IPL 2020 Auction: List of confirmed players and teams for this year’s tournament
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Your support makes all the difference.Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas purchase in Indian Premier League (IPL) history as the Kolkata Knight Riders spent more than £1.6 million on the Australian fast bowler in the 2020 IPL Auction.
England limited overs captain Eoin Morgan was also bought by the Knight Riders, while there was also a big deal for all-rounder Sam Curran, who was bought by the Chennai Super Kings.
Australian superstar Glenn Maxwell, seam-bowling all-rounder Chris Morris of South Africa and West Indian left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell were three of the other marquee purchases as a number of high-profile names went under the hammer at the showpiece event in Kolkata.
Morgan will be joined at the Knight Riders by budding star Tom Banton, with the Somerset opening batsman set to get a first taste of T20 cricket’s premier franchise competition in 2020 after receiving a £110k deal.
Chris Jordan, Tom Curran, Chris Woakes and Jason Roy were also purchased in the auction, taking the English contingent in next year’s competition to 13. Harry Gurney, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler were all retained by their teams before the auction.
Catch up on the auction as it happened below:
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Five biggest signings of the auction
£1.6 million: Pat Cummins, Kolkata Knight Riders.
£1.15 million: Glenn Maxwell, Kings XI Punjab
£1.1 million: Chris Morris, Royal Challengers Bangalore
£910k: Sheldon Cottrell, Kings XI Punjab
£855k: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mumbai Indians
Where England stars will play in the IPL in 2020
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Moeen Ali
Kings XI Punjab: Chris Jordan
Delhi Capitals: Jason Roy, Chris Woakes
Chennai Super Kings: Sam Curran
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Jonny Bairstow
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton, Harry Gurney
Mumbai Indians:
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran
Yes! Dale Steyn is sold to the Royal Challengers Bangalore for 2 crore!
Impressive in Bangalore as an injury replacement last year, and he'll be back with the team (and old mucker AB De Villiers) in 2020.
AJ Tye is sold to the Rajasthan Royals for 1 crore!
Australian coach Andrew McDonald decides to take a punt on Tye, presumably hoping he can rediscover his strong form of yesteryear. A different fast bowling option for Rajsthan to aid Jofra Archer and Jaydev Unadkat.
Lalit Yadav is sold to Delhi Capitals for 20 lakh!
Shahbaz Ahmed is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 20 lakh!
Nikhil Naik is bought again by Kolkata Knight Riders for 20 lakh!
Tom Curran is sold to Rajasthan Royals for 1 crore!
Another fast bowler with plenty of variations, and someone who deserved another opportunity in the IPL after a fairly disappointing spell with Kolkata a couple of season ago. Curran joins baby brother Sam in the IPL. A handy batsman, too, of course.
Isuru Udana is sold to the Royal Challengers Bangalore for 50 lakh!
RCB complete their set of overseas players by picking up the Sri Lankan left-armer. He's a canny operator with the ball who loves a cutter. He can also give it some proper humpty with the willow - a solid depth pickup. With some refinement he could develop into a gamechanging all-rounder.
And a final call comes for another name of yesteryear, R Vinay Kumar under the hammer and...
Unsold.
AND THAT'LL BE THAT!
IPL AUCTION - THE BIGGEST PURCHASES
1. Pat Cummins, Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.18 million
2. Glenn Maxwell, Kings XI Punjab, $1.51 million
3. Chris Morris, Royal Challengers Bangalore, $1.41 million
4. Sheldon Cottrell, Kings XI Punjab, $1.20 million
5. Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mumbai Indians, $1.20 million
6. Shimron Hetmyer, Delhi Capitals, $1.09 million
IPL AUCTION - English Stars
Seven Englishmen are bought in the auction, with Eoin Morgan and Sam Curran fetching high prices. There is a first deal for rising star Tom Banton.
The seven are:
Eoin Morgan (KKR)
Jason Roy (Delhi Capitals)
Chris Woakes (Delhi Capitals)
Sam Curran (CSK)
Tom Banton (KKR)
Chris Jordan (KXIP)
Tom Curran (Rajasthan Royals)
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