Josh Little invites bidding war; Gujarat Titans pick him for 4.4 crores

The IPL 2023 mini-auction will be held in Kochi on Friday, December 23. Get all the live updates from the auction on CricXtasy's live blog.
 
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8:42 PM IST: That concludes the IPL 2023 mini-auctions. Unsurprisingly, the star all-rounders' trio of Sam Curran, Cameron Green and Ben Stokes bagged the biggest deals of the day, with Nicholas Pooran too, getting a huge sum of INR 16 crores from LSG. Here's a detailed list of all the players sold and unsold at the IPL 2023 mini-auctions.

EKANT SEN goes unsold

WAYNE PARNELL goes unsold.

SHAKIB AL HASAN goes to KKR at INR 1.50 crores.

JOE ROOT goes to RR at INR 1 crore.

8:24 PM IST KKR, RR and PBKS still have slots left, and so, the accelerated round will go on.

ABDUL P A goes to RR at INR 20 Lakhs

PRASHANT CHOPRA goes unsold

RAGHAV GOYAL goes to MI at INR 20 Lakhs

YUDHVIR CHARAK goes to LSG for INR 20 Lakhs

LUKE WOOD goes unsold

DILSHAN MADUSHANKA goes unsold

NAVEEN UL HAQ goes to LSG at INR 50 Lakhs

AKASH SINGH goes unsold

AKASH VASHISHT goes to RR for INR 20 Lakhs

WAYNE PARNELL, JOHNSON CHARLES and SURYANSH SHEDGE go unsold

RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN goes unsold.

MANDEEP SINGH goes to KKR at INR 50 Lakhs

MURUGAN ASHWIN goes to RR at INR 20 Lakhs.

KM ASIF goes to RR at INR 30 Lakhs

DINESH BANA goes unsold

ANMOLPREET SINGH goes to SRH at INR 20 Lakhs

ADAM ZAMPA goes to RR at INR 1.50 crores

AKEAL HOSEIN goes to SRH for INR 1 crore

KUSAL MENDIS goes unsold

LITTON DAS goes to his base price of INR 50 Lakhs to KKR

RILEE ROSSOUW gets bids from RR and DC. DC have him at INR 4.60 crores

8:12 PM IST. It's time for the final set.

7:43 PM IST Some quick decision-making there, and Joshua Little steals the show with an INR 4.4 crores deal with GT. We'll be back for a final accelerated round in 15 minutes.

SHIVAM SINGH goes to PBKS for INR 20 Lakhs

BHAGATH VARMA goes to CSK at INR 20 Lakhs

NEHAL WADHERA goes to MI at INR 20 Lakhs

MOHIT RATHEE goes to PBKS at INR 20 Lakhs

SHUBHANG HEGDE goes unsold

DEEPESH NAILWAL goes unsold

TRILOK NAG goes unsold

SHUBHAM KAPSE goes unsold

UTKARSH SINGH goes unsold

JITENDER PAL goes unsold

AJAY MANDAL goes to CSK at INR 20 Lakhs

KULWANT KHEJROLIYA goes to KKR at INR 20 Lakhs

SONU YADAV goes to RCB at INR 20 Lakhs

KUNAL RATHORE goes to RR for INR 20 Lakhs

VARUN AARON, PRIYANK PANCHAL, SANJAY RAMASWAMY and BALA SURYA go unsold

TOM CURRAN goes unsold

REHAN AHMED goes unsold

AVINASH SINGH gets bids from KKR and RCB. RCB have him for INR 60 Lakhs

NITISH REDDY goes to SRH at INR 20 Lakhs

AJITESH GURUSWAMY goes unsold

SANJAY YADAV goes unsold

DAVID WIESE goes to KKR at INR 1 crores

SUMEET VERMA goes unsold

SWAPNIL SINGH goes to LSG for INR 20 Lakhs

SHAMS MULANI goes to MI for INR 20 Lakhs

HIMANSHU BISHT goes unsold

MOHIT SHARMA goes to GT at INR 50 Lakhs

DILSHAN MADUSHANKA goes unsold.

