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Kevin Pietersen, who had a successful Big Bash League will go under the hammer during the IPL 9 auction Getty

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That concludes to IPL 2016 auction process and IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla has taken the stage to say few words.

The last player to go under the hammer in the IPl 2016 auction is Mahipal Lomror.

Delhi Daredevils make a bid of Rs 10 lakhs, which is his base price. The hammer is up and hovering. The hammer will go down for one last time as Mahipal Lomror is SOLD...!!! to Delhi Daredevils.

Kshitiz Sharma is the penultimate player for Rs 10 lakhs and he goes UNSOLD...!!!

Akhil Herwadkar is the next player to go under the hammer once again. All-rounder available for Rs 10 lakhs and that is it then. Delhi Daredevils have him for Rs 10 lakhs.

We are back once again. Farhaan Behardien is the first player and Kings XI Punjab for base price of Rs 30 lakhs.

Each team will be given an opportunity to re-represent maximum of three players for auction.

SOLD...!!! Vikas Tokas to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Baltej Singh

SOLD...!!! Chama Milind to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Jaskaran Singh to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Amit Mishra to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

Amit Mishra has not been sold so far and Gujarat Lions make an opening bid of Rs 10 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Pankaj Jaswal

SOLD....!!! Adam Zampa to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 30 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Pawan Suyal to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Vikramjeet Malik to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Scott Boland to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 50 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Parvinder Awana, Ben Laughlin

SOLD...!!! Joel Paris to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 30 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Pragyan Ojha, Beuran Hendricks

SOLD...!!! Samuel Badree to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 50 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Kane Richardson to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 200 lakhs

Kane Richardson's move was pretty good for RCB, considering injury worry to Mitchell Starc.

SOLD...!!! Ashok Dinda to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 50 lakhs

SOLDA...!!! Pratyush Singh to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Jaydev Shah to Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 lakhs

SOLD...!!! SK Ahmed to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Swapnil Singh to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 10 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Gurinder Singh

SOLD...!!! Deepak Punia to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Mahipal Lomror

UNSOLD....!!! Ravi Jangid

SOLD...!!! Krunal Pandya to Mumbai Indians for Rs 200 lakhs

Krunal Pandya has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Mumbai Indians make the opening bid and then Delhi Daredevils make another bid. These two franchises get into a bidding war and it goes above Rs 100 lakhs. It rises up to Rs 200 lakhs and Delhi Daredevils pull out.

UNSOLD...!!! Dinesh Salunkhe

SOLD...!!! Pardeep Sahu to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! KP Kamath to Mumbai Indians for Rs 140 lakhs

KP Kamath has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore are going head-to-head. RCB pull out, only for Sunrisers Hyderabad to give a chance to enter the bidding war. Even the Sunrisers pull out in the end.

SOLD...!!! Deepak Chahar to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Baba Aparajith to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Manan Sharma to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 10 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Rohan Prem

SOLD...!!! Aksh Deep Nath to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Akshay Karnewar to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Shadab Jakati to Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Rahul Tewatia

SOLD...!!! Vijay Shankar to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 35 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Rajagopal Sathish to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Syed Mohammad

SOLD...!!! Praveen Dubey to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 35 lakhs

Praveen Dubey has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Delhi Daredevils make the opening bid and Royal Challengers Bangalore make an opening bid. RCB finally land him for Rs 35 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Padmanabhan Prasanth

UNSOLD...!!! Juan Theron

UNSOLD...!!! Nathan McCullum

SOLD...!!! Andre Tye to Gujarat Lions for Rs 50 lakhs

Andrew Tye has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Gujarat Lions and the Supergiants are raising their bids, only for Pune based outfit to pull out, allowing the Lions to land him.

UNSOLD...!!! Chris Jordan

SOLD...!!! Ben Cutting to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 50 lakhs

Ben Cutting has a base price of Rs 50 lakhs and Sunrisers Hyderabad make an opening bid, which is also the closing bid.

UNSOLD...!!! Sean Abbott

SOLD...!!! Thisara Perera to Rising Pune Supergiants to Rs 100 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Jason Holder to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 70 lakhs

New set and this time it is all rounders to start with. Jason Holder is the first player and Kolkata Knight Riders make an opening bid of Rs 50 lakhs. Delhi Daredevils join and it is now a bidding war between the two franchises. KKR land him in the end.

SOLD...!!! Armaan Jaffer to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 10 lakhs

Armaan Jaffer's base price is Rs 10 lakhs and Kings XI Punjab make a bid. He is now sold to KXIP.

