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Xtra Time Web Desk: As many as 32 cricketers went under the hammer for the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) mini auction held in Chennai on Thursday. South African all rounder Chris Morris was the most expensive buy as he was brought by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for 16.25 crores. New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson who had a base price of 75 lakhs was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for 15 crores. Australian Glenn Maxwell, who had a poor run in IPL 2020 in UAE was the third most expensive cricketer in the auction. The Aussie whose base price was 2 cr was sold to RCB for 14.25 crores. Another Australian cricketer Jhye Richardson too went for a high price worth 14 cr as he was sold to Punjab Kings. Krishnappa Gowtham, who plied his trade with Kings XI Punjab last season, was brought by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for 9.25 cr. Bangladesh all rounder Shakib Al Hasan made a return to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) after a gap of 7 years. Shakib, who had a base price of 2 cr was sold to his former franchise for 3.2 cr. Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar was roped in by Mumbai Indians at his base price of 20 lakhs. Here is the list of players who were brought by the respective franchises from the mini auction:
No     Player              Base Price(INR)         Franchise      Final Price(INR)
1     Chris Morris         75 lakhs                    RR              16.25 crore
2     Kyle Jamieson      75 lakhs                  RCB             15 crore
3     Glenn Maxwell      2 crore                   RCB             14.25 crore
4     Jhye Richardson    1.50 crore               PK               14 crore
5     K. Gowtham         20 lakhs                  CSK             9.25 crore
6     Riley Meredith      40 lakhs                  PK               8 crore
7     Adam Milne          50 lakhs                   MI               3.20 crore
8     Dawid Malan        1.50 crore                PK                1.50 crore
9     Shivam Dube        50 lakhs                  RR               4.40 crore
10   Moeen Ali             2 crore                    CSK             7 crore
11   Shakib Al Hasan    2 crore                   KKR             3.20 crore
12   Steve Smith           2 crore                    DC              2.20 crore
13   M. Rahman           1 crore                  RR              1 crore
14   N Coulter-Nile       1.50 crore                MI               5 crore
15   Umesh Yadav        1 crore                    DC              1 crore
16   Piyush Chawla       50 lakhs                  MI               2.40 crore
17   Sachin Baby          20 lakhs                 RCB             20 lakhs
18   Rajat Patidar         20 lakhs                 RCB             20 lakhs
19   Ripal Patel            20 lakhs                  DC              20 lakhs
20   Shahrukh Khan     20 lakhs                  PK              5.25 crore
21   Vishnu Vinod         20 lakhs                 DC               20 lakhs
22   Sheldon Jackson    20 lakhs                KKR             20 lakhs
23   Md Azharuddeen    20 lakhs                RCB             20 lakhs
24   Lukman Meriwala   20 lakhs                DC               20 lakhs
25  Chetan Sakariya     20 lakhs                  RR              1.20 crore
26  M Siddharth           20 lakhs                DC               20 lakhs
27  J Suchith               20 lakhs                 SRH              30 lakhs
28  KC Cariappa           20 lakhs                 RR               20 lakhs
29  C Pujara                50 lakhs                CSK              50 lakhs
30  Tom Curran           1.50 crore               DC               5.25 crore
31  M Henriques          1 crore                    PK               4.20 crore

32 Arjun Tendulkar      20 lakhs                  MI                20 lakhs

This is how all the eight franchises look like after the mini auctions:

Punjab Kings
Squad: KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan

Rajasthan Royals
Squad: Sanju Samson (c&wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel

Chennai Super Kings
Squad: Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood, KM Asif

Mumbai Indians
Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan

Delhi Capitals
Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan

Sunrisers Hyderabad
Squad: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi

Kolkata Knight Riders
Squad: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna