IPL 2023 auction as it happened: Curran to PBKS, Green to MI, Stokes to CSK on record-breaking day

10.15 pm: So that will be all from us today for the mini auction that saw some mega bids, three of the biggest in IPL auction history even. The teams are set for 2023 men’s edition (while the same can’t be said of the women’s IPL that is set to begin earlier). The overseas allrounders dominated the proceedings today, while Mayank Agarwal earned the highest pay day for an Indian player. Over to the tournament in a few months time.

IPL 2023 auction: From Curran’s record bid to Agarwal moving to SRH, full list of players signed up

Chris Gayle on JioCinema: From what I am seeing on paper, I will give Rajasthan Royals a 10.

IPL Auction 2023, final round of bids: Ekant Sen comes up for Rs 20 lakh. Goes unsold. What on earth.

IPL Auction 2023, final round of bids: Wayne Parnell for Rs 75 lakh. Wonder who asked for him if there are no takers. That’s just mean. Unsold again.

IPL Auction 2023, final round of bids: Shakib al Hasan to KKR for Rs 1.50 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, final round of bids: RR go for Joe Root and they get their man for Rs 1 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, final round of bids:We are told four players up for bidding. Oh, Joe Root.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: KKR, who have barely been involved today, are making us all wait more. PBKS have three more slots and still more than Rs 12 crore left.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: This is how it looks at the moment. KKR having a mini discussion. They have 4 slots left and more than Rs 3 crore in the bank.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Ok not done yet. PBKS, RR, KKR still want to full up a few slots.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Prashant Chopra is unsold. Abdul PA goes to RR for Rs 20 lakh. Looks like we might be done for the day... but nope.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Yudhvir Charak gets bid. 25-year-old allrounder goes to LSG for Rs 20 lakh. Mumbai are in for Raghav Goyal, and get him for Rs 20 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Dilshan Madhushanka, Luke Wood are unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: 20-year-old pacer Akash Singh goes unsold. Naveen, the Afghanistan pacer, gets a bid... and goes to LSG for Rs 50 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Johnson Charles from West Indies, Suryansh Shedge unsold. Akash Vashisht goes to RR at base price of Rs 20 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Wayne Parnell and van der Dussen unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Essentially RR and KKR trying to fill up their squads now. Spinner Murugan Ashwin moves to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 Lakh, Fast bowler K.M. Asif also goes to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 Lakh. Mandeep Singh moves to KKR for INR 50 Lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Dinesh Bana unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding:

• Litton Das goes to KKR for Rs 50 Lakh.
  
• Akeal Hosein goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1 Crore
• Adam Zampa moves to the Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.5 Crore
• Anmolpreet Singh goes to SRH for Rs 20 Lakh

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Rilee Roussouw goes to DC for Rs 4.6 Crore. RR were interested. And DC are done with their bidding. That’s not a bad late buy.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Rilee Roussouw will come up for bidding.

Also, an update, RCB are also done for the day.

8.07 pm: Josh Little, David Wiese and Sikandar Raza finding IPL contracts today... thanks to a fantastic T20 World Cup we saw this year that narrowed that gap down among the nations, you’d have to say.

IPL Auction 2023: DC and PBKS have plenty left in their purse with slots left to fill. DC have one overseas slot, PBKS have three overall spots left to fill for Rs 12.2 crore.

7.45 pm: Phew. Break time. CSK and GT are done with their 25. Some more names could return now as teams give a list of few players before we wrap things up. Will PBKS go big for someone? They certainly have the purse remaining.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding:

Mohit Rathee, Services Sports Control Board’s Allrounder, to Punjab Kings for INR 20 Lakh

Nehal Wadhera, Punjab allrounder, to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 Lakh

Bhagath Varma, Hyderabad allrounder, to CSK for INR 20 Lakh

Shivam Singh goes to Punjab Kings for INR 20 Lakh 

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Jitender Pal, Utkarsh Singh, Shubham Kapse, Trilok Nag, Deepesh Nailwal, Shubhang Hegde are unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding:

Kunal Rathore, Rajasthan WK, to RR for INR 20 Lakh

Sonu Yadav, TN allrounder, to RCB for INR 20 Lakh

Kulwant Khejroliya, veteran Delhi pacer, goes to KKR for INR 20 Lakh

Ajay Mandal, from Chhattisgarh, goes to CSK for INR 20 Lakh 

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Tom Curran, Varun Aaron, Priyank Panchal, Sanjay Ramaswamy, B Surya... go unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Fast bowler Avinash Singh gets bids from KKR & RCB and eventually goes to RCB for INR 60 Lakh. Rehan Ahmed, England’s capped spinner, goes unsold. Maybe he will come back up later? That is a little bit of surprise, but have to check which teams have overseas slots left once there is some breathing space.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Sanjay Yadav (the TN cricketer who was with MI), Ajitesh Guruswamy are unsold. Wicket-keeper Nitish Kumar Reddy goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20 Lakh

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: David Wiese gets a bid too, goes to KKR for Rs 1 crore. A Zimbabwe player, an Irish player and a Namibian player in the IPL!

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Sumeet Verma is unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: All-rounder Himanshu Bisht unsold. Mumbai’s Shams Mulani goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 Lakh. Swapnil Singh goes to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 20 Lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Fast bowler Mohit Sharma, the former CSK man, goes to Gujarat Titans for Rs 50 Lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Josh Little to Gujarat Titans for Rs 4.4 crore. That’s a nice one for the Irish pacer

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: No little matter this... GT and LSG are going at it for the left-arm pacer. More than Rs 4 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Richard Gleeson, then Naveen UL Haq from Afghanistan are unsold. The latter a bit surprising. Next is Josh Little... and here we go, bids are coming in thick and fast.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Suyash Sharma to KKR for Rs 20 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Akash Singh, Paul van Meekeren, Tejas Baroka, Yuvraj Chudasma are unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: KKR and RCB are bidding for Rajan Kumar. RCB get their man from Uttarakhand for Rs 70 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Vidwath Kaverappa, 24-year-old right-arm pacer from Karnataka, goes to Punjab Kings for Rs 20 Lakh

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Kirant Shinde unsold. Wicket-keeper Vishnu Vinod then goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 Lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Baba Indrajith Unsold. Urvil Patel goes to Titans for Rs 20 lakh, high-fives in their table.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Donovan Ferreira, South African finisher who can keep wickets, does go to RR eventually for Rs 50 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Donovan Ferreira, who was expected to attraction, goes to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 Lakh... or not. KKR come in at the hammer apparently. Happened a couple of times today.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Suryansh Shedge, J Suchith unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Plenty of handshakes at the MI table a they get South African Duan Jensen for a base price of Rs 20 lakh. LSG get Prerak Mankad for Rs 20 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Not so much acceleration in that bidding... but Mayank Dagar does find a good bid. He goes to SRH for Rs 1.80 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Manoj Bhandage goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore for a base price of Rs 20 Lakh. Mayank Dagar next and he is getting a few bids. RR vs SRH now.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Will Smeed unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Harpreet Bhatia goes to. Punjab Kings for Rs 40 Lakh

IPL Auction 2023, accelerated bidding: Couple of veteran spinners get their IPL contracts. Piyush Chawla goes to MI for Rs 50 lakh. Amit Mishra goes to LSG for INR 50 Lakh

Not far left for the accelerated phase of the auction now.

Aaron Finch on Star Sports Cricket Live – Auction Special: “Oh, absolutely, I think Chennai have a history of going after experienced players, knowing what they want. And when you compliment that with the rest of the squad, it’s so balanced when you throw that world class all-rounder in there. I think the only separation between Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green is Sam Curran’s ability to bowl in the last five overs. His record has been unbelievable. So, that probably gives him the nod if you’re going down the road of a bowling all-rounder. But Ben Stokes, he structures out any side tremendously well because he can bat in the top four, he can bat in the top six, and you can almost bank on him to bowl four overs as well. So, that’s a huge asset and I’m not surprised that all three of those guys have been paid what they have been paid there.”

