IPL Auction 2018 ends; Jaydev Unadkat costliest Indian, Ben Stokes most expensive at Rs 12.5 cr

04:05 pm IST: Manzoor Dar will be playing for Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakh. Javon Searless will play for Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakh as they buy him. They have zero rupees list!

Most teams have a decent first eleven but in the IPL, your adaptability and back-up is tested. Look at the squads from that point of view.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 28 January 2018

04:00 pm IST: Ashoke Dinda remains unsold! He had a base price of Rs 50 lakh. Rajasthan Royals buy Sri Lanka’s Dushmanta Chameera for Rs 50 lakh! Nideesh Dineshan will play for Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh

03:58 pm IST: Martin Guptill go unsold! So does Varun Aaron. Baba Aparajith is the new name but no one wants him as well. He remains unsold. Vikas Tokas has no buyers for him as well

Amla was an option for KXIP. They’ve gone for Gayle. Will be interesting if he starts in the playing XI for the first game. #IPLAuction

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 28 January 2018

03:55 pm IST: That was a bit longer than expected but we are into the final session. Chris Gayle is the name which is back for the third time! There is only one bid for Chris Gayle and he is going to KXIP for Rs 2 crore! Finally!

03:33 pm IST: The second accelerated player auction is done! Now the franchise will submit some name they think they want in the team. Each team may or may not give a few names. 10 minutes is the break time!

03:30 pm IST: Jatin Saxena, 35, will play for Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh. That is Rs 10 lakh less than the price they will pay to Aryaman Vikram Birla who will charge them Rs 30 lakh. Pavan Deshpande will play for RCB for Rs 20 lakh

03:25 pm IST: Mehdi Hasan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh. Khsitiz Sharma will play for Chennai Super Kings Rs 20 lakh. Chennai Super Kings then buy Monu Singh and Chaitanya Bishnoi for Rs 20 lakh each

03:22 pm IST: Mahipal Lomror will play for Rajasthan Royals. He is bought at a base price of Rs 20 lakh. Mumbai Indians buy Moshin Khan for Rs 20 lakh

03:20 pm IST: Chennai Super Kings getting their pacers ready. Mark Wood is in their team for Rs 1.5 crore. Ngidi and Wood are playing together!

03: 16 pm IST: India U19 spinner Anukul Roy will play for Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh. Some of his U19 teammates have got contracts in other franchises

03:12 pm IST: Pradeep Sahu to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakh but a surprise in the auction as Thisara Perera goes unsold. Many Indian players go unsold

03:09 pm IST: Ben Laughlin goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakh. Akila Dhananjay to Mumbai Indians for Rs 50 lakh. Two internationals get IPL contract this year 

03:05 pm IST: Mumbai Indians get Mayank Markande for Rs 20 lakh. Next player David Willey goes unsold. Luke Ronchi is also unsold. India pacer Varun Aaron meets the same fate

03:02 pm IST: West Indies wicketkeeper Johnson Charles remains unsold. So does CM Gautam. Yuvraj Chudasama is also unsold. Mihir Hirwani also remains unsold.

03:01 pm IST: Bipul Sharma will remain with Sunrisers Hdyerabad after they get him for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. Delhi Daredevils get Sayan Ghosh for Rs 20 lakh

03:00 pm IST: Corey Anderson of New Zealand also remains unsold. Dale Steyn also remains unsold! No franchise interested in both the players. They won’t be part of IPL XI

02:59 pm IST: Shuan Marsh, first season’s highest run scorer, remains unsold and will not play IPL XI for now. He has not been getting good numbers in T20Is lately.

02:57 pm IST: Aditya Tare goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh! He was with the same franchise in 2014 season. They have got him back for his base price. A good contract for him

02:54 pm IST: No bidders for Ish Sodhi! Siddesh Lad gets a contract with Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 20 lakh. Prashant Chopra of Himachal Chopra will play for Rajasthan Royals

02:54 pm IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore buy Tim Southee for his base price of Rs 1 crore. They add another pacer to their line-up. The team is shaping up nicely now

02:53 pm IST: Kolkata Knight Riders empty their purse for Mitchell Johnson by buying him for Rs 2 crore. They are left with just Rs 30 lakhs in the purse

02:52 pm IST:SOLD! Parthiv Patel will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore. They buy him for Rs 1.7 crore. So RCB have another wicketkeeper-batsman!