JOSHUA LITTLE gets bids from GT and LSG, his base price being INR 50 Lakhs. GT have him for INR 4.4 crores.

JAMIE OVERTON, RICHARD GLEESON and NAVEEN UL HAQ go unsold.

SUYANSH SHARMA goes to KKR at INR 20 Lakhs

YUVRAJ CHUDASAMA goes unsold

TEJAS BAROKA goes unsold

PAUL VAN MEEKEREN goes unsold

AKASH SINGH goes unsold

RAJAN KUMAR gets bids from RCB and KKR. He goes to RCB for INR 70 Lakhs

VIDWATH KAVERAPPA goes to PBKS for INR 20 Lakhs

VISHNU VINOD goes to MI at INR 20 Lakhs

KIRANT SHINDE goes unsold

URVIL PATEL goes to GT at INR 20 Lakhs

BABA INDRAJITH goes unsold

DONOVAN FERREIRA gets bids from RR and KKR. RR have him for INR 50 Lakhs

SURYANSH SHEGDE and JAGADEESHA SUCHITH go unsold

PRERAK MANKAD goes to LSG at INR 20 Lakhs

DUAN JANSEN goes to MI at INR 20 Lakhs

MAYANK DAGAR gets the opening bid from SRH. RR join the battle. The bidding has gone up to INR 1 crores from his base price of INR 20 Lakhs. SRH have him at INR 1.80 crores

MANOJ BHANDAGE goes to RCB for INR 20 Lakhs

WILL SMEED goes unsold

HARPREET BHATIA gets bids from PBKS and KKR. PBKA have him for INR 40 Lakhs

AMIT MISHRA goes to LSG for INR 50 Lakhs

PIYUSH CHAWLA goes to Mumbai Indians at INR 50 Lakhs

7 PM IST. It's time for the accelerated round!

KYLE JAMIESON goes to CSK for INR 1 crore.

RILEY MEREDITH, SANDEEP SHARMA, TASKIN AHMED, DUSHMANTHA CHAMEERA and BLESSING MUZARABANI go unsold.

Next up are capped bowlers

MOHAMMAD NABI, WAYNE PARNELL, JIMMY NEESHAM and DASUN SHANAKA go unsold.

LSG get DANIEL SAMS for INR 75 Lakhs

DARYL MITCHELL goes unsold.

ROMARIO SHEPHERD gets the initial bid from LSG, and they get him for a base price of INR 50 Lakhs

Time for capped all-rounders.

TRAVIS HEAD, MANDEEP SINGH and DAWID MALAN go unsold.

WILL JACKS gets bids from RR and RCB. He goes to RCB for INR 3.2 crores.

RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN and SHERFANE RUTHERFORD go unsold.

MANISH PANDEY gets the opening bid from DC. RCB join in. DC get him for INR 2.40 crores.

PAUL STIRLING goes unsold.

5:47 PM IST. Welcome back! We have the next set of capped batters.

5:25 PM IST Some interesting buys from the uncapped players' sets. The auction resumes after a 10-minute break.

HIMANSHU SHARMA goes to RCB for INR 20 Lakhs.

CHINTAL GANDHI, IZHARULHUQ NAVEED, MURUGAN ASHWIN, SHREYAS GOPAL and S MIDHUN go unsold.

We have uncapped spinners in the next set.

MUKESH KUMAR gets bids from CSK and DC. PBKS join the race with DC. The bidding goes upto INR 5 crores. He goes to DC for INR 5.5 crores.

SHIVAM MAVI gets bids from KKR, CSK and GT. RR join GT in a bidding war. The bidding goes up to INR 4 crores. GT have Mavi for INR 6 crores.

KM ASIF, MUJTABA YOUSUF and LANCE MORRIS go unsold.

YASH THAKUR attracts bids from PBKS and LSG. He goes to LSG for INR 45 Lakhs.

VAIBHAV ARORA goes to KKR at INR 60 Lakhs.

Next up are the uncapped fast-bowlers

MOHAMMED AZHARUDDEEN goes unsold.

UPENDRA SINGH YADAV goes to SRH for INR 25 Lakhs after initial interest from MI.

KS BHARAT gets bids from CSK and GT. He goes to Gujarat Titans for INR 1.20 crores.

N JAGADEESAN gets initial bids from CSK and KKR. Jagadeesan goes to KKR for INR 90 Lakhs.

SUMIT KUMAR, DINESH BANA go unsold.

Time for Set 8, comprising uncapped wicketkeepers.

SHASHANK SINGH goes unsold.

NISHANT SINDHU gets initial bids from CSK and KKR. He goes to CSK for INR 60 Lakhs.

ABHIMANYU EASWARAN goes unsold.

SANVIR SINGH goes to SRH for 20 Lakhs

SAURABH KUMAR, CORBIN BOSCH go unsold.

SAMARTH VYAS goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for a base price of INR 20 Lakhs.

PRIYAM GARG goes unsold.

VIVRANT SHARMA attracts bids from KKR and SRH. It soars up to INR 1.5 crores in no time. He goes to SRH at INR 2.60 crores.

Time for uncapped all-rounders.

HIMMAT SINGH goes unsold.

SHAIK RASHEED goes to CSK for 20 Lakhs.

ANMOLPREET SINGH, LR CHETHAN, SHUBHAM KHAJURIA and ROHAN KUNNUMMAL go unsold

4:27 IST. That completes the spinners' set. SRH have Adil Rashid and Mayank Markande, while Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Adam Zampa, Akeal Hosein and Tabraiz Shamsi go unsold.

MAYANK MARKANDE gets the initial bid from Sunrisers Hyderabad. He goes to SRH for INR 50 Lakhs.

MUJEEB UR RAHMAN goes unsold.

TABRAIZ SHAMSI goes unsold.

ADAM ZAMPA goes unsold.

AKEAL HOSEIN goes unsold.

ADIL RASHID is the first player in the list. He goes to the Sunrisers Hyderabad for his base price of INR 2 crores.

Time for the spinners!

ISHANT SHARMA goes to Delhi Capitals for base price of INR 50 Lakhs.

JHYE RICHARDSON gets the opening bid from Mumbai Indians, and he is sold for his base price of INR 1.50 crores.

ADAM MILNE goes unsold.

LSG have JAYDEV UNADKAT for base price of INR 50 Lakhs.

REECE TOPLEY goes to RCB for INR 1.90 crores after initial interest from MI and CSK.

CHRIS JORDAN goes unsold.

Next up are the fast bowlers.

4:15 IST. Nicholas Pooran goes to LSG for a staggering INR 16 crores, while SRH get Heinrich Klaasen for INR 5.25 crores. Phil Salt goes to DC for his base price, and Liton Das, Tom Banton and Kusal Mendis go unsold. That's it from this set for the wicketkeepers.

PHIL SALT gets the initial bid from Delhi Capitals, and the England cricketer goes to DC for his base price of INR 2 crores.

TOM BANTON goes unsold.

KUSAL MENDIS goes unsold.

HEINRICH KLAASEN draws interest from KKR, DC and SRH. The South Africa wicketkeeper goes to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 5.25 crores.

Next up is NICHOLAS POORAN. Instant interest from CSK and RR. CSK run out of purse, enter DC. Bid goes up to INR 6 crores. LSG join at INR 7.50 crores, it's now LSG vs DC. The bid now goes up to INR 12.50 crores with LSG. DC continue to battle, as do LSG. Nicholas Pooran goes to LSG for INR 16 crores.

LITON DAS, the first player in the list, goes unsold.

4 PM IST: Time for then next set, comprising wicketkeepers.

3:40 PM IST: Shakib Al Hasan goes unsold, but he could be up for grabs later in the day. As expected, Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green bag the biggest deals. That's it from the all-rounders set.

Next up is England Test captain BEN STOKES, and unsurprisingly, he's on high demand. It's RR vs RCB again. RCB back out, and so do RR, enter LSG and SRH. Intense bidding between the Sunrisers and Supergiants takes it upto INR 15 crores. CSK join the race at INR 15.25 crores, and they now have Ben Stokes for INR 16.25 crores.

CAMERON GREEN attracts intense bidding first up. RCB take the first bid and contest with MI until the INR 6.75 crores mark. Enter Delhi Capitals, and in a blink of an eye, the bidding jumps to INR 17 crores. Mumbai Indians acquire Green's services for INR 17.50 crores.

Next up is JASON HOLDER. Chennai Super Kings, for whom Holder played during his younger days, begin the bid. Rajasthan Royals enter the bidding war and it gets intense between the inaugural IPL finalists. Rajasthan Royals bag Jason Holder for INR 5.75 crores.

SIKANDAR RAZA goes to Punjab Kings for his base price of INR 50 lakhs.

ODEAN SMITH, the West Indies all-rounder, goes to Gujarat Titans for a base price of INR 50 lakhs.

SAM CURRAN is sold for 18.5 crores to Punjab Kings, the highest price ever!

Now the big one. It's SAM CURRAN and Mumbai Indians immediately go for him. RCB are fighting for him and Rajasthan Royals join the race as RCB drop out. Mumbai Indians are still keen on him. And now his old franchise steps in - CSK want him too. So do Punjab Kings. The others have dropped out. Now CSK drop out, but Mumbai return to fight it out with Punjab. 

SHAKIB AL HASAN is the first one to go up. He goes unsold. 

03:15 PM IST: The big set 2 is coming up. All eyes on some marquee all-rounders in the set with Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and Cameron Green alongside Jason Holder and Shakib Al Hasan up for sale. A few others too up for grabs. 

JOE ROOT and RILEE ROSSOUW go unsold, which might surprise a few, but then of course they could go again later in the day. That's that from set 1 of the IPL Auction.

AJINKYA RAHANE at base price of INR 50 lakhs goes to CSK.

MAYANK AGARWAL is up next and RCB and PBKS go head to head for him. CSK join the race midway. Sunrisers Hyderabad want him too. They are going after him here. SRH get Mayank for 8.25 crores.

Up next is the England star HARRY BROOK, who is coming off three away Test tons in Pakistan. He's a ridiculously good T20 player too. Rajasthan Royals and RCB are bidding for him. Sunrisers Hyderabad join the race and it's a proper bidding war between RR and SRH here for a young, bright star. SRH outrun Rajasthan Royals with their big purse and pick him up for 13.25 crores.

The first player up for sale is KANE WILLIAMSON. Just the one bid for the New Zealand skipper as Gujarat Titans fill their void at the top with an anchor to complement Shubman Gill.

02:30 PM IST: The auction is about to get underway. We have some marquee players up for sale in the next two rounds, so hold your breaths and wait for some riveting action. Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Ajinkya Rahane, Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Rilee Rossouw are the ones on sale in the first set. Who do you think will fetch the biggest price?

Check live list of players sold and unsold here

10:52 AM IST: Australia's Ben McDermott has withdrawn his name from this IPL Auction. He finished as the highest run scorer in the last Big Bash League season with over 550 runs to his name.

12 AM IST: The IPL 2023 auction is set to get underway in less than 24 hours time in Kochi, the event offering one last chance for the franchises to fine-tune their team balance ahead of the 2023 edition.

A number of international stalwarts are set to go under the hammer, with each of the 10 teams having a purse remaining ranging from INR 7.05 crores to INR 42.25 crores.

Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green, who are a part of the Set 2, comprising all-rounders, are primed for major deals, given their expertise and recent form.

Joe Root to join Delhi Capitals?

Joe Root has been roped in by the Dubai Capitals for UAEโ€™s ILT20, perhaps hinting that the GMR owned Delhi Capitals might well aim for the former England Test captain at the IPL 2023 auction. You can read more on Root's association with Dubai capitals here.

