Welcome to the live coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction for the ninth edition of the T20 league from Bengaluru.
Aditya Tare: SOLD! The Indian wicket-keeper has been sold for Rs 1.2 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
CM Gautam: UNSOLD!
Pinal Shah: UNSOLD!
Eklavya Dwivedi: SOLD! Gujarat Lions have purchased the young Indian cricketer for Rs 1 crore.
Rishabh Pant: SOLD! The India U-19 batsman, who smashed an 18-ball 50 in the ongoing U-19 World Cup, will make his IPL debut for Delhi Daredevils who've splashed Rs 1.9 crore for the player.
Ishan Kishan: SOLD! The current India U-19 captain has been purchased by Gujarat Lions for Rs 35 lakh.
The wicket-keepers are back in fray now.
Aiden Blizzard: UNSOLD!
T Suman: UNSOLD!
Paras Dogra: SOLD! Gujarat Lions have purchased the uncapped batsman at his base price of Rs 10 lakh.
Debabrata Das: UNSOLD!
Himanshu Rana: UNSOLD!
Ankeet Bawane: UNSOLD!
Mithun Manhas: UNSOLD!
Karun Nair: SOLD! Delhi Daredevils fend off advances from Sunrisers Hyderabad and buy Nair, whose base price was just Rs 10 lakh, for a whopping Rs 4 crore.
Sachin Baby: SOLD! Royal Challengers Bangalore have bought the first uncapped player for Rs 10 lakh.
The uncapped batsmen are up next here.
Scott Boland: UNSOLD!
Jackson Bird: UNSOLD!
Tino Best: UNSOLD!
Hardus Viljoen: UNSOLD!
Dushmantha Chameera: UNSOLD!
Shannon Gabriel: UNSOLD!
Taskin Ahmed: UNSOLD!
The fast-bowlers are back in action here.
Dasun Shanker: UNSOLD!
George Worker: UNSOLD!
Seekuge Prasanna: UNSOLD!
Christopher Barnwell: UNSOLD!
Dilshan Munaweera: UNSOLD!
M Siriwarddena: UNSOLD!
Henry Davids: UNSOLD!
Narsingh Deonarine: UNSOLD!
Dilruwan Perera: UNSOLD!
Soumya Sarkar: UNSOLD!
Isuru Udana: UNSOLD!
The franchises now gear up for the fresh list of all-rounders.
Krishmar Santokie: UNSOLD!
Ben Laughlin: UNSOLD!
Nuwan Kulasekara: UNSOLD!
Pankaj Singh: UNSOLD!
Shaun Tait: UNSOLD!
Sudeep Tyagi: UNSOLD!
Parwinder Awana: UNSOLD!
Jerome Taylor: UNSOLD!
Fidel Edwards: UNSOLD!
We have a fresh list of fast-bowlers here.
Robin Peterson: UNSOLD!
Ashton Agar: UNSOLD!
Johan Botha: UNSOLD!
Anton Devcich: UNSOLD!
Rayad Emrit: UNSOLD!
Shehan Jayasuriya: UNSOLD!
Juan Theron: UNSOLD!
Vernon Philander: UNSOLD!
Jeevan Mendis: UNSOLD!
Nathan McCullum: UNSOLD!
Farhan Behardien: UNSOLD!
The all-rounders are back in action here.
Reeza Hendricks: UNSOLD!
Dean Elgar: UNSOLD!
Travis Head: SOLD! The Australian batsmen goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 50 lakh.
Marlon Samuels: UNSOLD!
Tamim Iqbal: UNSOLD!
Cameron White: UNSOLD!
Richard Levi: UNSOLD!
Lahiru Thirimanne: UNSOLD!
The franchises now have a fresh list of batsmen to choose from.
Beuran Hendricks: UNSOLD!
Munaf Patel: UNSOLD!
RP Singh: SOLD! Rising Pune Supergiants shell out Rs 30 lakh for the Indian left-arm bowler.
Abhimanyu Mithun: Sunrisers Hyderabad make the bid and bag their man for Rs 30 lakh.
Barinder Singh Sran: The budding Indian bowler has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.2 crore.
Kyle Abbott: The South African goes to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2.1 crore.
Jaydev Unadkat: SOLD! Kolkata Knight Riders buys the former Delhi bowler for Rs 1.6 crore.
