IPL 2017 Player Auction: Ben Stokes sold to Pune for Rs 14.5 crore; Karn Sharma costliest Indian with Rs 3.2 crore; Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma unsold

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1525 hrs IST: Sayan Ghosh goes to KKR for Rs 10 lakh, Kanishk Seth goes unsold. Lockie Ferguson is bought by Pune Supergiants. C Bishnoi goes unsold. And that will be the end of the auction this year

1524 hrs IST: Manoj Tiwary also gets a bid. Pune buy him for Rs 50 lakh. David Wiese was called back but no bidders for him at Rs 30 lakh. Not sold

1522 hrs IST: Kolkata Knight Riders bid for Darren Bravo and he is sold to them at the base price of Rs 50 lakh. KKR asking for him again

1522 hrs IST: Akshdeep Nath will be auctioned again! Base price of Rs 10 lakh and he is sold to Gujarat Lions for the same amount

1456 hrs IST: Pune take R Tripathi. Gujarat Lions bid for Pratham Singh for Rs 10 lakh and keep him. So that ends the second round of IPL auction

1454 hrs IST: HImmat Singh, Ashton Turner not sold. Sanjay  Yadav gets Rs 10 lakh from Kolkata. Ishan Jaggi’s name comes up and Kolkata gets him for Rs 10 lakh

1451 hrs IST: Baba Indrajith unsold. Shelley Shaurya is the new name and Gujarat Lions open the bidding and win him for Rs 10 lakh. Shubam Agrawal the new man. He is sold to Gujarat for Rs 10 lakh

1449 hrs IST: Manjeet Chaudhary goes unsold. Mehedi Hasan Miraz is the new name with the base price of Rs 30 lakh. But he remains unsold. New name is Sabbir Rahmna at same price of Rs 30 lakh. Not bid for him as well. Unsold

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1448 hrs IST: Virat Singh goes unsold. Pune and Mumbai have completed their squad of 27 players. Chirag Suri is the new name and Gujarat Lions bid for him. Get him for Rs 10 lakh

1446 hrs IST: Phehlukway and Pretorous go unsold. No bidder for Ben Wheeler as well. K Williams is the new name but no bidders. Remains unsold. New name is Tajendra Singh

1444 hrs IST: K Khejroliya sold to Mumbai for Rs 10 lakh. New Zealand’s Colin de Grandhomme is the new name but no bidders for him. He remains unsold. New name is Phehlukway with base price of Rs 1 crore

1442 hrs IST: Rinku Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 10 lakh. Shashank Singh sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakh. Milind Tandon goes to Pune for Rs 10 lakh

1441 hrs IST: Munaf Patel sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 30 lakh. Pleasant surprise!  H Bhatia is the new name for Rs 20 lakh but no bidders. He remains unsold

1439 hrs IST: No bidders for Mitchell Santner. No bidders for Lockie Ferguson. Two New Zealanders without any IPL contract. Munaf Patel is the new name in from the bag with the base price of Rs 30 lakh

1437 hrs IST: Kolkata Knight Riders buy Rovman Powell for Rs 30 lakh. Darren Sammy is the new name from the bag and he has a base price of Rs 30 lakh. KXIP bid and get him at base price

1436 hrs IST: Colin Munro and James Jeesham go unsold. Both New Zealanders. Wayne Parnell is the new name with the base price of Rs 50 lakh. He remains unsold in this auction

1435 hrs IST: Gunaratne is the new name and Mumbai Indians get him for Rs 30 lakh. Pune are bidding for Dan Christian for Rs 1 crore and they get him for Rs 1 crore

1433 hrs IST: Rahul Chahar and Saurabh Kumar bought by Pune for Rs 10 lakh each. Both young Indian bowlers. Joe Burns remains unsold in the auction

1431 hrs IST: SOLD TO HYDERABAD! Siraj gets Rs 2.6 crore. The spinner from Hyderabad remains at Hyderabad. RCB backed off after 2.6 Rs crore

1429 hrs IST: Kanisk Seth unsold. Mohammed Siraj is up with the base price of Rs 20 lakh up for bidding. Bangalore open the bidding and Hyderabad have a bid as well. They are taking it long way

1428 hrs IST: Dishant goes unsold. Rishi Arothe unsold. No interest from the teams. Ronsford Beaton also unsold. Sayan Ghosh is the new name. He is a right-arm pace bowler. base price is Rs 10 lakh. HE remains unsold

1426 hrs IST: Bhandari is unsold. Akhil Heradwekar is also unsold. Both had base price of Rs 10 lakh. Pankaj Jaswal is the new name and he also remains unsold. Dishant Yagnik is up for Rs 20 lakh

1426 hrs IST: No bidders for Himanshu and he remains unsold. Wankhade is the new name and he has a base price of Rs 10 lakh. No bidding for him and he remains unsold.

1424 hrs IST: Finally we have  a sold player. Laughlin sold to SRH for Rs 30 lakh. Stanlake sold too. RCB take his services for Rs 30 lakh. Himanshu Rana is the new name for bidding

1422 hrs IST: Tiwary unsold. Perera unsold. Parveez Rasool unsold. David Wiese unsold. Lot of unsold players in the second round, just like the first round. Ben Laughlin now

1419 hrs IST: No bidders for Darren Bravo. Another West Indian goes unsold. No bidders for Evin Lewis. The new name is Manoj Tiwary with a base price of Rs 50 lakh

1418 hrs IST: Mayank Dagar is unsold. New name is Mitchell Swepson with a base price of Rs 30 lakh. No bidders for him and he remains unsold. Next player is Darren Bravo

1417 hrs IST: Vishnu Vinod doesn’t have any luck and he doesn’t get any bidders. Pacer Navdeep Saini gets Delhi and is sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakh

1415 hrs IST: RCB get the services of Parveen Dubey for Rs 10 lakh. But Akshdeep Nath doesn’t have the same fate. He remains unsold. Vishnu Vinod the new name

1414 hrs IST: Prgyan Ojha unsold. Ish Sodhi unsold and Imran Tahir is also unsold. No one going for leg-spinners. Unmukt Chand is the new name from the bag

1412 hrs IST: Ishant Sharma’s name recalled with a base price of Rs 2 crore. There are no bidders for him and he remains unsold in today’s auction. Prgyan Ojha is the new name

1411 hrs IST: Hyderabad and Kolkata fighting over Nathan Coulter-Nile. The bid has gone up to Rs 3.5 crore. KKR really giving SRH the competition. SRH back off and KKR get NCN for Rs 3.5 crore

1410 hrs IST: Jonny Bairstow remains unsold in the second round and is Kyle Abbott. No one bidding for them. Now we have Nathan Coulter-Nile up for bidding

1407 hrs IST: Sold! Chris Jordan sold to SRH for Rs 50 lakh. Irfan Pathan is the new name and his base price is Rs 50 lakh. Who will bid for him? No one and he remains unsold

1405 hrs IST: Saurabh Tiwary gets a deal! Mumbai Indians buy him for Rs 30 lakh. Sean Abbott goes unsold. He cannot be bought now in this auction. Chris Jordan new name

1404 hrs IST: Jason Roy sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 1 crore. Franchises are out here with strategies and sticking to them. Saurabh Tiwary is next name 

1402 hrs IST: Guptill gets the opening bid of Rs 50 lakh to KXIP. That is the base for the opener. KXIP starting this second session with a bid. Jason Roy is the second name up

1400 hrs IST: We are back. We will have bidding for 79 players in this session. These are the names given by all franchises for re-bidding. We are starting with Martin Guptill

1350 hrs IST: 10 minutes in the auction to resume. Most teams will now look pick some Indian talent at low price, SRH have a purse with KXIP to follow. RPS, RCB, MI trying to stop the spending while DD have just been balanced

1330 hrs IST: So 30 minutes to the start of the final session of the auction. Hyderabad picks have been nothing but random. Picked two Afghanistan players but looks like there is no gameplan with them

1320 hrs IST: Numbers from the first session: 108 players auctioned, 33 bought with Rs 76.75 crore spent. Rs. 14.50 crore on Ben Stokes the most so far

1315 hrs IST: During the lunch break, teams would be required to submit a list of players they want brought back from the unsold pool. Would be interesting to see which ones re-emerge.