CSK keen on Sam Curran 

As per reports, the Chennai Super Kings management is keen on acquiring Sam Curran back into their setup. Curran, the Player of the Tournament and the Player of the Final in Englandโ€™s ICC T20 World Cup 2022 campaign in Australia, was an integral part of CSKโ€™s IPL 2021 winning team.

Sunrisers Hyderabad hunt for captaincy candidate

The Sunrisers Hyderabad head into the auction with the highest purse remaining of the 10 teams - INR 42.25 crore - which leaves them in with a great chance to revamp their setup. Having released Kane Williamson, theyโ€™d seek for a leadership candidate in the auctions, with Ben Stokes, Mayank Agarwal and Jason Holder likely in sight among others.

Can Kolkata Knight Riders find the right balance?

Two time IPL winners and 2021 runners-up Kolkata Knight Riders have the least purse remaining - INR 7.05 crores - and still lack a settled combination on paper. They have roped in Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz from Gujarat Titans and Shardul Thakur Delhi Capitals via trades, and would have to make wise decisions at the auction to find a solid squad depth.

Will Mumbai Indians go big again?

Mumbai Indians, the five-time champions, had a disappointing run at the IPL 2022, wherein they finished at the bottom of the points table. They had spent INR 29.5 crores combined on Ishan Kishan, Tim David and Jofra Archer - their top three expensive buys at the 2022 mega auction, and could go big again on select players, especially all-rounders, following Kieron Pollardโ€™s retirement.

Purse remaining for each of the 10 teams heading into the IPL 2023 auctions

Mumbai Indians: INR 20.55 crore

Chennai Super Kings: INR 20.45 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: INR 7.05 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: INR 42.25 crore

Rajasthan Royals: INR 13.2 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore: INR 8.75 crore

Delhi Capitals: INR 19.45 crore

Gujarat Titans: INR 19.25

Lucknow Supergiant: INR 23.35 crore

Punjab Kings: INR 32.2 crore

 

 

IPL 2023 Squads of all 10 teams ahead of the Auction

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

Total slots available: 7

Overseas slots available: 2

Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).

Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati.

All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ).

Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).

MUMBAI INDIANS

Total slots available: 9

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs (SA).

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Tim David (AUS), Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis (SA).

Bowlers: Jofra Archer (ENG), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff (AUS), Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar.

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

Total slots available: 7

Overseas slots available: 2

Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.

Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai.

All-rounders: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed.

Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey (ENG).

RAJASTHAN ROYALS

Total slots available: 9

Overseas slots available: 4

Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel.

Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag.

All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin.

Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav.

GUJARAT TITANS

Total slots available: 7

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade (AUS).

Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller (SA), Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill.

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia.

Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad (AFG), R. Sai Kishore, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav.

LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS

Total slots available: 10

Overseas slots remaining: 4

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), Manan Vohra.

Batters: KL Rahul, Ayush Badoni.

All-rounders: Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers (WI), Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis (AUS).

Bowlers: Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav.

PUNJAB KINGS

Total slots available: 9

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.

Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (SL), M. Shahrukh Khan, Atharva Taide.

All-rounders: Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone (ENG).

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis (AUS), Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada (SA).

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

Total slots available: 11

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG).

Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh.

All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel (WI), Shardul Thakur.

Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine (WI), Tim Southee (NZ), Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav.

DELHI CAPITALS

Total slots available: 5

Overseas slots available: 2

Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant (c).

Batters: Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell (WI), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner (AUS).

All-rounders: Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh (AUS), Axar Patel.

Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman (BAN), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi (SA), Anrich Nortje (SA), Vicky Ostwal, Chetan Sakariya.

 

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

Total slots available: 13

Overseas slots available: 4

Wicketkeepers: Glenn Phillips (NZ).

Batters: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (SA), Rahul Tripathi.

All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar.

Bowlers: Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), Marco Jansen (SA), Kartik Tyagi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik.