The Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai witnessed heavy business among 10 franchises to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction and finalised their squads for the upcoming season happening next year.

Highlights:

Bidding day ends with heavy purchases from many sides.

Players Sold: 72

Amount spent: ₹230.45 cr

Key Auction Updates:

Gus Atkinson -  Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹1.00 cr

Mohammad Nabi - Mumbai Indians - ₹1.50 cr

Mujeeb Rahman - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹2.00 cr

Lockie Ferguson - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹2.00 cr

Rilee Rossouw - Punjab Kings - ₹8.00 cr

Robin Minz - Gujarat Titans - ₹3.60 cr

Nuwan Thushara - Mumbai Indians - ₹4.80 cr

Jhye Richardson - Delhi Capitals - ₹5.00 cr

Mustafizur Rahman - Chennai Super Kings - ₹2.00 cr

Spencer Johnson - Gujarat Titans - ₹10 cr

David Willey - Lucknow Super Giants - ₹2 cr

M Siddharth - Lucknow Super Giants - ₹2.40 cr

Sushant Mishra - Gujarat Titans - ₹2.20 cr

Yash Dayal - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹5 cr

Kumar Kushagra - Delhi Capitals - ₹7.20 cr

Shahrukh Khan - Gujarat Titans - ₹7.40 cr

Sameer Rizvi - Chennai Super Kings - ₹8.40 cr

Jaidev Unadkat - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹1.4 cr

Mitchell Starc - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹24.75 cr

Dilshan Madushanka - Mumbai Indians - ₹4.60 cr

Jaydev Unadkat - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹1.60 cr

Umesh Yadav - Gujarat Titans - ₹5.80 cr

Alzarri Joseph - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹11.50 cr

Chetan Sakariya - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh

KS Bharat - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh

Chris Woakes - Punjab Kings - ₹4.20 cr

Daryl Mitchell - Chennai Super Kings - ₹14.0 cr

Harshal Patel - Punjab Kings - ₹11.75 cr

Gerald Coetzee - Mumbai Indians - ₹5.0 cr

Pat Cummins - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹20.5 cr

Shardul Thakur - Chennai Super Kings - ₹4.0 cr

Rachin Ravindra - Chennai Super Kings - ₹1.80 cr

Wanindu Hasaranga - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹1.40 cr

Travis Head - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹6.80 cr

Harry Brook - Delhi Capitals - ₹4.0 cr

Rovman Powell - Rajasthan Royals - ₹7.40 cr

Big Names go ‘Unsold’:

Steve Smith

Karun Nair

Josh Inglis

Philip Salt

Josh Hazlewood

Adil Rashid

Ish Sodhi

Manan Vohra

Sarfaraz Khan

Rassie Van Der Dussen

James Neesham

Kyle Jamieson

Tymal Mills

Other Highlights for the day:

After competitive bids from Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders, KKR bagged Mitchell Starc for ₹24.75 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad buy Australian skipper Pat Cummins, breaking last year’s record of Sam Curran, bought by PBKS at ₹18.5 cr.

Uncapped stars Sameer Rizvi, Shahrukh Khan, Robin Minz, and Kumar Kushagra bag huge deals.

Remaining Purses:

CSK: ₹1.00 cr

SRH: ₹3.20 cr

MI: ₹1.05 cr

RCB: ₹3.05 cr

LSG: ₹0.95 cr

KKR: ₹1.35 cr

GT: ₹7.85 cr

RR: ₹0.20 cr

DC: ₹9.90 cr

PBKS: ₹4.15 cr

The IPL Auction roster features 333 players, out of which 214 are Indians and 119 are overseas players, including two from associate nations.

The total number of capped players is 116, while uncapped players are 215. A maximum of 77 slots are now available with up to 30 being slotted for overseas players.

(With inputs from IANS)

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