Mustafizur Rahman: SOLD! Sunrisers Hyderabad shell out Rs 1.4 crore to bring the 20-year-old Bangladesh seamer to their camp.
Joel Paris: UNSOLD!
The fast bowlers are back in the fray now.
Abhishek Nayar: UNSOLD!
Marcus Stoinis: SOLD! The Australian cricketer has been sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 55 lakh.
Sean Abbott: UNSOLD!
Jimmy Neesham: UNSOLD!
Carlos Brathwaite: The Caribbean all-rounder has been sold for Rs 4.2 crore to Delhi Daredevils who fought off interests from Kolkata Knight Riders.
Grant Elliot: UNSOLD!
Ben Cutting: UNSOLD!
Wayne Parnell: UNSOLD!
Chris Jordan: UNSOLD!
Doug Bracewell: UNSOLD!
Andrew Tye: UNSOLD!
We're back to all-rounders now.
Abhinav Mukund: UNSOLD!
Owais Shah: UNSOLD!
Nic Maddinson: UNSOLD!
Adam Voges: UNSOLD!
Darren Bravo: UNSOLD!
David Hussey: UNSOLD!
We're back to the new set of batsmen now.
Seems like the franchises are not yet sure about this set of spinners. We'll come back to it later.
Pragyan Ojha: UNSOLD!
Samuel Badree: UNSOLD!
Cameron Boyce: UNSOLD!
Rahul Sharma: UNSOLD!
Suleiman Benn: UNSOLD!
Ajantha Mendis: UNSOLD!
Michael Beer: UNSOLD!
Devendra Bishoo: UNSOLD!
Nathan Lyon: UNSOLD!
V Permaul: UNSOLD!
Sachithra Senanayake: UNSOLD!
The franchises will now bid for the spinners here.
James Pattinson: UNSOLD!
Mohit Sharma: SOLD! Former Chennai Super Kings bowler has stunned everyone here. The Haryana seamer, whose base price was Rs 1.5 crore, has been sold to Kings XI Punjab for a whopping Rs 6.5 crore. It took some bidding from Punjab to fend off interests from Kolkata and Hyderabad.
Ashok Dinda: UNSOLD!
Tim Southee: SOLD! Mumbai Indians bag the New Zealand bowler for Rs 2.5 crore.
Praveen Kumar: The Uttar Pradesh bowler has bagged Rs 3.8 crore from Gujarat Lions.
John Hastings: SOLD! Kolkata Knight Riders shell out Rs 1.3 crore for the Australian star.
Kane Richardson: UNSOLD!
Dhawal Kulkarni: SOLD! The right-arm seamer will play for Gujarat Lions for his base price of Rs 2 crore.
The focus now shifts from the all-rounders to the bowlers.
Thisara Perera: UNSOLD!
Mitchell Marsh: SOLD! The Australian all-rounder goes to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 4.8 crore after a bidding war with Kings XI Punjab.
Darren Sammy: UNSOLD!
Stuart Binny: SOLD! The Karnataka all-rounder gets sold at his base price of Rs 2 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Colin Munro: SOLD! Kolkata Knight Riders agree to pay Rs 30 lakh for the New Zealander who had recently recorded the second fastest (14-ball) fifty in T20 history.
Chris Morris: SOLD! The South African all-rounder benefits from the bidding war between Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. And, finally gets sold for Rs 7 crore to Delhi.
Jason Holder: UNSOLD!
Tillakaratne Dilshan: UNSOLD!
Ravi Bopara: UNSOLD!
Irfan Pathan: SOLD! The Indian all-rounder goes at his base price of Rs 1 crore to Rising Pune Supergiants.
Manoj Tiwary: UNSOLD!
It's time for the all-rounders now. They should attract some attention of the franchises here.
C Bancroft: UNSOLD!
Dinesh Karthik: SOLD! Last year's newsmaker has gone for Rs 2.3 crore to Gujarat Lions.
Ben Dunk: UNSOLD!
Sam Billings: UNSOLD!
Morne Van Wyk: UNSOLD!
Brad Haddin: UNSOLD!
Johnson Charles: UNSOLD!
Mushfiqur Rahim: UNSOLD!
Jos Buttler: SOLD! The English glovesman goes to Mumbai Indians to Rs 3.8 crore.
Shane Dowrich: UNSOLD!