UNSOLD...!!! Prashant Gupta

Apoorv Wankhade at Rs 10 lakhs also goes UNSOLD...!!!

Another player gets unsold and this time it is Alex Ross, whose base price is Rs 20 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Arun Karthik

SOLD...!!! Peter Handscomb to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 30 lakhs

Peter Handscomb is the new player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs and Rising Pune Supergiants make an opening and closing bid.

UNSOLD...!!! Cameron Bancroft

SOLD...!!! Umang Sharma to Gujarat Lions to Rs 10 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Dishant Yagnik

SOLD...!!! Ankush Bains to Rising Pune Supergiants to Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Tirumalasetti Suman to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10 lakhs

Indian uncapped player Tirumalasetti Suman has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad make an opening bid and the close bid.

UNSOLD...!!! Mushfiqur Rahim

SOLD...!!! Sam Billings to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 30 lakhs

England wicket-keeping batsman Sam Billings has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs and has no takers as of now. Delhi Daredevils make an opening bid and gets sold.

Usman Khawaja is another unsold player being presented once again. Rs 100 lakhs is his price and despite being mentioned by one or more of the franchises, he goes UNSOLD...!!!

George Bailey is followed by his compatriot Michael Hussey, whose base price is Rs 200 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

George Bailey is another player in the Rs 100 lakhs region as his base price. No takers so far and despite the franchises asking him back, no takers so far and he will go UNSOLD...!!!

South African batsman Hashim Amla has been asked to be presented once again. His base price is Rs 100 lakhs. No takes so far and ends up UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Martin Guptill

Another player from the marquee set is Martin Guptil of New Zealand. His asking price is Rs 50 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Aaron Finch to Gujarat Lions for Rs 100 lakhs

Aaron Finch is the first player to be asked back in the auction. A bid of Rs 100 lakhs.

We are back with the accelerated process of the auction. Marquee players will be represented once again, while uncapped players who are not presented will be available for auction.

Delhi Daredevils manager T.A. Sekhar on why they signed Chris Morris

"We have seen in many auctions, that we didn't want to jump the gun. I have been a part of eight auctions now and it was better to notice the team's upper limit and weigh our chances. We wanted Morris."

Each team will be given an opportunity to be represented the UNSOLD players into the auction or any of the uncapped players, who have not appeared in the auction.

Karanveer Singh is the last player and his base price is Rs 10 lakhs remains UNSOLD....!!!

SOLD...!!! KC Cariappa to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 80 lakhs

KC Cariappa has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Kings XI Punjab make an opening bid and Royal Challengers Bangalore make another bid. Kings XI land him for Rs 80 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! M Ashwin to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 450 lakhs

M Ashwin's base price is Rs 10 lakhs. The Supergiants and the Challengers are in for a bidding war as it has already gone above Rs 400 lakhs. Pune land him in the end.

SOLD...!!! Sarabjeet Ladda to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Shivil Kaushik to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

SOLD...!!! Pravin Tambe to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

Pravin Tambe's base price is Rs 10 lakhs. Gujarat Lions make an opening bid and Delhi Daredevils join them. But the Lions land him in the end.

UNSOLD...!!! Hardik P Patel

Adam Zampa, who made his international debut today remains UNSOLD...!!!

We move into the set of uncapped bowlers now. The first player out of the hat is KK Jiyas. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Siddharth Trivedi, Pawan Suyal

SOLD...!!! Ankit Rajpoot to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 150 lakhs

Ankit Rajpoot has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Rising Pune Supergiants and Kolkata Knight Riders are bidding and it has already gone above Rs 100 lakhs. The Supergiants pull out at Rs 150 lakhs, allowing KKR to land him.

SOLD...!!! Ishwar Pandey to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 20 lakhs

Ishwar Pandey has a base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Rising Pune Supergiants make an opening bid and is SOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Rahul Shukla

SOLD...!!! Nathu Singh to Mumbai Indians for Rs 320 lakhs

Nathu Singh has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore make an opening bid, only for Delhi Daredevils to join them. The bid has gone up over Rs 100 lakhs now. It has now gone above Rs 300 lakhs with these two teams being involved.

Mumbai Indians now join the race and they make a bid of Rs 320 lakhs. They get him.

