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A total of 971 players including 258 overseas players have registered for the 2019 IPL Auctions, wheres a maximum of 73 positions are to be filled. [16] Later, the Governing Council sent the eight franchises the final list of players, which has been trimmed from the original 971 to 332, including 19 Indian capped players.
The players auction for the 2020 season was held on 19 December 2019 in Kolkata. Pat Cummins was the most expensive player, purchased by the Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹ 15.5 crore (US$1.8 million), in doing so Cummins became the most expensive overseas player in the history of the IPL auction at the time.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a domestic, annual Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India, [3] [4] organized by the IPL Governing Council, under the aegis of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). [5] [6] It is the most watched Twenty20 tournament and the second-best-paying [a] sporting league globally. [7] [8] [9]
Mumbai Indians entered the IPL 2020 auction with a purse of 13.05 crores INR. However, with an extremely strong core, the team hardly had any of the bases uncovered. Yet, MI went on to purchase Chris Lynn, who was released last year by Kolkata Knight Riders, for the base price of 2CR INR and Aussie Nathan Coulter-Nile for a whopping 2CR INR.
Prof. Atanu Biswas compared IPL auction to auction on All India Cattle Show. [6] President Sharad Yadav of Janata Dal described IPL auction in 2008 as "a vulgar display of wealth, with even a Padma Vibhushan-winner being put up for auction". [6] Manish Tewari tweeted in 2018: "Auction of humans used to take place in barbaric ages. Can't there ...
The Capitals went into the auction with a purse of 27.85 Cr INR. Delhi Capitals retained 14 players and bought 8 players in the IPL Auction 2020. Their best purchases were Shimron Hetmyer for INR 775L and Marcus Stoinis for INR 480L. They were fortunate to get the services of Jason Roy and Chris Woakes at their base price.
According to an independent report conducted by Brand Finance, a London-based company, after the conclusion of the 2017 Indian Premier League, the IPL's business value grew by 37% to an all-time peak of $5.3 billion, exceeding the five-billion-dollar mark for the first time in a season. According to the company's director Savio D'Souza:
Chennai Super kings entered the IPL 2020 auction with a purse of ₹ 14.6 crore (US$1.7 million) . CSK got its first buy in the auction of Sam Curran with ₹ 5.50 crore (US$660,000) . Josh Hazlewood was also sold to their team at his base price of ₹ 2 crore (US$240,000) & CSK also heavily bidded for Piyush Chawla where they got him for ₹ 6 ...