02:50 pm IST: Delhi Daredevils buy Naman Ojha for Rs 1.4 crore. The franchise making the buys now. Filling up the missing links in their teams. CSK have the biggest purse

02:48 pm IST: Martin Guptill also remains unsold! Chennai Super Kings get their opening player in Murali Vijay as they buy him for Rs 2 crore. They also buy Sam Billings for Rs 1 crore

02:47 pm IST: CHRIS GAYLE REMAINS UNSOLD AND WILL NOT PLAY IPL XI! No bidders for Gayle in the auction. Surprise for everyone. He won’t be part of this year’s IPL

02:46 pm IST: We are back at the auctions and there are 64 players who went unsold are back for bidding. The auction begins now! All set for the final leg of acution

01:36 pm IST: All 578 players done for the first time! The accelerated process saw a lot of unsold players and the teams break for Lunch. The whole list of sold and unsold players can be seen here

The purse of all IPL franchises with one session remaining.

01:30 pm IST: After a host of unsold players, Royal Challengers Bangalore buy Anirudh Joshi. Rajasthan Royals buy MD Midun. All unsold players can be back for auction!

01:20 pm IST: Sharad Lumba to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakh. Kanish Seth goes to Chennai for Rs 20 lakh. Dhruv Shorey again to Chennai for Rs 20 lakh

01: 17 pm IST: Morne Morkel went unsold by Lungi Ngidi gets a bid. Chennai Super Kings get him for Rs 50 lakh. A good bid for the youngster!

01:10 pm IST: Ishan Porel, Vikas Tokas go unsold. Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane, 17, is sold to Delhi Daredevils for a base price of Rs 20 lakh. What a day for the teenager

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 brilliant news https://t.co/H4draSnJ43

— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) January 28, 2018

01:03 pm IST: Kerala’s K M Asif will play for CSK for Rs 40 lakh. They were quick to bid for him before Mumbai joined. But Mumbai were done at Rs 40 lakh. Sold to CSK.

Ben Dwarshuis will play for Kings XI Punjab for Rs 1.4 crore. They had a bidding war with Rajasthan Royals but they opted out. Asif K M is the new name

12:56 pm IST: Akshdeep Nath is a crorepati! He will play for Kings XI Punjab for Rs 1 crore. After a few more unsold players, Sreevats Goswami to Hyderabad for Rs 1 crore

Big thank u 2 @lionsdenkxip @virendersehwag @realpreityzinta @nesswadia for showing belief in me 🙏 pic.twitter.com/TstN7FX1I1

— MANOJ INDIAN (@tiwarymanoj) January 28, 2018

12:53 pm IST: Cameron Delport to play for KKR for Rs 30 lakh! Tajinder Dhillon to Mumbai Indians for Rs 55 lakh. Shreyas Gopal to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh

12:49 pm IST: Deepak Chahar gets the franchises interested! Chennai Super Kings begin the bidding. KXIP were there for a while but pulled out. DD then come in but CSK are hell bent. Deepak Chahar will play for CSK for Rs 80 lakh

12:45 pm IST: Tanmay Agarwal to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh. Harpreet Bhatia, Unmukt Chand, Amandeep Khare, Virat Singh, Baba Aparjith remain unsold

12:44 pm IST: Andrew Tye goes to KXIP for Rs 7.2 crore. Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming looks a bit tensed. Chennai still looking for fast bowlers. KXIP have ruined a couple of their bids now

12:40 pm IST: Stankle to Hyderabad for Rs 50 lakh. Hot property Andrew Tye up for the bidding. CSK and KXIP are going for a bidding war again. He had a base price of Rs 1 crore but the price is now up to Rs 6 crore!