UNSOLD...!!! C Stephen, Domnic Joseph Muthuswami, Vikramjeet Malik, Veer Pratap Singh, HS Bansal

SOLD...!!! Pradeep Sangwan to Gujarat Lions for Rs 20 lakhs

Pradeep Sangwan's base price is Rs 20 lakhs. Gujarat Lions make an opening bid and manage to land him as there was no competition.

SOLD...!!! Rajat Bhatia to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 60 lakhs

Rajat Bhatia's base price is Rs 30 lakhs and Rising Pune Supergiants make an opening bid. Delhi Daredevils join them now. The Supergiants bad him for Rs 60 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Pawan Negi to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 850 lakhs

Pawan Negi is the latest player to go under the hammer, whose base price is Rs 30 lakhs. Rising Pune Supergiants make an opening bid, only for Delhi Daredevils join them. They are set for a bidding war now and it ha gone above Rs 700 lakhs.

Delhi Daredevils make a bid of Rs 850 lakhs, the Supergiants pull out. The Daredevils have Pawan Negi

UNSOLD...!!! Kevon Cooper

Kevin O'Brien, who helped Republic of Ireland defeat England in the 2015 ICC World Cup remains UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD...!!! Ankit Sharma to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs.

Ankit Sharma has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. Pune make an opening bid and then land him.

UNSOLD...!!! Padmanabhan Prasanth

SOLD...!!! Deepak Hooda to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 420 lakhs

Deepak Hooda's base price is Rs 10 lakhs, KKR and Gujarat Lions are interested in the player and make a bid for the uncapped all-rounder. There is a discussion at Gujarat Lions' table and there is rise again, only to pull out later at Rs 100 lakhs

Sunrisers Hyderabad are the new bidder for Deepak Hooda and it has now gone over Rs 400 lakhs. The Knight Riders pull out and that allows Sunrisers to land him.

SOLD...!!! Iqbal Abdulla to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 lakhs

Iqbal Abdulla is the first player from the new set and Royal Challengers Bangalore make an opening bid of Rs 10 lakhs. They land him.

We move on to a new set now as we put the uncapped all-rounders under the hammer.

Manvinder Bisla is the last player in the category and is available for Rs 10 lakhs. He remains UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD: Dishant Agnihotri

SOLD...!!! Aditya Tare to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 120 lakhs

Aditya Tare has a base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad are fighting against each other to land him, with the former pulling out of the bid at Rs 120 lakhs. The Sunrisers successfully land him.

SOLD...!!! Eklavta Dwivedi to Gujarat Lions for Rs 100 lakhs

Eklavya Dwivedi, who has not played in the IPL has a base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Gujarat Lions make an opening bid for him.

Sunrisers Hyderabad join the bidding war and the Lions and the two are only increasing the bids. Team talk on Gujarat Lions table as bid stands with the Sunrisers. They increase the bid to Rs 90 lakhs and it goes back to Rs 100 lakhs. Gujarat Lions land him finally.

SOLD...!!! Rishabh Pant to Delhi Daredevils to Rs 190 lakhs


Rishabh Pant is subjected to a bidding war between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, who base price is Rs 10 lakhs. Mumbai Indians are persuading RCB to make more bid and at Rs 180 lakhs, they back off, only to allow Delhi Daredevils to make a late bid of Rs 190 lakhs.

Delhi Daredevils' only bid helps them to secure the player.

SOLD...!!! Ishan Kishan to Gujarat Lions for Rs 30 lakhs

Ishan Kishan is the new player under the hammer. His base price is Rs 10 lakhs and Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants are fighting for him. Gujarat Lions land him.

Uncapped Australian player Aiden Blizzard is available for Rs 30 lakhs. He also remains UNSOLD...!!!

We move on to the another set and it brings an end to the first set of uncapped batsmen.

Tirumalasetti Suman is the next player to be auctioned. His base price is Rs 10 lakhs and remains UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD....!!! Paras Dogra to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

Paras Dogra is the next player to go under the hammer and has a base price of Rs 10 lakhs. They made a maiden bid for him and there are no more advance in the room

UNSOLD...!!! Debabrata Das

Himanshu Rana is available for a base price of Rs 10 lakhs and no franchise make an approach. Remains UNSOLD...!!!

Another uncapped India, Ankeet Bawane goes UNSOLD...!!!

Mithun Manhas is the next player to go under the hammer and with a base price of Rs 30 lakhs, he remains UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD...!!! Karun Nair to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 400 lakhs

Karun Nair, who is available for Rs 10 lakhs has been subjected to an opening bid from Rising Pune Supergiants.

