IPL Auction 2020: Pat Cummins goes for record bid, Piyush Chawla becomes most expensive Indian

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Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins scripted history on Thursday as he became the most expensive overseas player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was signed by Kolkata Night Riders for a whopping Rs 15.5 crore at the 2020 IPL Player Auction in Kolkata. 

Australia's Glenn Maxwell (sold for Rs 10.75 crore to Kings XI Punjab), South Africa's Chris Morris (bought for Rs 10 crore by Royal Challengers Bangalore), West Indies's Sheldon Cottrell (sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.50 crore) and Nathan Coulter Nile (sold to Mumbai-based IPL franchise for Rs 8 crore) were the top five expensive players of this year's auction. 

Meanwhile, leg-spinning all-rounder Piyush Chawla was the most expensive Indian buy at the 2020 Player Auction. He was bought by Chennai Super Kings for whopping Rs 6.75 crore.

As many as 332 players, including 186 Indians, 143 overseas cricketers and three players from Associate Nations, went under the hammer during the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) Player Auction.

The highest reserve price for the Players Auction was Rs 2 crore and only seven players were included in this list namely Cummins (Australia), Chris Lynn (Australia), Mitchell Marsh (Australia), Glenn Maxwell (Australia), Dale Steyn (Australia), Josh Hazlewood (England) and Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka). 

Robin Uthappa was the only Indian player in the auction list with a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. The likes of Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan and Jaydev Unadkat are in the base price of Rs 1 crore

Here are the highlights:

19 December 2019

20:55 PM IST

And that's the end of 2020 IPL Player Auction! 

And that brings us to the END of the @Vivo_India #IPLAuction - Some interesting buys & big monies spent here in Kolkata. More to follow...pic.twitter.com/NfaJKm2gyN

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 19, 2019

20:53 PM IST

India's Vinay Kumar R is the last man to go under the hammer and he goes unsold in the IPL 2020 Player Auction. 

20:50 PM IST

England all-rounder Tom Curran has been bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1 crore, while Isuru Udana is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 50 Lakhs. 

20:47 PM IST

Lalit Yadav, Shahbaz Ahamad and Nikhil Naik sold to Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders, respectively at their base price of Rs 20 lakhs each. 

20:39 PM IST

 Australia's Marcus Stoinis, with base price of Rs 1 crore, has been signed by Delhi Capitals for Rs 4.8 crore following a fierce bidding war. 

20:37 PM IST

Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting is back in the auction and he once again goes unsold. 

20:34 PM IST

Spinner R Sai Kishore goes to Chennai Super Kings for a base price of Rs 20 lakhs, while fast bowler Mohit Sharma has been sold to Mohit Sharma for Rs 50 lakhs. 

20:32 PM IST

All-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been called back into the auction and he is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 4.8 crore.

20:29 PM IST

England all-rounder George Garton, Indian fast bowler Vaibhav Arora, Indian pacer Saurabh Dubey, New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme, Sri Lanka's Kusal Perera, South Africa's Dale Steyn and England pacer Mark Wood still remain unsold. 

20:28 PM IST

West Indies fast bowler Kesrick Williams goes unsold. His base price was 50 lakhs. 

20:25 PM IST

Indian all-rounder Tajinder Dhillon and batsman Abdul Samad have been sold to Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad, respectively at their base price of Rs 20 Lakhs. 

20:22 PM IST

Surprisingly, Australian pacer James Pattinson, England fast bowler Liam Plunkett, Indian all-rounder Yudhvir Charak and Sujit Nayak all went unsold. 

20:20 PM IST

Indian bowler Pravin Tambe goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for the base price of Rs 20 lakh.

20:18 PM IST

West Indies pacer Oshane Thomas has been sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakh, while Australia pacer Kane Richardson has been roped in by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 4 crore at the IPL Auction in Kolkata. 

20:13 PM IST

Sri Lanka all-rounder Isuru Udana, Australian fast bowler Sean Abbott, New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry, Indian all-rounder Sumit Kumar, Indian opener Aryan Juyal and fast bowler Kuldeep Sen all go unsold. 

