Jayadev and Varun top buys at IPL auction 2019

Curtains down for the IPL 2019 auction on Tuesday. A total of 60 players (40 Indians and 20 overseas players) from a total of 351 cricketers have been sold at the auction. Jayadev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy are the top-priced buys. Sam Curran is the most expensive overseas option at 7.2 crore.

And that brings an end to the IPL Auction!

South African speedster Dale Steyn goes unsold.

Windies Captain Jason Holder & New Zealander Luke Ronchi both go unsold.

Kings XI Punjab gives a shout out to Yuvi

Ishan Porel, Ravi Sai Kishore and Jagadessha Suchith all go unsold.

Akshdeep Nath is sold to RCBT for Rs 360 lacs

Finally, Yuvraj Singh is sold to Mumbai Indians for ₹ 1 Crore

Prabhsimran Singh is sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 480 lacs

Shashank Singh is sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 30 lacs

Darshan Nalkande is sold to Kings XI Punjab or INR 30 lacs

Milind Kumar for RCB

Harry Gurney for KKR

Nikhil Naik goes to Kolkata Knight Riders

Another RCB

RR gets a speed demon

KKR joins in

Gone for 2 cr

One of the chosen responds

The top buys so far

We're on a tea break

No to Steyn, yes to Ferguson

MI jump in

Bargain buy

Gifted SA batsman comes to Bengaluru.

HUGE HUGE BUY!

Kings XI Punjab beat RCB with their superior funds and bagged talented all-rounder Sam Curran. They spent a whopping 7.2 crore to do it.

RCB fights with Kings XI for the incredibly talented all-rounder Sam Curran

Corey Anderson and Jason Holder have no takers.

Shaun Marsh, Hashim Amla and Angelo Mathews remain unsold. Saurabh Tiwary also.

DC get a good batsman

South Africa batsman Colin Ingram getting some interest, and the bids are continuing

Usman Khawaja remains unsold. A little pricey at 1 crore.

Set of Indians pass through

Some domestic players went by without interest. We're on a break now

Another smart one from DC

Bunch of unsolds

Looks like teams know who they want. Many are unsold one after another

DC get one at base price

Bidding war!

After intense bidding, mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy is sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.4 crore

RCB in action again

One for Kings XI

MI get another

Unsold

Ankeet Bawane, Sachin Baby, Manan Vohra, Akshdeep Nath and Armaan Jaffer all unsold.

We're back

Auction is on a break. We'll be back soon

Some surprises

Spinner Adam Zampa remains unsold. Khary Pierre, Rahul Sharma and Fawad Ahmed also didn't find takers.

Pacer Mohit back at CSK

Pacer Mohit Sharma is sold to CSK and returns to the team for Rs 5 crore

Aaron is a Royal

Bowler Varun Aaron is sold to Rajasthan for Rs 2.4 crore

Shami in demand

Indian speedster Mohammed Shami grabs interest after a great Test performance and is sold to Kings XI Punjab for 4.8 crore -- #IPLAuction.

Malinga homecoming

Lasith Malinga returns to Mumbai Indians for 2 crore - #IPLAuction.

Good buy for Delhi

Ishant Sharma is sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 110 lacs - #IPLAuction.

Sweet return for Unadkat

Paceman Jaydev Unadkat, last season’s top Indian grosser, was caught in another bidding war and ended back with Rajasthan for a price tag of Rs 8.4 crores.

Under the hammer, the bowlers

We move onto the next set -- the bowlers....

Saha returns to Sunrisers

Kings XI get their wicketkeeper

The English have arrived!

Unsold

Patel goes to Delhi

Some are unsold...

RCB gets another!

Carlos Brathwaite sold to KKR

Batsmen Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill remain unsold.

RCB BUYS FIRST PLAYER!

Shimron Hetmyer sold to RCB for 4.2 crores

After bidding war, Hanuma Vohari sold to Delhi Capitals for 2 crores.

Batsmen Alex Hales, Manoj Tiwary and Cheteshwar Pujara find no takers.

It's started!

It's almost here!

We're just a few minutes away from all the VIVO #IPLAuction drama and excitement!

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The countdown is on to the auction

Words from the new #IPL auctioneer