Delhi Daredevils join the battle for Karun Nair. The battle is going on for long and so far it has already increased by 15 times than his base price. Now it has gone up to Rs 350 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad are also in the mix now and they are fighting with Delhi Daredevils now.

A player with a base price of Rs 10 lakhs goes for Rs 400 lakhs to Delhi Daredevils.

SOLD...!!! Sachin Baby to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 lakhs

Sachin Baby is the first player to go under the hammer after lunch. His base price is Rs 10 lakhs and Royal Challengers Bangalare make an opening bid and lands him for the same price.

We are back after the lunch break and welcome back to the afternoon session of the IPL 2016 player auction.

The uncapped players will go under the hammer now, starting with uncapped batsmen.

The post-lunch session auction will begin in few minutes and we will see how the franchises will do business in the second half of the day.

Shane Watson has wasted no time as he took on to social media to express how he felt after Royal Challengers Bangalore secured his services. He even changed his Twitter Bio already.

Highlights of the IPL 2016 auction so far:

Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 350 lakhs
Dwayne Smith is the second player to be sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2 lakhs
Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 380 lakhs
Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 950 lakhs
Ashish Nehra to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 550 lakhs
Yuvraj Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 700 lakhs
Usman Khawaj remains unsold
Sanju Samson sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 420 lakhs
Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 380 lakhs
Dinesh Karthik sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs
Irfan Pathan sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 100 lakhs

Here is what happened in the early hours of today's action. To find out, click here to read our IPL 2016 auction big hits and misses, mainly focusing of the marquee players.

It does look like people on the table at the auction need a break and there have been no bids whatsoever for a long time now. Hopefully there would be more bidding after the break. We take a 30 minutes break and then come back.

UNSOLD...!!! Tino Best

UNSOLD...!!! Taskin Ahmed, Shannon Gabriel, Hardus Viljoen

Taskin Ahmed is the first player of the final set before lunch break and he goes UNSOLD...!!!

We are into the final set and then we take the lunch break.

The last player from Set No 13 and it is the Sri Lanka all-rounder Dasun Shanaka and even he goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Henry Davids, Milinda S, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dilshan Munaweera, Christopher Barnwell, George Worker

There have been no opening bids off late, let alone be the chance of raising the price. It is a dull moment to look no bidding to take place. Few people on the table are calling the waiter and requesting them what they need. The auctioneer also said that as he is also hoping for some excitement.

UNSOLD...!!! Soumya Sarkar, Dilruwan Perera

Ben Laughlin and Krishmar Santokie were the last two bowlers in the list and even they went UNSOLD...!!!

We move on to the next set now and it consists of all-rounders.

Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara also goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Parvinder Awana, Sudeep Tyagi, Shaun Tait, Pankaj Singh

The next player under the hammer is Sudeep Tyagi and has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He also goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Parvinder Awana

We move on to the new set of bowlers now and start with Fidel Edwards and he goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Nathan McCullum, Jeevan Mendis, Juan Theron, Shehan Jayasuriya, Rayad Emrit, Anton Devcich, Ashton Agar, Robin Peterson

The next set is Set No 11 and they include all-rounders.

SOLD...!!! Travis Head to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 50 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Lahiru Thirimanne, Richard Levi, Cameron White, Tamim Iqbal, Marlon Samuels, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks

Cameron White is the next player to go under the hammer and his base price is Rs 150 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Lahiru Thirimanne, Richard Levi

we move on to the set No 10, which includes batsmen.

UNSOLD...!!! Munaf Patel, Beuran Hendricks

SOLD...!!! RP Singh to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 30 lakhs

RP Singh is the latest player to go under the auction with a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Pune make an opening bid for the left-arm bowler. That is his selling price.

SOLD...!!! Abhimanyu Mithun to Sunrisers Hyderabad to Rs 30 lakhs

SOLD...!!! BS Sran to Sunrisers Hyderabad to Rs 120 lakhs

Rising Pune Supergiants made the opening bid of Rs 50 lakhs, When he was close to getting sold, Gujarat Lions join the race and it keeps rising to Rs 85 lakhs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad now join the race and make a bid of Rs 90 lakhs. Way to go and this has seen Pune take a back seat. It is between the Lions and Sunrisers. The Lions pull out of the bidding war and sold to the Hyderabad franchise.

SOLD ...!!! Kyle Abbott to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 210 lakhs

Kyle Abbott has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab are looking to land him and there has been quick bidding between these sides and it is rising.

There has been a drop in pace for bidding as two teams are still in the race for the South African. RCB pull out at Rs 210 lakhs bid made by KXIP.

SOLD...!!! Jaydev Unadkat to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 160 lakhs

Jaydev Unadkat is the next player to be auctioned and his base price is Rs 30 lakhs. Gujarat Lions and KKR are looking to fight against each other and the price is rising at a slow pace.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have now joined the race and there have been heavy bidding between them and Kolkata Knight Riders for Jaydev Unadkat. KKR lands him.

SOLD...!!! Mustafizur to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 140 lakhs

Mustafizur is the new player under the hammer. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad are in the bidding war, with the latter securing his services for Rs 140 lakhs.

Abhishek Nayar is the new player to go under the hammer. He has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD...!!! Marcus Stoinis to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 55 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Sean Abbott, James Neesham

James Neesham is up for auction now and has a base price for Rs 50 lakhs, He has played four matches in the IPL. Unfortunately, he goes UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD...!!! Carlos Brathwaite to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 420 lakhs

Carlos Brathwaite is the latest player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs. KKR and Delhi Daredevils are into a bidding war. There is a discussion going on at the Knight Riders table. They are now out at Rs 420 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Andrew Tye, Chris Jordan, Wayne Parnell, Ben Cutting

The first player to go under the hammer in the new set is Andrew Tye. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs.

We move on to the next set for all-rounders set.

UNSOLD...!!! Joe Burns, David Hussey, Darren Bravo, Adam Voges, Nic Maddison, Owais Shah, Abhina Mukund

We are back after the break and we continue the live coverage of the IPL 2016 auction.

That is the end of the spinners set and we take a break of 15 minutes and then the bidding will resume.

UNSOLD...!!! Sachithra Senanayake, Veerasammy Permaul, Nathan Lyon, Devendra Bishoo, Michael Beer, Ajantha Mendis, Suleiman Benn, Rahul Sharma, Cameron Boyce, Samuel Badree, Praghyan Ojha

Sri Lankan spinner Sachithra Senanayake is the first spinner to go under the hammer and his base price is Rs 50 lakhs.

That concludes the fast bowlers set and we now move on to spinners.

SOLD...!!! Mohit Sharna to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 650 lakhs

Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab enter into the bidding war for the Indian fast bowler. His price has now reached close to three times and the Punjab base franchise are leading the race. KKR are having a meeting and then decide to raise.

Kings XI Punjab respond with a higher bid, forcing KKR to pull out at Rs 480 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad make a late bid for Mohit Sharma and KXIP raise it to Rs 550 lakhs. Sunrisers drop out and Kings XI Punjab finally land him.

Mohit Sharma is the next player to go under the hammer and his base price is Rs 150 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Ashok Dinda has no takers

SOLD...!!! Tim Southee sold to for Mumbai Indians for Rs 250 lakhs

Tim Southee has a base price of Rs 100 lakhs. RCB and Mumbai Indians enter into a bidding war, with the former pulling out at Rs 250 lakhs made by the defending champions.

SOLD...!!! Praveen Kumar sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 350 lakhs

Praveen Kumar is subjected to a bidding war between KKR and Gujarat Lions. The bids are not stopping as the price keeps rising. The Lions land him finally. This went for a longer than expected.

Praveen Kumar is the next player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! john Hastings sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 130 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Kane Richardson

Australian pacer Kane Richardson is the new player going under the hammer and he has a base price of Rs 200 lakhs. No franchises look interested and likely to have no takers. Yes. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD....!!! Dhawal Kulkarni sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 200 lakhs

Gujarat Lions make the opening bid and they have no competition. Looks like he could be sold to the Rajkot franchise.

Dhawal Kulkarni is the first player to go under the hammer under fast bowlers set. His base price is Rs 200 lakhs.

That concludes the all-rounder set from specialists set. We move on to the bowler set now.

The last player under all-rounder set and that is Thisara Perera and he has a base price of Rs 100 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD...!!! Mitchell Marsh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 480 lakhs

The Supergiants and KXIP are fighting for the Australian all-rounder's services. Pune managed to land him.

Mitchell Marsh has a base price of Rs 200 lakhs and he is the penultimate player of this set.

Darren Sammy is the new player to go under the hammer. The West Indies all-rounder has a base price of Rs 50 lakhs and he goes UNSOLD...!!! This comes as a surprise.

SOLD...!!! Stuart Binny sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 200 lakhs

Indian all-rounder Stuart Binny is the next player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 200 lakhs and that seems way too high, now that he has not been involved in the international fixtures.

