The latest auction will witness 351 players going under the hammer and that includes 230 Indian and 121 overseas players.
With a majority of the teams having retained their core players, attention will be riveted on the strategy adopted by the two new entrants — Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions — as they try to beef up their respective units led by M.S. Dhoni and Suresh Raina respectively.
Including the captain, both the Pune and Rajkot-based outfits have picked five players each and should do the lion’s share of the bidding. Delhi Daredevils too can be an active player, flush as it is with the highest available purse of Rs. 37.15 crore.
Missing from the auction will be the two suspended teams — Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals — which in the previous auctions used to follow a set pattern. CSK preferred continuity and Royals plumped for value-buys.
Here are the live updates:
10:09 am: Dale Steyn sold out for Rs. 2.3 crores to Sun Risers.
10:05 am: Sunrisers buy Yuvraj Singh for Rs.7 crores.
10:02 am: The base price of Yuvraj Singh is fixed at Rs. 2 crore.
10:01 am: Yuvraj Singh is the next. Mumbai Indians open bidding for Yuvraj.
10:00 am: Ashish Nehra sold out ot Sun Risers Hyderabad for Rs. 5.5 crores.
09:55 am: Ashish Nehra is the next player to go under the hammer.
09:54 am: Aaron Finch remains unsold.
09:48 am: Shane Watson goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 9.5 crores
09:45 am: New Zealander Martin Guptill remains unsold.
09:40 am: Ishant Sharma sold out to Rising Pune SuperGiants for Rs. 3.8 crores.
9:35 am: Dwayne Smith sold to The Gujarat Lions for Rs. 2.3 crores.
09:30 am: First marquee player to go under the hammer is Kevin Pietersen. He goes to Ranchi for Rs. 3.5 crores.
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