351 came, 60 found buyers, reputations didn’t count for much and unheralded names were unearthed. The IPL 2019 Auction lived up to the billing of all its predecessors – there was no dearth surprises, and no shortage of money-flow.
After a net-spend of Rs 106.80 crore between the eight IPL franchises, here’s how the teams shape up going into the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League:
Chennai Super Kings
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 5.20 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 2 (0)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Mohit Sharma Rs 5 crore (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Ruturaj Gaikwad Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Billings, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Mohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 4.40 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 3 (2)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Jonny Bairstow Rs 2.20 crore (Base Price: Rs 1.5 crore)
- Wriddhiman Saha Rs 1.20 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
- Martin Guptill Rs 1 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
David Warner, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shakib al Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Martin Guptill.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 9.15 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 8 (5)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Carlos Brathwaite Rs 5 crore (Base Price: Rs 75 lakh)
- Lockie Ferguson Rs 1.60 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
- Anrich Nortje Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Nikhil Naik Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Harry Gurney Rs 75 lakh (Base Price: Rs 75 lakh)
- Joe Denly Rs 1 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
- Shrikant Mundhe Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Prithvi Raj Yarra Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Carlos Brathwaite, Lockie Ferguson, Anrich Nortje, Nikhil Naik, Harry Gurney, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Prithvi Raj Yarra.
Rajasthan Royals
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 13.80 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 9 (3)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Jaydev Unadkat Rs 8.40 crore (Base Price: Rs 1.5 crore)
- Varun Aaron Rs 2.40 crore (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Oshane Thomas Rs 1.10 crore (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Shashank Singh Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Liam Livingstone Rs 50 lakh (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Shubham Ranjane Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Manan Vohra Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Ashton Turner Rs 50 lakh (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Riyan Parag Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Ajinkya Rahane, K Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Shubham Ranjane, Manan Vohra, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag.
Mumbai Indians
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 7.60 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 6 (1)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Lasith Malinga Rs 2 crore (Base Price: Rs 2 crore)
- Anmolpreet Singh Rs 80 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Barinder Sran Rs 3.40 crore (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Pankaj Jaswal Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Rasikh Dar Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Yuvraj Singh Rs 1 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Quinton de Kock, Lasith Malinga, Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Pankaj Jaswal, Rasikh Dar, Yuvraj Singh, Jayant Yadav (post-auction trade with Delhi Capitals).
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 16.35 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 9 (2)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Shimron Hetmyer Rs 4.20 crore (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Gurkeerat Singh Mann Rs 50 lakh (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Devdutt Padikkal Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Shivam Dube Rs 5 crore (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Heinrich Klaasen Rs 50 lakh (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Himmat Singh Rs 65 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Milind Kumar Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Prayas Ray Barman Rs 1.50 crore (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Akshdeep Nath Rs 3.60 crore (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Prayas Ray Barman, Akshdeep Nath.
Kings XI Punjab
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 32.50 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 13 (4)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Moises Henriques Rs 1 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
- Nicholas Pooran Rs 4.20 crore (Base Price: Rs 75 lakh)
- Mohammed Shami Rs 4.80 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
- Sarfaraz Khan Rs 25 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Varun Chakravarthy Rs 8.40 crore (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Sam Curran Rs 7.20 crore (Base Price: Rs 2 crore)
- Hardus Viljoen Rs 75 lakh (Base Price: Rs 75 lakh)
- Arshdeep Singh Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Darshan Nalkande Rs 30 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Prabhsimran Singh Rs 4.80 crore (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Agnivesh Ayachi Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Harpreet Brar Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- M Ashwin Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
Chris Gayle, David Miller, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Mandeep Singh, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Mohammed Shami, Sarfaraz Khan, Varun Chakravarthy, Sam Curran, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, M Ashwin.
Delhi Capitals
Bare Basics
- Money Spent: Rs 17.80 crore
- Total Buys (Overseas): 10 (3)
Players Bought at IPL 2019 Auction
- Hanuma Vihari Rs 2 crore (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Axar Patel Rs 5 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
- Ishant Sharma Rs 1.10 crore (Base Price: Rs 1 crore)
- Ankush Bains Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Nathu Singh Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Colin Ingram Rs 6.40 crore (Base Price: Rs 2 crore)
- Sherfane Rutherford Rs 2 crore (Base Price: Rs 40 lakh)
- Keemo Paul Rs 50 lakh (Base Price: Rs 50 lakh)
- Bandaru Ayyappa Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
- Jalaj Saxena Rs 20 lakh (Base Price: Rs 20 lakh)
Full Squad for IPL 2019
Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Colin Ingram, Sherfane Rutherford, Keemo Paul, Bandaru Ayyappa, Jalaj Saxena.
(This article was updated after Jayant Yadav was traded from Delhi Capitals to Mumbai Indians on 20 December.)
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