Shakib returns to KKR as Fizz finds RR, Morris becomes most expensive buy

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Bangladesh poster boy Shakib Al Hasan and left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman have found team in the much-awaited IPL auction which happened on Thursday in Chennai ahead of the 14th edition of the T20 extravaganza. However, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mohammad Saifuddin were uncalled for auction. 

Shakib has returned to Kolkata Knight Riders for 3.2 Cr, while Mustafiz’s sold to his base price of INR 1 crore to Rajasthan Royals.

The base price of Shakib in this auction was INR 2 crore. In the second set, KKR took him from the all-rounder category. Kolkata and Punjab have fought to get this all-rounder.

Previously Shakib has played with Kolkata Knight Riders and won in 2012 and 2014 edition, while he played with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018. The Southpaw has played 63 games in the IPL and scored 746 runs in addition to picking up 59 wickets.

On the other hand, Mustafiz was seen playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 and Mumbai Indians in 2018. Hyderabad first recruited Mustafiz for Rs 14 million as he picked 17 wickets in 16 matches and helped them to clinch the title.

After leaving Hyderabad, Fizz joined Mumbai Indians in 2018 for Rs 22 million. In that season, Mustafiz took 7 wickets in 7 matches for the team. Mustafiz has played 25 matches took 25 wickets with 7.51 economy in IPL.

Moreover, Chris Morris became the most expensive player in the history of the IPL, when Rajasthan Royals paid INR 16.25 crore for him.

Taking centre stage in a high-spending auction for this year's tournament, the fee smashed the record INR 16.00 crore paid for Yuvraj Singh by Delhi in 2015.

The 32-year-old Maxwell was released by Punjab Kings after just one season. Maxwell roped in by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 14.25 crore during the auction today. [Thursday]

Punjab snapped up Australian quick Jhye Richardson for INR 14.00 crore.The 24-year-old has played just two Tests and nine T20 matches.

Former Australia captain Steve Smith went to Delhi Capitals for INR 2.2 crore after being released by Rajasthan Royals.

Three-time IPL champions Chennai, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, got England spin bowler Moeen Ali for INR 7.00 more than three times the fee paid when he was last at auction in 2018.

FULL TEAMS

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna

Players from Auction:

Shakib Al Hasan (INR 3.20 Cr), Sheldon Jackson (INR 20 L), Vaibhav Arora (INR 20 L), Karun Nair (INR 50 L), Harbhajan Singh (INR 2 Cr), Ben Cutting (INR 75 L), Venkatesh Iyer (INR 20 L), Pawan Negi (INR 50 L)

Rajasthan Royals Squad:

Sanju Samson (c&wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi

Players from Auction:

Shivam Dube (INR 4.40 Cr), Chris Morris (INR 16.25 cr), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 1 cr), Chetan Sakariya (INR 1.20 Cr), KC Cariappa (INR 20 L), Liam Livingstone (INR 75 L), Kuldip Yadav (INR 20 L), Akash Singh (INR 20 L)

Punjab Kings Squad:

KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan.

Players from Auction:

Dawid Malan (INR 1.5 cr), Jhye Richardson (INR 14 cr), Shahrukh Khan (INR 5.25 cr), Riley Meredith (INR 8 cr), Moises Henriques (INR 4.20 Cr), Jalaj Saxena (INR 30 L), Utkarsh Singh (INR 20 L), Fabian Allen (INR 75 L), Saurabh Kumar (INR 20 L)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad:

Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel

Players from Auction:

Glenn Maxwell (INR 14.25 Cr), Sachin Baby (INR 20 L), Rajat Patidar (INR 20 L), Mohammed Azharuddeen (INR 20 L), Kyle Jamieson (INR 15 Cr), Daniel Christian (INR 4.80 cr), Suyash Prabhudessai (INR 20 L), K.S. Bharat (INR 20 L)

Chennai Super Kings Squad:

Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood, KM Asif

Players from Auction:

Moeen Ali (INR 7 Cr), K Gowtham (INR 9.25 Cr), Cheteshwar Pujara (INR 50 L), M Harisankar Reddy (INR 20 L), K. Bhagath Varma (INR 20 L), C Hari Nishanth (INR 20 L)

Mumbai Indians Squad:

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan

Players from Auction:

Adam Milne (INR 3.20 Cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 5 cr), Piyush Chawla (INR 2.40 Cr), James Neesham (INR 50 L), Yudhvir Charak (INR 20 L), Marco Jansen (INR 20 L), Arjun Tendulkar (INR 20 L)

Delhi Capitals Squad:

Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan

Players from Auction:

Steve Smith (INR 2.20 Cr), Umesh Yadav (INR 1 cr), Ripal Patel (INR 20 L), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 L), Lukman Meriwala (INR 20 L), M Siddarth (INR 20 L), Tom Curran (INR 5.25 Cr), Sam Billings (INR 2 Cr)

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad:

David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi

Players from Auction:

Jagadeesha Suchith (INR 30 L), Kedar Jadhav (INR 2 Cr), Mujeeb-ur-Rahman (INR 1.50 Cr)