1300 hrs IST: It will very interesting to see how the teams spend their remaining purse. RCB and Pune are almost exhausted. KXIP, SRH , KRR still have some money left in theirs

1245 hrs IST: With many teams breaking bank, it will be a smart approach when the bidding process begins in the second half

1240 hrs IST: Lunch break in Bengaluru. The IPL auction has been a great surprise. And will be resuming after Lunch break at 1400 hrs IST. That was a hell of a session for auction

1238 hrs IST: Nathan Lyon remains unsold. Rahul Sharma remains unsold and that is it. All sets done. Now the franchises can now submit names of players they want to go under hammer again

1236 hrs IST: Australia’s Fawad Ahmed and Michael Bear remain unsold. Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya new name but he also remains unsold. Nathan Lyon is the new name

1235 hrs IST: That was some bidding. KKR and Gujarat Lions keep bidding but KKR back off and Gujarat get Manpreet Goni for Rs 60 lakh

1232 hrs IST: KXIP and Gujarat Lions bidding over Varun Aaron. The bid is for Rs 2.8 crore and Gujarat Lions back off. It is with KXIP and he remains. Aaron sold to KXIP for Rs 2.8 crore

1229 hrs IST: Jaidev Unadkat is the next name and Rising Pune Supergiants and they buy him for Rs 30 lakh. Ben Laughlin new name and he remains unsold. Varaun Aaron the new name

1226 hrs IST: RP Singh is unsold. Matt Henry is the next bowlers and KXIP are bidding. He is sold to KXIP for Rs 50 lakh. Next name is Pankaj Singh, He remains unsold

1225 hrs IST: No wicketkeeper was sold. Glenn Phillips, Brad Haddin, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Perera, Shane Dowrich remain unsold. Now we have fast bowlers

1219 hrs IST: Farhan Behardien remains unsold and we now move on to wicket-keepers. First up is Bangladesh’s Anamul Haque but he remains unsold.

1217 hrs IST: South Africa’s David Weise is unsold. Next player is India’s Rishi Dhawan. And KKR get him for Rs 55 lakh. Thisara Perera is the new name but he remains unsold

1214 hrs IST: Mumbai and Gujarat Lions continue to fight over Karn. It is up to 3.2 crore and it is with Mumbai Indians. And they get Karn. Mumbai buy him for Rs 3.2 crore

1213 hrs IST: Karn Sharma is the new name in the bid and Mumbai Indians start it at Rs 35 lakh. Gujarat and Mumbai up the bidding now for Karn Sharma. It is to Mumbai at Rs 2 crore

1211 hrs IST: KKR buy Chris Woakes for Rs 4.2 crore. Gautam Gambhir pulling up his pace battery. Next name is Jason Holder at base price of Rs 1.5 crore. He remains unsold

1207 hrs IST: Final two names Darren Bravo and Nic Maddinson remain unsold. Next set is of all-rounders and we start with Parveez Rasool with base price of Rs 30 lakh. He remains unsold

1204 hrs IST: Marlon Samuels is the next name. His base price is Rs 1 crore. Another surprise. Samuels remains unsold. Next name is Evin Lewis with base price of Rs 50 lakh but he remains unsold

1203 hrs IST: Abhinav Mukund fails to draw any bidders. Remains unsold. Australia’s Martin Klinger is the next batsman but he also remains unsold. Next name is S Badrinath. He remains unsold

1201 hrs IST: Manoj Tiwary is unsold. Cheteshwar Pujara is the next name for base price of Rs 50 lakh. And there are no bids. He is unsold. Next name is Abhinav Mukund

1200 hrs IST: Praveen Tambe sold to SRH for Rs 10 lakh. Both Afghan players will play for SRH. We are moving on to the next set of players. Manoj Tiwary is the first name