Royal Challengers Bangalore make an opening bid of Rs 200 lakhs. They secure his services.

SOLD...!!! Colin Munro sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakhs

Chris Morris is the latest player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs. Mumbai Indians and the Supergiants are going head-to-head for the South African.

In comes the Knight Riders. They join Mumbai Indians for Chris Morris and the bid is now at Rs 200 lakhs. Delhi Daredevils make a late bid of Rs 700 lakhs. Mumbai Indians and KKR back out and Delhi land Chris Morris

SOLD...!!! Chris Morris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 700 lakhs

UNSOLD...!!! Tillakaratne Dilshan, Jason Holder

Tillakaratne Dilshan is the next player to go under the hammer from the all-rounder set. His base price is Rs 150 lakhs.

Ravi Bopara is the new all-rounder to go under the hammer and has a base price of Rs 100 lakhs. He remains UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD...!!! Irfan Pathan sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 100 lakhs


Rising Pune Supergiants make an opening bid. No advance so far from any teams as there is only one bid. They land him.

Irfan Pathan is the new player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 100 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Manoj Tiwary has no takers

The first player to come out of the hat is Manoj Tiwary, whose base price is Rs 100 lakhs.

We move to the all-rounder set under specialist section

The last wicket-keeper to go under the hammer is Cameron Bancroft. His base price is Rs 10 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

That concludes the wicket-keeper section.

SOLD...!!! Dinesh Karthik sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs


Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions are bidding for him and RCB pull out of the bidding war.

Dinesh Karthik is the latest player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 200 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Ben Dunk

Sam Billings is the latest player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 30 lakhs and he has no takers. Goes UNSOLD...!!!

Brad Haddin is the new player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 150 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Johnson Charles, whose base price is Rs 30 lakhs goes unsold

SOLD...!!! Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 380 lakhs

Jos Buttler has been in some form in recent times and there have been no bid for him so far.

Mumbai Indians make the opening bid for the hard-hitting wicket-keeper. Kolkata Knight Riders make a late entry and they are in a bidding war with the defending champions. Mumbai Indians finally land him.

Jos Buttler is the new player to go under the hammer. The England cricketer has a base price of Rs 150 lakhs.

Shane Dowrich is the next player and has a base price of Rs 30 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

SOLD..!!! Sanju Samson sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 420 lakhs

Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils are the two teams fighting for Sanju Samson. The wicket-keeping batsman has had his share of moments in the earlier seasons of the IPL. Delhi based outfit finally managed to secure hi services.

Sanju Samson is the first player of the new set and has a base price of Rs 200 lakhs.

We move into the third set, which includes wicket-keepers.

Strangely no players were picked from the second set, which is batsmen. The list included the likes of Hussey, Bailey, Khawaja and others.

UNSOLD...!!! Usman Khawaja has no takers. Someone should have approached the Australian left-handed batsman.

Usman Khawaja has not played in the IPL and he goes under the hammer. His base price is Rs 100 lakhs. He has been in his form of his life after helping Sydney Thunder win the Big Bash League.

Michael Hussey is the latest player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 200 lakhs. The former Australian international also goes UNSOLD...!!!

Mahela Jayawardene is the next player to go under the hammer. Sri Lankan legends base price is Rs 150 lakhs.

Subramaniam Badrinath is the next player with a base price of Rs 50 lakhs. He also goes UNSOLD...!!!

Next player is George Bailey, whose base price is Rs 100 lakhs. He goes UNSOLD...!!!

UNSOLD...!!! Hashim Amla also goes unsold

South African opener Hashim Amla is the next player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 100 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Cheteshwar Pujara also goes unsold

Cheteshwar Pujara is the second player under batsmen set and has a base price of Rs 50 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Rilee Rossouw has no takers, who played five matches in the IPL in the past

Rilee Rossouw is the first player to go under the hammer in the second set. His base price is rs 100 lakhs.

We are back and the auction will be for the second set, which will have only batsmen.

Daniel Vettori

Virat is happy we (RCB) got Shane Watson. We have been texting all morning.

Marquee players sold

Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 350 lakhs
Dwayne Smith is the second player to be sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2 lakhs
Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 380 lakhs
Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 950 lakhs
Ashish Nehra to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 550 lakhs
Yuvraj Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 700 lakhs
Dale Steyn sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs
Martin Guptill and Aaron Finch went unsold

That concludes the marquee set and there will be a 15 minute break.

