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