1159 hrs IST: Mitchell Swepson remains unsold. Akshay Wakhare remains unsold and the final name is coming up and it is Praveen Tambe who has a base price of Rs 10 lakh

1157 hrs IST: Whoa! Rashid Khan of Afghanistan is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4 crore! Highest ever for a Afghan. He is only the second to be selected

1156 hrs IST: Ladda remains unsold. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan is up for bidding now. His base price is Rs 50 lakh. Mumbai and Hyderabad bidding for him

1153 hrs IST: Mayank Dagar goes unsold. TS Baroka is the next name at Rs 10 lakh. Gujarat Lions bid for him and he is sold to them for Rs 10 lakh. Next name is Saranjeet Ladda

1151 hrs IST: First name is M Ashwin. He was Pune last year and they start the bid. Delhi is the franchise competing for him. They are raising the bid and it is at Rs 1 crore and Pune back off. Sold to Delhi for Rs 1 crore

1149 hrs IST: Basil Thampy of Kerala is sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 85 lakh. They had to fight it out with Rising Pune. And the new set is for uncapped spinners

1148 hrs IST: Navdeep Saini is unsold. Talented young pacer playing for India ‘A’. next name is Pawan Suyal and he is also remains unsold. Last name in this set is Basil Thampy

1146 hrs IST: Nathu Singh sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 50 lakh. He was Mumbai Indian in the previous season. Next name is Umar Nazir and he is unsold

1144 hrs IST: T Natarajan becomes highest paid Indian player in this auction. KXIP get him for Rs 3 crore. Brilliant bidding from the franchises. Next name is Nathu Singh at base price of Rs 30 lakh

1142 hrs IST: T Natarajan boiling it up. The bid has reached Rs 1.5 crore and it is with KXIP. KKR drop out but SRH jump in. His bid is up to now up to Rs 3 crore

1140 hrs IST: WOW! Aniket Choudahry goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2 crore. That is great for an uncapped player from Rajasthan. Next name is T Natarajan

1137 hrs IST: That is going on! Aniket Choudhary’s bid is going up and up. RCB and Gujarat Lions still fighting for him. Gujarat have him at Rs 1.5 crore. RCB thinking about raising it

1134 hrs IST: Abu Nechim goes unsold. Next is Aniket Choudhary. RCB begin the bidding. Gujarat Lions and RCB is a war for Aniket. The bid is up to 95 lakh with Gujarat Lions

1132 hrs IST: Mohit Ahlawat, first player to score 300 in T20, goes unsold. Manvinder Bisla also goes unsold. Next set is uncapped fast bowlers. This is the big set for everyone

1130 hrs IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad buy Eklavya Dwivedi for Rs 75 lakh. Nice catch that for SRH. Next name is M Shahzad at base price of Rs 50 lakh. He remains unsold

1128 hrs IST: Aditya Tare sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 25 lakh. Delhi now have 5 wicket-keepers in their squad. FIVE! Next name is Eklavya Dwivedi

1126 hrs IST: Next set is uncapped wicket-keepers. Vishnu Vinod is unsold and so is Goswami. Next name is Aditya Tare. His base price is Rs 20 lakh. Mumbai start the bid

1124 hrs IST: Manan Sharma remains unsold as well. Rush Kalaria remains unsold as well. Next name as Priyank Panchal. So the highest run-getter of Ranji Trophy Panchal remains unsold

1122 hrs IST: Rahul Tewatia sold to KXIP for Rs 25 lakh. Next name is Praveen Dubey and they are no bidders for him. Next name is Shivam Dubey. He also remains unsold

1120 hrs IST: K Gowtham goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crore! That is good for the youngster. Next name is Rahul Tewatia at base price of Rs 25 lakhs

1117 hrs IST: K Gowtham is the next name and he gets a bid. Mumbai and KKR fighting for Gowtham. Mumbai Indians and Hyderabad in a war for Gowtham. He is up for Rs 2 crore now

1115 hrs IST: Mahipal Lomror is not sold. Next name is Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan at Rs 30 lakh. We have a bid. Nabi becomes the first Afghanistan player to play in IPL. SRH get him for Rs 30 lakh

1113 hrs IST: Tanmay Agarwal goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10 lakh. Now we move on to uncapped all-rounder. First name is Aksh Deep Nath. He remains unsold

1111 hrs IST: Unsold! Unmukt Chand doesn’t get any bidders. Afghanistan’s Stanikzai is next name but he remains unsold. Tanmay Agarwal is the last name in uncapped batsmen

1109 hrs IST: Ankeet Bawane gets Rs 10 lakhs from Delhi Daredevils. He is sold to Delhi for Rs 10 lakhs. Next up is Unmukt Chand. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs

1108 hrs IST: We are beginning with uncapped Indian batsmen. First up is Umang Sharma. He goes unsold. Next name is Prithvi Shaw at base price of Rs 10 lakhs. He remains unsold

1106 hrs IST: KXIP with the highest purse remaining in this auction at Rs 21.35 crore. They have good money in hand. Next best is Hyderabad with Rs 20.90 crore

1102 hrs IST: RCB are left with just Rs 4.8 crore in their purse. A set of India uncapped players and Indian players yet to come. Two big buys so far in this IPL auction. Stokes and Mills the biggest gainers

1100 hrs IST: Delhi Daredevils have completed their quota of nine overseas players and cannot buy anymore. They have bought four players today. Hyderabad yet to buy any player. So are Guajrat Lions

1057 hrs IST: There will be another round of bidding where the franchises can recall players for bidding with each other’s consent. So every unsold player gets another chance depending on franchise decision

1054 hrs IST: Whoa! Imran Tahir, the top ranked bowler in ODIs and T20Is, goes unsold. We have another break now. Some real surprises in this auction but remember they can all come back

1053 hrs IST: Prgyan Ojha is the name up for bidding after Brad Hogg goes unsold. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs. He remains unsold. Final name coming up and it is Imran Tahir

1051 hrs IST: First up is Sandakan of Sri Lanka. No bidders for him. Next up is Ish Sodhi of New Zealand. Remember we are again doing the spinners set. he remains unsold now as well

1049 hrs IST: We now have spinners. Ish Sodhi of New Zealand first up. No bidders for him and he goes unsold. We have some problem from Madley. We are redoing the spinners

1047 hrs IST: Kyle Abbott goes unsold. Next and final name in the set is Ishant Sharma. We have a surprise! Ishant Sharma goes unsold at Rs 2 crore in the first round! This is IPL Auction for you!

1046 hrs IST: Mitchell Johnson goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crore. He played for Kings XI Punjab last season but before that he was with Mumbai Indains

1044 hrs IST: Pat Cummins goes to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 4.5 crore. A fast bowler to Delhi. Mitchell Johnson is the next name at base price of Rs 2 crore

1041 hrs IST: RCB get Tymal Mills for Rs 12 crore. Second millionaire of the day. Next name is Pat Cummins. His base price is Rs 2 crore

1039 hrs IST: RCB have Tymal Mills at Rs 11 crore. He is the second Millionaire of the day after Ben Stokes. Two England players with big money. KKR and RCB going on. KKR pull out. RCB have Mills at Rs 12 crore

1037 hrs IST: Tymal Mills getting some good money. KXIP and Mumbai fighting for him. It is at Rs 7 crore. Now we have a new bidder altogther. RCB bid for Mills. KXIP and Mumbai out. We have KKR coming up

1035 hrs IST: KKR get Trent Boult for Rs 5 crore. This is their first bid and they secure Boult. Next name up in the set is Tymal Mills. Mumbai start the bidding for him at base price of Rs 50 lakhs

1033 hrs IST: Kagiso Rabada sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 5 crore. KXIP back out. Next name up is Trent Boult from New Zealand at the base price of Rs 1.5 crore

1032 hrs IST: Delhi and Kings XI Punjab bid for Rabada. Both involved in a simultaneous bidding. The bid is worth Rs 5 crore now. It is with Delhi. KXIP thinking now

1030 hrs IST: Next set is Nathan Coulter-Nile. His base price is Rs 1 crore. No bidding for Nathan. He remains unsold. Next name is Kagiso Rabada from South Africa at a base price of Rs 1 crore

1028 hrs IST: Johnson Charles goes unsold. Last wicket-keeper coming up in the set. Dinesh Chandimal is the new name. Base price is Rs 50 lakhs. He goes unsold.

