New Delhi: Welcome to our live blog for all the latest updates from the Indian Premier League 2016 player auction, as we bring you minute-by-minute coverage of the entire event.
This is the end of the auctions.
That brings us to an end to the VIVO IPL 2016 Player Auction #IPLAuction
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 6, 2016
Mahipal Lomror is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lacs
Akhil Herwadkar sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lacs
Farhaan Behardien goes for Rs 30 lakh to KXIP
The last bid of the auction is left.
Vikas Tokas is sold to RCB for INR 10 lacs
Chama Milind is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lacs
Jaskaran Singh is sold to RPSupergiants for INR 10 lacs
Amit Mishra is sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lacs
Adam Zampa is sold to RPSupergiants for INR 30 lacs
Pawan Suyal is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lacs
Vikramjeet Malik is sold to RCB for INR 20 lacs
Scott Boland is sold to RPSupergiants for INR 50 lacs
Joel Paris is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 30 lacs
Kane Richardson and Samuel Badree go to RCB for 200 lacs and 50 lacs respectively.
Ashok Dinda is sold to RPSupergiants for INR 50 lacs
Pratyush Singh is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lacs
Jaydev Shah is sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lacs
SK Ahmed is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lacs
Swapnil Singh is sold to KXIP for INR 10 lacs
Deepak Punia is sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 10 lacs
Krunal Pandya is sold to MI for INR 200 lacs.
Pradeep Sahu is sold to KXIP for INR 10 lacs
KP Kamath is sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 140 lacs
Deepak Chahar is sold to RPSupergiants for INR 10 lacs
Baba Aparajith is sold to RPSupergiants for INR 10 lacs
Manan Sharma is sold to KKR for INR 10 lacs
Aksh Deep Nath is sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lacs
Akshay Karnewar is sold to RCB for INR 10 lacs
Shadab Jakati is sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lacs
Vijay Shankar is sold to SunRisers for INR 35 lacs
R Sathish is sold to KKR for INR 20 lacs
Praveen Dubey is sold to RCB for INR 35 lacs
Andrew Tye is sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 50 lacs
Ben Cutting is sold to SunRisers for INR 50 lacs
Thisara Perera is sold to Supergiants for INR 100 lacs
Jason Holder is sold to KKR for INR 70 lacs
Peter Handscomb is sold to Supergiants for INR 30 lacs
Peter Handscomb is sold to Supergiants for INR 30 lacs
Umang Sharma is sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lacs
Ankush Bains is sold to Supergiants for INR 10 lacs
T Suman is sold to SunRisers for INR 10 lacs
Sam Billings is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 30 lacs
Martin Guptill, Hashim Amla, Michael Hussey and Usman Khawaja goes unsold for the second time.
Aaron Finch goes to Gujarat Lions for Rs 1 cr.
The representation phase will now commence. Teams will pick unsold players they want back under the hammer.
Murugan Ashwin sold to Pune for Rs 4.5 cr.
Ankit Rajpoot is sold to KKR for 1.50 cr.
Ishwar Pandey is sold to Pune for INR 20 lacs.
Nathu Singh is bought by MI for 3.20 cr.
Pradeep Sangwan is sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 20 lacs
Pawan Negi sold to DD for 8.5 cr.
Deepak Hooda is sold to SunRisers for INR 420 lacs.
Iqbal Abdulla is sold to RCB for INR 10 lacs.
Aditya Tare goes to SunRisers for INR 120 lacs
Eklavya Dwivedi is sold to Gujarat Lions for 1 cr. Pinal Shah, CM Gautam remain unsold
India U-19 batsman Rishabh Pant sold for 1.90 cr to DD.
India U-19 skipper Ishan Kishan sold to Gujarat Lions for 35 lacs.
Aiden Blizzard also remains unsold.
Ankeet Bawane, Mithun Manhas, Himanshu Rana, Debabrata Das, T Suman remain unsold.
Paras Dogra goes to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lacs
Karun Nair sold to Delhi Daredevils for 4 cr.
Sachin Baby is sold to RCB for INR 10 lacs.
Time for lunch. The action resumes at 14:15 IST.
WATCH: When @YUVSTRONG12 went under the hammer, he created quite a wave. He was sold to @SunRisers #IPLAuctionhttps://t.co/uKvtc0mcHV
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George Worker, S Prasanna, Christopher Barnwell,Taskin Ahmed, Shannon Gabriel, Tino Best, Jackson Bird, Scott Boland remain unsold.
Dilruwan Perera, Soumya Sarkar, N Deonarine, Henry Davids, Dilshan Munaweera, Milinda S remain unsold.
Shaun Tait, Pankaj Singh, Ben Laughlin,N Kulasekara, K Santokie, Isuru Udana remain unsold
Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Parvinder Awana, Sudeep Tyagi remain unsold.
Rayad Emrit, Shehan , Jayasuriya, Anton Devcich, Johan Botha, Ashton Agar, Robin Peterson remain unsold.
Reeza Hendricks, Dean Elgar, Nathan McCullum, F Behardien, Jeevan Mendis, Vernon Philander, Juan Theron remain unsold.
WATCH: Young left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman sold to @SunRisers #IPLAuction @BCBtigershttps://t.co/y8oRn7aTSe
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Travis Head sold to RCB for 50 lacs
L Thirimanne, Richard Levi, Beuren Hendricks, Tamim Iqbal, Marlon Samuels remain unsold
A Mithun is sold to SRH for INR 30 lacs
Barinder Sran is sold to SRH for INR 120 lacs
Kyle Abbott is sold to KXIP for INR 210 lacs
J Unadkat is sold to KKR for INR 160 lacs
Mustafizur Rahman is sold to SRH for INR 140 lacs
Marcus Stoinis is sold to KXIP for INR 55 lacs
Carlos Brathwaite is sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 420 lacs
James Pattinson, Sachithra Senanayake, V Permaul, Nathan Lyon, Devendra Bishoo, Michael Beer, Ajantha Mendis, Sulieman Benn, Rahul Sharma, Samuel Badree, Pragyan Ojha remain unsold.
Mohit Sharma goes to Kings XI Punjab for 6.5 cr.
Ashok Dinda remains unsold.
MI get Tim Southee for 2.50 cr.
Praveen Kumar sold to Gujarat Lions for 3.50 cr.
John Hastings is sold to KKR for 1.3 cr.
Kane Richardson remains unsold.
Dhawal Kulkarni sold to Gujarat Lions for 2 cr.
Thisara Perera remains unsold.
Mitchell Marsh sold to Pune for 4.80 cr.
Stuart Binny bought by RCB for 2 cr.
KKR get Colin Munro for 30 lacs
Chris Morris sold to Delhi for 7 cr. Nobody saw that coming.
Ravi Bopara, T Dilshan, Jason Holder remain unsold.
Irfan Pathan picked up by MS Dhoni's Pune for 1 cr.
Manoj Tiwary remains unsold.
Cameron Bancroft remains unsold.
Dinesh Karthik sold to Gujarat Lions for 2.30 cr.
Sam Billings, Morne van WYK, Ben Dunk remain unsold
WATCH: @RPSupergiants bidding for star batsman @KP24. Their brand new addition to the squad #IPLAuctionhttps://t.co/0jDorzjhF1
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 6, 2016
Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for 3.80 cr.
Sanju Samson sold to the Delhi Daredevils for 4.2 Cr
Mahela Jayawardene, Michael Hussey and Usman Khawaja have no takers
Badrinath goes unsold.
Hashim Amla has not takers.
Rilee Rossouw, Cheteshwar Pujara go unsold.
Yuvraj Singh sold to SRH for 7 cr.
Ashish Nehra sold to SRH for 5.5 cr.
Aaron Finch goes unsold.
First real bidding battle for Shane Watson. RCB outbid MI for Watto who attracts a final bid of 9.5 cr.
In-form Kiwi batsman Martin Guptill goes unsold.
Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for 3.8 cr
Dwayne Smith sold to Gujarat Lions for 2.3 cr
Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for 3.5 cr
One of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket today, @KP24 is a Supergiant! #IPLAuction #RPS pic.twitter.com/GCQ0YFBwFS
— Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) February 6, 2016
Richard Madley kicks things off...
Former IPL COO Sundar Raman is present as well. But this time on behalf of the Mumbai Indians.
After Prof. Ratnakar Shetty, IPL commissioner Rajeev Shukla addresses the gathering.
Here we go...
We're all set to start. This is what the teams are fighting for at the #IPLauction pic.twitter.com/eq3VCwYmqJ
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Interesting...
Max overseas players - 9#MI retained - Coza, Polly, Slinga, de Lange, Simmo & Mitch.
We can sign 3 more, who will they be? #IPLauction
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 6, 2016
The defending champions are ready. Will they break the bank for Yuvi?
Long day at the #IPLauction today. Ready to know who we got under the hammer paltan? Stay tuned paltan! #MI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 6, 2016
Yes, it's that time of the year when Navjot Singh Sidhu makes a return to our TV sets.
Former India Test opener Aakash Chopra's verdict is out.
Batsmen would outdo the bowlers...once again. Yuvraj amongst capped Indians and Sanju Samson amongst uncapped likely to fetch the most. #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 6, 2016
Ashish Nehra is now part of marquee player auction list. His base price is INR 2 crore.
Table seating
#IPLauction - Table 1 (GL), Table 2 (@mipaltan), Table 3 (@RPSupergiants), Table 4 (@SunRisers), Table 5 (@KKRiders ) - Part I
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 5, 2016
#IPLauction - Table 6 (@RCBTweets), Table 7 (@@DelhiDaredevils), Table 8 (@lionsdenkxip ) - Part II
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Man of the hour
.@iplauctioneer is expecting a healthy competition among the 8 franchises. Are you? #IPLauction pic.twitter.com/f64VW3x5bF
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 5, 2016
Good luck to everyone in the @IPL auction today! What lies ahead makes for an extremely exciting day. #onebid
— David Hussey (@DavidHussey29) February 5, 2016
Wishing myself some goodluck in the @IPL auction later tonight.
— Darren Lil B46 Bravo (@DMBravo46) February 5, 2016
Stage is set. #IPLauction starts at 09:30 AM IST today pic.twitter.com/NNRQSH33Za
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 6, 2016
