Bengaluru, Feb 20: England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the costliest buy at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 Players' Auction today (February 20). (Full list of players sold)
List of retained players; Tournament schedule; Auction guide
Stokes was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) for a huge price of Rs 14.5 crore ($2,166,604). With this amount, Stokes set a record for an overseas player. Previously, no foreign cricketer had attracted such a huge amount at IPL auction. However, the most expensive buy in the history of IPL is Yuvraj Singh, at Rs 16 crore.
More than 350 players had entered the auction fray but only 66, including 27 overseas, were sold on Monday. Rs 91.15 crore was spent. (Final list of all 8 squads)
Here are all the updates of Auction (All times IST)
Rs 1 crore = US dollars 149,264 (approximate, as on today)
3.27 PM: IT IS THE END OF THE PLAYERS AUCTION
3.22 PM: Darren Bravo (West Indies) is SOLD to KKR for Rs 50 lakh. Manoj Tiwary bought by RPS for Rs 50 lakh. Sayan Ghosh (India) goes to KKR for Rs 10 lakh. Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand) bought by RPS for 50 lakh.
2.59 PM: End of the "accelerated session" now. Teams are asked to re-submit names to be called out again. 3 per team a maximum of 24 players in the next round.
2.58 PM: KKR buy R Sanjay Yadav, Ishank Jaggi for Rs 10 lakh each. Gujarat pick Pratham Singh for Rs 10 lakh. Rahul Tripathi goes to Pune for Rs 10 lakh. SOLD
2.53 PM: Gujarat buy Chirag Suri, Shelley Shaurya, Shubam Agarwal for Rs 10 lakh each
2.50 PM: Colin de Granhomme, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorious, Ben Wheeler, Kesrick Williams, Tajendra Singh, Virat Singh, Mehedi Hasan - All UNSOLD
2.42 PM: Indian paceman Munaf Patel will play for Gujarat. He was bought for Rs 30 lakh. SOLD. Rinku Singh goes to Punjab for Rs 10 lakh
2.39 PM: West Indies' all-rounder Darren Sammy SOLD to Punjab for Rs 30 lakh. Another West Indian Rovman Powell bought for Rs 30 lakh by Kolkata. Lockie Feguson UNSOLD
2.36 PM: Sri Lanka's Asela Gunaratne is SOLD to Mumbai for Rs 30 lakh. Daniel Christian to play for Pune for Rs 1 crore. James Neesham UNSOLD
2.32 PM: Mohammed Siraj, another surprise pick. The 22-year-old uncapped Indian fast bowler gets Rs 2.6 crore from SRH. 17-year-old Rahul Chahar picked by Pune for Rs 10 lakh. They also buy Saurabh Kumar for same price. SOLD
2.29 PM: Hyderabad have bought Australia's Ben Laughlin for Rs 30 lakh. Billy Stanlake (Australia) too gets Rs 30 lakh, from RCB. Akshay Wankhede, Akash Bhandari, Akhil Herwadkar, Dishant Yagnik, Rishi Arothe, Ronsford Beaton UNSOLD
2.23 PM: Manoj Tiwary, Thisara Perera, Evin Lewis - all UNSOLD again
2.20 PM: Akshdeep Nath, Vishnu Vinod, Mayank Dagar, Mitchell Swepson, Darren Bravo UNSOLD. Navdeep Saini goes to Delhi for Rs 10 lakh
2.15 PM: New Zealand's Ish Sodhi, ImranTahir (South Africa), Pragyan Ojha, Unmukt Chand - UNSOLD again
2.12 PM: Ishant (Rs 2 crore base price). Again UNSOLD
2.11 PM: KKR buy Nathan Coulter-Nile (Australia) for Rs 3.5 crore. SOLD
2.10 PM: Jonny Bairstow, Kyle Abbott UNSOLD again
2.07 PM: England all-rounder Chris Jordan has a new home in Hyderabad. He was SOLD for Rs 50 lakh. Irfan Pathan UNSOLD again
HISTORY MADE at #IPLAuction - Mohammad Nabi becomes the first Afghanistan cricketer to join VIVO IPL. He will play for @SunRisers pic.twitter.com/Y4sanD86Ev
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 20, 2017
2.05 PM: Mumbai buy Saurabh Tiwary for Rs 30 lakh. Lack of form, fitness and a huge fall for Tiwary from a high. In 2011, RCB paid $1.6 million for Tiwary.
2.04 PM: England's Jason Roy is SOLD to Gujarat for Rs 1 crore
2.03 PM: Guptill is picked by KXIP for Rs 50 lakh. SOLD
2 PM: Auction restarts after lunch. It is now "accelerated session" according to the auctioneer Richard Madley. Teams have submitted some of the names which went UNSOLD in the morning session. They will be re-presented. 1st up is Martin Guptill
12.53 PM: Here are the funs remaining now - DD - Rs 9.25 crore; GL - Rs 12.30 cr; KXIP - Rs 14.80 cr; KKR - Rs 10 cr; MI - Rs 4.05 cr; RPS - Rs 2.70 cr; RCB - Rs 2.82 cr; SRH - Rs 15.65 cr
12.43 PM: Here is a recap of the happenings so far. The auction began at 9.30 AM IST and the morning session ended at 12.40 PM. 33 players were sold. Stokes was the most expensive at Rs 14.5 crore. Mills was the next costliest at Rs 12 crore. Boult and Rabada were at number 3 with Rs 5 crore each.
We break for Lunch now and will be back at 2 PM IST #IPLAuction. Take a look at the top buys from the morning session. pic.twitter.com/idSdy3GNg2
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 20, 2017
12.40 PM: That is the end of morning session. Lunch Break now. Auction to restart at 2 PM
12.37 PM: Spinners on offer now. Fawad Ahmed, Michael Beer, Akila Dananjaya, Nathan Lyon, Rahul Sharma all UNSOLD
12.35 PM: Varun Aaron gets Rs 2.8 crore from Punjab. SOLD. Manpreet Gony will play for Gujarat for Rs 60 lakh
12.32 PM: Set 14 - Fast bowlers. RP Singh UNSOLD. Matt Henry (New Zealand) SOLD to Punjab for Rs 50 lakh. Jaidev Unadkat bought by Pune for Rs 30 lakh. Pankaj Singh, Billy Stanlake, Ben Laughlin UNSOLD
12.27 PM: Rishi Dhawan will play for KKR. SOLD for Rs 55 lakh. Thisara Perera, Farhaan Behardien, Anamul Haque, Shane Dowrich, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella, Brad Haddin, Glenn Phillips UNSOLD
12.20 PM: David Wiese of South Africa is UNSOLD
12.16 PM: Indian legspinner Karn Sharma SOLD for Rs 3.2 crore to MI
12.11 PM: England all-rounder Chris Woakes up next. His base price is Rs 2 crore. SOLD to KKR for Rs 4.2 crore. Jason Holder UNSOLD
12.09 PM: Set 12 - All-rounders - Parvez Rasool UNSOLD
12.08 PM: Australia's Nic Maddinson UNSOLD
12.07 PM: West Indies' Marlon Samuels, Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo UNSOLD
12.05 PM: S Badrinath is also UNSOLD
12.02 PM: Manoj Tiwary and Cheteshwar Pujara remain UNSOLD. Abhinav Mukund, Michael Klinger also UNSOLD
12.01 PM: Veteran legspinner Pravin Tambe SOLD to SRH for Rs 10 lakh. Australian legspinner Mitchell Swepson UNSOLD
11.59 AM: Afghanistan's 18-year-old legspinner Rashid Khan Arman gets a whopping Rs 4 crore from SRH. SOLD
11.54 AM: Set 10 - Uncapped spinners. Murugan Ashwin SOLD to DD for Rs 1 crore. Mayank Dagar UNSOLD
11.51 AM: Basil Thampy SOLD to Gujarat for Rs 85 lakh
11.48 AM: Umar Nazir, Navdeep Saini, Pawan Suyal all UNSOLD
11.43 AM: Big surprise. Left-arm paceman Thangarasu Natarajan, 25, of Tamil Nadu gets Rs 3 crore from Punjab. SOLD. Nathu Singh goes to Gujarat Lions (GL) for Rs 50 lakh. SOLD
11.41 AM: After intense bidding, Aniket Choudhary (Base price Rs 10 lakh), goes to RCB for Rs 2 crore. SOLD. 27-year-old Aniket is a left-arm paceman who plays for Rajasthan.
