IPL 2020 auction in Kolkata saw a fierce bidding war amongst 8 teams. By the time the gravel was put down the last time Rs. 140.30 crore was spent amongst the 8 teams, shaping their squads for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. The Auction for the 13th edition of IPL took place on the 19th December 2019, and at the squads looked like this:
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
Budget: Rs. 42.70 crore
Spent: Rs. 26.20 crore
Players Bought: Glenn Maxwell (10.75 crore), Sheldon Cottrell (8.5 crore), Chris Jordan (3 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (2 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (55 lakh), James Neesham (50 lakh), Deepak Hooda (50 lakh), Ishan Porel (20 lakh), and Tajinder Dhillon (20 lakh)
Players Retained: KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin
Traded In: K Gowtham, J Suchith
Squad strength: 25
Indian Players: 17
Overseas Players: 8
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Budget: Rs. 35.65 crore
Spent: Rs. 27.15 crore
Players Bought: Pat Cummins (15.5 crore), Eoin Morgan (5.25 crore), Varun Chakaravarthy (4 crore), Tom Banton (1 crore), Rahul Tripathi (60 lakh), M Siddharth (20 lakh), Pravin Tambe (20 lakh), Chris Green (20 lakh), and Nikhil Naik (20 lakh)
Players Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Sandeep Warrier, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Prasidh Krishna, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Harry Gurney, and Shivam Mavi
Traded In: Siddhesh Lad
Squad strength: 23
Indian Players: 15
Overseas Players: 8
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Budget: Rs. 28.90 crore
Spent: Rs. 14.15 crore
Players Bought: Robin Uthappa (3 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (3 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (2.4 crore), Kartik Tyagi (1.3 crore), Tom Curran (1 crore), Andrew Tye (1 crore), David Miller (75 lakh), Anuj Rawat (80 lakh), Oshane Thomas (50 lakh), Akash Singh (20 lakh), and Anirudha Joshi (20 lakh)
Players Retained: Steve Smith, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Varun Aaron, Jos Buttler, Shashank Singh, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, and Manan Vohra
Traded In: Ankit Rajpoot, Rahul Tewatia, and Mayank Markande
Squad strength: 25
Indian Players: 17
Overseas Players: 8
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Budget: Rs. 27.90 crore
Spent: Rs. 21.50 crore
Players Bought: Chris Morris (10 crore), Aaron Finch (4.4 crore), Kane Richardson (4 crore), Dale Steyn (2 crore), Isuru Udana (50 lakh), Joshua Philippe (20 lakh), Shahbaz Ahamad (20 lakh), and Pavan Deshpande (20 lakh)
Players Retained: Virat Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Parthiv Patel, Navdeep Saini, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Devdutt Padikkal, Umesh Yadav, and Gurkeerat Mann
Squad strength: 21
Indians: 13
Overseas: 8
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Budget: Rs. 27.85 crore
Spent: Rs. 18.85 crore
Players bought: Shimron Hetmyer (7.75 crore), Marcus Stoinis (4.8 crore), Alex Carey (2.4 crore), Jason Roy (1.5 crore), Chris Woakes (1.5 crore), Mohit Sharma (50 lakh), Tushar Deshpande (20 lakh), and Lalit Yadav (20 lakh)
Players Retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Harshal Patel, Rishabh Pant, Keemo Paul, Avesh Khan, and Sandeep Lamichhane
Traded In: Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ajinkya Rahane
Squad strength: 22
Indian Players: 14
Overseas Players: 8
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Budget: Rs. 17 crore
Spent: Rs. 6.90 crore
Players Bought: Mitchell Marsh (2 crore), Priyam Garg (1.9 crore), Virat Singh (1.9 crore), Fabian Allen (50 lakh), Sanjay Yadav (20 lakh), Sandeep Bavanaka (20 lakh), and Abdul Samad (20 lakh)
Players Retained: Kane Williamson, Sandeep Sharma, David Warner, Siddarth Kaul, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Khaleel Ahmed, Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Mohammad Nabi, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Jonny Bairstow, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Squad Strength: 25
Indian Players: 17
Overseas Players: 8
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Budget: Rs. 14.60 crore
Spent: Rs. 14.45 crore
Players Bought: Piyush Chawla (6.75 crore), Sam Curran (5.5 crore), Josh Hazlewood (2 crore), and R Sai Kishore (20 lakh)
Players Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Murali Vijay, KM Asif, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, and Monu Singh.
Squad strength: 24
Indian Players: 16
Overseas Players: 8
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Budget: Rs. 13.05 crore
Spent: Rs. 11.10 crore
Players Bought: Nathan Coulter-Nile (8 crore), Chris Lynn (2 crore), Saurabh Tiwary (50 lakh), Mohsin Khan (20 lakh), Balwant Rai Singh (20 lakh), and Digvijay Deshmukh (20 lakh)
Players Retained: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Lasith Malinga, Ishan Kishan, Jayant Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Anukul Roy, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, and Mitchell McClenaghan
Traded In: Sherfane Rutherford, Dhawal Kilkarni, and Trent Boult
Squad strength: 24
Indian Players: 16
Overseas Players: 8
