Published: Feb 16, 2015, 09:36 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:23 PM (IST)
The 2015 IPL auction saw another moment of history as few big purchases with mega amount on big players rocked the event. The mini-auctiond for the eighth edition of the IPL was held in Bangalore and only a few notable marquee players were up for auction. Delhi Daredevils made the maximum purchase as they released most of the players from their squad owing to a dismal performance last season. Yuvraj Singh was the star buy for Rs. 16 crore by Delhi Daredevils, followed by Dinesh Karthik for Rs. 10.5 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Angelo Mathews of Sri Lanka for Rs. 7.5 crore by Delhi.
Time for some players who were unsold…
SV Trivedi: Sold to Rajasthan Royals for 10 lakh.
Akash Bhandari: The uncapped Indian player remains unsold.
Eklavya Dwivedi: He has been snapped up by Chennai SuperKings for 10 lakhs, but not many know about him though
Aiden Blizzard: The Australian player will play for Mumbai Indians again for 30 Lakhs.
Juan Theron: Rusty Theron is sold for a base price of 30 lakhs to Rajsthan Royals.
Kumar Sangakkara: And again, the star Sri Lankan Batsman is unsold.
Some fast bowlers now…
Joel Paris: The Aussie bowler unsold for 10 lakh.
Poonam Poonia: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Kshemal Waingankar: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Ishwar Chaudhary: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Jaskaran Singh: Unsold for 10 lakh.
B Singh Saran: Sold to Rajasthan Royals for 10 lakh.
Pankaj Jaiswal: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Samad Fallah: The Maharashtra pacer unsold for 10 lakh.
PG Dake: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Rajvinder Singh: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Gurinder Singh: Unsold for 10 lakh.
KK Jiyaz: Sold to Delhi Daredevils for 10 lakh.
Yuvraj Chudasama: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Vikas Toaks: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Prasanth Parmeswaran: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Umar Nazi: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Aniket Chaudhary: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Andrew Tye: The Aussie pacer has been bought by Chennai Super Kings for 20 lakh.
Pradeep Sangwan: The Delhi pacer remains unsold for 20 lakh.
Amit Mishra (pace bowler): Unsold for 10 lakh.
Siddharth Kaul: The right-arm pacer is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 10 lakh.
Nuwan Kulasekara: The man who bowled the last ball of World Cup 2011 and the first one of World Cup 2015 goes unsold for 50 lakh.
Munaf Patel: India’s 2011 World Cup-winning pace bowler has remained unsold at 50 lakh.
Abhimanyu Mithun: The Karnataka pace bowler has been snapped up for a good 30 lakh by Mumbai Indians.
Zaheer Khan: India’s veteran has finally been picked up by Delhi Daredevils for 4 crore. Massive bidding war between the Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils. Zaheer may be injury-prone but is also India’s most experienced bowler and probably one of their best, even at half fitness. He will make a difference to any side, especially as a mentor to the younger bowlers.
Pratyush Singh: Sold to Chennai Super Kings for 10 lakh.
Avinash Yadav: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Vinay Choudary: Unsold for 10 lakh.
SV Trivedi: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Ankit Shastri: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Ankit Khushwah: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Yogesh Golwalker: Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 10 lakh.
Raiphi Gomez: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Krunal Pandya: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Paul Valthaty: The former KXIP batsman has scored a century in IPL, but is unsold for 10 lakh.
Varun Sood: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Hardik Pandya: Sold to Mumbai Indians for 10 lakh.
Baba Indrajith: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Kshitij Sharma: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Dinesh Salunkhe: Sold to Rajasthan Royals for 10 lakh.
Swarupam Purkaystha: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Prasanth Padmanabhan: The batsman goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 10 lakh.
Rohit Dahiya: The Indian player goes unsold for 10 lakh.
J Suchith: Sold for 10 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Marcus Stoinis: The Australian all-rounder is bought by Delhi Daredevils for 25 lakh.
Gurinder Singh: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Vaibhav Rawal: Sold for 10 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Suneel Raju: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Siddhesh Lad: Sold for 10 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Harpreet Singh: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Akash Bhandari: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Some all-rounders now…
Pardeep Sahu: The young Indian goes to Rajasthan Royals for 10 lakh.
Nitish Rana: The young man is bought by Mumbai Indians for 10 lakh.
Rush Kalaria: The Gujarat all-rounder goes unsold for 10 lakh.
Shrikant Mundhe: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Ashok Menaria: The Rajasthan all-rounder goes unsold for 10 lakh.
Robin Peterson: South Africa’s left-arm spinner goes unsold for 1 crore.
Albie Morkel: The South African all-rounder has been snapped up by Delhi Daredevils for 30 lakh. So both Morkel brothers will have played for Delhi at some point now!
Azhar Mahmood: The Pakistani-English all0rounder goes unsold for 50 lakh.
Irfan Pathan: The Indian all-rounder goes to Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 crore. This is a great deal for CSK, they have got a top quality all-rounder for next to nothing! Irfan will definitely add to the balance of the side.
KS Bharat: The wicketkeeper goes to Delhi Daredevils for 10 lakh.
Praful Waghela: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Robin Bist: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Arjit Gupta: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Craig Simmons: Australian batsman goes unsold for 20 lakh.
Nikhil Gangta: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Prashant Chopra: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Sujit Nayak: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Prashant Naik: Unsold for 10 lakh.
Akhil Herwadkar: Indian batsman goes unsold for 10 lakh.
Travis Head: The Australian batsman goes to Delhi Daredevils for 30 lakh.
Shishir Bhavane: Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 10 lakh.
Ankeet Bawane: The Maharashtra all-rounder goes unsold for 10 lakh.
Eklavya Dwivedi: The wicketkeeper is unsold for 10 lakh.
Taruwar Kohli:Unsold for 10 lakh.
Michael Klinger: The Australian batsman is unsold for 30 lakh.
Manpreet Juneja: The Gujarat middle-order batsman goes unsold for 10 lakh.
Smit Patel: The wicketkeeper goes unsold for 10 lakh.
Ankush Bains: The Indian under-19 player is sold to Chennai Super Kings for 10 lakh.
Tirumalasetti Suman: The Indian all-rounder goes unsold for 10 lakh.
Sheldon Jackson: Saurashtra ‘keeper gets sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for 15 lakh.
Aiden Blizzard: The left-handed Aussie batsman goes unsold for 30 lakh.
Brad Hodge: The experienced Australian batsman remains unsold for 1 crore.
Ross Taylor: New Zealand’s middle-order pro goes unsold for 1 crore.
Luke Ronchi: The Kiwi ‘keeper goes unsold for 40 lakh.
Kumar Sangakkara: Sri Lanka’s wizard remains unsold for 1 crore.
Michael Carberry: The England opener reamains unsold for 50 lakh.
Alex Hales: England’s opening batsman remains unsold for 1 crore.
So we are ready to get back to the action. A lot of players remain unsold, but they will be put back on auction for a second round. Proceedings will start shortly. Richard Madley, the auctioneer, is ready to get things started.
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BREAKING: KC Cariappa’s vital statistics: Birth date — April 13, 1990. Karnataka Premier League (KPL) 2014-15 stats: Matches – 6, Wickets – 11, Bowling Average – 12, Economy rate – 6.00, Best figures – 4/19. He played for the Bijapur Bulls in KPL. He is also known as Nishad Cariappa. READ MORE ON KC CARIAPPA HERE.
The IPL Auction 2015 has been quite surprising, as Yuvraj Singh emerged as the costliest cricketer and some unknown names such as KC Cariappa and Shreyas Iyer raked in crores. The senior Indian bowling trio of Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel and Irfan Pathan was ignored and so was Ireland’s superstar Kevin O’Brien. Stay tuned for the updates from the IPL 2015 Live Auction as the franchise officials and organisers take lunch break.
Rahil Shah is the last player in this lot for Rs 10 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Bhargav Bhatt remains unsold for Rs 10 lakhs. He is unsold.
Shadab Jakati remains unsold for Rs 20 lakhs. He is unsold.
KC Cariappa has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Kolkata and Delhi bid for the Karnataka cricketer. This is turning out a little surprising as the player has been brought for a huge price of Rs 2.40 crores to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Sarabjit Singh Ladda is the next player in the auction. Base price is Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Akshay Wakhare is in with base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Mumbai Indians take him for Rs 10 lakhs.
Mihir Hirwani is unsold with base price of Rs 10 lakhs.
Last set before the lunch break. Ali Murtaza remains unsold with base price of Rs 10 lakhs.
Siddharth Kaul is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Pradeep Sangwan is in the auction at a base price of Rs 20 lakhs, he remains unsold.
Domestic cricketer Amit Mishra is in the auction now. The base price is Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Rahul Shukla, the Rajasthan Royals cricketer is in for the auction. Base price is Rs 10 crores. Unsold.
Dominic Muthuswamy is in for Rs 10 lakhs in the IPL auction. Mumbai and Delhi are bidding for him. He is sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 75 lakhs.
HS Sharath is in the auction for Rs 10 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Aravind Sreenath is in for a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Krishnakanth Upadhyay is in with the base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Basil Thampy is in the auction for Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Time for uncapped fast bowlers. The first in the list is Andrew Tye of Australia. Base price is Rs 20 lakhs. Unsold.
Jalaj Saxena is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore take him for the same price.
Ireland’s star cricketer Kevin O’Brien is in now! No team is interested, sadly he remains unsold. Base price was Rs 30 lakhs.
South Africa’s Robbie Frylinck is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Ashok Menaria is in for base price of Rs 10 lakhs. The player is unsold.
Shrikant Mundhe has the base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Sumit Narwal is in for the auction with base price of Rs 10 lakhs. KKR bid for the player. Sold for the same price to KKR.
Aditya Garhwal is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Rajasthan and KKR bid for the cricketer. Goes to KKR for Rs 25 lakhs.
Rajasthan Royal’s ex cricketer Kevon Cooper is unsold for Rs 30 lakhs.
Ram Dayal Punia is among the unsolds with base price of Rs 10 lakhs.
Jason Karia remains unsold with base price ofRs 10 lakhs.
Sushant Marathe is in with base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Smit Patel, the India U-19 cricketer who was the part of the World Cup winning squad is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Nikhil Naik is in for Rs 10 lakhs as the base price. Mumbai and KXIP are bidding for him. Punjab take him for Rs 30 lakhs.
Ankush Bains is in the auction asking for Rs 10 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Amit Paunikar is in for Rs 20 lakhs. Unsold.
KB Arun Karthik is in at base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
CM Gautam of Karnataka is in for Rs 20 lakhs. Delhi Daredevils take him for that price only.
Sreevats Goswami is in for a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Davy Jacobs of South Africa is asking for Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Time for uncapped wicketkeepers. Ben Dunk is the first in the list. He goes unsold with base price of Rs 30 lakhs.
The 17-year-old, Sarfaraz Khan is the youngest in this auction. He is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Mumbai and Royal Challengers Bangalore are bidding for him. RCB take him for Rs 50 lakhs.
Paras Dogra is in for base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Yogesh Nagar is in for base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
Tasmianan cricketer Aiden Blizzard is in for Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Debabrata Das is in for Rs 20 lakhs. No bids as he remains unsold.
Mohnish Mishra of India is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Sheldon Jackson is in for Rs 10 lakhs. Unsold.
T Suman goes unsold for Rs 10 lakhs.
Hanuma Vihari goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10 lakhs.
It’s time for the uncapped players. Shreyas Iyer is the first in the list for Rs 10 lakhs. Kolkata Knight Riders begin the bid. Mumbai have joined in. The price goes past Rs 1 crore. The price soars to Rs 1.90 crore as Delhi join in. KKR exit at Rs. 2.60 crores. Shreyas Iyer goes for a whopping price of Rs 2.60 crores to Delhi Daredevils.
Christopher Barnwell is in the list for Rs 30 lakhs. The West Indian all-rounder is unsold.
Next is Justin Ontong asking for Rs 50 lakhs. Unsold
Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura is next in the list. Asking for Rs 30 lakhs. Goes unsold.
South Africa’s Vaughn van Jaarsveld is in the auction for Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold
South Africa’s Roelof van der Merwe is in for Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold
West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite is next in the list, asking for Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Seekkuge Prasanna is next in the list at Rs 30 lakhs. The Sri Lankan cricketer has no buyers.
First in the list is Australia’s Ashton Agar. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Now is the turn of the last set of capped players.
Last in this set is Krishmar Santokie of the West Indies. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Dhammika Prasad of Sri Lanka is in next. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. Unsold.
Australia’s Peter Siddle is in the auction for Rs 50 lakhs. The right-arm pacer is unsold.
Hamish Bennett, the Kiwis pacer is in for Rs 30 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Sri Lanka pacer Nuwan Kulasekara is in for Rs 50 lakhs. Unsold.
Left-arm pacer Dirk Nannes is in for Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Veteran Aussie pacer Shaun Tait is in for Rs 50 lakhs. He has played for Rajasthan Royals in the past. Unsold.
Sudeep Tyagi of India is next at the base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Sri Lanka pacer Suranga Lakmal is in at base price of Rs 50 lakhs. Unsold.
South Africa pacer Lonwabo Tsotsobe is in the auction for Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
Sri Lankan fast bowler Thilan Thushara looking for Rs 30 lakhs is in the list of fast bowlers. Remains unsold.
New Zealand’s another cricketer, Anton Devcich is in the auction for Rs 30 lakhs. He is unsold.
Grant Elliott is in the auction at the base price of Rs30 lakhs, he also remains unsold.
New Zealand’s Doug Bracewell in at Rs 50 lakhs. Unsold.
Nathan Reardon of Australia comes in at base price of Rs 50 lakhs. No bidders. Player unsold.
West Indian cricketer Jonathan Carter in at Rs 30 lakhs. Unsold.
India’s ICC World T20 2007 hero Joginder Sharma is in the auction for Rs 30 lakhs. No bids for the cricketer. Remains unsold.
South Africa’s Farhaan Behardien is in the auction asking for Rs 30 lakhs. No one interested, player remains unsold at this stage.
Another Sri Lankan Farveez Maharoof is in the auction for Rs 30 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Another set of all-rounders to be auctioned. The first one is Suraj Randiv from Sri Lanka. All-rounder? Not really. He’s looking for Rs 30 lakhs. Remains unsold.
Left-arm India discard Rudra Pratap Singh is in at the base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He remains unsold.
Lakshmipathy Balaji is in the auction at Rs 50 lakhs. No one looks interested in the veteran Indian pacer. Unsold.
Ben Laughlin is unsold for Rs 30 lakhs.
Australian bowler Gurinder Sandhu, who played his first ODI in the triangular series before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is in at Rs 30 lakhs. Rajasthan Royals start the bidding. Delhi join in. The price has soared past Rs 1.50 crore. Delhi take him for Rs 1.70 crores.
Australian quick Doug Bollinger is in the auction. His base price is Rs 1 crore. No bidding.
West Indies pacer Ravi Rampaul is in the auction for Rs 50 lakhs. He remains unsold for the time being.
South African quick Kyle Abbott is in the auction for Rs 30 lakhs. Chennai are bidding for him and take Kyle Abbott for the same price.
Mitchell McClenaghan from New Zealand is in the list. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs. He is sold to Mumbai Indians at the same price.
South Africa’s Juan Theron is in the auction at Rs 30 lakhs. No bidding on him.
Time for fast bowlers now. Sheldon Cottrell i s the first in the list. No bidders for the West Indian pacer.
David Hussey is in the auction at the base price of Rs 1 crore in the all-rounders’ list. Unsold.
South Africa’s Robin Peterson is in at base price of Rs 1 crore. No bidding for him either.
Azhar Mahmood, the former Pakistan cricketer settled in England is in at base price of Rs 50 lakhs. He has played for Kings XI Punjab in the past. No bids for him.
Yohan Botha is in asking for Rs 1 crore. No bid for the South Afrian cricketer.
Sri Lankan spinner Sachithra Senanayake is in the auction at base price of Rs 1 crore. No bids from any of the franchises.
Albie Morkel, the Chennai Super Kings veteran and South African all-rounder is in for Rs 30 lakhs. No one’s interested, remains unsold.
Jeevan Mendis of Sri Lanka is in at Rs 50 lakhs. He remains unsold.
Nathan McCullum goes unsold for Rs 50 lakhs. No buyers for the New Zealand seasoned cricketer.
12.10 AM IST: Another round for all-rounders in the IPL 2015 auction. David Wiese of South Africa is in at base price of Rs 30 lakhs. The all-rounder is a favourite among IPL teams such as Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Heavy bidding among these two sides for no apparent reason. The price has surprisingly soared to Rs 2.80 crores. RCB take David Wiese for Rs 2.80 crores.
Apparently Yuvraj Singh was sleeping this morning when the auction was going on and he was purchased by the Delhi Daredevils for Rs 16 lakhs.
Last player in this set is Callum Ferguson from Australia. The 30-year-old right-hander comes in at a price of Rs 30 lakhs. No bidding.
The 25-year-old Abhinav Mukund is in at the base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He remains unsold.
Lahiru Thirimanne, the Sri Lankan left-hander comes in at price of Rs 50 lakhs. Unsold.
Darren Bravo of the West Indies is at the base price of Rs 50 lakhs. The left-handed talented batsman too has found no buyers.
Indian cricketer Venu Gopal Rao is in the auction at Rs 30 lakhs. The right-hander goes unsold as there are no bidders.
Richard Levi of South Africa comes in the auction asking Rs 50 lakhs. He remains unsold.
New Zealand’s Hamish Rutherford is in at a price of Rs 30 lakhs. No bidders for him as well.
South African Test opener Dean Elgar comes in at a price of Rs 30 lakhs. No bidders.
Veteran Australian Brad Hogg is in at the base price of Rs 50 lakhs. Kolkata Knight Riders begin the bidding. He is sold at the same price.
Sri Lankan spinner Akila Dananjaya is in at base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He also remains unsold.
Australian cricketer Cameron Boyce is in the auction for Rs 50 lakhs. No bids for him as he remains unsold.
Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis is in at Rs 50 lakhs. No bids for him either as he joins the list of the unsold.
Understandably so. Michael Beer goes unsold for Rs 1 crore.
Australia’s ace spinner Nathan Lyon is in the auction at a base price of Rs 1 crore. No bidding for him! The IPL teams can really spring surprises.
Right-arm spinner Rahul Sharma, the former Pune Warriors India spinner is in at Rs 30 lakhs. Chennai Super Kings take him at the same price.
Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha, who was recently given clearance on his suspect bowling action is in for Rs 50 lakhs. Mumbai Indians take him at the same price.
New Zealand tearaway pacer Adam Milne in at Rs 30 lakhs. The young paceman has found bidders in Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Milne goes to RCB for Rs 70 lakhs.
Australian pacer Ben Hilfenhaus goes unsold for Rs 1 crore. He used to play for Chennai Super Kings.
Right-arm Aussie pacer Sean Abbott is in the auction at Rs 50 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore start the bidding at Rs 50 lakhs. Mumbai Indians join the bidding. Ricky Ponting chipping in with his thoughts in the Mumbai management. RCB take Sean Abbott at Rs 1 crore.
Abhimanyu Mithun comes in the auction at base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He remains unsold.
India’s star pacer Zaheer Khan is in the auction at base price of Rs 1 crore. Shockingly, he too remains unsold.
India’s World Cup winner Muraf Patel is in at Rs 50 lakhs. No bids for him as he goes unsold.
India’s left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat is the next man in at Rs 50 lakhs. Chennai Super Kings open the bidding. Mumbai and Chennai are involved in the bidding along with Delhi, who take him for Rs 1.10 crores.
New Zealand pacer Trent Boult is in the auction list with a base price of Rs 50 lakhs. He has found bidders in Mumbai and Royal Challengers Bangalore. There is heavy bidding on the left-arm pacer. Mumbai exit the bidding as Ricky Ponting is seen discussing matters with the management. Mumbai exit bidding at Rs 3 crores. Sunrisers are seen discussing deeply over the matter as well with Tom Moody making many points to the management. Trent Boult goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3.80 crores
Time for Pankaj Singh at Rs 30 lakhs. ‘Unlucky’ Pankaj has no buyers.
It’s time for fast bowlers to be auctioned. The first one is India discard Praveen Kumar at base price of Rs 50 lakhs. Chennai open the biding at the same price. Sunrisers join in. The price rises to Rs 2.20 crores. This is outrageous! He is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad at the same price.
Indian veteran Laxmi Ratan Shukla is in with a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. There are no bids for him early on, but Sunrisers open the bidding at same price. Kolkata joins in. Sunrisers buy him at the same price.
South African all-rounder Wayne Parnell has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs and he goes unsold.
West Indies’ cricketer Darren Sammy has a base price of Rs 1 crores. RCB open the bidding at the same price. Delhi are also in the bidding now, and they stop till the price soars to Rs. 2.80 crores. RCB take Darren Sammy for a price of Rs 2.80 crores.
Chris Morris, the South African cricketer is in at a base price of Rs 50 lakhs. He has found bidders in this auction. There is heavy bidding going on among Rajasthan and Delhi. Rajasthan Royals take him for Rs. 1.40 crores.
Irfan Pathan is in the IPL 2015 auction at a base price of Rs 1.50 crores. Shockingly, there are NO bids on the star cricketer!
England all-rounder Ravi Bopara is in at a base price of Rs 1 crore. Surprisingly, the cricketer has buyers and Sunrisers Hyderabad have taken
Tillakaratne Dilshan is in at a base price of Rs 1.50 crores. He remains unsold.
Marlon Samuels is in the auction at a base price of Rs 1.50 crores. He is unsold.
New Zealand star player Jimmy Neesham is in with a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He is bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 50 lakhs.
Brendan Taylor is asking Rs 30 lakhs at the auction. The Zimbabwean skipper has no buyers as he too joins the list of players unsold this morning.
Denesh Ramdin, the West Indies Test captain is in the auction asking Rs 50 lakhs to start with. He is unsold as well.
Kusal Janith Perera is in with a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. No team seems interested.
South Africa’s Morne van Wyk is unsold as well!
New Zealand’s Luke Ronchi is in with base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He too remains unsold.
Time for wicketkeepers to be sold now. Matthew Wade is in at base price of Rs 1. crore. He remains unsold.
England left-hander Michael Carberry has a base price of Rs 50 lakhs. He remains unsold.
Cheteshwar Pujara is now in the auction with the base price of Rs 1 crore. Surprisingly, there are no bids at all and he is unsold.
IPL veteran Michael Hussey is in with a base price of Rs 1.50 crores. Chennai have opened the bid. And they take him at the same price.
Subramaniam Badrinath is in with a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He has one bidder in form of Royal Challengers Bangalore, and they have bagged him at the same price.
England cricketer Alex Hales is also unsold.
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor, with base price or Rs 1 crore is unsold.
Veteran Australian batsman Brad Hodge is there now. His base price was Rs 1 crore and he is unsold.
10.45 AM IST: The third round of the IPL auction is all set to start.
10.30 AM IST: The first two rounds of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions 2015 is over with Yuvraj Singh leading the table with a huge price of Rs 16 crores. The Indian all-rounder may not be among those in contention for the national side but the price on which he was bought shows that he remains one of the hottest properties in the IPL. Stay tuned for more updates from the Day 1 of the IPL auction.
England captain in One-Day Internationals (ODIs), Eoin Morgan is in with the base price of Rs 1.50 crores. He goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for the same amount.
Australia T20 captain and opening batsman Aaron Finch is in the auction with the base price of Rs 1 crore. Finch has been sold to the IPL side Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.20 crores.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra is the next player to be auctioned. His base price is one crore. Rajasthan Royals started the bid, but they were joined by Mumbai Indians and later by Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH look very eager to land Mishra bur he was eventually sold for Rs 3.5 crores to Delhi Daredevils.
Dinesh Karthik‘s base price is at two crores. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings start the bid. There’s a contest betwwrn CSK and RCB but after CSK pulled out mid-way, Delhi Daredevils join in. Sunrisers Hyderabad poke their noses in when the price is at 10 crores. Dinesh Karthik is eventually sold for Rs 10.5 crores to RCB.
Kevin Pietersen is the next player out of the pot and his base price is two crores. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the first team to make the bid and he is sold to them at Rs 2 crores.
Sri Lanka players Kumar Sangakkara ans Mahela Jayawardene base price is Rs 1 crore and they remain unslod, but he will be available at a later stage. All unsold players will be put under the hammer at a later stage.
Star of the show Yuvraj Singh is the next man who will be put for sale. His base price is two crores. Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils engaged in a keen battle to land the superstar. But Royal Challengers Bangalore entered the frame when the price was five crores, thus becoming a new entrant in the bidding. Yuvraj went for 14 crores to the RCB last season and Yuvraj Singh has gone for Rs 16 crores to Delhi Daredevils.
Kane Williamson is the next player up for grabs. His base price is 50 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad made the first bid of the auction and after a brief interest shown by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), he is eventually sold for Rs 60 lakhs to Sunrisers.
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews‘ base pice is fixed at 1.5 crores. Delhi and Mumbai were in a fierce battle to land the star all-rounder. Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians were keen on landing him but Mumbai pulled out after a point and Royal Challengers Bangalore joined in. Mathews is sold to Delhi for 7.5 crores
Murali Vijay‘s base price is 50 Lakhs and after the first bid by CSK, Punjab raised the stakes. The battle went to and fro and CSK eventually pulled out after the bid went over a crore. Then, it was a battle between RCB and Kings XI Punjab. Vijay is now a Kings XI Punjab player for a whooping Rs 3 crores.
Hashim Amla is the first player to go under the hammer. Bidding starts with a sum of two crores. He remains UNSOLD. A big surprise considering Amla’s stature.
Ranjib Biswal wishes all the franchisees all the best and looks forward to some good cricket. He encourages everyone to play in the right spirits and wishes the India team the best in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry‘s coverage of the IPL 2015 player auction. We will bring you all the latest updates of the player auction, which will include details of all the players bought by all the franchisees.
Player Auction of India Premier League (IPL) 2015 will be held today in Bangalore and the fate of many star players like Yuvraj Singh, Hashim Amla and Kevin Pietersen will be up for grabs. Other than these players nine other players including England captain Eoin Morgan form the part of the set of marquee players, who will go under the hammer today. IPL 2015 auction: List of players to be auctioned
Some of the local talents like Ishank Jaggi, Varun Sood and Sheldon Jackson among among others who will be bought by some of the top IPL teams. These players have had an excellent domestic season and will look to go for some big price and hope that their domestic performances have earned them a place in one of the good IPL teams. IPL 2015: Domestic players who could be auctioned
Yuvraj Singh was bought for the maximum price of 14 crores by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He was however released recently by the franchise but yet remains one of the star players of this edition of the IPL as well. There’s a cloud that hangs over the fate of Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Their owners N. Srinivasan and Raj Kundra are still facing charges of spot-fixing and their quantum of punishment will be decided by some of the top judges of the Supreme Court. If the two franchisees are eventually scrapped by the Supreme Court, they will not be able to take part in the IPL 8, which starts in April.
Shreyas Iyer bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2.60 crores
