IPL Auction 2024 Highlights: Starc, Cummins shatter ₹20 crore barrier, uncapped Indians rake in the moolah

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Well that was quite something. Pat Cummins's record didn't even stand an hour before his teammate went ahead and made ashes of it. But the third player in that trio, Josh Hazlewood has gone unsold and that is probably because of the fact that he will be available only in May.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Spinners Tabraiz Shamsi, Ish Sodhi, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosseuin, Waqar Salamkheil and Mujeeb ur Rahman all go unsold. That brings us to the end of this set.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Fair bit of interest for the Sri Lankan pacer who had impressed during the World Cup. MI fight it out with LSG and he goes for ₹4.60 crore to the five-time champions, having come in with a base price of ₹50 lakh.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The pacer came with a base price of ₹50 lakh and SRH fended off DC to acquire him.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Well they may form one of the greatest pace trios of all time in Test cricket for Australia but they don't all meet the same fate here in this auction room. Josh Hazlewood with a base price of ₹2 crore goes unsold after his teammates Starc and Cummins rake in the moolah.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Mini-auction? What mini-auction. The Australian fast bowlers have shattered the record for most expensive player twice today.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Lengthy, lengthy discussions now between each paddle lift. It is stays for a while with GT at ₹24.50 crore, the KKR table has a long discussion before lifting the paddle.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: It goes higher and higher. The bank is being shattered here by KKR and GT. It is currently at ₹22.25 crore with KKR.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Well it looks like Starc is going to break the record set by his captain straightaway. The bid stays with GT for a while at ₹20.25 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: MI and DC pull out when the bid crosses ₹9.60 crore after which it becomes a battle between GT and KKR. It is with KKR for now at ₹18.75 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Shivam Mavi sold to LSG for ₹6.40 crore and after him comes arguably the man who has been touted as the showstopper of this auction. A little cheer goes up in the room in fact when Mallika Sagar announces Starc's name. DC make the opening bid of ₹2 crore and MI straightaway lift the paddle. The back and forth is between them for now and the price has crossed ₹6 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: A brief exchange between SRH and GT for Umesh, whose base price was ₹2 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: RCB came in, stuck on and snapped him up for ₹11.50 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Well that was quite a roller coaster. CSK started the bidding and it was between them and DC. LSG then battled it out with DC and the latter eventually pulled out at ₹6.60 crore. RCB have come in since then.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Kusal Mendis, who led Sri Lanka in the 2023 World Cup, came in at a base price of 50 lakh and he went unsold. New Zealand tearaway Lockie Ferguson, a regular in the IPL, came in at a base price of ₹2 crore and he goes unsold.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: A bit of a surprise there considering the display that Inglis put up in the recent five-match series in India. His base price was ₹2 crore and he is unsold. KS Bharat, the wicketkeeper who played five Tests for India as a wicketkeeper, went to KKR or his base price of ₹50 lakh

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Salt came in with a base price of ₹1.50 crore and no franchises lifted their paddles for him. Then Tristan Stubbs was bought at his base price of ₹50 lakh by the Delhi Capitals.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: There have been some significant dents made in the purses of some franchises, as expected, after that bit of carnage in the 2nd set.

RCB - ₹23.25 crore

KKR - ₹32.70 crore

Punjab Kings - ₹13.15 crore

CSK - ₹11.60 crore

Delhi Capitals - ₹24.95 crore

Rajasthan Royals - ₹7.10 crore

Mumbai Indians - ₹12.75 crore

SRH - ₹5.20 crore

Lucknow Super Giants - ₹13.15 crore

Gujarat Titans - ₹37.65 crore

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Phew! That second set was expected to be a blockbuster one but ₹20.50 crore being spent over here was probably not something many saw coming. What a year Pat Cummins has had. His bowling standards have only gone up, if that was ever possible, and as captain, he has led Australia to the WTC and World Cup titles and retained the Ashes in England. Now, this. A deserving candidate for the tag of most expensive IPL player of all time if there ever was one.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Woakes had a base price of ₹2 crore and KKR started the bidding. PBKS fought it out for him and in the end, took the England all-rounder for ₹4.20 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: And the yellows have it! Some long drawn discussions on both tables as the war went on and in the end, it stops with CSK raising the paddle for ₹14 crore. Mitchell had gone unsold last year, remember.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: It was PBKS vs DC for the Kiwi all-rounder, DC pulled out after the bid reached ₹11.75 crore but CSK then entered the fray.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: LSG entered the fray late to push the price up to ₹11 crore. The war ended with PBKS getting Harshal for ₹11.75 crore. He is the second highest bid of the day thus far. Up next is New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The fast bowler had a base price of ₹2 crore and Gujarat Titans started the bidding. PBKS came in and the war has been between the two franchises. The bid has now breached ₹10 crore, currently at ₹10.75 crore with PBKS.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The South African tearaway is Mumbai Indians' first acquisition of the day. His base price was ₹2 crore and there was a little tussle with CSK and LSG.