IPL Auction: KKR buy 48-year-old Tambe for 20 lakh

The last part of the IPL Auction gets underway with the second round of the accelerated process.

Dale Steyn with a base price of Rs 2 crore comes up for grabs for the third time today and RCB after much thought snap up the South African pacer for his base price.

Australian Andrew Tye with a base price of Rs 1 crore is sold at his starting price of Rs 1 crore to Rajasthan Royals.

All-rounder Lalit Yadav is sold to Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Wicketkeeper Shahbaz Ahamad is bought by RCB for his base price of Rs 20 lakh and another wicketkeeper Nikhil Naik is sold to KKR for the same price.

England pacer Tom Curran with a base price of Rs 1 crore is sold to Rajasthan Royals for the same price.

Sri Lankan Isuru Udana is bought by RCB for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

Former India pacer Vinay Kumar with a base price of Rs 1 crore goes unsold despite Mumbai Indians asking him to be brought up for the auction.

That concludes the IPL Player's Auction for the 2020 season!

We will have the final round in the IPL Auction after a break of five minutes. The IPL teams have been asked to submit a maximum of three names each, who will come up again for bidding after a quick 5-10 minutes break.

Colin de Grandhomme is up for grabs for the second time but he goes unsold again and so does Kusal Perera of Sri Lanka.

Former India pacer Mohit Sharma is sold to Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

South Africa pace legend Dale Steyn with a base price of Rs 2 crore goes unsold again, while Australia's Andrew Tye with a starting price of Rs 1 crore also meets the same fate.

All-rounder Pavan Deshpande is sold for his base price of Rs 20 lakh to Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Tamil Nadu's Shahrukh Khan with a base price of Rs 20 lakh goes unsold for the second time today.

Andhra wicketkeeper-batsman KS Bharat also finds no takers for the second time.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Prabhsimran Singh is sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 55 lakh.

Tushar Desphande is bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 20 lakh and CSK buy Tamil Nadu spinner R Sai Kishore for the same amount.

Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting with a base price of Rs 75 lakh goes unsold again and Kiwi Colin Munro with the base price of Rs 1 crore also meets the same fate.

Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis gets the opening bid of Rs 1 crore from Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals also join the bidding.

Delhi not giving up easily before they buy Stoinis for Rs 4.8 crore

48-year-old leg-spinner Pravin Tambe is sold for his base price of Rs 20 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders. He will be the oldest player to feature in the IPL next year.

Tambe has featured in 33 IPL matches across four seasons, picking up 28 wickets at an economy of 7.75.

"Age does not matter" says auctioneer Hugh Edmeades as he brings the hammer down to announce the sale.

All-rounder Tajinder Dhillon sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakh, while Jammu and Kashmir's 18-year-old all-rounder Abdul Samad is bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the same price.

All-rounder Anirudha Joshi is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh, while Digvijay Deshmukh and Prince Balwant Singh are bought by Mumbai Indians for the same price.

A lot of Indian domestic players getting bought by the franchises in the accelerated round as Sanjay Yadav is sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakh.

West Indies pacer Jason Holder with a base price of Rs 75 lakh goes unsold

England fast bowler Chris Jordan with a base price of Rs 50 lakh attracts strong bids from RCB and Kings XI Punjab as the amount soon reaches Rs 2 crore.

Jordan is sold to Kings XI for Rs 3 crore.

Kiwi pacer Matt Henry goes unsold, while Sri Lankan Isuru Udana also meets the same fate.

Australia's Kane Richardson gets the opening bid from Rajasthan Royals before RCB jump into the fray.

His price soon doubles to the Rs 3 crore mark as the two franchises engage in a strong bidding war.

A bit of thinking before Rajasthan jump back into action but RCB not backing down as they snap up Richardson for Rs 4 crore.

Windies pacer Oshane Thomas is sold to Rajasthan Royals for his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

The IPL Auction resumes with the accelerated process, with around 70 names suggested by the eight franchises up for grabs.

All-rounder Ayush Badoni with a base price of Rs 20 lakh goes unsold.

All-rounder Sandeep Bavanaka is sold for his base price of Rs 20 lakh from Sunrisers Hyderabad

Pravin Dubey with a base price of Rs 20 lakh is unsold too.

Chris Green from Australia also goes for his base price of Rs 20 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders

Shams Mulani, Shahbaz Ahamad, Nikhil Naik with the same base price also find no takers.

Wicketkeeper Joshua Philippe of Australia is sold for his base price of Rs 20 lakh to Royal Challengers Bangalore, while Mohsin Khan is bought by Mumbai Indians for the same price.

England's big-hitting batsman Tom Banton is sold for his base price of Rs 1 crore to Kolkata Knight Riders.

Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad snap up West Indian Fabian Allen for Rs 50 lakh

South African fast bowler Anrich Nortje with a base price of Rs 50 lakh goes unsold. Former India pacer Barinder Sran with the same base price also meets the same fate.

England's World Cup winning fast bowler Mark Wood, with a starting price of Rs 50 lakh, surprisingly UNSOLD.

West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph of West Indies, who did well for Mumbai Indians last season before he was forced out with an injury, finds no takers at the IPL Auction.

Australia's Josh Hazlewood is sold to CSK for his base price of Rs 2 crore but Kiwi Adam Milne goes unsold.

That concludes the first session of the IPL Auction as they take a short break for high tea.

The eight teams will now be asked to submit a maximum of 10 names whom they would want to show up in the accelerated round, which begins in one hour.

West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite with a base price of Rs 50 lakh goes unsold

Australian's Marcus Stoinis with a base price of Rs 1 crore also meets the same fate.

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is sold for his base price of Rs 2 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.

South African Andile Phehlukwayo, Colin Munro, Rishi Dhawan also find no takers and go unsold and so does Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting.

New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham is sold for his base price of Rs 50 lakh to Kings XI Punjab

We resume after the break with the West Indian batting sensation Shimron Hetmyer, who starts with a modest base price of Rs 50 lakh.

His recent match-winning century against India in the first ODI will surely make him a hot pick.

Rajasthan Royals make the opening bid followed by KKR as the price doubles past the Rs 1 crore mark.

Delhi Capitals make an entry to take the price past the Rs 2 crore mark but Rajasthan not willing to give up.

But it is Delhi, who have the last laugh as they bag Hetmyer for Rs 7.75 crore.

Once a most sought-after player in the IPL Auction, South African David Miller is surprisingly sold at his base price of Rs 75 lakh to Rajasthan Royals, while Saurabh Tiwary is bought by Mumbai Indians for his starting price of Rs 50 lakh.

Bengal's veteran batsman Manoj Tiwary and New Zealand's Martin Guptill go unsold

KC Cariappa goes unsold but M Siddharth is sold to KKR for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Spinner Ravi Bishnoi is sold for 10 times his base price for a whopping Rs 2 crore to Kings XI Punjab. Surely, Kumble will have had a good look at the Rajasthan leg-spinner before going all out to bag him.

Tamil Nadu's Sai Kishore is unsold and so does Afghanistan's 14-year-old left-arm chinaman spinner Noor Ahmad -- the youngest name in auction pool.

Australian Daniel Sams with a base price of Rs 20 lakh goes unsold. Pawan Deshpande, Tamil Nadu's Shahrukh Khan with a base price of Rs 20 lakh also meet the same fate.

Anuj Rawat gets the opening bid of Rs 20 lakh from Rajasthan Royals before KKR also come into the picture. After a few strong bids, Rajasthan buy Rawat for Rs 80 lakh.

Andhra wicketkeeper-batsman KS Bharat with a base price of Rs 20 lakh goes unsold and so does Prabhsimran Singh, Ankush Bains and Vishnu Vinod.

Uncapped fast bowler Akash Singh is sold to Rajasthan Royals for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

Kulwant Khejroliya, Tushar Deshpande find no takers as they go unsold.

Fast bowler Kartik Tyagi with a base price of Rs 20 lakh attracts some strong bids from Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, which takes his price past the Rs 1 crore mark.

Rajasthan buy Tyagi for Rs 1.3 crore

Bengal pacer Ishan Porel, who was part of India's Under-19 World Cup winning squad last year, is sold for his base price of Rs 20 lakh to Kings XI Punjab.

Australia's Riley Meredith with a base price of Rs 40 lakh goes unsold.

Deepak Hooda is nearly sold for his base price of Rs 40 lakh to Kings XI Punjab before Delhi Capitals make a late entry.

But Punjab seem determined as a fresh bid of Rs 50 lakh helps them bag Hooda.

Tamil Nadu spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who went for Rs 8.4 crore last year, starts with a modest base price of Rs. 30 lakh. He once again seems to attract a lot of interest, from KKR and RCB as his price soon crosses Rs. 1 crore.

The two teams engage in a fierce bidding war to take the price to Rs. 4 crore in a matter of a minute or two.

A huge bonanza once again for Chakravarthy as he is sold to KKR for Rs 4 crore.

Mumbai's teenage batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal with a base price of Rs 20 lakh attracts strong interest from Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab and KKR as his price soon crosses Rs. 1 crore mark.

Rajasthan make a late entry with a Rs 2 crore bid before Rajasthan Royals bag Jaiswal for Rs 2.4 crore.

The set of uncapped Indian players coming up next.

Manjot Kalra, Rohan Kadam and Harpreet Bhatia -- all with a base price of Rs 20 lakh go unsold.

Maharashtra's Rahul Tripathi, who has a good record in the IPL, with a base price of 20 lakh evokes strong interest from KKR and RCB.

RCB back out as KKR hold on firm to buy Tripathi for Rs 20 lakh.

Virat Singh, with the famous first name in Indian cricket and a base price of Rs 20 lakh, gets the opening bid from RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad also come into the picture after remaining quite idle so far.

The youngster's price keeps zooming up at a good rate as it soon goes past the Rs 1 crore mark.

Sunrisers finally make their first purchase of the day as they buy Virat Singh for Rs. 1.9 crore.

India's Under-19 captain Priyam Garg (in picture) with a base price of Rs 20 lakh, is also in big demand.

Sunrisers and RCB engage in a bidding war before the former bags the young player for Rs 1.9 crore.

The spin bowlers are next up for sale.

Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla gets the opening bid of Rs 1 crore from Mumbai Indians before Kings XI Punjab join the bidding.

The wrist spinners have made an impact in T20 cricket and the experienced Chawla gets some strong bids as CSK come into the fray.

And it is CSK, who bag Chawla for a cool Rs 6.75 crore.

New Zealand's Ish Sodhi, Australian Adam Zampa, Hayden Walsh of West Indies go UNSOLD and so does Afghanistan's Zahir Khan.

There will be a break for 5 minutes before the auction gets going again.

West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell with a base price of Rs 50 lakh evokes some strong interest right from the start.

His pace soon doubles to Rs 1 crore as Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals engage in an intense bidding war.

He bowled well in the opening ODI against India recently and no wonder he is commanding a good price at the auction so far, as the bid soon zoom to Rs. 4 crore.

Delhi Capitals now come into the picture but Kings XI keen to bag the pacer as they raise the price to Rs 5 crore.

The bid keeps flying thick and fast as it soon crosses the Rs 8 crore.

Kings XI Punjab have the last laugh as they buy Cottrell for Rs 8.5 crore

Next up is Nathan Coulter-Nile from Australia with a base price of Rs 1 crore

Both Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings put in some quick bids to take the bid to Rs 3 crore in no time and then soon double it to the Rs 6 crore mark.

This is turning out to be a windfall for the Australian cricketers as Mumbai and CSK continue to bid strongly, to take the price to Rs 8 crore.

Mumbai Indians bag the experienced Coulter-Nile for Rs 8 crore.

Next up is the set of fast bowlers.

Former India pacer Mohit Sharma with a base price of Rs 50 lakh goes unsold.

South African pace legend Dale Steyn with a base price of Rs 2 crore goes unsold too.

Jaydev Unadkat always a hot property at the IPL Auctions gets the opening bid of Rs 1 crore from Delhi Capitals before Rajasthan Royals come into the picture.

Kings XI Punjab also jump into the fray but Royals make a fresh bid at 1.3 crore before the bid doubles to Rs. 2 crore.

Finally, it is Rajasthan, who buy Unadkat for Rs 3 crore.

Australia Andrew Tye goes unsold.

The first name out of the set among the wicketkeepers is Alex Carey of Australia with a base price of Rs 50 lakh. RCB make the opening bid before Delhi come into the fray followed by Rajasthan Royals.

RCB take the bid to the Rs 1 crore mark showing their desperation for a quality wicketkeeper-batsman.

Just when it looked Rajasthan had backed out, they make a late bid but RCB not willing to give up, atleast anytime soon as they take the bid to Rs. 2 crore.

And Delhi join the fray later on as they successfully bag Carey with a late bid for Rs 2.4 crore.

The teams don't seem too keen on the wicketkeepers as South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen, Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim, Naman Ojha, Kusal Perera of Sri Lanka and West Indian Shai Hope all go UNSOLD

That concludes the first set of the marquee players' which witnessed some strong bidding.

Australia's Pat Cummins commanded the highest price of the day so far as he was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for a massive Rs 15.50 crore, who also purchased England's World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan for Rs 5.25 crore.

Cummins on Thursday shattered the record for the most expensive foreign buy ever in the IPL players' auction, breaking the record held by Ben Stokes, who was bought by Rising Pune Supergiant for Rs 14.5 crore in the 2017 auction.

South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris with an opening bid of Rs 1.5 crore gets the opening bid from Rajasthan Royals before RCB and Kings XI Punjab jump into the fray.

England all-rounder Sam Curran gets the opening bid of Rs 1 crore from Delhi Capitals before Chennai Super Kings make their presence felt with their first bid of the day.

England fast bowler Chris Woakes is sold to Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore and the franchise owners are no doubt are getting the pacer at a good price.

Yusuf Pathan with a base price of Rs 1 crore goes UNSOLD and so does

New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme.

Australia pacer Pat Cummins with a base price of Rs 2 crore gets the opening bid from RCB before Delhi also jump into the fray.

His price goes up three times the base price in no time as the bid touches the Rs 6 crore.

Some very quick bids in true T20 style as the RCB and Delhi soon take the bid past the Rs. 10 crore mark.

Cummins has gone past his team-mate Maxwell's mark of 10.75 crore as the RCB soon take the bid past the Rs 12 crore mark.

Cummins attracting a huge interesting from the two teams as they take his price past the Rs 14 crore mark.

Finally, RCB bag Cummins for a massive Rs 14.75 crore but hold on KKR make a late entry with a Rs 15 crore bid.

Just two bids by KKR as they snap up Cummins for a huge Rs 15.50 crore bid

Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell gets the opening bid of Rs. 2 crore from his former franchise Kings XI Punjab before Delhi Capitals also join the bidding process.

Punjab with India's legendary spinner Anil Kumble at the auction table look very keen to bag the Australian as the bid zooms to Rs. 4 crore in a matter of a few minutes.

The two teams in a keen tussle for Maxwell as the price soon crosses the Rs. 6 crore -- the highest of the day so far, going past Eoin Morgan.

Delhi raise it further to Rs. 7 crore as RCB continue to come back strongly and the price touches the Rs 8 crore.

Punjab have some funds in their kitty and no doubt they continue to bid strongly for the Big Show as the bid touches 8.5 crore.

It is turning out to be a big battle to bag Maxwell with both teams keen to get the all-rounder in their ranks.

Delhi top the bid to a mammoth Rs 10 crore but Punjab also keep coming back as the price touches Rs 10.5 crore in favour of the former.

But it is Punjab, who finally land Maxwell for a massive Rs. 10.75 crore.

Australia's limited overs captain Aaron Finch goes the opening bid of Rs. 1 crore from Royal Challengers Bangalore before KKR join the bidding, with both teams looking desperate to bag the right-hander.

His price soon doubles to Rs 2 crore as RCB are not giving up and KKR continue to hold on bravely to take it to 2.2 crore

It is a good contest between former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, who is the coach of RCB, and former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who has taken over as the KKR coach.

Finch's price goes up as high as Rs. 3.2 crore in favour of RCB before KKR after some discussion put in another bid to raise the price further.

RCB keen for a solid batsman in their line-up as they raise the bid to Rs. 4 crore but KKR keep coming back as they put another fresh bid.

But it is RCB, who have the last laugh, as RCB bag Finch for Rs 4.4 crore

Former India batsman Robin Uthappa -- the highest priced Indian in today's auction -- starts with a base price of Rs. 1.5 crore.

England ODI and T20I captain Eoin Morgan is the second player for sale today.

Auctioneer Hugh Meades kicks-off the IPL 2020 auction.

Chris Lynn is the first player up for sale with a base price of Rs. 2 crore. He goes to Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs. 2 crore as they are the only bidders for him.

Among the Indians, former Kolkata Knight Riders vice captain Robin Uthappa, who was released by his IPL-winning team, has kept his base price at Rs. 1.5 crore.

Welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League Players' Auction for the 13th edition of the T20 tournament next year, in Kolkata, on Thursday.

As many as 332 cricketers will go under the hammer at the IPL auction in Kolkata on December 19 with Australia's Glenn Maxwell and South African Dale Steyn among those opting for the highest base price of Rs 2 crore.

This year's auction is a small one with only 73 slots are there to be filled in the eight franchises and only 29 of them can be foreign buys.

The spotlight will be on swashbucklers from the West Indies and Australia but some lesser-known youngsters could walk away with the big deals at the IPL players' auction.

The 13th edition of the lucrative franchise league will have added significance as 2020 is also a T20 World Cup year.

At 14 years and 350 days, Afghanistan's Noor Ahmad is the youngest name in auction pool. The left-arm chinaman, with a base price of Rs 30 lakh, may join the likes of Rashid Khan and Mohammed Nabi to play for the high-profile franchise league.

Among Indian youngsters, Mumbai left-hander opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Priyam Garg, who is leading the India Under-19 World Cup squad, will be the ones to watch out for along with Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore and Bengal pacer Ishan Porel. All of them come with a base price of Rs 20 lakh.

On to the stars and Shimron Hetmyer, the 22-year-old West Indian big-hitter who was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the auction, has already made a case for himself with a match-winning 85-ball century in the first ODI against India in Chennai.

The Guyanese southpaw, with a base price of Rs 50 lakh, was also the highest run-getter in the preceding T20I series -- 120 in three matches at a strike-rate of 151.89.

He will be on the radar when the eight franchises bid for the 73 slots up for grabs.

Having been bought at a huge price of Rs 4.2 crore last year, Royal Challengers Bangalore had let the batsman go following a lacklustre IPL 2019 where he scored 90 runs from five matches.

But with three right-to-match cards available, RCB may still exercise the option to retain the in-form player.