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IPL 2023 Auction: Live Blog


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Arnav: Thank you Probuddha, our statistician and thank you everyone for joining us today. We will soon come up with post-auction analysis and some discussions with the buzz surrounding the cash-rich extravaganza. So folks, stay tuned as we bring you the best! Tata, I mean TATA IPL 2023, Let's Goooo!

Probuddha: Tiring and exciting day of auction. So, the teams are ready for the IPL 2023 and we will see how it turns out!!!

Arnav: Phew...What an auction that was! We had some incredible moments with Joe Root finally getting sold. Hope you enjoyed everything that we brought you.

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Accelerated Round-III

  • Ekant Sen goes UNSOLD
  • Wayne Parnell goes UNSOLD
  • Shakib Al Hasan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 1.5 Cr
  • Joe Root sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 1 Cr

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Arnav: So, the round two is done but still some slots are left with the franchises. Let's see whom they pick.


Accelerated Round-II

  • Abdul P A sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Prashant Chopra goes UNSOLD
  • Raghav Goyal sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Yudhvir Charak sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Luke Wood goes UNSOLD
  • Dilshan Madushanka goes UNSOLD
  • Naveen ul Haq sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Akash Singh goes UNSOLD
  • Akash Vashisht sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Suryansh Shedge goes UNSOLD
  • Johnson Charles goes UNSOLD
  • Wayne Parnell goes UNSOLD
  • Rassie van der Dussen goes UNSOLD
  • Mandeep Singh sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Murugan Ashwin sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • KM Asif sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 30 Lakhs
  • Dinesh Bana goes UNSOLD
  • Anmolpreet Singh sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Adam Zampa sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 1.50 Cr
  • Akeal Hosein sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 1 Cr
  • Kusal Mendis goes UNSOLD
  • Litton Das sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Rilee Rossouw sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹ 4.60 Cr




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Arnav: So, we are done with the accelerated round part-1. All the 405 have been done. Now, the franchises can nominate a maximum of 6 names with still a few slots left.


Accelerated Round-I

  • Shivam Singh sold to Punjab Kings for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Bhagath Varma sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Nehal Wadhera sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Mohit Rathee sold to Punjab Kings for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Shubhang Hegde goes UNSOLD
  • Deepesh Nailwal goes UNSOLD
  • Trilok Nag goes UNSOLD
  • Shubham Kapse goes UNSOLD
  • Utkarsh Singh goes UNSOLD
  • Jitender Pal goes UNSOLD
  • Ajay Mandal sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Kulwant Khejroliya sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Sonu Yadav sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Kunal Rathore sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • B. Surya goes UNSOLD
  • Sanjay Ramaswamy goes UNSOLD
  • Priyank Panchal goes UNSOLD
  • Varun Aaron goes UNSOLD
  • Tom Curran goes UNSOLD
  • Rehan Ahmed goes UNSOLD
  • Avinash Singh sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹ 60 Lakhs
  • Nitish Kumar Reddy sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Ajitesh Guruswamy goes UNSOLD
  • Sanjay Yadav goes UNSOLD
  • David Wiese sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 1 Cr
  • Sumeet Verma goes UNSOLD
  • Swapnil Singh sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Shams Mulani sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Himanshu Bisht goes UNSOLD
  • Mohit Sharma sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Dilshan Madushanka goes UNSOLD
  • Joshua Little sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹ 4.40 Cr (Bidding War between GT & LSG)
  • Naveen Ul Haq goes UNSOLD
  • Richard Gleeson goes UNSOLD
  • Jamie Overton goes UNSOLD
  • Suyash Sharma sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Yuvraj Chudasama goes UNSOLD
  • Tejas Baroka goes UNSOLD
  • Paul Van Meekeren goes UNSOLD
  • Akash Singh goes UNSOLD
  • Rajan Kumar sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹ 70 Lakhs
  • Vidwath Kaverappa sold to Punjab Kings for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Vishnu Vinod sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Kirant Shinde goes UNSOLD
  • Urvil Patel sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Baba Indrajith goes UNSOLD
  • Donovan Ferreira sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Jagadeesha Suchith goes UNSOLD
  • Suryansh Shedge goes UNSOLD
  • Prerak Mankad sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Duan Jansen sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Mayank Dagar sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 1.80 Crores
  • Manoj Bhandage sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Will Smeed goes UNSOLD
  • Harpreet Bhatia sold to Punjab Kings for ₹ 40 Lakhs
  • Amit Mishra sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 50 Lakhs

Buys after 13 Sets:

Mumbai Indians: Cameron Green (INR 17.50 Cr), Jhye Richardson (INR 1.50 Cr)

Chennai Super Kings : Ajinkya Rahane (INR 50 Lakhs), Ben Stokes (INR 16.25 Cr), Shaik Rasheed (INR 20 Lakhs), Nishant Sindhu (INR 60 Lakhs), Kyle Jamieson (INR 1 Cr)

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Reece Topley (INR 1.90 Cr), Himanshu Sharma (INR 20 Lakhs), Will Jacks (INR 3.20 Cr)

Rajasthan Royals: Jason Holder (INR 5.75 Cr)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Narayan Jagadeesan (INR 90 Lakhs), Vaibhav Arora (INR 60 Lakhs)

Delhi Capitals: Phil Salt (INR 2 Cr), Ishant Sharma (INR 50 Lakhs), Mukesh Kumar (INR 5.5 Cr), Manish Pandey (INR 2.4 Cr)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harry Brook (INR 13.25 Cr), Mayank Agarwal (INR 8.25 Cr), Heinrich Klaasen (INR 5.25 Cr), Adil Rashid (INR 2 Cr), Mayank Markande (INR 50 Lakhs), Vivrant Sharma (INR 2.60 Cr), Samarth Vyas (INR 20 Lakhs), Sanvir Singh (INR 20 Lakhs), Upendra Singh Yadav (INR 25 Lakhs).

Gujarat Titans: Kane Williamson (INR 2 Crores), Odean Smith (INR 50 Lakhs), KS Bharat (INR 1.20 Crores), Shivam Mavi (INR 6 Crores)

Punjab Kings: Sam Curran (INR 18.50 Crores), Sikandar Raza (INR 50 Lakhs)

Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran (INR 16 Crores), Jaydev Unadkat (INR 50 Lakhs), Yash Thakur (INR 45 Lakhs), Romario Shepherd (INR 50 Lakhs), Daniel Sams (INR 75 Lakhs


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Set-13: Fast Bowlers

  • Kyle Jamieson sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹ 1 Cr
  • Blessing Muzarabani goes UNSOLD
  • Dushmantha Chameera goes UNSOLD
  • Taskin Ahmed goes UNSOLD
  • Sandeep Sharma goes UNSOLD
  • Riley Meredith goes UNSOLD



Set-12: All-rounders

  • Dasun Shanaka goes UNSOLD
  • Jimmy Neesham goes UNSOLD
  • Wayne Parnell goes UNSOLD
  • Mohammad Nabi goes UNSOLD
  • Daniel Sams sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 75 Lakhs
  • Daryl Mitchell goes UNSOLD
  • Romario Shepherd sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 50 Lakhs

Set-11: Batters

  • Dawid Malan goes UNSOLD
  • Mandeep Singh goes UNSOLD
  • Travis Head goes UNSOLD
  • Will Jacks sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹ 3.20 Cr
  • Sherfane Rutherford goes UNSOLD
  • Rassie Van Der Dussen goes UNSOLD
  • Manish Pandey sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹ 2.40 Cr (Bidding War between LSG, RCB & DC)
  • Paul Stirling goes UNSOLD



Probuddha: I think Ben Stokes was a great deal for CSK!!! Besides that I feel Jinx was a steal. 

Arnav: We are poised wonderfully well to see many of the names getting a gig! Probuddha who do you think got the best deal?

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Set-10: Uncapped Spinner

  • Himanshu Sharma sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • S Midhun goes UNSOLD
  • Shreyas Gopal goes UNSOLD
  • Murugan Ashwin goes UNSOLD
  • Izharulhuq Naveed goes UNSOLD
  • Chintal Gandhi goes UNSOLD

Set-9: Uncapped Fast Bowlers

  • Mukesh Kumar sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹ 5.50 Cr (Bidding War between PBKS & DC)
  • Shivam Mavi sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹ 6 Cr (Bidding War between CSK, GT & RR and the price is dragged above 5 Cr)
  • Lance Morris goes UNSOLD
  • Mujtaba Yousuf goes UNSOLD
  • K.M. Asif goes UNSOLD
  • Yash Thakur sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 45 Lakhs
  • Vaibhav Arora sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 60 Lakhs



Set-8: Uncapped Wicket-keepers

  • Mohammed Azharuddeen goes UNSOLD
  • Upendra Singh Yadav sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 25 Lakhs
  • K.S. Bharat sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹ 1.20 Cr
  • N. Jagadeesan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 90 Lakhs
  • Dinesh Bana goes UNSOLD
  • Sumit Kumar goes UNSOLD

Set-7: Uncapped All-rounders

  • Shashank Singh goes UNSOLD
  • Nishant Sindhu sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹ 60 Lakhs
  • Abhimanyu Easwaran goes UNSOLD
  • Sanvir Singh sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Corbin Bosch goes UNSOLD
  • Saurabh Kumar goes UNSOLD
  • Samarth Vyas sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Priyam Garg goes UNSOLD
  • Vivrant Sharma sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 2.60 Cr



Set-6: Uncapped Batters

  • Himmat Singh goes UNSOLD
  • Shaik Rasheed sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹ 20 Lakhs
  • Rohan Kunnummal goes UNSOLD
  • Shubham Khajuria goes UNSOLD
  • Chethan L.R. goes UNSOLD
  • Anmolpreet Singh goes UNSOLD



Arnav: So, 5 Sets done and dusted! Still more to come!

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Set-5: Capped Spin Bowlers

  • Mayank Markande sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman goes UNSOLD (Base Price: 1 Cr)
  • Tabraiz Shamsi goes UNSOLD (Base Price: 1 Cr)
  • Adam Zampa goes UNSOLD (Base Price: 1.50 Cr)
  • Akeal Hosein goes UNSOLD (Base Price: 1 Cr)
  • Adil Rashid sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 2 Cr 



Set-4: Capped Fast Bowlers

  • Ishant Sharma sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Jhye Richardson sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 1.50 Cr
  • Adam Milne goes UNSOLD
  • Jaydev Unadkat sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 50 Lakhs
  • Reece Topley sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹ 1.90 Cr (Bidding War starts with CSK & MI, RCB joins in)
  • Chris Jordan goes UNSOLD


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Set-3: Capped Wicketkeepers

  • Phil Salt sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹ 2 Cr
  • Tom Banton goes UNSOLD
  • Kusal Mendis goes UNSOLD
  • Heinrich Klaasen sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 5.25 Cr
  • Nicholas Pooran sold to Lucknow Super Giants for ₹ 16 Cr (War between CSK & RR, crosses 5 Cr, DC is in, 10 Cr is passed now, woww, 15 Cr is breached)
  • Litton Das goes UNSOLD

Just some break time! We'll be back in a while.

Arnav: My God! I'm stunned! Can't believe two of the most expensive players are sold in one set!

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Set-2: Capped All Rounders

  • Ben Stokes sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹ 16.25 Cr (War begins between RR & RCB, LSG joins in, crosses 10 Cr.,CSK joins in, crosses 15 Cr.)
  • Cameron Green sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 17.50 Cr (Another big fish is in, Bidding war between MI & RCB, crosses 10 Cr, DC comes in, goes past whopping 15 Cr)
  • Jason Holder sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹ 5.75 Cr (Bidding war between CSK & RR)
  • Sikandar Raza sold to Punjab Kings for ₹ 50 Lakh (Base Price)
  • Odean Smith sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹ 50 Lakh (Base Price)
  • Sam Curran sold to Punjab Kings for ₹ 18.50 Cr (The most anticipated man is here, RCB & MI goes first, RR joins in, Goes past 10 Cr, CSK is in finally! Crosses 15 Cr., LSG the surprise entrant, 16.50 Cr. becomes the highest in auction history, first ever to cross 17 Cr., beats KL Rahul to become to highest ever paid player in IPL)
  • Shakib Al Hasan goes UNSOLD

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Arnav: Phew! What a set that was! Two Big names goes unsold! Well, they might come back later!

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Set-1: Marquee Capped Batters

  • Rilee Rossouw goes UNSOLD
  • Joe Root goes UNSOLD
  • Ajinkya Rahane sold to Chennai Super Kings for ₹ 50 Lakh (Base Price)
  • Mayank Agarwal sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 8.25 Cr (Bidding War between PBKS, RCB, SRH & CSK) 
  • Harry Brook sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹ 13.25 Cr (Bidding War between RR, RCB and SRHWar accelerates to INR 10cr)
  • Kane Williamson sold to Gujarat Titans for ₹ 2 Cr.

So, The Bidding War begins!

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Arnav: Okay!!! Let's get started!!!! Speeches are on!

Arjun: I don't have much to say, just one thing RCB will come out as the best team out of this auction. Ee Saala Cup Namde!

Probuddha: Very Excited to see how Chennai Fares! Arjun over to you!

Arnav: We are moments away from the auction! Probuddha what do you think?


Mumbai Indians

Current Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal

Purse Remaining: 20.55 Crores

Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Chennai Super Kings


Current Squad: MS Dhoni (C), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana

Purse Remaining: 20.45 Crores

Overseas Slots Remaining: 2

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Current Squad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Purse Remaining: INR 42.25 crore

Overseas Slots Remaining: 4

Punjab Kings

Current Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar

Purse Remaining: INR 32.2 Crores

Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Kolkata Knight Riders

Current Squad: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson

Purse Remaining: INR 7.05 Crores

Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Gujarat Titans

Current Squad: Hardik Pandya (capt), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad

Purse Remaining: INR 19.25 Crores

Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Lucknow Super Giants

Current Squad: KL Rahul (C), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi

Purse remaining: INR 23.35 crore

Overseas slots remaining: 4

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Current Squad: Faf du Plessis (capt), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep

Purse remaining: INR 8.75 crore

Overseas slots remaining: 2

Rajasthan Royals

Current Squad: Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa

Purse remaining: INR 13.2 crore

Overseas slots remaining: 4

Delhi Capitals

Current Squad: Rishabh Pant (C), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal

Purse remaining: INR 19.45 crore

Overseas slots remaining: 2

So, 23rd December 2022 is finally upon us and we are all set for the big day. The mini auction for the 2023 season of the mega league. 

Stay tuned on OneCricket's live blog for all the updates, which team goes for which player and who gets the big fishes?


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