SOLD...!!! Dale Steyn sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs

Rising Pune Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore are the only two teams bidding for the South African pacer. The Supergiants drop out and Gujarat Lions join the race and the Challengers drop out.

The last player of to go under the hammer under the marquee section is Dale Styen. His base price is Rs 150 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Yuvraj Singh to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 700 lakhs

Yuvraj Singh had no takers for a long time. Finally the defending champions Mumbai Indians make an opening bid of Rs 200 lakhs. Royal Challengers Bangalore make a late entry and the two are raising the stakes now.

Would have been an upset if there were no takers and there was a silence before Mumbai Indians made the first bid. Mumbai Indians back out of the bid at Rs 550 lakhs. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the new team to join the bidding war. It is now at Rs 700 lakhs and the Challengers are now out.

Two more players remaining from the marquee section. The next player out of the hat is Yuvraj Singh, who has a base price of Rs lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Ashish Nehra to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 550 lakhs

The Kings XI Punjab and Gujarat Lions were fighting for him and the former managed to seal his services. Sunrisers have now joined the bid. KXIP improve their bid and that has been countered once again by the Hyderabad franchise. Sunrisers Hyderabad final gets the Indian bowler.

Ashish Nehra is the next player and the left-arm Indian bowler has a base price of Rs 200 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Aaron Finch has no takers and likely to get back in the bid later in the day.

The next player out of the hat is Aaron Finch. The Australian opener has a base price of Rs 100 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 950 lakhs

Shane Watson is set for a bidding war between Rising Pune Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The two teams are fighting to get this player and is now at rs 480 lakhs. It is moved up to Rs 550 lakhs.

A twist here as a new bidder Mumbai Indians have just joined the race. But RCB are keen on landing the Australian. Mumbai Indians made a bid of Rs 800 lakhs and the Challengers have increased it to Rs 850 lakhs, which is gone up by another Rs 100 lakhs.

Shane Watson who had successful campaign with the Royals in the past is under the hammer. His base price is Rs 200 lakhs.

UNSOLD...!!! Martin Guptill goes unsold

Martin Guptill is the next player to go under the hammer. The New Zealand opener never played in the IPL before and has a base price of Rs 50 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 380 lakhs

Ishant Sharma is the third marquee player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 200 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Dwayne Smith to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakhs

He is set for a bidding war between Gujarat Lions and the Supergiants. It should be seen who will get it as it mostly looks like the Lions. Yes it is.

Dwayne Smith is the second player to go under the hammer. His base price is Rs 50 lakhs.

SOLD...!!! Kevin pietersen to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 350 lakhs

The bidding war was between the two new teams in the IPL, Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions.

Kevin Pietersen is the first player who will go under in today's auction. Rs 2crore.

Richard Madley is the IPL auctioneer and the set of marquee players will go under the hammer.

IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla formally welcomes the members of each team and also broadcasters.

The player auction of the 2016 IPL is underway.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have Karn Sharma as the only spinner in the squad. Their middle order is almost invisible and these two areas will be where they need to focus.

Kolkata Knight Riders have Umesh Yadav and Morne Morkel as the only two pacers in their squad. That will be the area they will be looking to strengthen in the auction.

Here is the list of players released by IPL franchises:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Vijay Zol, Ashok Dinda, Dinesh Karthik, Iqbal Abdullah, Jalaj Saxena, Manvinder Bisla, Sandeep Warrier, Shishir Bhavane, Subramaniam Badrinath, Yogesh Takawale, Nic Maddinson, Darren Sammy, Rilee Rossouw, Sean Abbott.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Veer Pratap Singh, Aditya Garhwal, KC Cariappa, Sumit Narwal, Vaibhav Rawal, Patrick Cummins, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Neesham, Azhar Mahmood, Johan Botha.

Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ben Hilfenhaus, Colin Munro, Josh Hazlewood.

Kings XI Punjab: Karanveer Singh, Parvinder Awana, Shivam Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Golwakar, Beuran Hendricks, George Bailey, Thisara Perera.

Delhi Daredevils: Yuvraj Singh, CM Gautam, Domnic Joseph Muthuswamy, Jaydev Unadkat, KK Jiyaz, Kona Srikar Bharat, Manoj Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis, Travis Head.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara.

After his impressive form in the Big Bash League and helping Sydney Thunder to win the league. Usman Khawaja could be the dark horse during the auction.

