IPL Auction Day 1 Highlights: INR 27 crore man Pant, Shreyas and Venkatesh the headline makers on Day 1

IPL Auction LIVE: RCB seem to have got him at INR 7 crore but Punjab Kings use the RTM option after a long deliberation. RCB raise their bid to INR 11 crore and that's that.

IPL Auction LIVE: His base price is INR 1 crore and CSK and LSG exchange some bullet bids. CSK pulls out after a final bid of INR 3.20 crore at which DC come in with INR 3.60 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE: Big smiles on that SRH table as PBKS pull out after their final bid of INR 11 crore. Ishan Kishan will not be in blue next season, he will be joining the SRH hitting machine instead.

IPL Auction LIVE: DC shake their heads definitevely when PBKS raise their paddle for INR 10 crore. They are done but in come SRH with INR 10.25 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE: Long deliberations in between paddle lifts. It is currently with PBKS.

IPL Auction LIVE: MI straightaway raise their paddle for Kishan. They stay in it with PBKS until a bid of INR 3.20 crore but DC join the fray with a bid of INR 3.60 crore

IPL Auction LIVE: If you were wondering which major star it is that MI let go of if they retained all of those Indian big names, well, it is Ishan Kishan. His base price is INR 2 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE: A major acquisition at long last for RCB. They stay in the fight and KKR finally stop their bidding at INR 11.25.

IPL Auction LIVE: It is with RCB at the moment, they must be desperate to get at least one of these big bids go their way. KKR remain in the fray though, they raise to INR 10.75 cr after RCB bid INR 10.50 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE: One of the major reasons behind KKR's title win last season. MI make the initial bid of INR 2 crore, RCB raise their paddle and the price shoots to INR 4.20 crore, at which point MI pull out and KKR come in for their man. The bid has risen to INR 7 crore by RCB now.

IPL Auction LIVE: It hasn't been the greatest of times for the Englishman. His place in the England is shaky across formats and that is reflected by him going unsold at first go.

IPL Auction LIVE: MI deliberate and then shake their hands. There won't be a return to the Wankhede for QDK, he instead headed for the Eden Gardens.

IPL Auction LIVE: Well it looked like SRH might take him at base price but then MI raise their paddle. SRH pull out at INR 2.80 crore, KKR joins the bid and they now have a bid of INR 3.60 crore. MI deliberating.

IPL Auction LIVE: All right we are back after that tiny little break. The first player to go up among the capped wicketkeepers is Quinton de Kock, base price of INR 2 crore.

IPL Auction LIVE: Now apart from this being an interesting return to home for Ravichandran Ashwin, him going to CSK also means that he will team up with Ravindra Jadeja. The spin pair that powered India's dominance at home between 2012 and November 2024 now operating in tandem in yellow.

IPL Auction LIVE: “We are very happy to get Liam Livingstone. He is a very very dangerous player obviously huge power but very versatile as well, given that he bowls legspin and offspin. So having that spin addition to our attack is really nice to secure early in the auction. And the other thing I'd say about Livingston, and I've worked with him quite a lot before, certainly at the England Cricket Academy, what I see in him is a maturing player, and some of his international efforts recently shows that he's a maturing batsman who now can change gear up and down. And his ups very high, obviously, but he can also build innings and absorb pressure when he needs to. So that's been really nice to see recently. We're really happy to get him.”

IPL Auction LIVE: Maxwell is back at Punjab, who are assembling a very interesting squad indeed.

IPL Auction LIVE: Well it looked like nobody wanted Maxwell but now his base price is going to be doubled. Such are the ways of the auction.

IPL Auction LIVE: It looked just a for a strange second that Glenn Maxwell may go unsold. PBKS ask for some time to deliberate, in which time SRH raise their paddle.

IPL Auction LIVE: DC decide not to use the RTM after a fairly big deliberation. It was a short battle between LSG and SRH.

IPL Auction LIVE: Another one gone for RCB. They deliberate after PBKS raise the paddle at INR 11 crore and then pull out. No RTM coming from LSG either and the Punjab fans celebrate.

IPL Auction LIVE: They raise the paddle first, Stoinis's base price was INR 2 crore. CSK fight it out with them and the bid rises to INR 8.75 crore. CSK pull out at this point and PBKW come in.

IPL Auction LIVE: They wrestled him back from the market. RCB stay in the fight but in the end, they had to back out. They are looking a grumpy bunch, it hasn't been a good day for them. What a surprise this bihas turned out to be though.

IPL Auction LIVE: Ok it has now paused with KKR raising their paddle at INR 20.75 crore. Some deliberation and then RCB raise their paddle, KKR respond by raising theirs. The price continues to rise, it is now beyond INR 22 crore!

IPL Auction LIVE: Wow, who would've seen this coming. It remains RCB and KKR fighting it out. IPL Auction LIVE: Ok it has now paused with KKR raising their paddle at INR 20.75 crore. Some deliberation and then RCB raise their paddle, KKR respond by raising theirs. The price continues to rise, it is now beyond INR 22 crore!