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

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The last man to enter the bid is Sourab Chauhan, at RCB's request. And RCB take him for ₹20 lakh. And that brings to an end the 2024 IPL Auctions. Australia fast bowling duo Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins remain the standouts, as one would have expected. Cummins was sold to SRH for Cummins was sold to SRH for ₹20.50 crore, making him the first player in IPL history to go at more than ₹20 crore. But just under an hour later, Starc smashed that record with KKR buying him for ₹24.75 crore. The other big buys were Dary Mitchell who was acquired by CSK for ₹14 crore. Harshal Patel is the most expensive Indian player, being bought by PBKS for ₹11.75 crore while West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph went to RCB for ₹11.50 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Indian fans have got a glimpse of him during the team's ongoing tour of South Africa. He has gone for a base price of ₹50 lakh to RR.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Both players bought for their base prices of ₹20 lakh. Swastik Chikkara has gone to DC, Abid Mushtaq is going to RR.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The England pacer has been snapped up by MI for ₹1 crore. Adam Milne and Matt Henry both then go unsold.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: MI snap up Afghanistan veteran Nabi for ₹1.50 crore. West Indies ODI captain Shai Hope, meanwhile, is bought by DC for ₹75 lakh. Both at their base prices.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur Rahman has returned, base price of ₹2 crore. KKR make the first and final bid.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Still no buyers for the former Australia captain. Then comes Lockie Ferguson and he is taken by RCB for ₹2 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: PBKS stick through and get Rossouw for ₹8 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Here we go then, DC and PBKS competing for Rilee Rossouw, who had a base price of ₹2 crore. The bid is currently at ₹4.40 crore with PBKS.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Manish Pandey is up next and KKR raise their paddle. Base price of ₹50 lakh and that is what they get him for.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Karun Nair is the first player among those who went unsold. Base price of ₹50 lakh. He remains unsold.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Hardik Pandya is of course the new captain of the Mumbai Indians, ending Rohit Sharma's extremely succesfull 10-year reign. Here is what head coach Mark Boucher had to say about the situation.

"Well, we've had conversations with certain team members in that leadership within the group. I think it's purely just a transitional phase, you know, the game of cricket. Mumbai Indians moves on forward. The road's been fantastic for us. He's [Hardik Pandya] been a stalwart for Mumbai Indians. He's done really well. This is just a decision that is made by us to move forward and get into a transition phase with a new captain. And if we take all the emotions aside and all that type of stuff, that's simply what it is all about.

"Can I say anything about it? I'm not too sure. I've heard rumours via social media and all that type of stuff, but I'm not really into social media stuff. As far as I can say is that it was handled by us in the best way possible. We understand there are emotions around everything but this is purely a transitional phase for Mumbai Indians and decisions were made by us to, move forward and that's where we are at the moment."

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The auctioneer now asks the team to submit the names of players they want to bid for. Those players will be back in the pool for the next round.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: He comes in at a base price of ₹20 lakh and CSK bid for him straightaway. It is a battle between CSK and Mumbai for a while and then GT come in. They eventually snap him for ₹3.6 crore. A string of unsold players after that.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: They have ended up buying three players in a row, all with base prices of ₹20 lakh. They are Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh and Shashank Singh. However, PBKS interrupt Mallika Sagar before the third name goes up, stating that they may have bid for the wrong player. The auctioneer, however, says that the hammer has gone down and so the decision stays.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Big payday for Sumit Kumar. His base price was ₹20 lakh. DC and KKR compete for him and the former snap him up at ₹1 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Good day to be an Aussie pacer today,. Richardson came in with a base price of 1.50 crore and DC and RCB battle it out for him. DC wins it at ₹5 crore.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Sri Lanka pacer with that slingy action that Lasith Malinga immortalised. KKR started the bidding but RCB and MI then took over. MI looked far more confident of getting him throughout and they get him for ₹4.50 crore after coming in for a base price of ₹50 lakh.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The Bangladesh pacer came in with a base price of ₹2 crore and he is bought at exactly that amount.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Well this has come out of nowhere a little bit. It is DC vs GT in the end for Johnson and the latter add him to their roster.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The New Zealand all-rounder had fetched ₹15 crore at one point. Now, he is unsold. The Australian Spencer Johnson then becomes the subject of a bidding war between DC and GT.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Two regulars in international cricket find no bidders - Shai Hope, the West Indies ODI captain and Sri Lanka pacer Chameera.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: David Willey, who retired from international cricket after the 2023 World Cup, bought by LSG for base price of ₹2 crore

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The English all-rounder is bought by RCB for his base price of ₹1.5 crore. James Neesham then goes unsold as does Keemo Paul.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Turner has gone to LSG at his base price of ₹1 crore. Qais Ahmed, Rassie van der Dussen and Michael Bracewell then goes unsold.