Sanju Samson: SOLD! With a base price of Rs 2 crore, the Kerala wicket-keeper has done really well to bag Rs 4.20 crore from Delhi Daredevils.
It looks like no one is really interested in buying the batsmen as of now. It's time for the wicket-keepers to try their luck.
Usman Khawaja: UNSOLD!
Mahela Jayawardene: UNSOLD!
Michael Hussey: UNSOLD!
George Bailey: UNSOLD! This is just disrespectful. Bailey was sensational in the BBL and the series against India. What is up with the franchises here?
S Badrinath: UNSOLD!
Hashim Amla: UNSOLD! I have a feeling that the franchises would surely want to come back to this one later in the day.
Cheteshwar Pujara: UNSOLD!
Riley Roussow: UNSOLD! No takers for the South African here.
So, the second round of bidding is set to begin here. And, it's time for the batsmen to go under the hammer.
Dale Steyn : South African bowling spearhead goes to Gujarat Lions for Rs 2.3 crore. That's gotta be one hell of a buy today.
Yuvraj Singh (Base Price Rs 2 cr): SOLD! Sunrisers Hyderabad are at it again. The Punjab southpaw goes for Rs 7 crore.
Ashish Nehra (Base Price Rs 2 cr): SOLD! India's veteran seamer bags a whopping Rs 5.5 crore from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Aaron Finch (Base Price Rs 1 cr): UNSOLD! Australia's T20 captain fails to find suitors here. But, just like Guptill, he can also come back at the request of the franchises later in the day.
Shane Watson (Base Price Rs 2 cr): Here we have the electric Australian all-rounder. SOLD! Royal Challengers Bangalore splash a staggering Rs 9.5 crore to secure the services of Watto. He is currently the most expensive player in the auction.
Martin Guptill (Base Price Rs 50,00,000): UNSOLD! No takers for the New Zealand opener here, at least as of now. But, he can come back at the request of franchises later in the day.
Ishant Sharma (Base Price Rs 2 cr): It's time for the Indian seamer to go under the hammer here. SOLD! Rising Pune Supergiants make another addition to their squad by shelling out Rs 3.8 crore.
Kevin Pietersen (Base Price Rs 2 cr): The right-hander has been sold to Rising Pune Supergiants after a close bidding fight with the other new entrants Gujarat Lions. Pune draws first blood at the auction!
IPL auctioneer Richard Madley is all set with his hammer and first up are the marquee players.
A total of 351 cricketers are set to go under the hammer in the IPL players' auction. With 230 Indians and 121 overseas players in the fray, this year's auction will also witness the participation of two new teams in Rising Pune Supergiants and the Gujarat Lions.
Out of the 351 cricketers on the auction list, 131 are capped players - from India (26), Australia (28), Bangladesh (5), England (7), New Zealand (9), South Africa (18), Sri Lanka (16), West Indies (20) - and 219 are uncapped players - from India (204), Australia (9), New Zealand (1), South Africa (2), West Indies (3), Canada (1) and Ireland (1).
Among the list released by the IPL Governing Council, eight cricketers have been marked as marquee players. Yuvraj Singh and Ishant Sharma are the two Indian cricketers in the list alongside Shane Watson (Aus), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Aaron Finch (Aus), Martin Guptill (NZ) and Dwayne Smith (WI).
Out of these eight marquee players, four cricketers - Yuvraj, Ishant, Watson and Pietersen - have set their base price at Rs 2 crore. Other than these marquee players, Michael Hussey (Aus), Kane Richardson (Aus), Dhawal Kulkarni (Ind), Sanju Samson (Ind), Stuart Binny (Ind), Dinesh Karthik (Ind), Mitchell Marsh (Aus) and Ashish Nehra (Ind) also boast a base price of Rs 2 crore.
With a total of 100 players retained and another 62 released, here's a look at how the eight franchises stack up ahead of the IPL auction:
Delhi Daredevils
Among the eight IPL franchises, Delhi Daredevils - owned by the GMR Group - have the maximum remaining purse of Rs 37.15 crore. The team has retained 13 players including eight Indians and five overseas cricketers.
