Full squads of 8 teams after IPL Auction 2020

The Indian Premier League auction got concluded on Thursday and some big surprises came our way. While Pat Cummins (15.50 Crores) made history by becoming the 2nd most expensive player in IPL history, big names like Tim Southee, Shai Hope, Corey Anderson found no takers.

Pat Cummins who was a hot property in the auction will also be a major attraction in the IPL fantasy league.

Here are how the full squads of all the 8 teams after the auction:

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS SQUAD:

Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, M Vijay, MS Dhoni, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Sai Kishore

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS SQUAD:

Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Praveen Tambe, Nikhil Naik

MUMBAI INDIANS SQUAD:

Rohit Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Fabian Allen, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD SQUAD:

Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Fabian Allen, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sanjay Yadav, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Bavanaka Sandeep.

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE SQUAD:

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahamad

KINGS XI PUNJAB SQUAD:

Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Sheldon Cottrell, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, M Ashwin, J Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Darshan Nalkande, Glenn Maxwell, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, KL Rahul (C), Nicholas Pooran, Prabhsimran Singh.

DELHI CAPITALS SQUAD:

Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Jason Roy, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Rishabh Pant, Alex Carey, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande

RAJASTHAN ROYALS SQUAD:

Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Steve Smith, Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia, Shashank Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anirudha Joshi, Tom Curran, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Anuj Rawat

When will the IPL start?

The IPL is expected to begin from 28th march and will conclude on 24th may 2020.

How can you play IPL Fantasy League?

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IPL Auction 2020: latest News & Update this week

IPL Auction 2020

No Indian Player at the highest reserve price bracket!!
Where to Watch IPL 2020 Auction?
When will the auction begin?
How to play IPL Fantasy League Online?

We are just few days away from the annual bidding war for the next edition of IPL 2020. The auction will take place in Kolkata on December 19. IPL management has recently released the names of 332 players who will go under the hammer. The administration trimmed down the original list of 971 players to 332 and sent the final list to all the 8 franchises. All the eight franchises will be looking to strengthen particular slots.  This year’s IPL auction 2019 will have a total of 73 slots, of which 29 could be foreign players.

We look at the latest buzz that has been doing rounds for the upcoming IPL auction.

No Indian Player at the highest reserve price bracket!!

In this year’s auction, no Indian cricketer has been placed at the highest reserve price bracket of INR 2 crore. Players like Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Dale Steyn and former Sri Lankan captain and all-rounder Angelo Mathews are included in this bracket.

Robin Uthappa is the only Indian in the second highest price bracket of INR 1.5 crore while three other capped Indian players — Piyush Chawla, Jaydev Unadkat and Yusuf Pathan have registered for the auction with a base price tag of INR 1 crore.

Exercise of bidding before the actual action

Rajasthan Royal’s COO, Jake Lush McCrum during an interview revealed that they have been tied up simulating the exercise of bidding for the last few days. “The simulator helps us find value estimates for all individuals in the auction. Eight of us sit in a room taking a franchise each, researching their needs and then running through the whole auction’’, he said.

Ready to spend big on Overseas Pacers - Ricky Ponting

Ahead of the IPL auction 2020, Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting said overseas fast bowlers were going to get a lot of focus and attention. He also said that all-rounders like Chris Woakes, Glenn Maxwell and Jimmy Neesham could be big picks in the upcoming IPL auction.

"Pat Cummins could go for big money, as could Chris Woakes," Ponting in a press meet.

"All-rounders are always interesting in my opinion. Players like Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh, Jimmy Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme could all be big picks," he added.

Where to Watch IPL 2020 Auction?

You can watch IPL auction on Star Sports network. You can also stream it on Hotstar.

When will the auction begin?

According to IPL’s official website, the auction will start at 3:30 PM IST.

The IPL 2020 has been scheduled between March 23, 2020 and May 12, with the opening match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians scheduled at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

As the 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to begin in few months, cricket lovers are excited to play the gruelling ‘IPL Fantasy League’.

How to play IPL Fantasy League Online?

Step 1: Download and sign-up with one of the popular fantasy platforms available in the market like MyTeam11, Dream11, etc.

Step 2: Pick any IPL match and create your fantasy cricket team as per the instructions of the platform, using your skills.

Step 3: Select your captain and vice-captain and join a contest.

Step 4:  Get ready to win big.

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