IPL 2016 player auctions Live Blog: RCB lands Shane Watson and Kevin Pietersen goes to Pune
- Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 950 lakhs
- Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 350 lakhs
- Yuvraj Singh goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Dwayne Smith is the second player to be sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs
The bidding will be in INR (Rupees) and to make it simpler, we have converted the currencies for you.
Rs I crore = Rs 100 lakhs = Rs 10m = approximately £102, 050 or $148,000
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SOLD...!!! Krunal Pandya to Mumbai Indians for Rs 200 lakhs
Krunal Pandya has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Mumbai Indians make the opening bid and then Delhi Daredevils make another bid. These two franchises get into a bidding war and it goes above Rs 100 lakhs. It rises up to Rs 200 lakhs and Delhi Daredevils pull out.
SOLD...!!! Jason Holder to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 70 lakhs
New set and this time it is all rounders to start with. Jason Holder is the first player and Kolkata Knight Riders make an opening bid of Rs 50 lakhs. Delhi Daredevils join and it is now a bidding war between the two franchises. KKR land him in the end.
SOLD...!!! Nathu Singh to Mumbai Indians for Rs 320 lakhs
Nathu Singh has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore make an opening bid, only for Delhi Daredevils to join them. The bid has gone up over Rs 100 lakhs now. It has now gone above Rs 300 lakhs with these two teams being involved.
Mumbai Indians now join the race and they make a bid of Rs 320 lakhs. They get him.
Getting @ShaneRWatson33 is massive. Not only an explosive batsman, but a quality bowler... @RCBTweets @IPL #IPLAuction
— Sid Mallya (@sidmallya) February 6, 2016
SOLD...!!! Pawan Negi to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 850 lakhs
Pawan Negi is the latest player to go under the hammer, whose base price is Rs 30 lakhs. Rising Pune Supergiants make an opening bid, only for Delhi Daredevils join them. They are set for a bidding war now and it ha gone above Rs 700 lakhs.
Delhi Daredevils make a bid of Rs 850 lakhs, the Supergiants pull out. The Daredevils have Pawan Negi
SOLD...!!! Deepak Hooda to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 420 lakhs
Deepak Hooda's base price is Rs 10 lakhs, KKR and Gujarat Lions are interested in the player and make a bid for the uncapped all-rounder. There is a discussion at Gujarat Lions' table and there is rise again, only to pull out later at Rs 100 lakhs
Sunrisers Hyderabad are the new bidder for Deepak Hooda and it has now gone over Rs 400 lakhs. The Knight Riders pull out and that allows Sunrisers to land him.
SOLD...!!! Eklavta Dwivedi to Gujarat Lions for Rs 100 lakhs
Eklavya Dwivedi, who has not played in the IPL has a base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Gujarat Lions make an opening bid for him.
Sunrisers Hyderabad join the bidding war and the Lions and the two are only increasing the bids. Team talk on Gujarat Lions table as bid stands with the Sunrisers. They increase the bid to Rs 90 lakhs and it goes back to Rs 100 lakhs. Gujarat Lions land him finally.
SOLD...!!! Rishabh Pant to Delhi Daredevils to Rs 190 lakhs
Rishabh Pant is subjected to a bidding war between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, who base price is Rs 10 lakhs. Mumbai Indians are persuading RCB to make more bid and at Rs 180 lakhs, they back off, only to allow Delhi Daredevils to make a late bid of Rs 190 lakhs.
Delhi Daredevils' only bid helps them to secure the player.
SOLD...!!! Karun Nair to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 400 lakhs
Karun Nair, who is available for Rs 10 lakhs has been subjected to an opening bid from Rising Pune Supergiants.
Delhi Daredevils join the battle for Karun Nair. The battle is going on for long and so far it has already increased by 15 times than his base price. Now it has gone up to Rs 350 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad are also in the mix now and they are fighting with Delhi Daredevils now.
A player with a base price of Rs 10 lakhs goes for Rs 400 lakhs to Delhi Daredevils.
Shane Watson has wasted no time as he took on to social media to express how he felt after Royal Challengers Bangalore secured his services. He even changed his Twitter Bio already.
Incredibly excited to join @RCBTweets. Can't wait to meet up with my new teammates in April.#IPL2016
— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) February 6, 2016
Strategy is as important as any aspect of the game. @GautamGambhir #IPLAuction. Let's make it count! pic.twitter.com/zdaftst7h3
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) February 6, 2016
Highlights of the IPL 2016 auction so far:
Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 350 lakhs
Dwayne Smith is the second player to be sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2 lakhs
Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 380 lakhs
Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 950 lakhs
Ashish Nehra to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 550 lakhs
Yuvraj Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 700 lakhs
Usman Khawaj remains unsold
Sanju Samson sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 420 lakhs
Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 380 lakhs
Dinesh Karthik sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs
Irfan Pathan sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 100 lakhs
Here is what happened in the early hours of today's action. To find out, click here to read our IPL 2016 auction big hits and misses, mainly focusing of the marquee players.
SOLD...!!! BS Sran to Sunrisers Hyderabad to Rs 120 lakhs
Rising Pune Supergiants made the opening bid of Rs 50 lakhs, When he was close to getting sold, Gujarat Lions join the race and it keeps rising to Rs 85 lakhs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad now join the race and make a bid of Rs 90 lakhs. Way to go and this has seen Pune take a back seat. It is between the Lions and Sunrisers. The Lions pull out of the bidding war and sold to the Hyderabad franchise.
SOLD ...!!! Kyle Abbott to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 210 lakhs
Kyle Abbott has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab are looking to land him and there has been quick bidding between these sides and it is rising.
There has been a drop in pace for bidding as two teams are still in the race for the South African. RCB pull out at Rs 210 lakhs bid made by KXIP.
SOLD...!!! Jaydev Unadkat to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 160 lakhs
Jaydev Unadkat is the next player to be auctioned and his base price is Rs 30 lakhs. Gujarat Lions and KKR are looking to fight against each other and the price is rising at a slow pace.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have now joined the race and there have been heavy bidding between them and Kolkata Knight Riders for Jaydev Unadkat. KKR lands him.
SOLD...!!! Carlos Brathwaite to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 420 lakhs
Carlos Brathwaite is the latest player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs. KKR and Delhi Daredevils are into a bidding war. There is a discussion going on at the Knight Riders table. They are now out at Rs 420 lakhs.
SOLD...!!! Mohit Sharna to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 650 lakhs
Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab enter into the bidding war for the Indian fast bowler. His price has now reached close to three times and the Punjab base franchise are leading the race. KKR are having a meeting and then decide to raise.
Kings XI Punjab respond with a higher bid, forcing KKR to pull out at Rs 480 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad make a late bid for Mohit Sharma and KXIP raise it to Rs 550 lakhs. Sunrisers drop out and Kings XI Punjab finally land him.
SOLD...!!! Stuart Binny sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 200 lakhs
Indian all-rounder Stuart Binny is the next player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 200 lakhs and that seems way too high, now that he has not been involved in the international fixtures.
Royal Challengers Bangalore make an opening bid of Rs 200 lakhs. They secure his services.
Chris Morris is the latest player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. Mumbai Indians and the Supergiants are going head-to-head for the South African.
In comes the Knight Riders. They join Mumbai Indians for Chris Morris and the bid is now at Rs 200 lakhs. Delhi Daredevils make a late bid of Rs 700 lakhs. Mumbai Indians and KKR back out and Delhi land Chris Morris
SOLD...!!! Chris Morris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 700 lakhs
SOLD...!!! Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 380 lakhs
Jos Buttler has been in some form in recent times and there have been no bid for him so far.
Mumbai Indians make the opening bid for the hard-hitting wicket-keeper. Kolkata Knight Riders make a late entry and they are in a bidding war with the defending champions. Mumbai Indians finally land him.
Marquee players sold
Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 350 lakhs
Dwayne Smith is the second player to be sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2 lakhs
Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 380 lakhs
Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 950 lakhs
Ashish Nehra to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 550 lakhs
Yuvraj Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 700 lakhs
Dale Steyn sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs
Martin Guptill and Aaron Finch went unsold
SOLD...!!! Yuvraj Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 700 lakhs
Yuvraj Singh had no takers for a long time. Finally the defending champions Mumbai Indians make an opening bid of Rs 200 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore make a late entry and the two are raising the stakes now.
Would have been an upset if there were no takers and there was a silence before Mumbai Indians made the first bid. Mumbai Indians back out of the bid at Rs 550 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the new team to join the bidding war. It is now at Rs 700 lakhs and the Challengers are now out.
SOLD...!!! Ashish Nehra to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 550 lakhs
The Kings XI Punjab and Gujarat Lions were fighting for him and the former managed to seal his services. Sunrisers have now joined the bid. KXIP improve their bid and that has been countered once again by the Hyderabad franchise. Sunrisers Hyderabad final gets the Indian bowler.
SOLD...!!! Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 950 lakhs
Shane Watson is set for a bidding war between Rising Pune Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The two teams are fighting to get this player and is now at rs 480 lakhs. It is moved up to Rs 550 lakhs.
A twist here as a new bidder Mumbai Indians have just joined the race. But RCB are keen on landing the Australian. Mumbai Indians made a bid of Rs 800 lakhs and the Challengers have increased it to Rs 850 lakhs, which is gone up by another Rs 100 lakhs.
Here is the list of players released by IPL franchises:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Vijay Zol, Ashok Dinda, Dinesh Karthik, Iqbal Abdullah, Jalaj Saxena, Manvinder Bisla, Sandeep Warrier, Shishir Bhavane, Subramaniam Badrinath, Yogesh Takawale, Nic Maddinson, Darren Sammy, Rilee Rossouw, Sean Abbott.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Veer Pratap Singh, Aditya Garhwal, KC Cariappa, Sumit Narwal, Vaibhav Rawal, Patrick Cummins, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Neesham, Azhar Mahmood, Johan Botha.
Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ben Hilfenhaus, Colin Munro, Josh Hazlewood.
Kings XI Punjab: Karanveer Singh, Parvinder Awana, Shivam Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Golwakar, Beuran Hendricks, George Bailey, Thisara Perera.
Delhi Daredevils: Yuvraj Singh, CM Gautam, Domnic Joseph Muthuswamy, Jaydev Unadkat, KK Jiyaz, Kona Srikar Bharat, Manoj Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis, Travis Head.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara.
List of retained players by franchise
Mumbai Indians
Akshay Wakhare, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Hardik Pandya, J Suchith, Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Rana, Parthiv Patel, R Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Gopal, Siddhesh Lad, Unmukt Chand, Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Lendl Simmons, Marchant de Lange, Mitchell McClenaghan
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Abu Nechim, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav (transfer), Mandeep Singh, Sarfraz Khan, S Aravind, Varun Aaron, Virat Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Adam Milne, Chris Gayle, David Wiese, Mitchell Starc
Kolkata Knight Riders
Gautam Gambhir, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Sheldon Jackson, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Brad Hogg, Chris Lynn, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine
Kings XI Punjab
Axar Patel, Anureet Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manan Vohra, M Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Rishi Dhawan, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh
Delhi Daredevils
Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreyas Iyer, Zaheer Khan, Albie Morkel, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton de Kock
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bipul Sharma, Karn Sharma, KL Rahul, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui, Shikhar Dhawan, Siddarth Kaul, David Warner, Eoin Morgan, Kane Williamson, Moises Henriques, Trent Boult
Gujarat Lions
Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, James Faulkner, Dwayne Bravo
Rising Pune Supergiants
MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis
Gujarat Lions are indeed more excited than anyone I am guessing
Lock and Load! We're all geared up for the #IPLAuction! Time for our first roarrrr...
— The Gujarat Lions (@TheGujaratLions) February 6, 2016
Funds remaining for the IPL 9 auction (Nos in INR (Rupees ₹))
Delhi Daredeils - 37,15,00,000
Kings XI Punjab - 23,00,00,000
Kolkata Knight Riders - 17,95,00,000
Mumbai Indians - 14,40,50,000
Rising Pune Supergiants - 27,00,00,000
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 21,62,50,000
Sunrisers Hyderabad - 30,15,00,000
Gujarat Lions - 27,00,00,000
Former India coach John Wright on scouting players
"The trick is to go beyond numbers, and report to the franchise what the scorecard won't show. You want to see if a player has got the X-factor.
"The challenges of the job are plenty, because unlike in the past where you could sign players outside the auction, here you need back-ups for every player you are keen on because auction dynamics demand that.
"So, over the last two years, as a franchise, we've worked towards lending that second eye to the owners so that we going into the auction well prepared."
#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
— 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
Stage is set. #IPLauction starts at 09:30 AM IST today pic.twitter.com/NNRQSH33Za
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 6, 2016
Here is the list of players released by IPL franchises:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Vijay Zol, Ashok Dinda, Dinesh Karthik, Iqbal Abdullah, Jalaj Saxena, Manvinder Bisla, Sandeep Warrier, Shishir Bhavane, Subramaniam Badrinath, Yogesh Takawale, Nic Maddinson, Darren Sammy, Rilee Rossouw, Sean Abbott.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Veer Pratap Singh, Aditya Garhwal, KC Cariappa, Sumit Narwal, Vaibhav Rawal, Patrick Cummins, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Neesham, Azhar Mahmood, Johan Botha.
Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ben Hilfenhaus, Colin Munro, Josh Hazlewood.
Kings XI Punjab: Karanveer Singh, Parvinder Awana, Shivam Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Golwakar, Beuran Hendricks, George Bailey, Thisara Perera.
Delhi Daredevils: Yuvraj Singh, CM Gautam, Domnic Joseph Muthuswamy, Jaydev Unadkat, KK Jiyaz, Kona Srikar Bharat, Manoj Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis, Travis Head.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara.
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