20:10 PM IST

England all-rounder Chris Jordan has been signed by Kings XI Punjab for a whopping Rs 3 crore after intense bidding. 

20:09 PM IST

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder goes unsold. His base price was 75 lakhs. 

20:04 PM IST

England's Tom Banton has been sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1 crore. England all-rounder Tom Curran, whose base price was Rs 1 crore, goes unsold. 

20:00 PM IST

Australia's Joshua Philippe has been sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at his base price of Rs 20 lakhs, while West Indies all-rounder Fabian Allen has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 50 lakhs.

19:56 PM IST

Indian all-rounder Sandeep Bavanaka has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 lakhs, while Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has signed Australia's Chris Green for his base price for Rs 20 lakhs.

19:54 PM IST

Ayush Badoni, Pravin Dubey, Shams Mulani, Shahbaz Ahamad, Nikhil Naik and Rahul Shukla are all unsold in 2020 IPL Auction.

18:46 PM IST

South Africa's Anrich Nortje, Indian left-arm pacer Barinder Sran, England pacer Mark Wood, young Caribbean fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman and New Zealand pacer Adam Milne all went unsold. 

18:44 PM IST

Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has been sold to Chennai Super Kings at his base price of Rs 2 crore. 

18:43 PM IST

New Zealand pacer Jimmy Neesham has been signed by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 50 lakhs in IPL Auction 2020. 

18:41 PM IST

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

18:35 PM IST

Surprisingly, New Zealand's Martin Guptill, West Indies' Carlos Braithwaite, Australia's Marcus Stoinis, South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo, New Zealander and India's Rishi Dhawan are all unsold. 

18:33 PM IST

Shimron Hetmyer has been sold to Delhi Capitals for whopping Rs 7.75 crore. 

18:23 PM IST

West Indies' Shimron Hetmyer is the next man to go under the hammer. 

18:06 PM IST

Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad, Tamil Nadu's R Sai Kishore, Indian leg-spinners Midhun Sudhesan and K.C.Cariappa are all unsold in 2020 Player Auction for IPL. 

18:05 PM IST

Kings XI Punjab has signed leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi for Rs 2 crore. 

18:04 PM IST

Tamil Nadu all-rounder M Siddharth is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for an opening bid of Rs 20 lakh. 

18:03 PM IST

Bengal pacer Ishan Porel is sold to Kings XI Punjab at a base price of Rs 20 lakh. 

17:58 PM IST

Fast bowler Kartik Tyagi is the next man to go under the hammer and he is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.30 crore. 

17:57 PM IST

Indian fast bowler Akash Singh is sold to Rajasthan Royals at the base price.

17:54 PM IST

 Kedar Devdhar, with a base price of Rs 20 Lakh, goes unsold. KS Bharat, Prabhshimran Singh and Ankush Bains at 20 lakh each are unsold. Vishnu Vinod, whose base price was also Rs 20 lakh, has also failed to find a buyer. All uncapped wicketkeepers went unsold.

17:52 PM IST

Uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Anuj Rawat goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 80 lakh. 

17:47 PM IST

Australian pacer Daniel Sams, India's Pavan Deshpande and Shahrukh Khan are all unsold in this year's IPL auction. 

17:44 PM IST

Yashasvi Jaiswal is the next man in. The young Indian batsman has been signed by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 2.40 crore after an intense bidding war.

17:42 PM IST

Varun Chakravarthy, whose base price was Rs 30 lakh, is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 4 crore. 

17:39 PM IST

Hard-hitting all-rounder Deepak Hooda goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 50 lakh. His base price was Rs 40 lakh.

17:37 PM IST

Sunrisers Hyderabad has signed India Under-19 captain Priyam Garg for Rs 1.9 crore. 

17:35 PM IST

Virat Singh goes under the hammer and he has been bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.9 crore. 

17:34 PM IST

Rahul Tripathi is the next man available to grab and he is sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 60 lakh. 