Gautam Gambhir via JioCinema: Not worried about Pooran’s last IPL season at all. We have banked on the impact he can have, how many players can do what he does? He is probably at an age where he will now start to peak, even if he can win us three-four matches single-handedly that impact will be huge. What we spent extra on Pooran we saved on the likes of Unadkat, Sams and Shepherd who we have got on base prices. We have got everything we wanted. When we got Pooran for Rs 16 crore we thought we might have to compromise but we got our targets.

Anil Kumble via JioCinema: “Someone like Cameron Green – we spoke about this yesterday too saying Wankhede stadium will be probably ideal for him, so Mumbai Indians will be happy with that buy and Chennai Super Kings has done really well there with Ben Stokes – with the leadership there. MS Dhoni and Ben Stokes, I mean you can’t ask for a better sort of a combination.”

MI owner Akash Ambani on JioCinema (not verbatim): Over the last two years we have gone heavy in getting younger players. We are very happy with that. That deliberately has been our strategy. We will see how it plays out, last year wasn’t great let’s see how this year goes. [Concerns over Bumrah and Archer?] It is a too much of a dream pair to be concerned about injuries (laughs). We look forward to seeing both of them on the pitch together.

PBKS co-owner Ness Wadia on JioCinema: “We would have gone higher (for Sam Curran when asked if there was a threshold). We had him before, it was a mistake to let him go.”

Over in Dhaka...

BAN vs IND, 2nd Test, Day 2 recap: Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer miss centuries but keep India ahead

IPL Auction 2023: And time for a break. A 45-minute one we are told. Accelerated bidding on the other side.

IPL Auction 2023, capped pacers: Kyle Jamieson goes to CSK for Rs 1 crore. That’s an interesting one.

IPL Auction 2023, capped pacers: Taskin Ahmed, Dushmanta Chameera, Blessing Muzarabani are unsold. Up comes Kyle Jamieson. Could get a few bids. Yep, CSK start off.

IPL Auction 2023, capped pacers: The final set before a long break we are told. Riley Meredith, Sandeep Sharma unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, capped allrounders: Well all the action in the first AL set means not much happening at the moment here... Romario Shepherd goes to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 50 Lakh. Daniel Sams also goes to LSG, for Rs 75 Lakh. New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell, Mohammad Nabi from Afghanistan, Wayne Parnell from South Africa, NZ’s Jimmy Neesham, Dasun Shanaka are all UNSOLD.

IPL Auction 2023, capped allrounders: Moving on to the second set of allrounders. Some interesting names coming up.

IPL Auction 2023, capped batters set: Travis Head unsold. Mandeep Singh unsold. Dawid Malan... also unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, capped batters set: Will Jacks goes to RCB for Rs 3.2 Crore. Smart buy, that.

IPL Auction 2023, capped batters set: Here we go. RCB and RR once again. Quite a few battles between these two today without too much end result. Rs 2.4 crore and counting.

IPL Auction 2023, capped batters set: Sherfane Rutherford, Rassie van der Dussen unsold. Will Jacks next. Could be set for a few bids as that excellent Dan Weston Twitter thread had suggested.

IPL Auction 2023, capped batters set: Manish Pandey to Delhi for Rs 2.4 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, capped batters set: Manish Pandey getting bids from RCB and DC.

IPL Auction 2023, capped batters set: Paul Stirling unsold. Manish Pandey next.

