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
Next set of names ready to be pulled out. Some heavy-hitters in this group, and we begin with one of the heaviest - Shimron Hetmyer is back in the auction after an up-and-down season with RCB last time out...
Rajasthan Royals and KKR both in for the flamboyant West Indian left-hander.
Up over 1 crore for Hetmyer. He played an extraordinary innings against India earlier in the week, and his potential is sky-high. Royals still very interested...
3 crore as Delhi and Rajasthan duel for the services of one of the world's best young batting talents...
Royals currently in possession at 6.5 crore.
Up over the million dollar mark, and Delhi at 7.25 crore...
SOLD! Shimron Hetmyer goes to Delhi Capitals for 7.75 crore!
A big purchase for Delhi, who add Hetmyer to their power-packed middle order. He and Rishabh Pant are not dissimilar hitters of a cricket ball, raw power and plenty of elan. Pricey pick-up, but a potential gamechanger for Ricky Ponting and his side.
Settling things back down is David Miller, and again the Royals are in for the experienced South African basher...
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