17:32 PM IST

India's Harpreet Bhatia and Rohan Kadam go unsold. 

17:28 PM IST

India's Robin Uthappa, who had a base price of Rs 1.5 crore, is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3 crore. 

.@rajasthanroyals rope in @robbieuthappa - Halla Bol time guys? @Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/hvtvf2umUy

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 19, 2019

17:23 PM IST

West Indies bowler Hayden Walsh, whose base price was Rs 50 lakh, also goes unsold.  

17:21 PM IST

Indian spinner Ish Sodhi, Australian spinner Adam Zampa and Afghanistan bowler Zahir Khan all go unsold in 2020 IPL Auction.

17:19 PM IST

Indian spinner Piyush Chawla is sold to Chennai Super King for Rs 6.75 crore. 

17:15 PM IST

Sheldon Cottrell has been signed by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.5 crore.

17:12 PM IST

Time for West Indies' Sheldon Cottrell to go under the hammer. 

17:09 PM IST

New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee goes unsold. 

17:03 PM IST

Andrew Tye is the next man to go under the hammer. The Australian fast bowler goes unsold. 

16:57 PM IST

Bangladesh wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim, Indian pacer Mohit Sharma and South African pacer Dale Steyn all go unsold in 2020 IPL auction. 

16:54 PM IST

South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen and Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim go unsold in IPL Auction 2020. 

16:50 PM IST

Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey, who had the base price of Rs 50 lakh, is sold to DelhiCapitals for Rs 2.4 crore.

16:34 PM IST

Stuart Binny goes unsold in player auction for the 13th edition of the IPL.

16:22 PM IST

South Africa Chris Morris, who had a base price of Rs 1 crore, has been sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 crore.  

16:19 PM IST

England's young all-rounder Sam Curran is the next player in. He is sold to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for Rs 5.5 crore. 

16:18 PM IST

Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive player to be sold in the 2020 IPL Auction so far.

.@KKRiders say HI to @patcummins30 @Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/23jEGFaHKc

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 19, 2019

16:15 PM IST

Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore get into a massive bidding war for Australia's Pat Cummins before Kolkata Knight Riders also join. The player is eventually roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders for whopping Rs 15.5 crore.

16:08 PM IST

India's Yusuf Pathan and New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme go unsold in 2020 IPL Auction.

16:01 PM IST

Glenn Maxwell goes back to Kings XI Punjab for whopping Rs 10.75 crore. He has become the highest bid in the auction so far. 

16:00 PM IST

Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Capitals engage in an intense bidding war for Australia's Glenn Maxwell, who has the base price of Rs 2 crore. 

15:58 PM IST

Australian pacer Glenn Maxwell is the next player in!

15:55 PM IST

Following a massive bidding war, Australian opener Aaron Finch is sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for Rs 4.40 crore. 

15:52 PM IST

England's Jason Roy has been sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.5 crore. 

15:51 PM IST

England batsman Jason Roy is the next player to go under the hammer. 

15:50 PM IST

Indian top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who had a base price of Rs 50 lakhs, goes unsold in IPL Player Auction 2020. 

15:45 PM IST

Indian batsman Hanuma Vihari goes unsold in the 2020 IPL Player Auction. His base price was Rs 50 lakhs.

15:42 PM IST

India's Robin Uthappa, who has the base price of Rs 1.5 crore, is sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 3 crore. 

15:41 PM IST

Eoin Morgan has been sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5.35 crore following a competitive bidding war between KKR and Delhi Capitals.

15:39 PM IST

The next player to go under the hammer is England skipper Eoin Morgan. 

15:36 PM IST

The first player in the auction is Australia's Chris Lynn.

15:32 PM IST

The stage is all set for the grand 2020 IPL Auction in Kolkata. 

The stage is set for the grand #IPLAuction in Kolkata. Just a sleep away  pic.twitter.com/b1bupiO46F

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 18, 2019

15:30 PM IST

The IPL Player Auction 2020 will begin shortly!