IPL 2021 Auction: Here’s how all the action unfolded in Chennai
That’s it, folks! It was an exhilarating auction as usual and the teams went bonkers with the desperation of filling up the chinks in their armour before IPL 2021. Punjab had the largest purse and they were aggressive in the event along with Royal Challengers Bangalore. Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad were smart in picking what they needed. Rajasthan Royals have built a phenomenal squad while Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders also moved in the right direction.
These are the ten most expensive players sold in this IPL auction.
8:14 PM
The last slot of the day is for Arjun Tendulkar. Mumbai Indians add him to the roster at his base price.
8:10 PM
Only four teams are in the fray and they can only buy Indian players. Hanuma Vihari still finds no buyers. KKR get Venkatesh Iyer and Pawan Negi for their base prices. RR buy Akash Singh.
7:58 PM
Another break! Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad have no spots left in their squads.
7:55 PM
Vishnu Solanki, Venkatesh Iyer, Corey Anderson and Rassie Van der Dussen find no takers again.
KKR have lapped up Ben Cutting. Pawan Negi remains unsold so does Gurkeerat Singh. The franchises do not have any overseas spots left now.
7:52 PM
The unsold players are back for bidding. KKR have bought Karun Nair and Harbhajan Singh. SRH have signed up Kedar Jadhav and Mujeeb Ur Rehman. C Hari Nishanth goes to CSK and Sam Billings has been bought by DC.
Kolkata get @karun126 for ₹50 lakhs!#IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/0uUWfmKltc
— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) February 18, 2021
7:48 PM
MI opted for Yudhvir Charak and Marco Jansen. CSK bought K Bhagath Varma while Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Jack Wildermuth, Harsh Tyagi and Pratyush Singh went unsold.
7:43 PM
Mumbai Indians go for James Neesham at his base price. Wayne Parnell, Chris Green, Isuru Udana, George Linde, Chaitanya Bishnoi and Reece Topley attract no bids.
7:40 PM
Suyash Prabhudesai and KS Bharat go to RCB at their base price. M Harisankar shall play for CSK and Kuldip Yadav for RR while Josh Inglis, Simarjeet Singh and Scott Kuggleijn find no takers.
7:35 PM
A flurry of unsold players now. Thisara Perera, Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade, Siddhesh Lad, Sean Abbott and Prerak Mankad have all finished without an owner.
7:31 PM
Here we go! It’s a bidding war between KKR and RCB for the Australian all-rounder, Dan Christian. The bids are approaching 5 crores and RCB get him for 4.8 crores.
After an intense bidding war between Kolkata and Bangalore, @danchristian54 heads to Bangalore.#IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/lGKilMcAbj
— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) February 18, 2021
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings added Fabian Allen to their squad for his base price of 75 lakhs. Rajasthan Royals get Liam Livingstone for the same price.
7:25 PM
We are back! The first player up for bidding is Jalaj Saxena. He is bought by Punjab Kings for 30 lakhs. Karan Sharma goes unsold. Punjab have also added Utkarsh Sharma to their roster. Kolkata Knight Riders pick up Vaibhav Arora. KL Shrijith goes unsold so does Ben Dwarshuis. G Periyasamy follows the suit.
6:40 PM
It’s time for a tea break. But the owners are not sipping their drink quietly. We will now enter a phase of accelerated auction where each team has to provide a list of 8-10 cricketers they wish to bid for. Rest of the names shall be culled. The event resumes at 7:15 PM.
6:24 PM
The current set includes fast bowlers but they are not having a good time here. Varun Aaron, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohit Sharma, Jason Behrendorff, Naveen Ul Haq and Oshane Thomas have not attracted any bid. None of the players in this set was picked.
6:20 PM
Moises Henriques is up next. After an exchange of bids, he eventually settles in the Punjab Kings squad for a price of 4.2 crores. His fellow countryman Marnus Labuschagne went unsold.
6:15 PM
It’s another bidding war! What an evening we are having at the auction. SRH and DC are fighting for Tom Curran, the English all-rounder. We have reached 5 crores and the bid finally settles at 5.25 crores. Curran will play for Delhi Capitals. Ben Cutting and Gurkeerat Singh find no bidders.
The tallest man to ever play for New Zealand will now play for Bangalore for a very tall price!#IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/stfZQ4hMcd
— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) February 18, 2021
6:12 PM
New Zealand pace bowler Kyle Jamieson has sparked a bidding war! The bidding has now crossed 10 crores. And it finally settles at 15 crores! Royal Challengers Bangalore have spent 75% of their purse to buy Jamieson.
6:02 PM
We are back after the break. West Indies all-rounder Rovman Powell goes unsold, so does Australian batsman Shaun Marsh. New Zealand pair of Devon Conway and Corey Anderson find no bidders. Darren Bravo and Rassie Van der Dussen also go unsold but we have a bid for Cheteshwar Pujara! He goes to Chennai Super Kings for his base price. Martin Guptill goes unsold.
5:45 PM
It’s time for uncapped spinners. Delhi Capitals take Tamil Nadu’s left-arm spinner M Siddharth. Karanveer Singh goes unsold. Sunrisers Hyderabad lap up J Suchith. Rajasthan Royals add KC Cariappa to their squad. Sandeep Lamichchane, the leggie from Nepal, is unsold! Midhun Sudhesan and Tejas Baroka are also added to the unsold list.
5:37 PM
Australian cricketers are having the time of their life in this auction! Riley Meredith, the uncapped right-arm fast bowler from Australia, is now on the radar of the IPL franchises. He finishes with a price tag of 8 crores! Tushar Deshpande goes unsold.
After his exploits in the @BBL, the uncapped Aussie ?? will be playing for Punjab in this season’s @IPL!#IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/sYlJ97Hnrw
— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) February 18, 2021
5:31 PM
Chetan Sakariya becomes a crorepati. The fast bowler is lapped up by Rajasthan Royals after battling with RCB. Kuldeep Sen goes unsold.
Chetan Sakariya joins Jaydev Unadkat at #RR
Left-arm pacer from Saurashtra, just like Unadkat. #IPLAuction2021
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) February 18, 2021
5:27 PM
The next set has uncapped fast bowlers. Ankit Singh and Mujtaba Yousuf go unsold. Lukman Meriwala is bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price.
5:23 PM
Uncapped Indian wicketkeepers are next on the list. Delhi Capitals buy Vishnu Vinod at the bid price. Kolkata Knight Riders replicate them by bidding for Sheldon Jackson. Kedar Deodhar goes unsold. Royal Challengers Bangalore pick up Mohammed Azharuddeen from Kerala. Avi Barot finds no bidders.
5:20 PM
Krishnappa Gowtham, the Karnataka spin all-rounder, has many IPL franchises bidding after him. The bidding has now crossed 8 crores. And it finally settles at 9.25 crores bid by Chennai Super Kings. Vivek Singh goes unsold after him.
5:13 PM
The next set includes uncapped Indian all-rounders. Atit Sheth goes unsold while Delhi Capitals pocket Ripal Patel at his base price of 20 lakhs.
The bidding war now begins for Tamil Nadu batsman Shahrukh Khan. And after an intense war, he belongs to Punjab Kings with a price tag of 5.25 crores. Ayush Badoni and Venkatesh Iyer go unsold next.
Veer Zara & Kal Ho Na Ho is on the cards with Shahrukh Khan joining the Punjab based franchise. #IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/VAAESjurJv
— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) February 18, 2021
5:05 PM
We are back after a mini-break. This set consists of Indian uncapped batsmen. Himanshu Rana and C Hari Nishanth go unsold. Sachin Baby and Rajat Patidar find a buyer at the base price in Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rahul Gahlaut finds no bidders. Himmat Singh and Vishnu Solanki also remain unsold. The set has finished.
4:53 PM
The next set consists of spinners. Adil Rashid, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Ish Sodhi and Harbhajan Singh have not attracted any bids. Mumbai Indians take up Piyush Chawla for 2.4 crores. Qais Ahmad goes unsold.
4:46 PM
West Indian fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell goes unnoticed. Delhi Capitals sign up Umesh Yadav for his base price of 1 crore.
4:43 PM
Nathan Coulter-Nile returns to Mumbai Indians. He has been bought for 5 crores.
4:41 PM
Australian fast bowler Jhye Richardson is up next. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings are pitted against each other now. And it is Punjab Kings who bid the last. Jhye shall be playing for Punjab Kings in the next season with a price tag of 14 crores.
Punjab Kings buy Jhye Richardson for a whopping ₹14 Crores!#IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/m1gW7ZB1Sw
— 100MB (@100MasterBlastr) February 18, 2021
4:33 PM
Adam Milne, the fast bowler from New Zealand is up next. Both Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals are interested. MI finally emerge victorious and pick Milne for 3.2o crores. Royals settle with Mustafizur Rehman for 1 crore.
4:27 PM
The auction resumes with wicketkeeper-batsman Glenn Phillips from New Zealand. He goes unsold. Alex Carey from Australia follows suit. Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka) and Sam Billings (England) also find no takers.
4:05 PM
Punjab Kings buy Dawid Malan for his base price of 1.5 crores. He is currently the number one batsman in ICC T20I rankings.
4:02 PM
THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER IN IPL HISTORY! Chris Morris was a hot property leading into the auction and now he walks away with 16.25 crores. The all-rounder will now play in Rajasthan Royals’ jersey this season.
3:55 PM
Chris Morris is up next! The South African all-rounder was with RCB last year. The bid is likely to go above 10 crores and Mumbai Indians are not letting him out of their sights. The bid now stands at 12.50 crores.
3:48 PM
Rajasthan Royals pocket Shivam Dube for 4.40 crores. The Mumbai all-rounder played for RCB in this last two seasons.
3:45 PM
Up next is Moeen Ali, England’s spin all-rounder. It’s a battle between the kings as Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings fight for him. But CSK emerge the winners. They take the services of Moeen Ali for 7 crores.
3:35 PM
Shakib Al Hasan is up next. Kolkata Knight Riders almost pocketed him for his base price but Punjab Kings thought otherwise. After an intense bidding war, KKR take him 3.20 crores.
Kedar Jadhav goes unsold.
3:33 PM
The first bidding war is being fought for Glenn Maxwell, who had a disastrous season last year. Starting from the base price of 2 crores, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings are fighting tooth and nail for the Australian all-rounder. And RCB get him! At an exorbitant price of 14.25 crores. This after all his performance(?) in IPL 2020 is surprising.
3:15 PM
We have the first sold player! Steve Smith, former Rajasthan Royals captain, will now play for Delhi Capitals. He’s sold for 2.20 crores INR.
Hanuma Vihari, Evin Lewis and Aaron Finch go unsold from the first set.
3:13 PM
The first player to be auctioned is Karun Nair, the middle-order batsman from Karnataka. He is also India’s only 2nd triple centurion in Test cricket. He is unsold.
Alex Hales, the English opener follows Nair. Another case of unsold. No sale thus far.
3:00 PM
The franchises have assembled and we are all ready to let the hammer do the calling.
2:30 PM
Welcome to the live coverage of IPL 2021 auction. The event begins at 3 PM in Chennai. The franchises were asked to finalise their squads by releasing a few players by 20th January. Now the released cricketers and newly added players make up the roster for this auction. A total of 164 Indian players, 125 overseas players and 3 players associate nations complete the line-up.
There are 10 cricketers, including Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Jason Roy etc., who in the INR 2 crore bracket – the highest reserve price. There are 12 and 11 players respectively in the INR 1.5 crore and INR 1 crore list.
There have been a few last-minute changes as well. Bangladeshi wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been added to the list while English fast bowler Mark Wood has withdrawn his name. Keep following the blog and our social handles for all the live updates.
Click here to know the purse remaining and available spots with each IPL team.
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