IPL Auction 2023: Time for a break.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped spinners: S Midhun goes unsold. Himanshu Sharma completes the set, goes to RCB for Rs 20 Lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped spinners: Chintal Gandhi, Murugan Ashwin, Izharulhuq Naveed, Shreyas Gopal are all unsold. Maybe Ashwin might have takers later on.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Mukesh Kumar to DC for Rs 5.5 crores. That’s big.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Mukesh set for a big payday.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Good bids coming for Mukesh Kumar too. PBKS and DC. Rs 3 crore and counting.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: The biggest purchase so far for the defending champions is Shivam Mavi, for a whopping Rs 6 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Wow. More than Rs 4 crore and counting for Shivam Mavi. GT and RR still.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Shivam Mavi goes to... well, no, not done yet. GT and RR are at it now.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Shivam Mavi at Rs 40 lakh. Expect some bids. KKR back in perhaps? Yes they are. CSK competing.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Yash Thakur to LSG for Rs 45 lakhs.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped fast bowlers: Yash Thakur next. Vaibhav Arora goes to KKR for Rs 60 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped wicketkeepers: Here’s how the UWK1 set went.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped wicketkeepers: KS Bharat up next and he goes to GT for Rs 1.2 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped wicketkeepers: Ok then, CSK are going for N Jagadeesan after releasing him. But he goes to KKR for Rs 90 lakh. CSK perhaps not wanting to look too silly by going bigger for him.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped allrounders: Shashank Singh goes unsold. Had a brief cameo with SRH, maybe they will come back for him.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped allrounders: Another one of the U19 stars from the last edition, Nishant Sindhu goes to CSK for RS 60 lakh. A rare appearance from KKR there but CSK get the youngster.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped allrounders: Corbin Bosch, Saurabh Kumar unsold. Even Priyam Garg is unsold. Meanwhile, Samarth Vyas goes to SRH for Rs 20 lakh,

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped allrounders: Vivrant Sharma to SRH for Rs 2.6 crore! He is a JKCA allrounder, 23 years old. ALL-ROUNDER (LHB and RIGHT ARM Leg Spin).

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped allrounders up next: Vivrant Sharma comes up and he has crossed a crore. KKR and SRH are at it.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped batters set: Chethan LR, Shubham Khajuria, Rohan Kunnummal are unsold. Shaik Rasheed next, goes to CSK. A reunion with Hangargekar from the U19 squad. Himmat Singh is also unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, uncapped batters set: Anmolpreet Singh first. Unsold.

And we are back.

Brian Lara on JioCinema: “I am not sure we have a packed middle order [in response to where Brook would fit in]. We are looking for someone who can finish games for us. Harry Brook’s exploits shows he has the capability. First IPL, but the expectations are pretty high. He has played in Asian conditions, those experiences will serve well. He has that advantage despite not playing IPL. He comes from a very competitive environment, accustomed to winning”

IPL Auction 2023: One a(u)ction returns, uncapped players time. Shubham Khajuria, Rohan Kunnummal, Chethan L.R., Shaik Rasheed, Anmolpreet Singh, Himmat Singh up next.

IPL Auction 2023: A 10-minute break now. Anyone bidding for live bloggers around the country?

IPL Auction 2023, spinners list: Another Mayank to SRH as Markande goes to them for Rs 50 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, spinners list: This is the spinners list of course, now. Akeal Hosein from West Indies, Adam Zampa from Australia, Shamsi from South Africa, Mujeeb from Afghanistan all go unsold. Mayank Markande next.

IPL Auction 2023, spinners list: And Adil Rashid will not go unsold this time! The English spinner will turn up for SRH, goes at base price of Rs 2 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, fast bowlers list: A reunion with DC for Ishant Sharma. Goes at base price for Rs 50 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, fast bowlers list: Adam Milne unsold. Next up, Jhye Richardson goes to MI for Rs 1.5 crore. Well, that’s quite a pace attack they are building there.

IPL Auction 2023, fast bowlers list: Rs 1.9 Crore for Topley to RCB, Unadkat goes to LSG for base price.

