IPL Auction Live: From 30 lakh base price, Pawan Negi sold for Rs 8.5 cr

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Welcome to HT’s coverage of the Indian Premier League auction in Bangalore.
Highlights
Rising Pune Supergiants
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Kevin Pietersen3.5 crore
Ishant Sharma3.8 crore
Irfan Pathan1 crore
Mitchell Marsh4.8 crore
RP Singh30 lakh
Ankit Sharma10 lakh
Rajat Bhatia60 lakh
Ishwar Pandey20 lakh
Murugan Ashwin4.5 crore
The Gujarat Lions
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Dwayne Smith2.3 crore
Dale Steyn2.3 crore
Dinesh Karthik2.3 crore
Dhawal Kulkarni2 crore
Praveen Kumar3.5 crore
Paras Dogra10 lakh
Ishan Kishan35 lakh
Eklavya Dwivedi1 crore
Pradeep Sangwan20 lakh
Pravin Tambe20 lakh
Sarabjeet Ladda10 lakh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Shane Watson9.5 crore
Stuart Binny2 crore
Travis Head50 lakh
Sachin Baby10 lakh
Iqbal Abdulla10 lakh
Sunrisers Hyderabad
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Ashish Nehra5.5 crore
Yuvraj Singh7 crore
Mustafizur Rahman1.4 crore
Barinder Sran1.2 crore
Abhimanyu Mithun30 lakh
Aditya Tare1.2 crore
Deepak Hooda4.2 crore
Delhi Daredevils
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Sanju Samson4.2 crore
Chris Morris7 crore
Carlos Brathwaite4.2 crore
Karun Nair4 crore
Rishabh Pant1.9 crore
Pawan Negi8.5 crore
Mumbai Indians
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Jos Buttler3.8 crore
Tim Southee2.5 crore
Nathu Singh3.2 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Colin Munro30 lakh
John Hastings1.3 crore
Jaydev Unadkat1.6 crore
Ankit Rajpoot1.5 crore
Kings XI Punjab
PlayerPrice (In Rs)
Mohit Sharma6.5 crore
Kyle Abbott2.1 crore
KC Cariappa80 lakh
This time, two new franchises - Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions - have replaced Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at the bidding. Both franchises have five players each hence the onus will be on them to give shape to their squads as early as possible. The other six teams have already retained at least 13 cricketers so quality Indian players will come at a premium.
A quick gloss over the basic facts first. All squads can have a minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 27. No franchise can have more than nine foreigners in their squads. The ceiling of expenditure has been fixed at Rs 66 crore. After retention, release of players and trading, the teams left with the biggest purse are Delhi Daredevils (Rs 37.15 crore) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (Rs 30.15 crore). The new teams have Rs 27 crore each after they were allowed to pick five players in the December 15 draft. The two teams looking most settled are Mumbai Indians who have retained 19 players and KKR who have held on to 15.
351 players will be going under the hammer on Saturday. That includes 130 capped players, two players from Associate nations and 219 uncapped players. But if all franchises look to fill their quota only 116 players - including up to 36 overseas players - can be bought at this auction.
 Among the top Indian players available are Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson and Dinesh Karthik. Perhaps his World T20 selection was the reason veteran Nehra was bumped up to the marquee players’ list on Friday night. Now there are three Indian marquee players --- Yuvraj, Ishant and Nehra, all with a base price of Rs 2 crore.
Apart from the three Indians, Kevin Pietersen, Shane Watson, Dale Steyn, Aaron Finch, Martin Guptill and Dwayne Smith are the other marquee players. There are 11 more foreigners within the Rs 1-2 crore bracket so all franchises have plenty of overseas options to pick from.
Among the Indians, Yuvraj is surely going to be a hot pick while Watson, Finch, Guptill, Jos Butler and Usman Khawaja - who had a great Big Bash league - could be among the top foreigners bought at the auction. An interesting aspect could be the bidding on the U-19 players like Rishabh Pant, Mahipal Lomror, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan and Mayank Dagar. They have potential no doubt but are the franchises willing to spend huge on them?
 

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