IPL Auction 2021 Highlights: Chris Morris gains most, Arjun Tendulkar joins Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh

Chris Morris became the most expensive player in the history of the lucrative T20 league after the South Africa all-rounder was bought by Rajasthan Royals for a whopping Rs 16.25 crore. Meanwhile, Arjun Tendulkar was picked for his base price by Mumbai Indians. 

By Zee Media Bureau | Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 20:30
IPL 2021 auctions will get under in Chennai on Thursday (February 18). (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

IPL Auction 2021 Highlights: Chris Morris on Thursday etched history as the South African all-rounder became the most-expensive cricketer in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 33-year-old's bid saw an enthralling bidding war among the franchises with Rajasthan Royals' Rs 16.25 crore emerging as the winner. Morris was followed by New Zealand's tall all-rounder Kyle Jamieson, who became the second most expensive buy on Thursday after he was roped in by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping amount of Rs 15 crore. 

Meanwhile, Arjun Tendulkar was picked by Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. All eyes were on the youngster after his recent exploits in Mumbai's 73rd Police Invitation Shield cricket tournament. Former India leg-spinner Piyush Chawla also managed to find a new franchise with Mumbai picking him up for Rs 2.4 crore.

Catch the highlights of IPL 2021 auction below: 

18 February 2021, 20:15 PM

Arjun Tendulkar has been roped in by Mumbai Indians for his base price Rs 20 lakh. This will be Arjun's first appearance in the lucrative T20 league and it will be interesting to see if the 21-year-old gets a chance to make an appearance in the star-studded Mumbai unit. 

18 February 2021, 19:58 PM

Latest additions! 

Mumbai Indians: Marco Jansen (20 lakhs) 

Punjab Kings: Saurabh Kumar (20 lakhs) 

Chennai Super Kings: K Bhagath Varma (20 lakhs), C Hari Nishanth (20 lakhs),  

Delhi Capitals: Sam Billings (2 crores) 

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1.5 crores) 

Kolkata Knight Riders: Karun Nair (50 lakhs), Ben Cutting (75 lakhs)  

 

 

18 February 2021, 19:52 PM

Kedar Jadhav joins SRH, KKR rope in Harbhajan Singh 

After being released by Chennai Super Kings following a dismal outing in UAE last year, India batsman Kedar Jadhav will be seen in the Sunrisers camp for the upcoming season. The Indian cricketer who can also contribute with the ball was bought by SRH for Rs 2 crore. 

Meanwhile, after being unsold in the first-round, Kolkata Knight Riders ropes in veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for his base price of Rs 2 crore. 

18 February 2021, 19:44 PM

Latest addition! 

# Suyash Prabhudessai and K S Bharat sold to Bangalore for Rs 20 lakh each. 

# M Harisankar Reddy sold to CSK for Rs 20 lakh

# Kuldip Yadav roped in by Rajasthan for Rs 20 lakh 

# James Neesham and Yudhvir Charak join Mumbai for Rs 50 and 20 lakh each  

18 February 2021, 19:26 PM

Daniel Christain draws Rs 4.8 crores

The Kolkata Knight Riders have purchased West Indies seamer, Fabien Allen, for Rs 75 lakh to Punjab Kings. Meanwhile, Australia cricketer Daniel Christain was roped in for Rs 4.80 crores by Royal Challengers Bangalore after engaging in a bidding war against Kolkata Knight Riders. 

18 February 2021, 19:22 PM

Punjab Kings have roped in Jalaj Saxena for Rs 30 lakh. This is Punjab's sixth purchase in the mini-auction. 

18 February 2021, 19:07 PM

Preity Zinta's on the mini-auction 

18 February 2021, 19:02 PM

Rajasthan Royals are leaving no stones unturned in the Indian Premier League mini-auction on Thursday. The franchise have roped in Chris Morris, for a record Rs 16.25 crore, and Bangladesh speedster Mustafizur Rahman in the auction. Apart from these two notable additions, India all-rounder Shivam Dube, Chetan Sakariya, and K C Cariappa have also been purchased by the franchise so far in the auction. [Rajasthan Royals Full Squad]  

18 February 2021, 18:56 PM

The mini-auction on Thursday has been ruled by foreign cricketers as some of the unexpected names were seen pulling off a bidding war among the franchise. While South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris became the most-expensive cricketer in the history of the tournament, another all-rounder from New Zealand bagged a whopping Rs 15 crore. 

In Pics | Players who bagged whopping amount in IPL 2021 auction 

18 February 2021, 18:49 PM

Sunrisers Hyderabad keep things light

Sunrisers Hyderabad have kept things quiet in the auction so far and have just roped bowling all-rounder Jagadeesha Suchith for Rs 30 lakh. [SRH full squad

18 February 2021, 18:17 PM

Moises Henriques heads to Punjab Kings

Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques was sold to Punjab Kings, up from his base price of Rs 1 crore

18 February 2021, 18:15 PM

Marnus Labuschagne UNSOLD

Prolific Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne went unsold at his base price of Rs 1 crore

18 February 2021, 18:11 PM

Tom Curran goes to Delhi Capitals

English paceman Tom Curran was sold to Delhi Capitals franchise for Rs 5.25 crore 

18 February 2021, 18:02 PM

Kyle Jamieson goes past Maxwell

New Zealand pace bowling all-rounder Kyle Jamieson becomes second most expensive buy with final bid going to RCB for Rs 15 crore

18 February 2021, 17:59 PM

Cheteshwar Pujara sold to CSK

Test match specialist Cheteshwar Pujara was bought at his base price of Rs 50 lakh by MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings

18 February 2021, 17:57 PM

Piyush Chawla is a World Cup-winner: MI

Zaheer Khan on Piyush Chawla: He’s a good cricketer, a World Cup winner who brings a lot of experience. Spinners have a lot of pressure in this format and he can bowl with the new ball. 

18 February 2021, 17:54 PM

Riley Meredith earns big bucks

Uncapped Australian paceman Riley Meredith broke the bank in IPL 2021 auctions

The Tasmanian paceman was bought for Rs 8 crore by Punjab Kings

18 February 2021, 17:48 PM

Millionaire Glenn Maxwell joins Virat Kohli

Glenn Maxwell was bought for a whopping Rs 14.25 crore by RCB

Maxwell will join forces with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers

18 February 2021, 17:46 PM

Dawid Malan joins Punjab Kings

World No. 1 T20 batsman Dawid Malan will head to Punjab Kings

Malan was bought at his base price of Rs 1.5 crore by Preity Zinta co-owned franchise

18 February 2021, 17:42 PM

Mystery spinner Cariappa to RR

Karnataka mystery spinner KC Cariappa was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh, his base price

18 February 2021, 17:40 PM

J Suchith to SRH for Rs 30 lakh

Karnataka tweaker J Suchith, who was formerly with Mumbai Indians, was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh

18 February 2021, 17:37 PM

M Siddharth to DC for Rs 20 lakh

Mannimaran Siddharth, the left-arm spinner from Tamil Nadu and man-of-the-match in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy final, was sold to Delhi Capitals at his base price of Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 17:31 PM

Riley Meredith bought for Rs 8 crore

Australian and Hobart Hurricanes speedster Riley Meredith went to Punjab Kings for a whopping Rs 8 crore after furious bidding with Delhi Capitals

18 February 2021, 17:28 PM

Chetan Sakariya sold for Rs 1.2 crore

Saurashtra left-arm paceman Chetan Sakariya was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.2 crore, keeping RCB at bay

18 February 2021, 17:26 PM

Lukman Meriwala bought for Rs 20 lakh

Baroda left-arm paceman Lukman Meriwala was snapped up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 17:24 PM

Sheldon Jackson bought by KKR

Puducherry's Sheldon Jackson will rejoin his former team Kolkata Knight Riders after being bought by Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 17:23 PM

Mohammed Azharuddeen goes to RCB

Kerala's Mohammed Azharuddeen, who scored a century in this year's Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy, was bought by RCB for Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 17:19 PM

Vishnu Vinod heads to Delhi

Kerala's Vishnu Vinod was picked up by Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 17:13 PM

K Gowtham goes for Rs 9.25 crore

Karnataka off-spinning all-rounder K Gowtham went to CSK for Rs 9.25 crore outbidding KKR and SRH

18 February 2021, 17:08 PM

Shah Rukh Khan bought for Rs 5.25 crore

Big hitting Tamil Nadu batsman Shahrukh Khan broke the bank as he was picked up by Priety Zinta co-owned Punjab Kings for Rs 5.25 crore. Shahrukh was named after Bollywood star and KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan 

18 February 2021, 17:05 PM

Ripal Patel bought by DC

Gujarat cricketer Ripal Patel was bought by Delhi Capitals by Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 17:04 PM

Rajat Patidar to RCB

Madhya Pradesh's Rajat Patidar was sold to RCB for Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 16:59 PM

Sachin Baby back to RCB

Kerala's Sachin Baby returned to RCB, bought for his base price of Rs 20 lakh

18 February 2021, 16:49 PM

Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians

Former India leg-spinner Piyush Chawla was sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2.4 crore after bidding furiously with Delhi Capitals 

18 February 2021, 16:47 PM

Harbhajan goes UNSOLD

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh goes UNSOLD at base price of Rs 2 crore

18 February 2021, 16:46 PM

Umesh Yadav returns to Delhi

Indian paceman Umesh Yadav was picked up at his base price of Rs 1 crore by Delhi Capital, completing his return back to Delhi

18 February 2021, 16:44 PM

Another Australian millionaire

Jhye Richardson has become second Australian millionaire of IPL 2020 after Glenn Maxwell.

18 February 2021, 16:41 PM

Coulter-Nile bought for Rs 5 crore

Australian pace bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 5 crore, up from his base price of Rs 1.5 crore

18 February 2021, 16:40 PM

Jhye Richardson goes for Rs 14 crore

Young Jhye Richardson was bought by newly rechristened Punjab Kings for Rs 14 crore, outbidding RCB

18 February 2021, 16:33 PM

Jhye Richardson bid past Rs 13 crore

Australian paceman Jhye Richardson has kicked off the next bidding frenzy. The bid is already up to Rs 13 crore between Punjab Kings and RCB

18 February 2021, 16:32 PM

Mustafizur goes to RR

Bangladesh left-arm paceman Mustrafizur Rahman was sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1 crore

18 February 2021, 16:28 PM

Adam Milne goes to MI

New Zealand paceman Adam Milne was sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crore, up from his base price of Rs 50 lakh 

18 February 2021, 16:19 PM

Sam Billings unsold

England batsman Sam Billings has gone unsold at his base price of Rs 2 crore

18 February 2021, 16:04 PM

RR welcome back Chris Morris

Rajasthan Royals have welcomed back Chris Morris in style!

Apart from shelling out Rs 16.25 crore, making him the most EXPENSIVE overseas player in IPL history.

18 February 2021, 16:03 PM

Malan goes to Punjab Kings

World No. 1 T20 batsman Dawid Malan goes to Punjab Kings at his base price of Rs 1.5 crore.

18 February 2021, 16:02 PM

Morris goes to RR

Chris Morris becomes most expensive player in IPL history at Rs 16.25 crore to Rajasthan Royals. 

18 February 2021, 15:49 PM

Chris Morris is most expensive in IPL history

Bid for South African all-rounder Chris Morris has already crossed Rs 16.25 crore, the highest in IPL history ahead of Yuvraj Singh in Rs 16 crore by Delhi Daredevils 

18 February 2021, 15:44 PM

Shivam Dube sold to Rajasthan Royals

Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4.4 crore with DC backing out towards the end of the bid

18 February 2021, 15:38 PM

Moeen Ali goes to CSK for Rs 7 crore

Moeen Ali is the first English player to draw interest as Punjab Kings and CSK increase the bid to Rs. 4.6 crore. Ali was finally picked by CSK for Rs 7 crore after being released by RCB this year.

18 February 2021, 15:35 PM

Shakib al Hasan goes to KKR for Rs 3.2 crore

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan has drawn interest from both Punjab Kings and his former team KKR. He is finally sold to KKR for Rs 3.2 crore up from his opening bid of Rs 2 crore.