IPL Auction 2023, fast bowlers list: Chris Jordan goes unsold. Reece Topley next.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Phil Salt goes to DC for Rs 2 Crore. So they miss out on Pooran and Klaasen for much higher value but get Salt at base price. That worked out OK for them.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Kusal Mendis goes unsold, Tom Banton goes unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Heinrich Klaasen finally goes for INR 5.25 Crore to SRH. DC miss out.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Delhi think they have Klaasen for Rs 1.2 crore but SRH say they aren’t done yet. And the bidding war has now gone to Rs 5 crore. That’s a rollercoaster in the Klaasen household.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: WOW. LSG get Nicholas Pooran for a whopping Rs 16 crore. It has not been a great year for him internationally but he finishes it on a rousing personal note.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Rs 14 crore and beyond for Pooran. Wow. DC and LSG.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Rs 10 crore for Pooran. Ah, the insanity of IPL.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Rs 7.25 crore between DC and RR; and LSG come in late.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Pooran time. RR, CSK, DC the early bidders.

IPL Auction 2023, wicketkeepers list: Expect good bids for Pooran here. First up, Litton Das.

Next set is capped wicketkeepers: Tom Banton, Litton Das, Heinrich Klaasen, Kusal Mendis, Nicholas Pooran, Phil Salt

MI’s Akash Ambani: We have tracked him for 2-3 years and his recent performances in India... he is the right age profile as well for us. All three (the allrounders) are fantastic players but we are very happy to Cam Green.

Ben Stokes to CSK: Eoin Morgan says he agrees with AB de Villiers, that Ben Stokes for Rs 16.25 crore is a steal for CSK. MSD and Stokes in one franchise, wow.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Ben Stokes to CSK for Rs 16.25 crores! Future captain, eh?

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Ben Stokes... CSK come in late! Wow. Rs 16.25 crore. LSG pull out.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Ben Stokes, Rs 14 crore and counting. That rules out RR again. SRH and LSG at it.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Ben Stokes. LSG join in. SRH join in. Rs 9 crore and counting.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Ben Stokes up next. RR and RCB at it for now. Just crossing Rs 6 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Cameron Green goes to Mumbai Indians for Rs 17.50 crore. Would have been the record if a certain Sam Curran hadn’t come in earlier.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Cameron Green has touched the Rs 16 crore mark. Wow.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Cameron Green goes past Rs 13 crore. DC and MI at it still. Ricky Ponting’s first choice I imagine.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Cameron Green time. Already up to RS 7 crore. MI and DC at it.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Jason Holder gets good amount of interest too. Goes to RR for Rs 5.75 crore, CSK were in it too.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Sikandar Raza from Zimbabwe at Rs 50 Lakh goes to Punjab Kings. Odean Smith goes to GT as Rs 50 lakh

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: History-maker. PBKS go up to Rs 18.50 crore for Sam Curran, more than the highest retained slab for players ahead of the mega auction.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Rs 18 crore has been crossed! MI come in with a late bid.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: SAM CURRAN will break the record for IPL auction for most expensive recruit. Rs 17.75 crore and counting for now.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Wow, Lucknow come in late with Rs 15.75 crore for Curran. PBKS have Rs 16 crore. CSK seem to be out of it.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Of course CSK come in late for Sam Curran. The bid goes up to Rs 13.5 and that means the Royals are out. Rs 14 crore and now between CSK and PBKS.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Sam Curran has gone up to Rs 11.50 crore between RR and MI. MI pull out. Will CSK come in now?

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: In the time it took me to put the previous update and type this new one, Sam Curran has gone p to Rs 9.75 crore. RR, MI at it now. RR have it at Rs 10 crore.

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: SAM CURRAN TIME. Fasten your seat belts

IPL Auction 2023, allrounders list: Shakib Al Hasan, as he is vociferously appealing for a LBW against R Ashwin in Dhaka, goes unsold for now.

All rounders set, folks. It’s the big one.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: “I am really happy for Mayank, he has a new set-up to go into and work with someone like Brian Lara,” says former PBKS coach Anil Kumble.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: “To go work with someone like Brian Lara is going to be huge for Harry Brook,” says Eoin Morgan in the Jio Cinema studio.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Oh wow, just before Root we missed Ajinkya Rahane to CSK. That is... very CSK. For base price of Rs 50 lakh.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Joe Root up next and he goes, for now, unsold.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Mayank Agarwal goes to Sunrisers for Rs 8.25 Crores. Captain material?

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: The battle for Mayank Agarwal is firmly between CSK and SRH. e ar up to Rs 7.75 crore now.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: SRH are back for Mayank Agarwal too. Going at with CSK. That’s a classic Chennai bidding battle based out of the Adyar area.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Mayank Agarwal next. CSK, PBKS and RCB are in for him.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: WOW! You are a millionaire, Harry. England’s Harry Brook goes for RS 13.25 Crore to SRH.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Wow. That is a masterstroke by RR or what? They have driven SRh to bid Rs 13.25 crore and pull out, because they can’t bid anymore.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: RR entered the auction with Rs 13.2 crore purse remaining. They have gone up to Rs 13 crore for Harry Brook. If SRH go one higher, they can’t bid.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: The stat box in the bottom of the screen says helpfully that Brook strikes at nearly 150 in the 99 T20s he has played. We have crossed Rs 10 crore!

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: RR entered the auction with Rs 13.20 crores left. They have gone up to Rs 8.5 crore for Brook!

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Wow, Harry Brook. Rs 8 crore mark reached!

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Enter SRH for Brook. Kavya Maran is expected to be busy today with the funds they have left. He has crossed Rs 6 crore and Royals still going for it.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Harry Brook has crossed Rs 4 crore from his base price of Rs 1.50 crore. RR and RCB only two teams at it for now.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Harry Brook up next. RCB and Royals are in it quite intensely.

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Kane Williamson gets a bidder, goes for base price Rs 2 Crore to Gujarat Titans

IPL Auction 2023, batters list: Kane Williamson. First name is the former SRH captain and the cameraman goes to that table right away. Gujarat Titans make sure there will be at least one bid.

Batters set: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Ajinkya Rahane, Joe Root, Rilee Rossouw, Kane Williamson are going to be up for bidding first up.

2.39 pm: Right then, time for the auction.

2.35 pm: “We are not here to materially value the players....” starts off Arun Singh Dhumal in his address.

2.30 pm: Will Impact Player ruling make an auction impact? The Indian Premier League will witness the introduction of the Impact Player in its next season in 2023. The teams will be allowed to substitute one player called the Impact Player, who can bat and bowl during a game. More details about the rule here. It is a rule that essentially widens the net for teams and the need to have at least a couple of big weapons outside the first XI.

2.29 pm: This is just to give an idea of how busy teams could be and how much wiggle room they have. How much funds the teams have per slot available to fill. Of course, expect some of the teams to not fill up the full quota of 25 slots.

2.25 pm: An update on the base price of Rehan Ahmed for the auction list. Also as per earlier reports, Ben McDermott is not in the final list of players today.

2.17 pm: With the player order often determining the auction dynamics, here’s a look at the first three sets of players that will be up for recruitment:

Is Hugh Edmeades back?

Yes, he is. The auctioneer had a health scare last time around with Charu Sharma stepping in, but he is back again for this edition.

Hello all and welcome to live updates of IPL 2023 player auction (a mini-auction) as the 10 teams look to complete their squads with varying degrees for the upcoming season.

Coming after a mega auction before the last edition, a look at the make-up of the squads currently will immediately tell you which teams got their rebuilding right and which teams were way off. Sunrisers Hyderabad have plenty of work to do, expect Kings XI Punjab also to be busy while the likes of Gujarat Titans (Defending champions) and Delhi Capitals will be quiet. It’s never panic season in Chennai Super Kings and this auction doesn’t seem much different either as they continue to stick to their process of following the process. Mumbai Indians had a disappointing season but have a nice young core squad and will be looking to add firepower to bounce back.

The overseas allrounders are expected to dominate the money charts, but who will surprise us today? Which uncapped Indian players are going to have their life changed? Let’s find out.

The IPL auction will start at 14:30 IST and will be broadcast on Star Sports network and streamed on JioCinema in India.