We have come to the end of the 2020 IPL auction. Australian pacer Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas player in this season of Indian Premier League (IPL) as KKR acquire him for a massive price Rs 15.5 crore in IPL 2020 auction held in Kolkata on Thursday. The base price of Pat Cummins was Rs 2 crore.
He also became the second most expensive player in the history of IPL auctions, next to Yuvraj Singh, who had been signed by the Delhi franchise for Rs 16 crore in the 2015 season.
A total of 997 players are registered for the VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction. Out of which 332 players were shortlisted as appealed by the 8 IPL franchises. A total of 186 Indian players, 143 overseas players & 3 players from Associate Nations have been joined to the list. 6 more players were added to the current list a day prior to the Auction after a request from the 8 franchises.
Have a look at the Top Buys
Team | Player | Type | Price |
Kolkata Knight Riders | Pat Cummins | All-Rounder | ₹15,50,00,000 |
Kings XI Punjab | Glenn Maxwell | All-Rounder | ₹10,75,00,000 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | Christopher Morris | All-Rounder | ₹10,00,00,000 |
Kings XI Punjab | Sheldon Cottrell | Bowler | ₹8,50,00,000 |
Mumbai Indians | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Bowler | ₹8,00,00,000 |
Delhi Capitals | Shimron Hetmyer | Batsman | ₹7,75,00,000 |
Chennai Super Kings | Piyush Chawla | Bowler | ₹6,75,00,000 |
Chennai Super Kings | Sam Curran | All-Rounder | ₹5,50,00,000 |
Teams with having Funds Remaining
Team | Funds Remaining | Overseas Players | Total Players |
Chennai Super Kings | ₹15,00,000 | 8 | 24 |
Delhi Capitals | ₹9,00,00,000 | 8 | 22 |
Kings XI Punjab | ₹16,50,00,000 | 8 | 25 |
Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹8,50,00,000 | 8 | 23 |
Mumbai Indians | ₹1,95,00,000 | 8 | 24 |
Rajasthan Royals | ₹14,75,00,000 | 8 | 25 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹6,40,00,000 | 8 | 21 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹10,10,00,000 | 8 | 25 |
Have some glimpse of Team Squad
Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Existing squad: MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad, N Jagadeesan, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, KM Asif.
Players bought:
Sam Curran (5.5 crores)
Piyush Chawla (6.75 crores)
Josh Hazlewood (2 crores)
Sai Kishore (20 lac)
Mumbai Indians:
Existing squad: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rahul Chahar, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Quinton de Kock (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga.
Players bought:
Chris Lynn (2 crores)
Nathan Coulter Nile ( 8 crores)
Saurabh Tiwary (50 lac)
Moshin Khan (20 lac)
Tarjinder Dhillon (20 lac)
Digvijay Deshmukh
Delhi Capitals:
Existing squad: Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Harshal Patel, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Axar Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul.
Players bought:
Jason Roy (1.5 crores)
Chris Woakes (1.5 crores)
Alex Carrey (2.4 crores)
Shimron Hetmyer (7.75 crores)
Mohit Sharma (50 lac)
Tushar Deshpande (20 lac)
Marcus Stoinis (4.8 crores)
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Existing squad: Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Siddesh Lad, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Sunil Narine, Harry Gurney, Lockie Ferguson, Andre Russell.
Players bought:
Eoin Morgan (5.25 crore)
Pat Cummins (15.5 crores)
Rahul Tripathi (60 lac)
Varun Chakravarthy (4 crores)
Chris Green (20 lac)
Tom Banton (1 crore)
Pravin Tambe (20 lac)
Also Read: List of Sold and Unsold Players in IPL 2020
Kings XI Punjab:
Existing squad: KL Rahul (wk), Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Mandeep Singh, K. Gowtham, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, J. Suchith, Chris Gayle, Hardus Viljoen, Nicholas Pooran (wk),
Players bought:
Glen Maxwell (10.75 crores)
Sheldon Cottrell (8.5 crores)
Deepak Hooda (50 l)
Ishan Porel (20 lac)
Ravi Bishnoi (2 crores)
James Neesham (50 lac)
Chris Jordan (3 crores)
Prabhsimran Singh (50 lac)
Tajinder Dhillon (20 lac)
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Existing Squad: Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel (wk), Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali.
Players bought:
Aaron Finch ( 4.40 crore)
Chris Morris ( 10 crores)
Joshua Philippe (20 lac)
Kane Richardson (4 crores)
Pavan Deshpande (20 lac)
Rajasthan Royals:
Existing squad: Sanju Samson (wk), Manan Vohra, Shashank Singh, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Ankit Rajpoot, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Varun Aaron, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler (wk).
Players bought:
Robin Uthappa (3 crores)
Jaydev Unadkat (3 crores)
Yasashvi Jaiswal (2.40 crore)
Anuj Rawat (80 lac)
Kartik Tyagi (1.3 crores)
David Miller (75 lac)
Oshane Thomas (50 lac)
Anirudha Joshi (20 lac)
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Existing squad: Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), David Warner, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Khaleel Ahmed, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, T. Natarajan, Billy Stanlake, Kane Williamson,
Players bought:
Virat Singh (1.9 crores)
Priyam Garg (1.9 crores)
Mitchell Marsh (2 crores)
Sandeep Bavanaka (20 lac)
Fabian Allen (50lac)
Abdul Samad (20 lac)
Sanjay Yadav (20 lac)
Here is the list of the expensive buys in each IPL auction.
Season | Player | Team | Price |
2008 | M.S. Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings | $1.5 million |
2009 | Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen | Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore | $1.55 million |
2010 | Shane Bond, Kieron Pollard | Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians | $0.75 million |
2011 | Gautam Gambhir | Kolkata Knight Riders | $2.4 million |
2012 | Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings | $2 million |
2013 | Glenn Maxwell | Mumbai Indians | $1 million |
2014 | Yuvraj Singh | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹14 crore |
2015 | Yuvraj Singh | Delhi Daredevils | ₹16 crore |
2016 | Shane Watson | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹9.5 crore |
2017 | Ben Stokes | Rising Pune Supergiant | ₹14.5 crore |
2018 | Ben Stokes | Rajasthan Royals | ₹12.5 crore |
2019 | Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Chakravarthy | Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab | ₹8.4 crore |
2020 | Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹15.5 crore |