IPL 2020 Auction Live Streaming Online: VIVO Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) player auction is all set to take place in Kolkata. The auction takes place for the upcoming edition of the lucrative T20 league. A total of 332 cricketers will go under the hammer. Initially, 997 players had registered for IPL 2020 auction but it was later trimmed down after franchises provided their shortlist of players. Just like last year, auctioneer Hugh Edmeades will take charge of the proceedings in place of Richard Madley. Meanwhile, if you are looking to catch IPL 2020 bidding war live streaming online, then scroll down for all the information. IPL 2020 Players Auction Live Updates: Catch Latest News of VIVO Indian Premier League 13 Bidding for Cricketers.

With over 300 players shortlisted for IPL 2020, it must be noted that only 73 spots are vacant. For IPL 2020 auction defending Champions Mumbai Indians have a maximum of seven spots to fill while Chennai Super Kings have a maximum of five slots left. Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders have a maximum of 11 slots left each. Kings XI Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Royal Challengers Bangalore have nine, seven and six slots left respectively. IPL 2020 Players Auction: From Yashasvi Jaiswal to Virat Singh, 5 Uncapped Players Who Could Raise the Bar in Bidding Game.

As per as the purse is concerned, Kings XI Punjab have the most amount left in their purse with 42.7 crores. Kolkata Knight Riders are second on the list with 35.65 crores left. INR 2 crore is the highest base price and only seven players- Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Dale Steyn & Angelo Mathews-fall in that category. Former KKR batsman Robin Uthappa has the highest reserve price among Indian players. He has a base price of INR 1.5 crore.

VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction Date and Time

The IPL 2020 player auction will take place on December 19, Thursday in Kolkata. The IPL 2020 auction will begin at 03:30 PM as per the Indian Standard Time (IST). The live TV coverage for IPL 2020 auction will actually start from 02:30 PM IST onwards. Royal Challengers Bangalore At IPL 2020 Player Auction: RCB Purse Remaining and Full Squad of Virat Kohli-led Team.

VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction Free Live Telecast on TV Channels in India

Star Sports Network is the official broadcaster of the Indian Premier League. And, will provide the live telecast of IPL 2020 auction as well. The IPL 2020 player auction will be live on Star Sports 1/HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi/HD and Star Sports Select 1/HD. Apart from these channels, Star Sports First, Free to Air channel, will telecast IPL 2020 auction live as well. Star’s regional sports channels in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Bangla will live telecast IPL 2020 auction.

VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction Free Live Streaming Online

With Star Sports having the telecast rights of IPL 2020 auction, the online live streaming will be available on Hotstar mobile application and official website. To watch IPL 2020 auction live streaming online users will have to subscribe to Hotstar services. However, for Jio users Hotstar will provide free online live streaming of IPL 2020 players auction.

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