IPL 2020 auction: every player sold
62 players were sold at the IPL 2020 auction, held in Kolkata on 19 December 2019, ahead of the 2020 season, for ₹140.30 crore between them. The most expensive was Pat Cummins, bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹15.50 crore.
The ten most expensive buys
What each franchise paid, in the rupees the auction was held in
Every player sold at the IPL 2020 auction
62 players, most expensive first, with the franchise that bought each and the base price each went under the hammer at
| # | PLAYER | COUNTRY | ROLE | FRANCHISE | BASE | SOLD FOR | CONVERTED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pat Cummins | Australia | All-rounder | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹2 crore | ₹15.50 crore | £1,519,000£1.5m |
| 02 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | All-rounder | Kings XI Punjab | ₹2 crore | ₹10.75 crore | £1,053,500£1.1m |
| 03 | Chris Morris | South Africa | All-rounder | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹1.50 crore | ₹10 crore | £980,000£980k |
| 04 | Sheldon Cottrell | West Indies | Bowler | Kings XI Punjab | ₹50 lakh | ₹8.50 crore | £833,000£833k |
| 05 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Australia | All-rounder | Mumbai Indians | ₹1 crore | ₹8 crore | £784,000£784k |
| 06 | Shimron Hetmyer | West Indies | Batter | Delhi Capitals | ₹50 lakh | ₹7.75 crore | £759,500£760k |
| 07 | Piyush Chawla | India | Bowler | Chennai Super Kings | ₹1 crore | ₹6.75 crore | £661,500£662k |
| 08 | Sam Curran | England | All-rounder | Chennai Super Kings | ₹1 crore | ₹5.50 crore | £539,000£539k |
| 09 | Eoin Morgan | England | Batter | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹2 crore | ₹5.25 crore | £514,500£515k |
| 10 | Marcus Stoinis | Australia | All-rounder | Delhi Capitals | ₹1 crore | ₹4.80 crore | £470,400£470k |
| 11 | Aaron Finch | Australia | Batter | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹1 crore | ₹4.40 crore | £431,200£431k |
| 12 | Kane Richardson | Australia | Bowler | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹1.50 crore | ₹4 crore | £392,000£392k |
| 12 | Varun Chakravarthy | India | All-rounder | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹30 lakh | ₹4 crore | £392,000£392k |
| 14 | Chris Jordan | England | All-rounder | Kings XI Punjab | ₹75 lakh | ₹3 crore | £294,000£294k |
| 14 | Jaydev Unadkat | India | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | ₹1 crore | ₹3 crore | £294,000£294k |
| 14 | Robin Uthappa | India | Batter | Rajasthan Royals | ₹1.50 crore | ₹3 crore | £294,000£294k |
| 17 | Alex Carey | Australia | Wicketkeeper | Delhi Capitals | ₹50 lakh | ₹2.40 crore | £235,200£235k |
| 17 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | India | All-rounder | Rajasthan Royals | ₹20 lakh | ₹2.40 crore | £235,200£235k |
| 19 | Chris Lynn | Australia | Batter | Mumbai Indians | ₹2 crore | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 19 | Dale Steyn | South Africa | Bowler | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹2 crore | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 19 | Josh Hazlewood | Australia | Bowler | Chennai Super Kings | ₹2 crore | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 19 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia | All-rounder | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹2 crore | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 19 | Ravi Bishnoi | India | Bowler | Kings XI Punjab | ₹20 lakh | ₹2 crore | £196,000£196k |
| 24 | Priyam Garg | India | Batter | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20 lakh | ₹1.90 crore | £186,200£186k |
| 24 | Virat Singh | India | Batter | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20 lakh | ₹1.90 crore | £186,200£186k |
| 26 | Chris Woakes | England | All-rounder | Delhi Capitals | ₹1.50 crore | ₹1.50 crore | £147,000£147k |
| 26 | Jason Roy | England | Batter | Delhi Capitals | ₹1.50 crore | ₹1.50 crore | £147,000£147k |
| 28 | Kartik Tyagi | India | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | ₹20 lakh | ₹1.30 crore | £127,400£127k |
| 29 | Andrew Tye | Australia | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | ₹1 crore | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 29 | Tom Banton | England | Batter | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹1 crore | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 29 | Tom Curran | England | All-rounder | Rajasthan Royals | ₹1 crore | ₹1 crore | £98,000£98k |
| 32 | Anuj Rawat | India | Wicketkeeper | Rajasthan Royals | ₹20 lakh | ₹80 lakh | £78,400£78k |
| 33 | David Miller | South Africa | Batter | Rajasthan Royals | ₹75 lakh | ₹75 lakh | £73,500£74k |
| 34 | Rahul Tripathi | India | Batter | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹20 lakh | ₹60 lakh | £58,800£59k |
| 35 | Prabhsimran Singh | India | Wicketkeeper | Kings XI Punjab | ₹20 lakh | ₹55 lakh | £53,900£54k |
| 36 | Deepak Hooda | India | All-rounder | Kings XI Punjab | ₹40 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 36 | Fabian Allen | West Indies | All-rounder | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 36 | Isuru Udana | Sri Lanka | All-rounder | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 36 | James Neesham | New Zealand | All-rounder | Kings XI Punjab | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 36 | Mohit Sharma | India | Bowler | Delhi Capitals | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 36 | Oshane Thomas | West Indies | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 36 | Saurabh Tiwary | India | Batter | Mumbai Indians | ₹50 lakh | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| 43 | Abdul Samad | India | All-rounder | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Akash Singh | India | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Aniruddha Joshi | India | All-rounder | Rajasthan Royals | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Bavanaka Sandeep | India | All-rounder | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Chris Green | Australia | All-rounder | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Digvijay Deshmukh | India | All-rounder | Mumbai Indians | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Ishan Porel | India | Bowler | Kings XI Punjab | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Josh Philippe | Australia | Wicketkeeper | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Lalit Yadav | India | All-rounder | Delhi Capitals | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | M Siddharth | India | Bowler | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Mohsin Khan | India | Bowler | Mumbai Indians | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Nikhil Naik | India | Wicketkeeper | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Pavan Deshpande | India | All-rounder | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Pravin Tambe | India | Bowler | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Prince Balwant Rai | India | All-rounder | Mumbai Indians | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | R Sai Kishore | India | Bowler | Chennai Super Kings | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Sanjay Yadav | India | All-rounder | Sunrisers Hyderabad | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Shahbaz Ahmed | India | Wicketkeeper | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Tajinder Singh Dhillon | India | All-rounder | Kings XI Punjab | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
| 43 | Tushar Deshpande | India | Bowler | Delhi Capitals | ₹20 lakh | ₹20 lakh | £19,600£20k |
About the 2020 auction
How the auction worked and what changed from the one before
The 2020 auction was a mini auction: the franchises kept most of their squads from the season before and bought to fill the gaps.
The franchises spent ₹140.30 crore, up 31.4% on the ₹106.80 crore spent at the 2019 auction.
What each franchise spent
The 8 franchises that bought at the 2020 auction, biggest spender first
| FRANCHISE | PLAYERS | SPENT | CONVERTED | MOST EXPENSIVE BUY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 | ₹27.15 crore | £2,660,700£2.7m | Pat Cummins ₹15.50cr |
| Kings XI Punjab | 9 | ₹26.20 crore | £2,567,600£2.6m | Glenn Maxwell ₹10.75cr |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 | ₹21.50 crore | £2,107,000£2.1m | Chris Morris ₹10cr |
| Delhi Capitals | 8 | ₹18.85 crore | £1,847,300£1.8m | Shimron Hetmyer ₹7.75cr |
| Chennai Super Kings | 4 | ₹14.45 crore | £1,416,100£1.4m | Piyush Chawla ₹6.75cr |
| Rajasthan Royals | 11 | ₹14.15 crore | £1,386,700£1.4m | Jaydev Unadkat ₹3cr |
| Mumbai Indians | 6 | ₹11.10 crore | £1,087,800£1.1m | Nathan Coulter-Nile ₹8cr |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | ₹6.90 crore | £676,200£676k | Mitchell Marsh ₹2cr |
Kolkata Knight Riders spent the most, ₹27.15 crore on 9 players, 19.4% of all the money spent at the auction.
How far the bidding went past the base price
36 of the 62 players sold went for their base price, the opening price they went under the hammer at. The biggest jump was Sheldon Cottrell's, from ₹50 lakh to ₹8.50 crore, 17.0 times the base.
| PLAYER | FRANCHISE | BASE | SOLD FOR | TIMES THE BASE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Cottrell | Kings XI Punjab | ₹50 lakh | ₹8.50 crore | 17.0 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | Delhi Capitals | ₹50 lakh | ₹7.75 crore | 15.5 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Kolkata Knight Riders | ₹30 lakh | ₹4 crore | 13.3 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Rajasthan Royals | ₹20 lakh | ₹2.40 crore | 12.0 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | Kings XI Punjab | ₹20 lakh | ₹2 crore | 10.0 |
Where the players came from
29 of the 62 players sold came from outside India, and cost ₹107 crore between them, 76.3% of all the money spent
| COUNTRY | PLAYERS | SPENT | CONVERTED |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 33 | ₹33.30 crore | £3,263,400£3.3m |
| Australia | 13 | ₹57.25 crore | £5,610,500£5.6m |
| England | 7 | ₹18.75 crore | £1,837,500£1.8m |
| West Indies | 4 | ₹17.25 crore | £1,690,500£1.7m |
| South Africa | 3 | ₹12.75 crore | £1,249,500£1.2m |
| New Zealand | 1 | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | ₹50 lakh | £49,000£49k |
Every IPL auction
The most expensive buy at each auction from 2009 to 2026
Frequently asked questions
Who was the most expensive player at the IPL 2020 auction?
Pat Cummins, bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹15.50 crore, which is £1,519,000. Glenn Maxwell was next, at ₹10.75 crore to Kings XI Punjab.
How many players were sold at the IPL 2020 auction?
62. 29 of them came from outside India. Rajasthan Royals bought the most, 11 players.
How much did the franchises spend at the IPL 2020 auction?
₹140.30 crore, which is £13,749,400. Kolkata Knight Riders spent the most, ₹27.15 crore on 9 players.
When and where was the IPL 2020 auction held?
In Kolkata, on 19 December 2019, ahead of the 2020 season.
Was the IPL 2020 auction a mega auction?
No. It was a mini auction, at which the franchises kept most of their squads and bought to fill the gaps. The mega auctions were in 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2025.
Where to next
The rest of the money in the IPL
See every IPL auction and the most expensive players in its history, what each franchise pays its squad now, starting with Kolkata Knight Riders, or cricket salaries and payrolls. The nations are paid at the Cricket World Cup, prize money and all, and at the T20 World Cup.