IPL Auction 2024 LIVE Updates: Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins smash all-time records; CSK get Daryl Mitchell for 14 crore

17:17 (IST)

IPL Auction LIVE

The bid goes past 5 crore! And Rajasthan Royals eventually secure Shubham Dubey for Rs 5.8 crore!

17:11 (IST)

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We start with batters and Vidarbha's Shubham Dubey is the first player from the list to go under the hammer at a base price of Rs 20 lakh. Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals enter a bidding war and the price goes past 1 crore in no time!

17:09 (IST)

IPL Auction LIVE

Right then, we’re back with the coverage of the IPL auction and we move on to the uncapped players now. Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian batting icon, walks on to the stage to select the first bail from the set.

17:00 (IST)

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"Nice birthday, so far. Been here for a couple of days. We got a couple of players we wanted. We were a bit surprised with Brook's price. Getting him for the price we did allows us to go for Indian players and a foreign fast bowler," says Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting on the acquisitions of Harry Brook and Tristan Stubbs. 

16:25 (IST)

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Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore discusses buying Mitchell Starc for Rs 24.75 crore with Gujarat Titans Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki, who was engaged in the bidding war with the Knight Riders, also present:  

“What you paid for someone is a matter of perspective. Ultimately we all spend pretty much the same amounts. We (GT Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki) hugged just now, so it’s not punching. You should expect this because IPL is growing, salary caps grow, and so do IPL player fees,” says Mysore.

16:18 (IST)

IPL Auction LIVE

“He played just one game, so not massive shoes. Daryl is a different type of player, but his performances over the last 18-24 months have warranted this type of a price.”

— Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming on Daryl Mitchell being a possible replacement for Daryl Mitchell.

16:12 (IST)

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