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 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 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.