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The 26-year-old Varun's IPL 2019 bid equalled the highest bid of Jayadev Unadkat and became the first uncapped player to get 6 Crore+ in the auction pool.
While Jaydev Unadkat got the highest bid among domestic players alongside uncapped Varun Chakravarthy, veteran Indian player Yuvraj Singh remained unsold for the first time in an IPL auction.
IPL Player Auction 2019 Live Updates: Only 70 spots can be filled from the 351 players going under the hammer in the mini-auction in Jaipur.
Richard Madley who has been present in the IPL auctions since its inaugural edition, will not entertain us with his unique antics this time.
The IPL auction will take place in Jaipur, Rajasthan at 02.30 PM IST on Tuesday (December 18).
Live Stream IPL 2019 Players Auction: In the cash-rich auction West Indies cricketers Carlos Braithwaite, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran attracted the big money while from India Jaydev Unadkat again went for big money to his old team Rajasthan Royals.
There will be a total of 346 cricketers going under the hammer in this edition of auction.
Jaydev Unadkat, last season’s top Indian grosser with a whopping final bid amount of INR 11.5 crore leads the pack among Indian players.
Mustafizur Rahman was not granted a NOC by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in a bid to keep him fit for the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga has listed himself in the Rs 2 crore price bracket ahead of the mini-auction in December.
Hugh Edmeades described as an independent fine art, classic car and charity auctioneer will be the new gavel master.
Steffan Jones has worked with the likes of Stuart Broad and Dan Christian during his short coaching stint with Big Bash League's team Hobart Hurricanes last year.
Sunrisers Hyderabad retained former captain David Warner but released the English duo of Alex Hales and Chris Jordan along with West Indies's T20I captain Carlos Brathwaite.
Besides skipper Virat Kohli, the franchise retained 13 others, including former Protea captain AB de Villiers and New Zealand quick Tim Southee.
Delhi Daredevils have retained a young side comprising the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant.
The Royals have retained 16 players, who have been match-winners and young guns who stood up and delivered in the last season.
Yuvraj Singh, who managed just 65 runs at a poor average of 10.38 in the eight games last season, was bought at his base price of Rs 2 crore in the previous auction.
South Africa's Duminy has been released along with Australian fast-bowler Cummins, who was ruled out before the start of IPL 2018. Rahman and Lankan spinner Dananjaya have also been let off.
Cricket Australia said that the players involved in Australia's World Cup squad will have to report for a preparatory camp ahead of the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
CSK had retained skipper Dhoni, Raina, Harbhajan and Jadeja prior to the 2018 auction and also used the Right to Match card for Bravo and Faf du Plessis.
