IPL franchises have bought their favourites from the auction pool on Thursday (19 December) at Kolkata. There were bidding wars to buy the Australian players Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell. Some Indian uncapped players also got the high bids in the IPL 2020 auction.
The auction day started with the bid for Australian batsman Chris Lynn for base price 2 crores and was bought by Mumbai Indians for the base price. The most expensive player in the auction was the Australian pacer Pat Cummins who was bought by KKR for INR 15.50 Crore. Rajasthan Royals again purchased Jaydev Unadkat, who was released by the franchise ahead of the auction. RR also roped uncapped player Yashasvi Jaiswal for INR 2.40 crore.
Delhi Capitals splashed ₹7.75 crores to purchase the services of West Indies youngster Shimron Hetmyer. Chennai Super Kings used their maximum money from the purse to buy the experienced Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla for INR 6.75 crores. Talking about SRH, they spend their most wallet on the uncapped players. The Hyderabad-franchise signed up Priyam Garg and Virat Singh each for INR 1.90 Crore.
Let’s take a look at the list of sold players at the IPL 2020 Auction:
Batsmen
| Players | Base Price (INR) | Sold (INR) | Team |
| Chris Lynn | 2 CR | 2 CR | Mumbai Indians |
| Eoin Morgan | 1.5 CR | 5.25 CR | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Robin Uthappa | 1.5 CR | 3 CR | Rajasthan Royals |
| Jason Roy | 1.5 CR | 1.5 CR | Delhi Capitals |
| Aaron Finch | 1 CR | 4.40 CR | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Rahul Tripathi | 20 L | 60 L | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Virat Singh | 20 L | 1.9 CR | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Priyam Garg | 20 L | 1.9 CR | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 50 L | 7.75 CR | Delhi Capitals |
| David Miller | 75 L | 75 L | Rajasthan Royals |
| Saurabh Tiwary | 50 L | 50 L | Mumbai Indians |
| Tom Banton | 1 CR | 1 CR | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Shahbaz Ahamad | 20L | 20 L | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Bowlers
| Players | Base Price | Sold | Team |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 1 CR | 3 CR | Rajasthan Royals |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 1 CR | 8 CR | Mumbai Indians |
| Sheldon Cottrell | 50 L | 8.5 CR | Kings XI Punjab |
| Piyush Chawla | 1 CR | 6.75 CR | Chennai Super Kings |
| Akash Singh | 20 L | 20 L | Rajasthan Royals |
| Kartik Tyagi | 20 L | 1.3 CR | Rajasthan Royals |
| Ishan Porel | 20 L | 20 L | Kings XI Punjab |
| M Siddharth | 20 L | 20 L | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 20 L | 2 CR | Kings XI Punjab |
| Josh Hazlewood | 2 CR | 2 CR | Chennai Super Kings |
| Mohsin Khan | 20 L | 20 L | Mumbai Indians |
| Kane Richardson | 1.5 CR | 4 CR | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Oshane Thomas | 50 L | 50 L | Rajasthan Royals |
| Pravin Tambe | 20 L | 20 L | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Mohit Sharma | 50 L | 50 L | Delhi Capitals |
| Tushar Deshpande | 20 L | 20 L | Delhi Capitals |
| R Sai Kishore | 20 L | 20 L | Chennai Super Kings |
| Dale Steyn | 2 CR | 2 CR | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Andrew Tye | 1 CR | 1 CR | Rajasthan Royals |
| Tom Curran | 1 CR | 1 CR | Rajasthan Royals |
| Pat Cummins | 2 CR | 15.5 CR | Kolkata Knight Riders |
Wicketkeepers
| Players | Base Price | Sold | Team |
| Alex Carey | 50 L | 2.4 CR | Delhi Capitals |
| Anuj Rawat | 20 L | 80 L | Rajasthan Royals |
| Joshua Phillipe | 20 L | 20 L | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Prabhsimran Singh | 20 L | 55 L | Kings XI Punjab |
| Nikhil Naik | 20 L | 20 L | Kolkata Knight Riders |
All-rounders
| Players | Base Price | Sold | Team |
| Glenn Maxwell | 2 CR | 10.75 CR | Kings XI Punjab |
| Chris Woakes | 1.5 CR | 1.5 CR | Delhi Capitals |
| Sam Curran | 1 CR | 5.5 CR | Chennai Super Kings |
| Chris Morris | 1.5 CR | 10 CR | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Deepak Hooda | 40 L | 50 L | Kings XI Punjab |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 30 L | 4 CR | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 20 L | 2.4 CR | Rajasthan Royals |
| Mitchell Marsh | 2 CR | 2 CR | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| James Neesham | 50 L | 50 L | Kings XI Punjab |
| Sandeep Bavanaka | 20 L | 20 L | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Chris Green | 20 L | 20 L | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Fabian Allen | 50 L | 50 L | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Anirudha Joshi | 20 L | 20 L | Rajasthan Royals |
| Digvijay Deshmukh | 20 L | 20 L | Mumbai Indians |
| Tajinder Dhillon | 20 L | 20 L | Kings XI Punjab |
| Chris Jordan | 75 L | 3 CR | Kings XI Punjab |
| Abdul Samad | 20 L | 20 L | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Prince Balwant Rai Singh | 20 L | 20 L | Mumbai Indians |
| Sanjay Yadav | 20 L | 20 L | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| Pavan Deshpande | 20 L | 20 L | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| Marcus Stoinis | 1 CR | 4.8 CR | Delhi Capitals |
| Lalit Yadav | 20 L | 20 L | Delhi Capitals |
| Isuru Udana | 50 L | 50 L | Royal Challengers Bangalore |