11.34 AM: Now it Set 9 - uncapped fast bowlers. Abu Nechim Ahmed
11.31 AM: Big-hitting Afghan Mohammad Shahzad, also known as "MS", attracts no bids. UNSOLD. Mohit Ahlawat (scored a triple ton in T20 match recently), Manvinder Bisla - UNSOLD
11.29 AM: Eklavya Dwivedi (India) SOLD to SRH for Rs 75 lakh
11.27 AM: Shreevats Goswami UNSOLD. Mumbai's Aditya Tare will play for Delhi for Rs 25 lakh. SOLD
11.25 AM: Now it is set of 8 - uncapped wicketkeepers. 1st up - Vishnu Vinod (India) - Rs 10 lakh base price. UNSOLD
11.24 AM: Rahul Tewatia SOLD to Punjab for Rs 25 lakh. Praveen Dubey, Shivam Dubey, Manan Sharma, Rush Kalaria, Priyank Panchal all UNSOLD
11.19 AM: Current bidding for Karnataka's offspinning all-rounder K Gowtham. He has been impressive in the domestic circuit. SOLD for Rs 2 crore to Mumbai
11.16 AM: Mohammad Nabi creates history by becoming the first Afghan player to be bought in IPL Auction. He goes to SRH for Rs 30 lakh
11.14 AM: Now it is time for uncapped all-rounders. India's Aksh Deep Nath 1st up. His base price is Rs 10 lakh. He is UNSOLD. Mahipal Lomror also UNSOLD
11.13 AM: Tanmay Agarwal bought for Rs 10 lakh by SRH
11.11 AM: Historic one this. Afghanistan's Asghar Stanikzai is one of the 5 players from that country to be in auction. However, he is UNSOLD
11.10 AM: Delhi buy Ankeet Bawane for Rs 10 lakh, at his base price. Next up is Unmukt Chand (Rs 30 lakh base price). He is UNSOLD
11.09 AM: Auction resumes. Now it is time for uncapped batsmen. First up is Umang Sharma (India) - Rs 10 lakh base price. He is UNSOLD. Promisnig young batsman Prithvi Shaw is also UNSOLD
11.04 AM: Here are the funs remaining now - DD - Rs 10.6 crore; GL - Rs 14.35 cr; KXIP - Rs 21.35 cr; KKR - Rs 14.75 cr; MI - Rs 9.255 cr; RPS - Rs 3 cr; RCB - Rs 4.825 cr; SRH - RS 20.9 cr. DD can't buy any foreign players now. They have exhausted their quota of 9
10.55 AM: Recap of 2nd session - England's Tymal Mills hit the jackpot by attracting a Rs 12 crore bid from RCB. He was the top pick this session. So far, English cricketers - Stokes (Rs 14.5 crore) and Mills (Rs 12 crore) lead the table. It was a surprise that Ishant and Tahir got no bids
10.54 AM: Australian veteran Brad Hogg is UNSOLD. Pragyan Ojha is also UNSOLD. Also Imran Tahir (South Africa), the number one T20I bowler in the world, goes UNSOLD. There is a short break again, for 10 minutes
10.52 AM: Time for capped spinners. Lakshan Sandakan (Sri Lanka), Ish Sodhi (New Zealand) both UNSOLD
10.49 AM: Bit of a suprise this - Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma goes UNSOLD. His base price was Rs 2 crore. Kyle Abbott is also UNSOLD
10.46 AM: Australian Mitchell Johnson goes back to Mumbai for Rs 2 crore. SOLD
10.43 AM: Australian fast bowler Pat Cummis (Rs 2 crore base price). Delhi and Hyderabad bidding. Finally, Delhi win with Rs 4.5 crore. SOLD
10.36 AM: T20 specialist Tymal Mills, the left-arm fast bowler from England is up next. Base price is Rs 50 lakh. Mumbai, Punjab were bidding but opted out. Now it is between Kolkata and Bangalore (RCB). Mills goes to RCB for Rs 12 crore. Huge money.
10.35 AM: New Zealand's left-arm paceman Trent Boult gets big money. He is SOLD for Rs 5 crore to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), their first buy today.
10.31 AM: South Africa's Kagiso Rabada (Rs 1 crore base price). Punjab open the bidding. Delhi join in. Rabada will play for Delhi for Rs 5 crore ($747,105). SOLD
10.30 AM: Now on to fast bowlers, for the first time. Australia's Nathan Coulter-Nile is UNSOLD.
10.29 AM: Johnson Charles (West Indies), Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka) - both UNSOLD. End of first set of wicketkeepers.
10.25 AM: England's Jonny Bairstow (Rs 1.5 crore base price) is UNSOLD. Andre Fletcher (West Indies) is also UNSOLD. Nicholas Pooran (West Indies) - Rs 30 lakh base price. Mumbai open the bidding for Pooran. He is SOLD to Mumbai.
10.24 AM: Now it is time for wicketkeepers. Australian Ben Dunk's name is the 1st player out of the bag. His base price is Rs 30 lakh. UNSOLD
10.22 AM: The auction restarts. Pune started the day with Rs 17.5 core and have spent Rs 14.5 crore on a single player. They are left with only Rs 3 crore. IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla addresses the gathering, says, "IPL 10 will be a huge success."
10.16 AM: Recap of the 1st session - Stokes, as expected, was the biggest gainer. He was bought by Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 14.5 crore. Pune, yesterday, removed MS Dhoni as captain and installed Steve Smith at the helm. Stokes has set a record for overseas players. He is the most expensive foreign player. The highest ever is Rs 16 crore by Yuvraj Singh.
.@RPSupergiants' Sanjiv Goenka on acquiring the services of @benstokes38 #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/alFlQnVOvm
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 20, 2017
10.05 AM: Sean Abbott of Australia is UNSOLD. England all-rounder Chris Jordan is UNSOLD. A 15-minute break now.
10.03 AM: New Zealand's Corey Anderson SOLD to Delhi for Rs 1 crore
10 AM: Stokes' stakes are going up after Pune entered the fray. Pune hold the bid with Rs 14.5 crore. He is SOLD to Pune for Rs 14.5 crore ($2,166,604).
9.54 AM: Ben Stokes, the English all-rounder is now for auction. Rs 2 crore base price. RCB open the bidding. Mumbai and Delhi join in. Mumbai take the bid to Rs 10 crore. It is now betwen Mumbai and Delhi. Hyderabad raise it to Rs 11 crore. Delhi back again with Rs 11.5. It is fight between Delhi and Hyderabad. It has gone up to Rs 12.5. Hyderabd go to Rs 13 crore. Pune come in now with Rs 13.5 crore.
9.52 AM: Next up is Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan (Rs 50 lakh base price). He is UNSOLD
9.50 AM: Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews (Rs 2 crore base price). Delhi Daredevils (DD) bid. He is SOLD to Delhi for Rs 2 crore ($298,842).