12:37 pm IST: Mumbai Indians began the bid for Sran and KXIP joined. After Mumbai pulled out, Chennai bid. KXIP keep up their bid as well. CSK pull out and Barinder Sran is sold to KXIP for Rs 2.2 crore

12:34 pm IST: Lockie Ferguson, Ben Laughlin, Tymal Mills, Adam Milne remain unsold. The process moving quite fast now. Barinder Sran is the new name!

12:29 pm IST: Tom Latham, Kusal Perera, Luke Ronchi, Varun Aaron, Sreenath Aravind remain unsold in the auction. Jason Behrendorff gets some interest from the franchises. Mumbai bid for him. KXIP join in. Mumbai out. KKR make it Rs 1.2 crore. KXIP continue to make it Rs 1.3 crore. KKR raise the paddle again. KXIP are out. KKR have the bid. MI are back in the bidding process! Price is Rs 1.50 crore. Kolkata Knight Riders are out and Mumbai get Behrendorff will play for Mumbai at Rs 1.5 crore

12:27 pm IST: Mitchell Santner, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, is bought by Chennai Super Kings. Jadeja, Karn, Tahir, Santner are their frontline spinners!

12:25 pm IST: Markram, Ashton Agar and Hilton Cartwright all go unsold. JP Duminy then fetches Rs 1 crore from Mumbai. John Hashtings unsold. Chris Jordan then goes to Hyderabad for Rs 1 crore

12:22 pm IST: Zahir Khan Pakteen will play for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2018 as they buy him for Rs 60 lakh. Fourth Afghanistan player to be part of IPL. What a day for Afghan cricket!

12:20 pm IST: Mihir Hirwani, Mayank Markande remain unsold! Another Afghanistan spinner is set to play IPL as Zahir Khan Pakteen gets bid. Rajasthan and Mumbai bidding from him.

12:17 pm IST: Niroshan Dickwella, Nicholas Pooran, Kedar Devdhar all remain unsold. CM Gautam gets no bidders as well. Jagadeesan Narayan is the next name and he has been sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakh

12:15 pm IST: Back again and this is the aceelerated process! The teams will ask for specific players to be up for bidding. The first player in that list is Johnson Charles from West Indies. But he remains unsold

12:00 noon IST: Nathu Singh reamins unsold after Rajasthan Royals buy Anureet Singh for Rs 30 lakh. And that will be the end of this session. A 20 minute break for everyone!

11:55 am IST: An intense bidding war for Pradeep Sangwan with Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians going for the pacer. But Mumbai keep their fight going and get the pacer for Rs 1.5 crore

11:50 am IST: 17-year-old Abhishek Sharma goes to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 55 lakh. Swapnil Singh, Pravin Dubey, Bipul Sharma remain unsold. Ishwar Pandey and Syan Ghosh too remain unsold

Abhishek Sharmas haircut sold for 55 Lakhs @DelhiDaredevils #IPLAuction

— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) January 28, 2018

11:45 am IST: Shivam Mavi, the India U19 star, sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3 crore. He joins his U19 teammate Kamlesh Nagarkoti at KKR. That is some price for the all-rounder!

11:40 am IST: Ankit Sharma sold Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh, Manjot Kalra sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 20 lakh, Sachin Baby sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh, Rinku Singh Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 80 lakh, Apoorv Wankhade is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh

Had been tipped off about Mujeeb Zadran of Afghanistan a month and a half ago. Clearly the scouts had been too.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 28, 2018

11:30 am IST: Anmolpreet Singh, Tabraiz Shamsi, Pragyan Ojha, Fawad Ahmed, Nathan Lyon all remain unsold. All of them can come back if the teams want.

11:20 am IST: Mujeeb Zadran, the U19 teenager, becomes the third Afghanistan player in the IPL! He will play for Kings XI Punjab. He will charge them Rs 4 crore. 

11:07 am IST: Shardul Thakur gets a price of Rs 2.6 crore from Chennai Super Kings. Dale Steyn, injured, goes unsold. His base price was Rs 1 crore!

#IPLAuction

How much does every team have left in their purse as we take a break. RR left with Rs 5 crore to spend on at least 6 players pic.twitter.com/dCBxLIPWwf

— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) 28 January 2018

11:04 am IST: Unadkat is the costlies Indian player as he over takes KL Rahul and Manish Pandey! Rajasthan now have Ben Stokes and Unadkat the two costliest players at this auction! Meanwhile, DD get Trent Boult for Rs 2.2 crore

Jaydev was best suited for the sluggish Chennai pitch…RR’s punt with Unadkat is a little risky IMHO. With Buttler, Darcy, Stokes and Tripathi, RR wont make slow surfaces. #IPLAuction

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 28 January 2018

11:00 am IST: Jaydev Unadkat is the costliest Indian player in this auction! CSK and KXIP were engaged in a bidding war. His base price is Rs 1.50 core but the price is up for Rs 11 crore! CSK opt and just when it looked like he will go to KXIP, Rajasthan Royals opt to bid for him. Rs 11.50 crore and he will play for Rajasthan Royals.

10:55 am IST: Nathan Coulter-Nile to RCB for Rs 2.2 crore! KXIP and RCB both wanted the pacer but KXIP opted out once the price went over Rs 2 crore. RCB keep him!

Nathan Coulter-Nile is sold to Bangalore for AUD426k! #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/QKZ1p4oaMI

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) 28 January 2018

10:52 am IST: Mohammed Siraj to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2.6 crore. Almost all franchises barring DD and RR bid for Siraj. KKR and MI were interested and then SRH joined. CSK opted out later. RCB and KXIP continued the bidding but RCB get the bowler!

10:47 am IST: Kolkata Knight Riders are the only bidders for R Vinay Kumar and he goes for his base price of Rs 50 lakh. KKR are happy to have their former player!

10:45 am IST Sandeep Sharma was expected to get some good money and that is happening. KKR and KXIP raise his price to Rs 2.80 crore and then Sunrisers Hyderabad get him for Rs 3 crore!

10:40 am IST: Mohit Sharma is the next name. Kolkata Knight Riders begin the bidding for him and Chennai Super Kings join in. The price is up to Rs 2.40 crore and KKR pull out. Mohit Sharma will play for KIXP as they exercise their RTM and steal him from CSK!

10:38 am IST: The next pool is capped fast bowlers and Dhawal Kulkarni is the first name. RCB win the bid with Rs 75 lakh but Rajasthan Royals use their RTM to retain him. RCB not happy with that.

10:35 am IST: Mohammed Nabi will continue to play for Sunrisers Hyderabad! They buy him for Rs 1 crore. The next player is Rishi Dhawan but he remains unsold!

10:32 am IST: Interesting bidding for Ben Cutting. Sunrisers Hyderabad wanted to retain their player and bid for him. But Mumbai Indians jumped in the last moment and bid for him. Cutting with play for Mumbai for Rs 2.2 crore

10:26 am IST: Delhi Daredevils get Gurkeerat Mann as well. He will charge then Rs 75 lakh and KXIP do not use their RTM. But the surprise is Corey Anderson who goes unsold. Mosies Henriques also goes unsold

10:24 am IST: Dan Christain, the Australian all-rounder, gets Rs 1.50 crore from Delhi for IPL 2018. Delhi also buy Jayant Yadav for his base price of Rs 50 lakh

10:22 am IST: Pawan Negi’s name comes up for bidding. His base price is Rs 50 lakh. Mumbai begin the bidding. Delhi join in. RCB have a right-to-match for him! And they match DD’s bid to retain him. He will cost them Rs 1 crore

10:18 am IST: Washington Sundar now! KXIP begin the process and RCB join in. KXIP are out. MI join RCB. The price goes up to Rs 2 crore. MI pull out but KXIP is back! The price is up to Rs 3 crore. The bid is with KXIP. RCB raise the price and KXIP opt out. RCB get Washington Sundar for Rs 3.2 crore

10:14 am IST: Australian batsman Travis Head remains unsold. SO does South Africa player Colin Ingram. The final player of the pool is Manoj Tiwary! KXIP begin the bidding process. Manoj Tiwary will play for Kings XI Punjab for Rs 1 crore

10:13 am IST: Mandeep Singh will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL XI. They keep him for Rs 1.40 crore as KXIP opt out of their bid. The player was with RCB before as well.

10:10 am IST: The unsold list keeps growing. England batsmen Alex Hales and Eoin Morgan go unsold. So does Australian batsman Shaun Marsh. Surprise that Lendl Simmons also goes unsold!

10:03 am IST: Saurabh Tiwary has a base price of Rs 50 lakh and Mumbai Indians have bid for him. No other team with the bid for him but then KXIP raise their paddle and continue the bidding process. But they are out. Mumbai Indians get Tiwary for Rs 80 lakh

09:59 am IST: Evin Lewis is up for grabs! The two-time centurion in T20Is has a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. Mumbai and Hyderabad in a bidding war for Lewis! Mumbai Indians get Evin Lewis for Rs 3.80 crore!

Surprised with SRH’s interest. They have David-Dhawan already. Wake up CSK. https://t.co/RJ0fiSi5Vv

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 28 January 2018

09:56 am IST: After Iqbal Abdullah and Shivil Kaushik go unsold, Murugan Ashwin does attract some bids. And RCB gets Ashwin for Rs 2.2 crore. That is another spinner in RCB team. That is the end of the lot

09:52 am IST: Rajasthan Royals get K Gowtham for Rs 6.20 crore after Bangalore opt out of the bid. That is a big amount for Gowtham from his base price of Rs 20 lakh!

CSK eyeing Gayle? Will get him at base price later today…. #IPLAuction

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 28 January 2018

09:47 am IST: CK Gowtham have got teams interested. Apart from KXIP, CSK and DD are not bidding but every other franchise has. RCB began with KKR, then RCB back out. KKR backed out at 1.20 crore and the bid was with Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals come in. Mumbai opted out. RCB and RR have taken the price up to Rs 5.20 crore from his base price of Rs 20 lakh

09:40 am IST: KC Criappa goes unsold but Shahbaz Nadeem gets a bid. His base price is Rs 40 lakh. Delhi and Bangalore are going into the bidding war. The price has gone up to Rs 1.10 crore and with RCB. Delhi continue to raise the price as well. RCB thinking. The price is now Rs 3.20 crore with Delhi. RCB opt out of the bid and Shahbaz Nadeem will play for Delhi in IPL 2018

09:34 am IST: Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in a bidding war over Rahul Chahar. His price has reached Rs 1 crore and the bid is with Rajasthan Royals. Mumbai Indians continue the fight and raise it to Rs 1.10 crore. The two teams are still going for the spinner. The bid has gone up to Rs 1.9 crore and it is with Mumbai! Rajasthan pull out and Mumbai get Rahul Chahar for Rs 1.9 crore

09:31 am IST: First player up for auction on day two is Rahul Chahar! His base price is Rs 20 lakh. His a spin bowler for Rajasthan and has had an impressive domestic season.

09:25 am IST: We are just five minutes away from day two of the IPL auction. All set for another bid day for cricketers. The franchises are ready and so is Richard Madley with his gavel!

09:15 am IST: Teams will also need to look for the foreign fast bowlers as well. A lot of names will come up for auction. Another long day in the office for them. We will keep tracking evey development of the IPL auction

09:00 am IST: Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Manoj Tiwary are some of the Indian players that are still unsold at the IPL auction. The Chahar brothers are also on that list. Time for franchise to bring in some Indian players to their team

A host of domestic players are up for grabs on day two of the auctions and the franchises will be keen to tap that area. Some teams still have less than 10 players in their squad and will be eyeing the domestic talent pool on Sunday. Welcome to the coverage of the second day of the IPL player auction from Bangalore. There are more players up for bidding and the franchises will leave no stone unturned to accuquire the best cricketers for their teams.