IPL Auction Highlights: Here is the full list of players who have gone under the hammer and those who missed out and the highlights of how the auction went.
The IPL 2021 auction is being held in Chennai and all the 8 teams are looking to make some additions to their squad. Punjab Kings had the biggest purse coming into the auction and are looking for another rejig. Even Royal Challengers Bangalore are looking for a revamp while Chennai Super Kings look to create a new core.
Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, the finalists of the 2020 IPL which was held in UAE, will also look to make key additions to their set-up. But it was Rajasthan Royals who created history by paying the highest ever price for Chris Morris.
The auction started with former Rajasthan Royals skipper Steve Smith being sold to Delhi Capitals for ₹2.2 crore. But the floor exploded the moment Glenn Maxwell’s name was announced. Chennai Super Kings were locked in an intense bidding war with Royal Challengers Bangalore for the Australian but eventually RCB bought Maxwell for ₹14.25 crore.
Rajasthan Royals broke the bank and shelled out ₹16.25 crore for Chris Morris. This is the highest amount paid ever for any player in an IPL auction. Australian paceman Jhye Richardson was picked up for ₹14 crore by Punjab Kings.
Krishnappa Gowtham was sold for ₹9.25 crore to Chennai Super Kings.Two India veterans were picked up in accelerated auction. KKR bought Harbhajan Singh for ₹2 crore while Kedar Jadhav was picked for the same amount by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
IPL 2021 auction list (sold and unsold players)
| 1) Karun Nair – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹50 lakh | 2) Alex Hales – Unsold |
| 3) Jason Roy – Unsold | 4) Steve Smith – Delhi Capitals – ₹2.2 Crore |
| 5) Evin Lewis – Unsold | 6) Aaron Finch – Unsold |
| 7) Hanuma Vihari – Unsold | 8) Glenn Maxwell – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹14.25 crore |
| 9) Kedar Jadhav – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹2 crore | 10) Shakib Al Hasan – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹3.2 Crore |
| 11) Moeen Ali – Chennai Super Kings – ₹7 crore | 12) Shivam Dube – Rajasthan Royals – ₹4.4 crore |
| 13) Chris Morris – Rajasthan Royals – ₹16.25 crore | 14) Dawid Malan – Punjab Kings – ₹1.5 crore |
| 15) Glenn Phillips – Unsold | 16) Alex Carey – Unsold |
| 17) Sam Billings – Delhi Capitals – ₹2 crore | 18) Kusal Perera – Unsold |
| 19) Adam Milne – Mumbai Indians – ₹3.2 crore | 20) Mustafizur Rahman – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1 crore |
| 21) Jhye Richardson – Punjab Kings – ₹14 crore | 22) Nathan Coulter-Nile – Mumbai Indians – ₹5 crore |
| 23) Sheldon Cotrell – Unsold | 24) Umesh Yadav – Delhi Capitals – ₹1 crore |
| 25) Adil Rashid – Unsold | 26) Rahul Sharma – Unsold |
| 27) Mujeeb Ur Rahman – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹1.5 crore | 28) Harbhajan Singh – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹2 crore |
| 29) Ish Sodhi – Unsold | 30) Piyush Chawla – Mumbai Indians – ₹2.4 crore |
| 31) Qais Ahmad – Unsold | 32) Himanshu Rana – Unsold |
| 33) C Hari Nishaanth – Unsold | 34) Sachin Baby – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh |
| 35) Rahul Gahlaut – Unsold | 36) Rajat Patidar – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh |
| 37) Himmat Singh – Unsold | 38) Vishnu Solanki – Unsold |
| 39) Atit Sheth – Unsold | 40) Ripal Patel – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh |
| 41) Shahrukh Khan – Punjab Kings – ₹5.25 crore | 42) Ayush Badoni – Unsold |
| 43) Venkatesh Iyer – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh | 44) Vivek Singh – Unsold |
| 45) K Gowtham – Chennai Super Kings – ₹9.25 crore | 46) Vishnu Vinod – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh |
| 47) Sheldon Jackson – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh | 48) Kedar Devdhar – Unsold |
| 49) Mohammed Azharuddeen – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh | 50) Avi Barot – Unsold |
| 51) Mujtaba Yousuf – Unsold | 52) Ankit Rajpoot – Unsold |
| 53) Lukman Meriwala – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh | 54) Chetan Sakariya – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1.2 crore |
| 55) Kuldeep Sen – Unsold | 56) Riley Meredith – Punjab Kings – ₹8 crore |
| 57) Tushar Deshpande – Unsold | 58) M Siddharth – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh |
| 59) Karanveer Singh – Unsold | 60) Jagadeesha Suchith – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹30 lakh |
| 61) KC Cariappa – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh | 62) Sandeep Lamichhane – Unsold |
| 63) Midhun Sudhesan – Unsold | 64) Tejas Baroka – Unsold |
| 65) Rovman Powell – Unsold | 66) Shaun Marsh – Unsold |
| 67) Corey Anderson – Unsold | 68) Devon Conway – Unsold |
| 69) Darren Bravo – Unsold | 70) Rassie van der Dussen – Unsold |
| 71) Cheteshwar Pujara – Chennai Super Kings – ₹50 lakh | 72) Martin Guptill – Unsold |
| 73) Pawan Negi – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹50 lakh | 74) Kyle Jamieson – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹15 crore |
| 75) Ben Cutting – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹75 lakh | 76) Tom Curran – Delhi Capitals – ₹5.25 crore |
| 77) Gurkeerat Singh – Unsold | 78) Marnus Labuschagne – Unsold |
| 79) Moises Henriques – Punjab Kings – ₹4.2 crore | 80) Varun Aaron – Unsold |
| 81) Oshane Thomas – Unsold | 82) Mohit Sharma – Unsold |
| 83) Billy Stanlake – Unsold | 84) Mitchell McClenaghan – Unsold |
| 85) Jason Behrendorff – Unsold | 86) Naveen Ul Haq – Unsold |
| 87) Karan Sharma – Unsold | 88) Utkarsh Singh – Punjab Kings – ₹20 lakh |
| 89) KL Shrijith – Unsold | 90) Jalaj Saxena – Punjab Kings – ₹30 lakh |
| 91) Vaibhav Arora – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh | 92) Ben Dwarshuis – Unsold |
| 93) G Periyasamy – Unsold | 94) Fabian Allen – Punjab Kings – ₹75 lakh |
| 95) Daniel Christian – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹4.8 crore | 96) Liam Livingstone – Rajasthan Royals – ₹75 lakh |
| 97) Thisara Perera – Unsold | 98) Ben McDermott – Unsold |
| 99) Matthew Wade – Unsold | 100) Sean Abbott – Unsold |
| 101) Siddhesh Lad – Unsold | 102) Tejinder Dhillon – Unsold |
| 103) Prerak Mankad – Unsold | 104) Suyash Prabhudessai – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh |
| 105) KS Bharat – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh | 106) Josh Inglis – Unsold |
| 107) M Harisankar Reddy – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh | 108) Simarjeet Singh – Unsold |
| 109) Kuldip Yadav – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh | 110) Scott Kuggeleijn – Unsold |
| 111) James Neesham – Mumbai Indians – ₹50 lakh | 112) Wayne Parnell – Unsold |
| 113) Reece Topley – Unsold | 114) Chris Green – Unsold |
| 115) Isuru Udana – Unsold | 116) George Linde – Unsold |
| 117) Chaitanya Bishnoi – Unsold | 118) Yudhvir Charak – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh |
| 119) Ajay Dev Goud – Unsold | 120) K Bhagath Varma – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh |
| 121) Jack Wildermuth – Unsold | 122) Harsh Tyagi – Unsold |
| 123) Gerald Coetzee – Unsold | 124) Tim David – Unsold |
| 125) Marco Jansen – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh | 126) Pratyush Singh – Unsold |
| 127) Saurabh Kumar – Punjab Kings – ₹20 lakh | 128) C Hari Nishanth – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh |
| 129) Akash Singh – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh | 130) Arjun Tendulkar – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh |
