, base price of Rs 50 lakh, sold to RCB for base price
- 20:47 (IST)SOLD!Nikhil Naik, base price of Rs 20 lakh, sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh
- 20:47 (IST)SOLD!Shahbaz Ahmad, base price of Rs 20 lakh, sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh
- 20:47 (IST)SOLD!Lalit Yadav is sold to Delhi Capitals for his base price of 20 lakh
- 20:46 (IST)SOLD!Andrew Tye goes to Rajasthan Royals for his base price of 1 crore
- 20:44 (IST)Final round gets underway!The second accelerated auction gets underway after a short break. Dale Stey finally gets a bidder in Royal Challengers Bangalore and he goes to the side for his base price of 2 crore.
- 20:23 (IST)Marcus Stoinis goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 4.80 crore!Marcus Stoinis, base price of Rs 1 crore, attracts bidding from Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. He has crossed double the amount as neither of the teams are pulling their hands. They have taken the bidding past 4 crore now. He goes to Delhi Capitals for Rs 4.80 crore.
- 20:21 (IST)SOLD!R Sai Kishore, base price of 20 lakh, sold to Chennai Super Kings for his base price
- 20:21 (IST)SOLD!Tushar Deshpande, base price of 20 lakh, sold to Delhi Capitals for his base price
- 20:20 (IST)SOLD!Prabhsimran Singh, base price of 20 lakh, starts the bidding war between Punjab and Delhi. He goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 55 lakh
- 20:18 (IST)UNSOLD!Daniel Sams, base price of 20 lakh, remains unsold
- 20:18 (IST)UNSOLD!Shahrukh Khan, base price of 20 lakh, remains unsold for the second time
- 20:17 (IST)SOLD!Pavan Deshpande, base price of 20 lakh, goes to RCB for 20 lakh
- 20:17 (IST)UNSOLD!Rohan Kadam, base price of 20 lakh, remains unsold
- 20:15 (IST)SOLD!India fast bowler Mohit Sharma goes to Delhi Capitals for 50 lakh
- 20:14 (IST)SOLD!Sanjay Yadav, base price of Rs 20 lakh, sold to SunRisers Hyderabad for 20 lakh
- 20:13 (IST)Prince Balwant Rai Singh, base price of Rs 20 lakh, remains unsold
- 20:13 (IST)SOLD!Digvijay Deshmukh, base price of Rs 20 lakh, sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh
- 20:12 (IST)Rajasthan Royals bid for Anirudha Joshi and get him for his base price.
- 20:11 (IST)Vaibhav Arora and Saurabh Dubey also fail to attract any bids
- 20:10 (IST)England all-rounder George Garton is unsold
- 20:09 (IST)Kesrick Williams, base price of Rs 50 lakh, remains unsold
- 20:09 (IST)Nathan Ellis, base price of Rs 20 lakh, remains unsold
- 20:09 (IST)SunRisers Hydeabad starts the bidding for Abdul Samad and get him for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
- 20:08 (IST)Sujit Nayak, base price of Rs 20 lakh, remains unsold
- 20:07 (IST)Tajinder Dhillon, base price of Rs 20 lakh, goes to Kings XI Punjab.
- 20:06 (IST)James Pattinson also fails to invite any bids and goes unsold. Liam Plunkett also remains unsold.
- 20:05 (IST)Kolkata Knight Riders buy Pravin Tambe for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
- 20:04 (IST)Aryan Juyal, who scored century for UP in Ranji Trophy game, remains unsold and so does Sumit Kumar.
- 20:03 (IST)West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas, with base price of Rs 50 lakh, remains unsold.
- 20:00 (IST)Kane Richardson, base price of rs 1.50 crore, is inviting bids from Royals Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. RCB in the end manage to grab his services for Rs 4 crore.
- 19:59 (IST)Matt Henry unsold!New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry, base price of Rs 50 lakh, remains unsold as he fails to invite any bids.
- 19:58 (IST)Australia's Sean Abbott, with a base price of Rs 75 lakh, remains unsold
- 19:57 (IST)Sri Lanka's Isuru Udana goes unsold. His base price was 50 lakh.
- 19:56 (IST)Chris Jordan has started the bidding war between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 crore.
- 19:55 (IST)Jason Holder, base price of Rs 75 lakh, remains unsold
- 19:55 (IST)Sam Curran's brother Tom Curran goes unsold after teams do not open the bidding.
- 19:54 (IST)KKR get Tom Banton for 1 crore!Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders buy Tom Banton for Rs 1 crore.