Negi topples Yuvraj in IPL auction 2016

Mahipal Lomror sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakh.

Akhil Herwadkar sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakh.

Farhaan Behardien sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh.

Vikas Tokas sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 lakh.

Chama Milind sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 lakh.

Jaskaran Singh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakh.

Amit Mishra (pacer) sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakh.

Adam Zampa sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 30 lakh.

Pawan Suyal sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 lakh.

Vikramjeet Malik sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 20 lakh.

Scott Boland sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 lakh.

Joel Paris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 30 lakh.

Samuel Badree sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 50 lakh.

Kane Richardson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 200 lakh.

Ashok Dinda sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 lakh.

Pratyush Singh sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs.10 lakh.

Jaydev Shah sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

SK Ahmed sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 lakh.

Deepak Punia sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.10 lakh.

Swapnil Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs.10 lakh.

Krunal Pandya sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 200 lakh.

Pradeep Sahu sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs.10 lakh.

KP Kamath sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.140 lakh.

Deepak Chahar sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.10 lakh

Baba Aparajith sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.10 lakh.

Manan Sharma sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs.10 lakh.

Akshay Karnewar sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs.10 lakh.

Shadab Jakati sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

Vijay Shankar sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 35 lakh.

R Sathish sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh.

Praveen Dubey sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 35 lakh.

Andrew Tye sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 50 lakh.

Ben Cutting sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 50 lakh.

Thisara Perera sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.100 lakh.

Jason Holder sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 70 lakh.

All-rounders' second coming:

Armaan Jaffer sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs.10 lakh.

Jitesh Sharma sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.10 lakh.

Peter Handscomb sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.30 lakh.

Umang Sharma sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.10 lakh.

Ankush Bains sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.10 lakh.

T Suman sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.10 lakh.

Sam Billings sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 30 lakh.

Aaron Finch sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.100 lakh.

Accelerated auction begins:

Pawan Negi, who was picked in India’s World Twenty20 squad on Friday, toppled Yuvraj Singh’s price of Rs. 7 crore, tantalisingly coming close to Shane Watson’s Rs. 9.5 crore to bag a whopping Rs. 8.5 crore at Indian Premier League’s players’ auction on Saturday in Bengaluru.

Apart from Watson, Negi and Yuvraj, Mohit Sharma Chris Morris stole the show at the auction.

The Australian all-rounder topped the list of costliest players in IPL 2016 players’ auction. But the surprise entry in the list was that of Murugan Ashwin, a leg spinner from Tamil Nadu who earned Rs. 4.5 crore and West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite who pocketed Rs. 4.2 crore.

Top buys in IPL Players Auction 2016. (Photo: Screengrab)

While the relatively lesser known cricketers like the West Indian earned big, the likes of Aaron Finch, Martin Guptill, Michael Hussey, Mahela Jayawardene, Hashim Amla, Cheteshwar Pujara went unsold.

Pawan Negi goes past Yuvraj Singh:

KC Cariappa sold to Kings XI Punjab Rs. 80 lakh.

Ashwin M sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 450 lakh.

Sarabjeet Ladda sold to Gujrat Lions for Rs.10 lakh.

Shivil Kaushik is sold to Gujrat Lions for Rs.10 lakh.

Pravin Tamble sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

Ankit Rajpoot sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 150 lakh.

Ishwar Pandey sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 20 lakh.

Nathu Singh sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 320 lakh.

Pradeep Sangwan sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

Rajat Bhatia sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 60 lakh.

Pawan Negi sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 850 lakh.

Deepak Hooda sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 420 lakh.

Ankit Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakh.

Iqbal Abdullah sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 lakh

Windfall for Karun Nair:

Aditya Tare sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.120 lakh.

Eklavya Dwivedi sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.100 lakh.

Rishabh Pant sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs.190 lakh.

Ishan Kishan sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.35 lakh.

Paras Dogra sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakh.

Karun Nair sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 400 lakh. His base price was Rs. 10 lakh.

Sachin Baby sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 lakh.

Travis Head sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 50 lakh

Bowlers make merry:

RP Singh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 30 lakh.

Abhimanyu Mithun sold to Sunrisers Hydrabad for Rs.30 lakh.

Barinder Sran sold to Sunrisers Hydrabad for Rs.120 lakh.

Kyle Abbott sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 210 lakh.

Jaydev Unadkat sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs.160 lakh.

Mustafizur Rahman sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.140 lakh.

Marcus Stoinis sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 55 lakh.

Carlos Brathwaite sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 420 lakh

While the likes of Rilee Rossouw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hashim Amla, George Bailey, Mahela Jayawardene, Michael Hussey, Usman Khawaja went unsold, Mohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, all-rounder Chris Morris and wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson pocketed handsome amount of money.

Pacers have a go as spinners struggle:

Mohit Sharma sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 650 lakh.

Tim Southee sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 250 lakh.

Praveen Kumar sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 350 lakh.

John Hastings sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 130 lakh.

Dhawal Kulkarni sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 200 lakh.

All-rounders' time now:

Mitchell Marsh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 480 lakh.

Stuart Binny sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 200 lakh.

Colin Munro sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 30 lakh.

Chris Morris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 700 lakh.

Irfan Pathan sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 100 lakh.

Wicketkeepers up for grabs:

Dinesh Karthik sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 230 lakh.

Jos Buttler sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.380 lakh.

Sanju Samson sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 420 lakh

Batsmen went unsold:

Rilee Rossouw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hashim Amla, George Bailey, Mahela Jayawardene, Michael Hussey, Usman Khawaja went unsold in the the Indian Premier League players’ auction.

Marquee players earn big:

The auction commenced with the teams ready to spend big to buy marquee players including Yuvraj Singh in Bengaluru on Saturday.

While the likes of Aaron Finch and Martin Guptill remained unsold, Shane Watson earned it big after Royal Challengers Bangalore shelled out Rs. 950 lakh (Rs. 9.5 crore) to have his services.

Dale Steyn sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 230 lakh.

Yuvraj Singh sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 700 lakh.

Ashish Nehra sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 550 lakh.

Aaron Finch goes unsold.

Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 950 Lakh.

Martin Guptill goes unsold.

Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 380 lakh.

Dwayne Smith sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakh.

Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.350 lakh.

Bengaluru: 351 players are set to go under the hammer as the Indian Premier League players’ auction takes place in Bengaluru on Saturday.

The ‘value for money’ players are definitely the ones who will generate interest for those looking to cash in big spending less. However, the likes of Yuvraj Singh, who made a comeback to India’s ICC World Twenty20 squad on Friday, Kevin Pietersen, Dale Styen, Shane Watson will be some of the most sought after players in the auction.

Alongside these big names, cricketers like Ishant Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Ashish Nehra, youngster Pawan Negi, all-rounder Irfan Pathan, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood will garner a lot of attention as well.

With Rs.3,30,02,00,000 at their disposal, eight IPL - Indian Premier League teams, including the new entrants The Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants, are set to go berserk in the auction.