Retained: Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreyas Iyer, Zaheer Khan, Albie Morkel, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton de Kock
Released: Yuvraj Singh, CM Gautam, Domnic Muthuswami, Jaydev Unadkat, KK Jiyaz, Srikar Bharat, Manoj Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis, Travis Head
Gujarat Lions
One of the two new teams this season, Gujarat Lions - owned by the Intex Mobiles group - have the second-highest remaining purse of Rs 27 crore. After participating in the unique IPL draft in November last year, the team from Rajkot secured the services of five players - two Indian and three overseas cricketers.
Suresh Raina has been appointed as their captain, while IPL veteran Brad Hodge has been roped in as the team's head coach. Apart from Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, James Faulkner and Dwayne Bravo will also add muscle to the new team.
Kings XI Punjab
The Preity Zinta-owned Kings XI Punjab will have Rs 23 crore at their disposal to splash during the players' auction. The team has retained 14 players - including 10 Indian and four overseas cricketers.
Retained: Axar Patel, Anureet Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Manan Vohra, M Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Rishi Dhawan, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Wriddhiman Saha, David Miller, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh
Released: Karanveer Singh, Parvinder Awana, Shivam Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Golwalkar, George Bailey, Thisara Perera, Beuran Hendricks
Kolkata Knight Riders
Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders boast Rs 17.95 crore in their purse ahead of the crucial players' auction. The Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise has retained 15 players - including nine Indian and six overseas cricketers.
Retained: Gautam Gambhir, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Sheldon Jackson, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Brad Hogg, Chris Lynn, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine
Released: Veer Pratap Singh, Aditya Garhwal, KC Cariappa, Sumit Narwal, Vaibhav Rawal, Pat Cummins, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Neesham, Azhar Mahmood, Johan Botha
Mumbai Indians
Defending champions Mumbai Indians is the team with the least amount left in their purse and most players in their roster. Unlike the other teams who are looking to cover their bases, Mumbai seems to have a problem of plenty going into the auction with a remaining purse of Rs 14,40,50,000. The team has retained 19 players - including 13 Indian and six overseas cricketers.
Retained: Akshay Wakhare, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Hardik Pandya, J Suchith, Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Rana, Parthiv Patel, R Vinay Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Gopal, Siddhesh Lad, Unmukt Chand, Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Lendl Simmons, Marchant de Lange, Mitchell McClenaghan
Released: Aditya Tare, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ben Hilfenhaus, Colin Munro, Josh Hazlewood
Rising Pune Supergiants
Apart from Gujarat Lions, Rising Pune Supergiants - owned by the Sanjiv Goenka group - is the other team that will be rubbing its shoulders with the other IPL giants this year. The new entrants will be eager to get right mix of players and having a remaining purse of Rs 27 crore if surely going to help their cause.
The team will be led by India's trusted captain MS Dhoni, while Stephen Fleming has been appointed as the head coach. The Pune franchise has already secured the services of five players - including three Indian (Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane) and two overseas (Steven Smith and Faf du Plessis) cricketers.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
The two-time IPL finalists, Royal Challengers Bangalore, boast some of the most deadliest batsmen in the shortest version of the game. The team has a staggering Rs 21,62,50,000 in their purse ahead of the players' auction. The Vijay Mallya-owned franchise has retained 14 players - including nine Indian and five overseas players.
Retained: Abu Nechim, Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav (transfer), Mandeep Singh, Sarfraz Khan, S Aravind, Varun Aaron, Virat Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Adam Milne, Chris Gayle, David Wiese, Mitchell Starc
Released: Vijay Zol, Ashok Dinda, Dinesh Karthik, Iqbal Abdullah, Jalaj Saxena, Manvinder Bisla, Sandeep Warrier, Shishir Bhavane, S Badrinath, Yogesh Takawale, Nic Maddinson, Darren Sammy, Rilee Rossouw, Sean Abbott
Sunrisers Hyderabad
While Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to reach the playoffs in their debut season in 2013, they failed to repeat their success over the next two years. With a remaining purse of Rs 30.15 crore, Hyderabad will be looking to land the influential players during the players' auction to back their campaign this season. The team has retained a total of 15 players - 10 Indian and five overseas cricketers.
Retained: Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bipul Sharma, Karn Sharma, KL Rahul, Naman Ojha, Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui, Shikhar Dhawan, Siddarth Kaul, David Warner, Eoin Morgan, Kane Williamson, Moises Henriques, Trent Boult
Released: Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Shukla, Praveen Kumar, Padmanabhan Prasanth, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara