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Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (captain), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Dinesh Karthik (captain), Andre Russell, Chris Green, Eoin Morgan, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Praveen Tambe, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Siddhesh Lad, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Tom Banton, Varun Chakravarthy.
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, N Jagadeesan, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Kishore, Sam Billings, Sam Curran, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Suresh Raina.
Delhi Capitals
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Alex Carey, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Chris Woakes, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Jason Roy, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Mohit Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kane Williamson (captain), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bavanaka Sandeep, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Fabian Allen, Jonny Bairstow, Khaleel Ahmed, Manish Pandey, Mitchell Marsh, Mohammad Nabi, Priyam Garg, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Sanjay Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Virat Singh, Wriddhiman Saha.
Rajasthan Royals
Akash Singh, Andrew Tye, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Anuj Rawat, Ben Stokes, David Miller, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Kartik Tyagi, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Oshane Thomas, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Steven Smith, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli (captain), Aaron Finch, AB de Villiers, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Isuru Udana, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pavan Deshpande, Pawan Negi, Shahbaz Ahamad, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Kings XI Punjab
Lokesh Rahul (captain), Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, Glenn Maxwell, Hardus Viljoen, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, James Neesham, J Suchith, Karun Nair, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Prabhsimran Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Sarfaraz Khan, Sheldon Cottrell, Tajinder Singh Dhillon.
The IPL 2020 Auction
Earlier, the IPL auction for the 2020 season had very interesting results.
RCB at the Auction
Royal Challengers Bangalore were among the most active teams and acquired a few domestic players as well as many imported ones. Among the domestic players they acquired were wicket-keeper-batsman Shahbaz Ahmad and all-rounder Pavan Deshpande, both of whom cost the franchise about $26,000 each. Talking about the imported players they bought, they spent about $260,000 on fast bowler Dale Steyn, $520,000 on fast bowler Kane Richardson, $570,000 on Australian ODI captain Finch and $1,300,000 on all-rounder Chris Morris.
RR at the Auction
Rajasthan Royals also made merry during the auction and acquired new ball operators Tom Curran and Andrew Tye for about $130,000 each. While they got fast bowler Oshane Thomas for about $70,000 and batsman David Miller for about $100,000, they were willing to spend $400,000 each on domestic fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat and batsman Robin Uthappa. Young local talent Yashasvi Jaiswal had a price of about $320,000, while batsman Anuj Ravat cost about $105,000.
KKR at the Auction
Kolkata Knight Riders spent about $730,000 on fast bowler Pat Cummins while paying about $700,000 to acquire batsman Eoin Morgan. They also spent about $130,000 on batsman Tom Banton while getting several young domestic players such as Nikhil Naik, Pravin Tambe, M. Siddharth, Varun Chakravarthy for about $26,000 each.
DC at the Auction
Delhi Capitals were willing to pay about $1.3 million for West Indian batsman Shimron Hetmyer while splurging about $730,000 for England batsman Jason Roy, $320,000 for wicketkeeper Alex Carey and about $200,000 for Chris Woakes. They also spent about $640,000 to acquire Aussie all-rounder Marcus Stoinis.
MI at the Auction
Mumbai Indians spent about $1.06 million for fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile while bidding about $265,000 to acquire batsman Chris Lynn. They also got local batsman Saurabh Tiwary for about $70,000 while acquiring young domestic all-rounders Prince Balwant Rai Singh and Digvijay Deshmukh for about $26,000 each.
KXIP at the Auction
Kings XI Punjab bid about $1.4 million for their former player Glenn Maxwell while shelling out about $1.1 million for West Indian fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell. Fast bowlers Chris Jordan and Jason Holder set them back about $400,000 each, while all-rounder James Neesham only cost them about $70,000. Contrast that with the price of about $265,000 they paid for local bowler Ravi Bishnoi. They spent about $73,000 to acquire wicket-keeper Prabhsimran Singh while shelling out about $70,000 for local all-rounder Deepak Hooda. Local bowler Ishan Porel and local all-rounder Tajinder Dhillon cost KXIP about $26,000 each.
CSK at the Auction
Chennai Super Kings spent about $730,000 to acquire all-rounder Sam Curran and splurged about $900,000 to get their hands on spinner Piyush Chawla. They also spent about $265,000 on bowler Josh Hazlewood while paying about $26,000 to enjoy the services of local spinner Sai Kishore.
SH at the Auction
Sunrisers Hyderabad spent their money wisely, acquiring all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for about $260,000. They invested in local talents Priyam Garg and Virat Singh, both of whom they acquired for about $250,000 each. Bowler Fabian Allen cost them about $70,000, while local lads Sanjay Yadav, Abdul Sanad and Sandeep Bavanaka set them back by about $26,000 each.
Unsold Players
Among the unsold players of the auction were several impressive Indian batsmen such as Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Manjot Kalra, Harpreet Bhatia, Rohan Kadam and Manoj Tiwary. Indian bowlers who remained unsold included Zaheer Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, KC Cariappa, Midhun Sudhesan, Barinder Sran, Rahul Shukla, Kuldeep Sen, Vaibhav Arora, Saurabh Dubey and R Vinay Kumar. Wicket-keeper Naman Ojha and all-rounders Yusuf Pathan and Stuart Binny were among other prominent Indian players who missed the bus.
Among the most prominent foreign players who remained unsold were Colin Ingram, Martin Guptill, Adam Zampa, Tim Southee, Mark Wood, Shai Hope and Colin de Grandhomme.