9.49 AM: Gujarat Lions, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) join in to bid for Negi. RCB bid at Rs 80 lakh. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) join in now. It is between RCB and SRH. RCB go up to Rs 1 crore. Negi SOLD to RCB for Rs 1 crore ($149,421).
9.45 AM: Now it is time for all-rounders. First up is Pawan Negi (Rs 30 lakh base price). He was bought by Delhi for a whopping Rs 8.5 crore last year. Pune open bidding.
9.44 AM: Saurabh Tiwary (Rs 30 lakh base price). He is UNSOLD. That concludes 1st set of batsmen in auction
9.41 AM: Next up is England's Alex Hales (Rs 1 crore base price). He is also UNSOLD. Next player is Ross Taylor of New Zealand.
9.40 AM: England's Jason Roy is UNSOLD. Faiz Fazal too attracts no bids
9.38 AM: Next up is England captain Eoin Morgan (Rs 2 crore base price). Kings XI Punjab open the bid. No other bids. He is SOLD to Punjab for Rs 2 crore ($298,842)
9.36 AM: First is batsmen to go under the hammer. 1st player is Martin Guptill, the New Zealander. His base price is Rs 50 lakh. He is UNSOLD
9.34 AM: Auctioneer Richard Madley on stage. He is set to begin the proceedings.
The VIVO #IPL franchises have arrived. The action starts now... #IPLauction pic.twitter.com/nMhifpcCQB
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9.30 AM: The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri welcomes the teams' officials as he officially starts the auction. This is the 10th edition of IPL.
Earlier updates
"A total of 357 players including 130 overseas players will go under the hammer. The pool comprises 62 batsmen, 117 bowlers, 148 all-rounders and 30 wicket-keepers. 227 uncapped players are waiting to make their debut this season inclusive of 5 players from Afghanistan," IPL has announced.
Take a look at how the franchises are placed in terms of their budget. VIVO #IPLAuction to begin shortly. Stay tuned pic.twitter.com/QqvnugJwEK
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 20, 2017
One day before the auction (February 19), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mitchell Starc, the Australian paceman, parted ways. He won't be part of the auction too. RCB now have an additional purse of Rs 5 crore to shop today.
Richard Madley is here with us LIVE as he shares his experiences with us #IPLAuction https://t.co/9SsvuPZuKN
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The highest base price for a player in auction is Rs 2 crore. Ishant Sharma, Ben Stokes, Eoin Morgan Chirs Woakes, Mitchell Johnson, Pat Cummins, Agelo Mathews are the 7 marquee playes with a base price of Rs 2 crore. The next highest base price - Rs 1.5 crore sees 15 players.
Today's auction is a historic one as 5 players from Afghanistan are set to go under the hammer. There is also one player from United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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The auction begins at 9.30 AM IST. LIVE on Sony SIX TV channel. Richard Madley is the auctioneer.
Team-wise funds remaining
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) - Rs 23.35 crore (Purse spent - Rs 42.65 crore)
Delhi Daredevils (DD) - Rs 23.1 crore (Rs 42.9 crore)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - Rs 20.9 crore (Rs 45.1 crore)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Rs 19.75 crore (Rs 46.25 crore)
Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) - Rs 17.5 crore (Rs 48.5 crore)
Gujarat Lions (GL) - Rs 14.35 crore (Rs 51.65 crore)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Rs 17.825 crore (Rs 48.175 crore)
Mumbai Indians (MI) - Rs 11.555 crore (Rs 54.445)
The stage is set! Are you excited for the #IPLAuction? Some big players to go under the hammer. 🔨💰 pic.twitter.com/uwZQjZGqm7
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 20, 2017
Current strength of squads
Each team can have a maximum of 27 players with 9 foreigners
DD - 17 (5 overseas)
KXIP - 19 (5)
KKR - 14 (4)
MI - 20 (6)
RCB - 19 (7)
SRH - 17 (5)
RPS - 17 (5)
GL - 16 (6)
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