IPL 2021 Auction: Top Buys | Complete Team Squads

By Sunit Jangir
February 19, 2021 at 2:49 PM IST
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IPL 2021 Auction: Top Buys | Complete Team Squads

The mini players' auction for the Indian Premier League 2021 took place in Chennai on February 18. A total of 57 players were sold to all eight franchises of which 22 are overseas players and 35 Indian players.



South African all-rounder, Chris Morris grabbed the gold and becomes the most expensive buy in the history of IPL auction. He has been picked by Rajasthan Royals in INR 16.25 Crores. New Zealand's new sensation Kyle Jamieson also went big and picked up by Royal Challengers Bangalore in INR 15 Crores. RCB also bought Australian all-rounder, Glenn Maxwell in INR 14.25 Crores.



Among the Indian players, Krishnappa Gowtham got the highest price as Chennai Super Kings snatched him in INR 9.25 Crores. He also becomes the most expensive uncapped player in the IPL history. Punjab Kings picked the most number of players with 9 players.



Here is the list of today's buys and complete team squads -
1. ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (RCB)
Squad: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Josh Philippe (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini
Today's buys: Glenn Maxwell (INR 14.25 Cr), Kyle Jamieson (INR 15 Cr), Sachin Baby (INR 20 L), Rajat Patidar (INR 20 L), Mohammed Azharuddeen (INR 20 L), Suyash Prabhudessai (INR 20 L), K.S. Bharat (INR 20 L), Daniel Christian (INR 4.80 cr)
Slots to fill: 3 [Overseas - 0]
Purse Remaining: INR 35 L
2. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK)
Squad: MS Dhoni (c&wk), Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood
Today's buys: Moeen Ali (INR 7 Cr), K Gowtham (INR 9.25 Cr), Cheteshwar Pujara (INR 50 L), M Harisankar Reddy (INR 20 L), K. Bhagath Varma (INR 20 L), C Hari Nishanth (INR 20 L)
Slots to fill: 0
Purse Remaining: INR 2.55 cr
3. RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR)
Squad: Sanju Samson (c&wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Kartik Tyagi
Today's buys: Chris Morris (INR 16.25 cr), Shivam Dube (INR 4.40 Cr), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 1 cr), Chetan Sakariya (INR 1.20 Cr), Liam Livingstone (INR 75 L), KC Cariappa (INR 20 L), Kuldip Yadav (INR 20 L), Akash Singh (INR 20 L)
Slots to fill: 1 [Overseas - 0]
Purse Remaining: INR 13.65 cr
4. PUNJAB KINGS (PBKS)
Squad: KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan
Today's buys: Dawid Malan (INR 1.5 cr), Jhye Richardson (INR 14 cr), Shahrukh Khan (INR 5.25 cr), Riley Meredith (INR 8 cr), Moises Henriques (INR 4.20 Cr), Jalaj Saxena (INR 30 L), Utkarsh Singh (INR 20 L), Saurabh Kumar (INR 20 L), Fabian Allen (INR 75 L)
Slots to fill: 0
Purse Remaining: INR 18.80 cr
5. MUMBAI INDIANS (MI) Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan
Today's buys: Adam Milne (INR 3.20 Cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 5 cr), Piyush Chawla (INR 2.40 Cr), James Neesham (INR 50 L), Yudhvir Charak (INR 20 L), Marco Jansen (INR 20 L), Arjun Tendulkar (INR 20 L)
Slots to fill: 0
Purse Remaining: INR 3.65 cr
6. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (SRH)
Squad: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Today's buys: Kedar Jadhav (INR 2 Cr), Jagadeesha Suchith (INR 30 L), Mujeeb-ur-Rahman (INR 1.50 Cr)
Slots to fill: 0
Purse Remaining: INR 6.95 cr
7. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR)
Squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Seifert (wk), Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier
Today's buys: Shakib Al Hasan (INR 3.20 Cr), Sheldon Jackson (INR 20 L), Harbhajan Singh (INR 2 Cr), Vaibhav Arora (INR 20 L), Karun Nair (INR 50 L), Ben Cutting (INR 75 L), Venkatesh Iyer (INR 20 L), Pawan Negi (INR 50 L)
Slots to fill: 0
Purse Remaining: INR 3.20 cr
8. DELHI CAPITALS (DCS)
Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Prithvi Shaw, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Pravin Dubey
Today's buys: Steve Smith (INR 2.20 Cr), Umesh Yadav (INR 1 cr), Ripal Patel (INR 20 L), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 L), Lukman Meriwala (INR 20 L), M Siddharth (INR 20 L), Tom Curran (INR 5.25 Cr), Sam Billings (INR 2 Cr)
Slots to fill: 0
Purse Remaining: INR 2.15 cr



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