IPL 2015 Auction

IPL 2015 Auction: How Teams are placed at the moment

A total of 123 cricketers - 79 Indians and 44 foreign - were retained by the franchises

Teams in spotlight

While teams like Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders retained most of their squad from the IPL 2014 season, two teams - Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad - have undergone a massive clearout. Delhi have released 13 players, including Kevin Pietersen, who was the captain of the side in IPL 2014. Even Dinesh Karthik, who fetched a whopping Rs 12.5 crore in last year's player auctions is back in the auction pool. Two other names that could be interesting buys will be Ross Taylor and Murali Vijay.

Hyderabad have let go of 12 members of their squad including names like Finch, Amit Mishra, Irfan Pathan and Darren Sammy. These two teams could be expected to spend big.

Next in line will be the likes of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Bangalore have released seven of their players including the costliest buy of IPL 2014, Yuvraj Singh (Rs. 14 crore). They have also parted ways with Albie Morkel and Muttiah Muralitharan. Mumbai's only big-name release is Michael Hussey who warmed the bench in the first half of the tournament. It will be interesting to see if the Aussie veteran will attract any offers this time. Another prized catch in the auction could be that of Pragyan Ojha, who recently had his suspect bowling action cleared by the ICC. He will be eager to get back to the national side and a good IPL season will help him achieve that. Any takers for him? Only time will tell.

HERE'S THE CURRENT TEAM COMPOSITION AND REMAINING BUDGET AHEAD OF THE MONDAY AUCTIONS

Teams Funds Remaining

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS 4,80,00,000

DELHI DAREDEVILS 39,75,00,000

KINGS XI PUNJAB 12,60,00,000

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 13,20,00,000

MUMBAI INDIANS 10,00,50,000

RAJASTHAN ROYALS 12,75,00,000

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE 20,80,00,000

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD 21,05,00,000

HERE'S THE LIST OF MARQUEE PLAYERS WHO WILL GO UNDER THE HAMMER: Player Type Base Price

Hashim Amla BATSMAN 2,00,00,000

Yuvraj Singh BATSMAN 2,00,00,000

Dinesh Karthik WICKET-KEEPER 2,00,00,000

Kevin Pietersen BATSMAN 2,00,00,000

Angelo Mathews ALL-ROUNDER 1,50,00,000

Eoin Morgan BATSMAN 1,50,00,000

Kumar Sangakkara BATSMAN 1,00,00,000

Aaron Finch BATSMAN 1,00,00,000

Mahela Jayawardene BATSMAN 1,00,00,000

Amit Mishra BOWLER 1,00,00,000

Murali Vijay BATSMAN 50,00,000

Kane Williamson BATSMAN 50,00,000

The World Cup is up and running Down Under but that doesn't take the spotlight away from the highly-followed Indian Premier League. From Aussie demolisher Aaron Finch to Kiwi all-rounder Kane Williamson will be keenly following the proceedings in Bangalore where the player auctions of the IPL 2015 edition will be held. IPL 2015 will take place between April 8 to May 24.

09.52 (IST): Big man Yuvraj Singh is up next! Delhi, Bangalore and Punjab in a three-way bidding war.

09.51 (IST): SOLD! Kane Williamson goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 60 Lakh.

09.49 (IST): SOLD! Delhi Daredevils snap up Angelo Mathews for Rs. 7.50 crore.

09.42 (IST): Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils are in a bidding war for Mathews at the moment.

09.42 (IST): Next up is Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews at a base price of Rs. 1.50 crore.

09.41 (IST): SOLD! Murali Vijay to KXIP for Rs. 3 crore.

09.39 (IST): RCB make a late entry in. The value is now up to Rs. 2 crore.

09.37 (IST): Next up is Murali Vijay at a base price of Rs. 50 lakh. CSK and KXIP are in a bidding war.

09.36 (IST): No takers! Amla goes unsold for now! He will be represented later.

09.35 (IST): Hashim Amla is the first player on the auction list!

09.34 (IST): The IPL 2015 auctions is now underway!

09.15 (IST): Doug Bollinger has just taken a hat-trick in the Sheffield Shied and has left Chennai Super Kings wondering:

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"Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) February 16, 2015 08.20 (IST): Another interesting name in the auction will be Hashim Amla. The South African has been in fine form on national duty but will he have any takers in the IPL?

08.06 (IST): Tom Moody, the coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad, is all ready for the auctions. It goes underway in Bangalore in a little over an hour from now.

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10.01 (IST): SOLD! Yuvraj Singh is a millionaire again! He goes to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 16 crore

09.52 (IST): Big man Yuvraj Singh is up next! Delhi, Bangalore and Punjab in a three-way bidding war.

09.51 (IST): SOLD! Kane Williamson goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 60 Lakh.

09.49 (IST): SOLD! Delhi Daredevils snap up Angelo Mathews for Rs. 7.50 crore.

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11.35 (IST): UNSOLD! Abhimanyu Mithun gets no bids.

11.33 (IST): UNSOLD! No takers for Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan.

11.32 (IST): SOLD! Jaydev Unadkat to Delhi Daredevils for Rs Rs. 1.10 crore

11.29 (IST) SOLD! Trent Boult to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 3.80 crore.

11.25 (IST): Kiwi pace sensation Trent Boult is sparking a bidding war. His base price is Rs. 50 lakh. Bangalore and Mumbai are going all out for him. Hyderabad make late entry in the race.

11.17 (IST):SOLD! Praveen Kumar to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 2.20 crore.

11.16 (IST): SOLD! Laxmi Ratan Shukla sold to Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh.

11.11 (IST): SOLD! Darren Sammy goes to Bangalore for Rs. 2.80 crore.

11.10 (IST): Irfan Pathan and Marlon Samuels have no takers too.

11.07 (IST): SOLD! England's Ravi Bopara goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for base price of Rs. 1 crore.

11.05 (IST): Sri Lanka's explosive all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan goes UNSOLD!

11.04 (IST): SOLD! Neesham goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 30 lakh.

11.01 (IST): Next up is the lot of all-rounders. New Zealand's James Neesham is first to go under the hammer at a base price of Rs. 30 Lakh. Rajasthan and Kolkata fight it out.

11.00 (IST): Sri Lanka's Kusal Janith Perera also has no takers. The second session has been about a lot of players going unsold.

10.58 (IST): Kiwis' swashbuckling keeper-batsman Luke Ronchi goes unsold.

10.56 (IST): UNSOLD! No takers for England batsman Michael Carberry

10.55 (IST): Cheteshwar Pujara goes unsold!

10.52 (IST): SOLD! Subramaniam Badrinath to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 30 lakh,

10.50 (IST): England's attacking opener Alex Hales also doesn't have takers.

10.49 (IST): Brad Hodge and Ross Taylor go unsold for now.

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