Watson becomes costliest buy, Negi topples Yuvraj Singh in IPL auction 2016

Australian veteran all-rounder went for a whopping Rs 9.50 crore,while Negi was bought for Rs 8.50 crore

351 players are set to go under the hammer as the Indian Premier League players’ auction takes place in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Stage is set. #IPLauction starts at 09:30 AM IST today pic.twitter.com/NNRQSH33Za

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 6, 2016

The ‘value for money’ players are definitely the ones who will generate interest for those looking to cash in big spending less. However, the likes of Yuvraj Singh, who made a comeback to India’s ICC World Twenty20 squad on Friday, Kevin Pietersen, Dale Styen, Shane Watson will be some of the most sought after players in the auction.

Alongside these big names, cricketers like Ishant Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Ashish Nehra, youngster Pawan Negi, all-rounder Irfan Pathan, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood will garner a lot of attention as well.

With Rs.3,30,02,00,000 at their disposal, eight IPL - Indian Premier League teams, including the new entrants The Gujarat Lions and Rising Pune Supergiants, are set to go berserk in the auction.

The Indian Premier League players’ auction commenced with the teams ready to spend big to buy marquee players including Yuvraj Singh in Bengaluru on Saturday.

While the likes of Aaron Finch and Martin Guptill remained unsold, Shane Watson earned it big after Royal Challengers Bangalore shelled out Rs. 950 lakh (Rs. 9.5 crore) to have his services.

Marquee players

Dale Steyn sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 230 lakh.

Yuvraj Singh sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 700 lakh.

Ashish Nehra sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 550 lakh.

Shane Watson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 950 Lakh.

Ishant Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 380 lakh.

Dwayne Smith sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 230 lakh.

Kevin Pietersen sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.350 lakh.

Sanju Samson sold to Delhi Dareevils for Rs 420 lakh

England's Jos Butler sold to Mumbai Indians for 380 lakhs

Dinesh Karthik sold to Gujarat Lions 230 lakh

Marcus Stoinis sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 55 lakh.

Carlos Brathwaite sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 420 lakh

Travis Head sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 50 lakh

Batsman unsold Rilee Rossouw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hashim Amla, George Bailey, Mahela Jayawardene, Michael Hussey, Usman Khawaja went unsold in the the Indian Premier League players’ auction. Allrounder Irfan Pathan sold to Pune Super giants 100 lakh

South Africa's Chris Morris goes to Delhi Daredevils for 700 lakh

New Zealand's Colin Munro sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for 30 lakh

Stuart Binny sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 200 lakh

Darren Sammy unsold

Mitchell Marsh sold to Pune Supergiants for 480 lakhs

Bowlers

Dhawal Kulkarni sold to Gujrat Lions for 200 lakhs

John Hastings sold to KKR for 130 lakhs

Praveen Kumar going to Gujarat Lions for 305 lakhs

Tim Southee sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 250 lakh.

Mohit Sharma sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 650 lakh.

Kyle Abbott sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 210 lakh.

Jaydev Unadkat sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs.160 lakh.

Mustafizur Rahman sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.140 lakh.

RP Singh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 30 lakh.

Abhimanyu Mithun sold to Sunrisers Hydrabad for Rs.30 lakh.

Barinder Sran sold to Sunrisers Hydrabad for Rs.120 lakh.

Uncapped players Ishan Kishan sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.35 lakh.

Paras Dogra sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakh.

Karun Nair sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 400 lakh. His base price was Rs. 10 lakh.

Sachin Baby sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 lakh.

Aditya Tare sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.120 lakh.

Eklavya Dwivedi sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.100 lakh.

Rishabh Pant sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs.190 lakh.

Pradeep Sangwan sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

Rajat Bhatia sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 60 lakh.

Pawan Negi sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 850 lakh.

Deepak Hooda sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 420 lakh.

Ankit Sharma sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakh.

Iqbal Abdullah sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 lakh

Ankit Rajpoot sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 150 lakh.

Ishwar Pandey sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 20 lakh.

Nathu Singh sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 320 lakh.

Pravin Tamble sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

Ashwin M sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 450 lakh.

Sarabjeet Ladda sold to Gujrat Lions for Rs.10 lakh.

Shivil Kaushik is sold to Gujrat Lions for Rs.10 lakh.

KC Cariappa sold to Kings XI Punjab Rs. 80 lakh.

Players brought in accelerated auction

Ankush Bains sold to Pune Super giants for Rs.30 lakh.

T Suman sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.10 lakh.

Sam Billings sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 30 lakh.

Aaron Finch sold to Gujarat Lions for 100 lakh

Umang Sharma sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs.10 lakh.

Armaan Jaffer sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs.10 lakh.

Jitesh Sharma sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.10 lakh.

Peter Handscomb sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.30 lakh.

Andrew Tye sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 50 lakh.

Ben Cutting sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 50 lakh.

Thisara Perera sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.100 lakh.

Jason Holder sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 70 lakh.

Vijay Shankar sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 35 lakh.

Praveen Dubey sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 35 lakh.

Akshay Karnewar sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs.10 lakh.

Shadab Jakati sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

Vijay Shankar sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 35 lakh.

R Sathish sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh.

Manan Sharma sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs.10 lakh.

Baba Aparajith sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs.10 lakh.

KP Kamath sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs.140 lakh.

Deepak Punia sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 lakh.

Swapnil Singh sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs. 10 lakh.

Krunal Pandya sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 200 lakh.

Pradeep Sahu sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 10 lakh.

SK Ahmed sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs.10 lakh.

Jaskaran Singh sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 10 lakh.

Amit Mishra (pacer) sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 10 lakh.

Adam Zampa sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 30 lakh.

Pawan Suyal sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 10 lakh.

Vikramjeet Malik sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 20 lakh.

Scott Boland sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 lakh.

Joel Paris sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs. 30 lakh.

Samuel Badree sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 50 lakh.

Kane Richardson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 200 lakh.

Ashok Dinda sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs. 50 lakh.

Pratyush Singh sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs.10 lakh.

Jaydev Shah sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs. 20 lakh.

Chama Milnd sold to Delhi Dredevils for 10 lakh

Vikas Tokas sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for 10 Lakh

Mahipal Lomror sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakh.

Akhil Herwadkar sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakh.

Farhaan Behardien sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakh.