This year’s IPL 2020 Auction, had a lot of hype around it, as it was filled with surprises. In this year’s Auction, there were around 338 players available, out of which 62 players were bought by the 8 Franchises in total. This year, we also saw Aussie players & new young uncapped players receiving the highest bids in the auction.
This Year, Franchises were highly interested in youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg. As these IPL Franchises shelled out crazy amounts of money to get their hands on these new Players. Rajasthan Royals paid ₹ 2.40 Crore for Yashasvi Jaiswal who had a base price of ₹ 20 lakh. Sunrisers Hyderabad paid ₹ 1.90 crores for Virat Singh and Priyam Garg respectively, who had a base price of ₹ 20 Lakh.
Also there were some unexpected shockers that took place during the IPL 2020 Auction like -Kolkata Knight Riders buying Varun Chakravarthy for ₹ 4 Crore, Chennai Super Kings Shelling out a whopping ₹ 6.75 Crore for Piyush Chawala. The one of the most shocking moment during this year’s auction was Kings XI Punjab buying Jimmy Neesham for his base price ₹ 50 Lakh, KXIP got one hell of a deal there!
Here’s a look at how this year’s IPL 2020 Auction went-
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) –
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Piyush Chawla – INR 6.75 Crore
Sam Curran – INR 5.5 Crore
Josh Hazlewood – INR 2 Crore
R Sai Kishore – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 15 Lakh
New Squad after the Auction –
S Watson, A Rayudu, F Plessis, Suresh Raina, N Jagadeesan (wk), M Vijay, R Gaikwad, MS Dhoni (wk), D Bravo, R Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, M Santner, Monu Singh, SCurran, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, P Chawla, R Sai Kishore, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, J Hazlewood.
Now we are truly 24/7 #yellove! #PrideOfT20 #WhistlePodu #SuperFam ?? pic.twitter.com/Y1xISdIvvD
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 19, 2019
Delhi Capitals (DC) –
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Shimron Hetmyer – INR 7.75 Crore
Marcus Stoinis – INR 4.8 Crore
Alex Carey – INR 2.4 Crore
Jason Roy – INR 1.5 Crore
Chris Woakes – INR 1.5 Crore
Mohit Sharma – INR 50 lakh
Lalit Yadav – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 9 crore
New Squad after the Auction –
S Dhawan, A Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Rishabh Pant (wk), A Carey (wk), S Hetmyer, Axar Patel, H Patel, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, S Lamichhane, K Rabada, I Sharma, Keemo Paul, A Khan, M Sharma, Deshpande.
Presenting, the #DelhiCapitals Class of 2020 ?
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) December 19, 2019
Dilliwalon, thoughts on our final squad post the #IPLAuction?#ThisIsNewDelhi #DelhiCapitals pic.twitter.com/vV8AfiDdUa
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) –
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Glenn Maxwell – INR 10.75 Crore
Sheldon Cottrell – INR 8.5 Crore
Chris Jordan – INR 3 Crore
Ravi Bishnoi – INR 2 Crore
Prabhsimran Singh – INR 55 lakh
James Neesham – INR 50 lakh
Deepak Hooda – INR 50 lakh
Ishan Porel – INR 20 lakh
Tajinder Dhillon – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 16.5 crore
New Squad after the Auction –
KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, M Agarwal, K Nair, Mandeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), N Pooran (wk), S Khan, Glenn Maxwell, D Hooda, J Neesham, C Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, K. Gowtham, J. Suchith, H Brar, R Bishnoi, T Dhillon, Shami, Viljoen, A Singh, D Nalkande, S Cottrell, I Porel.
THIS. IS. SADDA. SQUAD. ❤#SaddaPunjab #SaddaSquad #SaddeKings #IPLAuction2020 pic.twitter.com/g4cFZwdCBj
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) December 19, 2019
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)-
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Pat Cummins – INR 15.5 Crore
Eoin Morgan – INR 5.5 Crore
Varun Chakravarthy – INR ₹4 Crore
Tom Banton – INR 1 Crore
Rahul Tripathi – INR 60 lakh
Chris Green – INR 20 lakh
M Siddharth – INR 20 lakh
Pravin Tambe – INR 20 lakh
Nikhil Naik – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 8.5 crore
New Squad after the Auction –
S Gill, Siddesh Lad, Rahul Tripathi, Tom Banton (wk), Nikhil Naik, Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Singh, Eoin Morgan, A Russell, Nitish Rana, Chris Green, S Narine, K Yadav, V Chakravarthy, M Siddharth, Pravin Tambe, Harry Gurney, L Ferguson, K Nagarkoti, S Mavi, P Krishna, S Warrier, P Cummins
After an amazing day at the #IPLAuction, here’s our 23-man squad for #IPL2020! ?
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) December 19, 2019
Hit RT to spread the word! ?#KorboLorboJeetbo pic.twitter.com/Jlsn2r79HG
Mumbai Indians (MI)-
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Nathan Coulter-Nile – INR 8 Crore
Chris Lynn – INR 2 Crore
Saurabh Tiwary – INR 50 Crore
Mohsin Khan – INR 20 lakh
Digvijay Deshmukh – INR 20 lakh
Prince Balwant Rai Singh – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 1.95 crore
New Squad after the Auction –
Rohit Sharma, S Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wk), A Tare (wk), A Singh, Chris Lynn, K Pollard, Ishan Kishan, Sherfane Rutherford, Saurabh Tiwary, H Pandya, K Pandya, P Balwant Rai, R Chahar, J Yadav, A Roy, Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult, D Kulkarni, M McClenaghan, N Coulter-Nile, M Khan, D Deshmukh
#IPL2020 – Here. We. Come ??#IPLAuction #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #CricketMeriJaan #IPLAuction2020 pic.twitter.com/yXiVuFWUf1
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 19, 2019
Rajasthan Royals (RR)-
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Robin Uthappa – INR 3 Crore
Jaydev Unadkat – INR 3 Crore
Yashasvi Jaiswal – INR 2.4 Crore
Kartik Tyagi – INR 1.3 Crore
Tom Curran – INR 1 Crore
Andrew Tye – INR 1 Crore
Anuj Rawat – INR 80 lakh
David Miller – INR 75 lakh
Oshane Thomas – INR 50 lakh
Anirudha Joshi – INR 20 lakh
Akash Singh – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 14.75 crore
New Squad after the Auction –
Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith, S Samson (wk), M Vohra, R Uthappa, Y Jaiswal, A Rawat (wk), R Parag, D Miller, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, S Singh, S Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, M Markande, A Joshi, J Archer, A Rajpoot, V Aaron, J Unadkat, A Singh, K Tyagi, O Thomas, T Curran, A Tye
When it all comes together, just like we wanted. Here’s to the new members of the #RoyalsFamily ? pic.twitter.com/73hfkfeug9
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) December 20, 2019
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) –
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Chris Morris – INR 10 Crore
Aaron Finch – INR 4.4 Crore
Kane Richardson – INR 4 Crore
Dale Steyn – INR 2 Crore
Isuru Udana – INR 50 lakh
Josh Philippe – INR 20 lakh
Pavan Deshpande – INR 20 lakh
Shahbaz Ahamad – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 6.4 crore
New Squad after the Auction –
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, D Padikkal, Parthiv Patel (wk), A Finch, J Philippe (wk), S Ahamad (wk), G Singh Mann, P Deshpande, M Ali, S Dube, C Morris, I Udana, Y Chahal, W Sundar, P Negi, U Yadav, N Saini, M Siraj, K Richardson, D Steyn
That’s a wrap folks. What do you think? #IPLAuction #PlayBold #BidForBold pic.twitter.com/5kMmZ0xRdu
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) December 19, 2019
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) –
Players bought in IPL 2020 Auction –
Mitchell Marsh – INR 2 Crore
Virat Singh – INR 1.9 Crore
Priyam Garg – INR 1.9 Crore
Fabian Allen – INR 50 lakh
Sandeep Bavanaka – INR 20 lakh
Abdul Samad – INR 20 lakh
Sanjay Yadav – INR 20 lakh
Purse after the Auction – INR 10.10 crore
New Squad after the Auction –
D Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Sanjay Yadav, Vijay Shankar, M Nabi, A Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Sandeep Bavanaka, Samad, R Khan, S Nadeem, F Allen, B Kumar, S Kaul, K Ahmed, S Sharma, Basil Thampi, T. Natarajan, B Stanlake
Here’s our list of Best 11 Players sold in this IPL 2020 Auction –
1. Yashasvi Jaiswal ( RR)
2. Aaron Finch (RCB)
3. Shimron Hetmyer (DC)
4. Glenn Maxwell (KXIP)
5. Eoin Morgan (c) (KKR)
6. Alex Carey (wk) (DC)
7. Chris Jordan (KXIP)
8. Pat Cummins (KKR)
9. Dale Steyn (RCB)
10. Jaydev Unadkat (RR)
11. Piyush Chawla (CSK)
Here’s our list of Most Expensive Players sold in this IPL 2020 Auction –
1. Pat Cummins – INR 15.5 CR (KKR)
2. Glenn Maxwell – INR 10.75 CR (KXIP)
3. Chris Morris – INR 10 CR (RCB)
4. Sheldon Cottrell – INR 8.5 CR (KXIP)
5. Nathan Coulter-Nile – INR 8 CR (MI)
6. Shimron Hetmyer – 7.75 CR (DC)
7. Piyush Chawla – 6.5 CR (CSK)
8. Sam Curran – 5.50 CR (CSK)
9. Eoin Morgan – 5.25 CR (KKR)
10. Marcus Stonis – 4.80 CR (DC)