The auction will start in 20 minutes. 351 players will go under the hammer today in the IPL 2016 auction

Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore need a wicket-keeper. Also RCB needs two more bowlers and someone in the middle order who can give them the stability.

130 capped players will go under the hammers today in Bangalore. Here is how the split up is.

Australia 29,
India 26,
West Indies 20,
South Africa 18,
Sri Lanka16,
New Zealand 9,
England 7
Bangladesh 5

List of retained players by franchise

Mumbai Indians

Akshay Wakhare, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Hardik Pandya, J Suchith, Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Rana, Parthiv Patel, R Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Gopal, Siddhesh Lad, Unmukt Chand, Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Lendl Simmons, Marchant de Lange, Mitchell McClenaghan

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Abu Nechim, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav (transfer), Mandeep Singh, Sarfraz Khan, S Aravind, Varun Aaron, Virat Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Adam Milne, Chris Gayle, David Wiese, Mitchell Starc

Kolkata Knight Riders

Gautam Gambhir, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Sheldon Jackson, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Brad Hogg, Chris Lynn, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine

Kings XI Punjab

Axar Patel, Anureet Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manan Vohra, M Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Rishi Dhawan, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh

Delhi Daredevils

Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreyas Iyer, Zaheer Khan, Albie Morkel, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton de Kock

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bipul Sharma, Karn Sharma, KL Rahul, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui, Shikhar Dhawan, Siddarth Kaul, David Warner, Eoin Morgan, Kane Williamson, Moises Henriques, Trent Boult

Gujarat Lions

Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, James Faulkner, Dwayne Bravo

Rising Pune Supergiants

MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis

Gujarat Lions are indeed more excited than anyone I am guessing

Funds remaining for the IPL 9 auction (Nos in INR (Rupees ₹))

Delhi Daredeils - 37,15,00,000
Kings XI Punjab - 23,00,00,000
Kolkata Knight Riders - 17,95,00,000
Mumbai Indians - 14,40,50,000
Rising Pune Supergiants - 27,00,00,000
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 21,62,50,000
Sunrisers Hyderabad - 30,15,00,000
Gujarat Lions - 27,00,00,000

Former India coach John Wright on scouting players

"The trick is to go beyond numbers, and report to the franchise what the scorecard won't show. You want to see if a player has got the X-factor.

"The challenges of the job are plenty, because unlike in the past where you could sign players outside the auction, here you need back-ups for every player you are keen on because auction dynamics demand that.

"So, over the last two years, as a franchise, we've worked towards lending that second eye to the owners so that we going into the auction well prepared."

The Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants are the two new teams who will take part in their first auction this year.

The auction starts at 4am GMT (9:30am IST).

#IPLauction - Table 1 (GL), Table 2 (@mipaltan), Table 3 (@RPSupergiants), Table 4 (@SunRisers), Table 5 (@KKRiders ) - Part I

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 5, 2016

England's Jos Buttler on today's IPL auction

"I'll just be focused on playing for England – what happens away from that is outside my control. It's quite a strange feeling. You put yourself in the hat and you see what happens."

Marquee players of the 2016 IPL auction

Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Shane Watson, Kevin Pietersen, Yuvraj Singh, Dale Steyn, Aaron Finch, Martin Guptill and Dwayne Smith.

Each franchise must have a squad size of minimum of 17 to maximum of 27 players, which can have a maximum of nine overseas (non-Indian) players.

A total of 351 players will go under the hammer during today's auction in Bangalore, out of which 230 are Indian players.

Here is the list of players released by IPL franchises:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Vijay Zol, Ashok Dinda, Dinesh Karthik, Iqbal Abdullah, Jalaj Saxena, Manvinder Bisla, Sandeep Warrier, Shishir Bhavane, Subramaniam Badrinath, Yogesh Takawale, Nic Maddinson, Darren Sammy, Rilee Rossouw, Sean Abbott.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Veer Pratap Singh, Aditya Garhwal, KC Cariappa, Sumit Narwal, Vaibhav Rawal, Patrick Cummins, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Neesham, Azhar Mahmood, Johan Botha.

Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ben Hilfenhaus, Colin Munro, Josh Hazlewood.

Kings XI Punjab: Karanveer Singh, Parvinder Awana, Shivam Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Golwakar, Beuran Hendricks, George Bailey, Thisara Perera.

Delhi Daredevils: Yuvraj Singh, CM Gautam, Domnic Joseph Muthuswamy, Jaydev Unadkat, KK Jiyaz, Kona Srikar Bharat, Manoj Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis, Travis Head.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara.

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