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
And they have him! Cummins is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for 15.5 crore!
They needed a gun fast bowler and they got him. Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Pat Cummins as three of your four overseas players - that's tasty.
RCB and Delhi miss out. KKR took their time and jumped in to grab their man.
Pat Cummins is the most expensive overseas buy in IPL history!
Sam Curran is next player up for grabs. A big winner last year, and after some early difficulties he settled in with Kings XI. He could go for decent money again.
CSK are interested...
Delhi fancy Curran too, but they pull out as the bidding goes up and eventually Chennai Super Kings snare Sam Curran at 5.5 crore. Interesting. We'll see how MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming use him. Curran had a couple of goes at the top of the order last year to some success.
These all-rounders are hot properties. South Africa's Chris Morris has done some extraordinary things in the competition in the past, and despite a couple of below par years recently remains somewhat unique with his excellent power hitting and skills with the ball at the death.
A sighting of the Rajasthan Royals, who begin the bidding, and soon the usual suspects Kings XI and the Royal Challengers Bangalore jump in. Up to 5 crore...
Higher and higher the price goes as the bids continue to come.
RCB at 10 crore! And they have him! Chris Morris is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore!
Stuart Binny, the experienced dibbly-dobbler who is handy with the bat, doesn't find any takers. The sort of player who might get picked up as an injury replacement, but in rather exalted company in this group, and there's no interest.
And that concludes Round 1 of the auction.
Round 1 Recap
Chris Lynn sold to Mumbai Indians (200 lakh)
Eoin Morgan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (525 lakh)
Robin Uthappa sold to Rajasthan Royals (300 lakh)
Jason Roy sold to Delhi Capitals (150 lakh)
Aaron Finch sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (4.40 crore)
Glenn Maxwell sold to Kings XI Punjab (10.75 crore)
Chris Woakes sold to Delhi Capitals (1.5 crore)
Pat Cummins sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (15.5 crore!)
Sam Curran sold to Chennai Super Kings (5.5 crore)
Chris Morris sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (10 crore)
So Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive overseas purchase in IPL history, surpassing the 14.5 crore the Rising Pune Supergiants paid for Ben Stokes in 2017.
£1.6 million for Cummins! He's missed the last two IPL seasons, but was very impressive in 2017, and is one of the world's best all-format fast bowlers. He's more than handy with the bat, too, and a solid fielder.
"His recent form has been tremendous. As a leadership group, Morgan will add a lot of strength to what we already have," Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Abhishek Nayar says of his side's business so far.
And on Cummins: "For a player of his calibre, brings a lot with the ball and bat as well."
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