1026 hrs IST: Nicholas Pooran is the next name and he has got a bidder. Mumbai Indians raise the baton for Rs 30 lakhs. He goes to Mumbai Indians

1025 hrs IST: At a base price of Rs 1.5 crore, Jonny Bairstow goes unsold. No one interested. Next is Andre Fletcher from West Indies at base price of Rs 30 lakhs

1023 hrs IST: We are starting with wicket-keepers after the break. Ben Dunk from Australia is the first name up. No bidding for him and he goes unsold. Next is Jonny Bairstow

1019 hrs IST: The auction to begin after the break in a short while. Now will be the turn of bowlers in the pool. RPS left with the lowest purse now. Let’s see what they buy in this segment

1016 hrs IST: RPS’ purse is now left at Rs 3 crore. No big bidding for them now. They have to focus on the Indian upcapped players now. The management has to be very clever now

1013 hrs IST: Stephen Fleming says “We were looking for an all-rounder looking at our time. We jumped in late because Mumbai and RCB just went for it”

1010 hrs IST: Only five players sold in the first two lots. Here is the list of sold players in the first round: Corey Anderson, Ben Stokes, Angelo Mathews, Pawan Negi, Eoin Morgan

1008 hrs IST: Ben Stokes has a economy rate of over 9 in T20s. Will he a great buy for Pune? And he has to leave IPL early as well. Is this smart move from Pune?

1005 hrs IST: KXIP buy Morgan. He is a middle order batsman. KXIP already have Miller, Maxwell. So they need to figure out how to adjust that. So many foreign players in that middle order

1003 hrs IST: Corey Anderson goes to Delhi to Rs 1 crore. No wars for him. Sean Abbott is the next cricketer. He goes unsold at Rs 30 lakhs. Final all-rounder coming  up – Chris Jordan

1001 hrs IST: Rs 14.5 crore! Ben Stokes has got that much of money for his first ever IPL stint. Rising Pune SuperGiants get him. That is just the best amount for a foreign player 

0959 hrs IST: Delhi back out of the bidding process. Hyderbad has Ben Stokes at Rs 13 crore. Whoa! Pune is the new bidder. Now the bid is worth Rs 13.5 crore. Hyderabad raise again. Pune again. Rs 14.5 crore

0958 hrs IST: We have a new bidder in the house. Hyderabad jump in. Delhi still keeping Stokes. Hyderabad raise again. Ben Stokes price has risen to Rs 13 crore

0956 hrs IST: Delhi and Mumbai continue the fight. Ben Stokes’ bid is worth Rs 10.5 crore. Mumbai thinking about raising it. They back out. Stokes already a millionaire

0954 hrs IST: Mumbai Indians start the bidding for Ben Stokes. Delhi indulge in it. Mumbai and Delhi going for it. The bid has gone up to Rs 8 crore by Mumbai. Delhi raise baton and take it to Rs 8.2 crore

0952 hrs IST: Next all-rounder is Irfan Pathan. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. No bidders for him and he goes unsold. So much hype around his name. Ben Stokes is the new name

0950 hrs IST: Angelo Mathews is the next all-rounder. His base price is Rs 2 crore. He was almost unsold but Delhi raise the baton. No more bidding on his name. Mathews sold to Delhi for Rs 2 crore

0948 hrs IST: Hyderabad jump in for the bid. RCB continue their bid. Pawan Negi is with RCB for Rs 1 crore. No more bidders and RCB get Pawan Negi for Rs 1 crore. He had Rs 8 crore last year

0946 hrs IST: So Pune start the bidding for Pawan Negi at Rs 30 lakhs. Gujarat Lions are competing with them for the spinner. The bid has gone up to Rs 60 lakhs to RCB. Gujarat raise again. RCB raise it to Rs 80 lakhs

0944 hrs IST: Saurabh Tiwary goes unsold. So only one sold in the batsman’s lot. We now move on to all-rounders lot. First up for bidding is Pawan Negi. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs

0942 hrs IST: No bidders for Alex Hales. Next man up for bidding in New Zealand’s Ross Taylor. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. No bidders for him as well. We have Saurabh Tiwary as the last batsman in this lot

0940 hrs IST: Jason Roy is the next man. He gets no bidder at Rs 1 cr. Faiz Fazal is the new batsman at Rs 30 lakhs. No bidders for him as well. Goes unsold.

0937 hrs IST: Next player is Eoin Morgan. He has a base price of Rs 2 00 00 000. KXIP open the bidding with base price. Madley continues to ask for more bidders. No more bidders. KXIP get Morgan for Rs 2 crore

0936 hrs IST: First lot of players is batsmen. First player up for bidding is Martin Guptill. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. Three calls and no bids for the New Zealander. He goes unsold

0935 hrs IST: Here comes Madley with his hammer (gavel). Three bangs of the gavel and Madley kicks it off. All teams have the conditions of auction with them

0930 hrs IST: We are all set for the IPL auction. Richard Madley will hold the dice shortly. This is the big days for so many cricketers. So many careers made in this tournament

0925 hrs IST: Just five more minutes before we have the first lot of players. The teams have made their decisions and it is only a matter of time before all the owners come out all guns blazing

0914 hrs IST: Most teams will like to strengthen their squad by picking up smaller uncapped players. Kings XI with the highest purse of money remaining in this auction

0909 hrs IST: Players from England and South Africa will leave for international duties during the final stages of the tournament. Will this affect teams’ chances of picking South African and English players?

0900 hrs IST: We are 30 minutes away from the start of auction. Crucial time for teams as they try to buy more players with less money. Imran Tahir and Kagiso Rabada may emerge as the top bidders

0850 hrs IST: Here are the total purse remaining for the eight teams

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Purse: 20.9 cr; Delhi Daredevils – Purse: Rs 23.1 crore; Mumbai Indians – Purse: 11.55 crore; Royal Challengers Bangalore – Purse: 17.82 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders – Purse: 19.75 crore; Rising Pune Supergiants – Purse: 17.5 crore; Gujarat Lions – Purse: 14.35 crore; Kings XI Punjab – Purse: Rs 23.35 crore

0845 hrs IST: Another big news on Sunday was Mitchell Starc pulling out of the IPL 10. He said “it was in his best of interests”. Big blow for IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore will miss him

0838 hrs IST: The biggest news that came out before IPL Auction was MS Dhoni. For the first time in IPL, Dhoni will feature as a regular captain after Pune decided to hand over the reigns to Steve Smith

0835 hrs IST: Before they start with the auction, here’s is our list of players who may get picked in the IPL auction but their base price is just weird. There is no explanation for it yet we did it for you – Five players with absurd base prices

0830 hrs IST: While IPL has always been about star players and underdogs, this season isn’t different. But there some players who can catch some eyeballs. Some may get a contract, some may not. Here’s some of them – Lest you forget, we are also here

0825 hrs IST: England cricketers haven’t been supremely successful in IPL apart from performances from Kevin Pietersen and Chris Jordan. Here are the England cricketers who can make it big at this auction – The English to cross the IPL channel

0815 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the coverage of the IPL Auction from Bangalore. This is the 10th edition of IPL and the auction will have 357 players. The auction will start is just over an hour’s time

IPL is entering its 10th edition and its first step will be the auction. The auction for the 10th edition of IPL 2017 will take place in Bangalore with 357 players registered under capped and uncapped categories. There are international stars and national heroes with different base prices. All the teams will like to get hold of good players for minimal amounts. But the eight teams will have a difficult time as there is a lot to pick from and one may not see some top players being sold. This also becomes a chance for youngsters and Indian uncapped players to get some good money for their cricket abilities.

Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils, Pune SuperGaints, Gujarat Lions and Mumbai Indians are the eight teams in this year’s IPL.