IPL 2020 Player Auction: Pat Cummins Becomes Most Expensive Foreign Cricketer; Full List of Sold & Unsold Players So Far
Defending champions Mumbai Indians started the auction in a positive way as they managed to get hold of Australian power hitter Chris Lynn for a base price of INR 2CR. England captain Eoin Morgan was the next to be sold as he was bought by KKR for INR 5.25 CR and Robin Uthappa was bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 3 CR.
The 2020 IPL Player Auction is underway and the franchises have gone into a frenzy to get the players they want in their team for the upcoming season. Australian players have made the biggest splash in the auction so far as they are some of the most expensive players to be bought in the auction. Pat Cummins, till now is the most expensive player to go under the hammer as Kolkata Knight Riders bought the Australian bowler for INR 15.5 CR, which makes him the second most expensive player in IPL history – Yuvraj Singh (INR 16 Cr) is the most expensive player. IPL 2020 Players Auction Live Updates.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians started the auction in a positive way as they managed to get hold of the Australian power hitter Chris Lynn, for a base price of INR 2CR. England captain Eoin Morgan was the next to be sold as he was bought by KKR for INR 5.25 CR and Robin Uthappa was bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 3 CR. Glenn Maxwell started the first most meaningful bidding war as franchises locked horns to get the Aussie all-rounder in their team but KXIP prevailed in the end as they bought him for INR 10.75 CR. South African All Rounder Chris Morris was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 CR. IPL 2020 Player Auction: Glenn Maxwell Bought For Whopping Rs 10.75 Crore By Kings XI Punjab, Australian All-Rounder's Base Price Was 2 Crore!
List of Sold Players
| Player | Team | Price |
| Chris Lynn | Mumbai Indians | INR 2 CR |
| Eoin Morgan | Kolkata Knight Riders | INR 5.25 CR |
| Robin Uthappa | Rajasthan Royals | INR 3 CR |
| Jason Roy | Delhi Capitals | INR 1.5 CR |
| Aaron Finch | Royal Challengers Bangalore | INR 4.4 CR |
| Chris Woakes | Delhi Capitals | INR 1.5 CR |
| Glenn Maxwell | Kings XI Punjab | INR 10.75 CR |
| Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | INR 15.5 CR |
| Chris Morris | Royal Challengers Bangalore | INR 10 CR |
| Sam Curran | Chennai Super Kings | INR 5.5 CR |
| Piyush Chawla | Chennai Super Kings | INR 6.75 CR |
| Alex Carey | Delhi Capitals | INR 2.4 CR |
| Sheldon Cottrell | Kings XI Punjab | INR 8.5 CR |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Kings XI Punjab | INR 2 CR |
| Deepak Hooda | Kings XI Punjab | INR 0.5 CR |
| Ishan Porel | Kings XI Punjab | INR 0.2 CR |
| Varun Chakaravorthy | Kolkata Knight Riders | INR 4 CR |
| Rahul Tripathi | Kolkata Knight Riders | INR 0.6 CR |
| M Siddharth | Kolkata Knight Riders | INR 0.2 CR |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | Mumbai Indians | INR 8 CR |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Rajasthan Royals | INR 3 CR |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | INR 2.4 CR |
| Kartik Tyagi | Rajasthan Royals | INR 1.3 CR |
| Anuj Rawat | Rajasthan Royals | INR 0.8 CR |
| Akash Singh | Rajasthan Royals | INR 0.2 CR |
| Priyam Garg | Sunrisers Hyderabad | INR 1.9 CR |
| Virat Singh | Sunrisers Hyderabad | INR 1.9 CR |
(Table is Updated Till 06:30 pm IST On December 19, 2019)
List of Unsold Players
Dale Steyn, Adam Zampa, Tim Southee, Andrew Tye, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ish Sodhi, Cheteshwar Pujara, Stuart Binny, Shai Hope, Heinrich Klassen, Naman Ojha, Kusal Perera, Mohit Sharma, Zahir Khan, Hayden Walsh, Riley Meredith, Noor Ahmad, Harpreet Bhatia, Rohan Kadam, Manjot Kalra, Pavan Deshpande, Hanuma Vihari, Yusuf Pathan, Colin de Grandhomme, Shahrukh Khan, Daniel Sams, Ankush Bains, Kona Srikar Bharat, Kedar Devdhar, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Tushar Deshpande, Kulwant Khejroliya, KC Carippa, R Sai Kishore and Midhun Sudhesan.
Jason Roy was bought by Delhi Capitals for INR 1.5 CR while Aaron Finch was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 4.4 CR. All-Rounder Chris Woakes was bought by Delhi Capitals for INR 1.5 CR. Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara and Yusuf Pathan are some of the Indian big-name players that are still unsold in the auction.
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