IP 2018 Auction Live Updates, Player List

And I will remember this for some time and need some time to recover from the same. Huge surprises and some major revelations of their going-to-be approach. And with that concludes the ever-so awaiting IPL MEGA AUCTION 2018. Teams are all set to battle it out in what will be the first edition of the league in the new decade. 

Can CSK's tried and trusted formula will work or Punjab will be able to live up to the expectations of their strength? Moreover, can Bangalore finally manage their hoodoo after signing some of the best players in the year? Everything will be answered in due course of time. 

And with that, we are also bidding you a bye. But let me confess, it was absolute fun bringing the details for you and now it is time for Australian Open 2018.  

AND THE LAST PLAYER IS JAVON SEARLESS. KKR with 30 lakhs will bid the same amount for him. SOLD

Manzoor Dar has been picked up by Kings XI Punjab for 20 lakhs. 

Jack Wildermuth, valued at 20 lakhs, goes UNSOLD again.

Indrajith Baba. 20 lakh base price. UNSOLD

Umar Nazir Mir. UNSOLD

Nideesh m Dinesan on his way to Mumbai after they meet his base price 20 lakhs. 

Pratyush Singh cannot get another buy. UNSOLD

Dushmanta Chameera has received a bid of 50 lakhs from RR. SOLD

Ashoke Dinda for 50 lakhs. No bids. UNSOLD

Najibullah Zadran for 50 lakhs... UNSOLD

Our favorite Vikas Tokas is back. COME ON!!! PLSEASE!!! UNSOLD

Baba Aparajith. No bid again. UNSOLD

Varun Aaron is up next. AGAIN NO BID. I GUESS THE TEAMS JUST LIKE MADLEY DOING AN AUCTION!

Martin Guptill is up next. No bidder.. UNSOLD AGAIN!!

Chris Gayle will head to Kings XI Punjab for 2 crores in the third attempt. SOLD

Rajasthan and Punjab want to reintroduce a few more players to the auction for a last round of bidding. 

Pavan Deshpande is the last player in this session. 20 lakhs is the bid from RCB. SOLD

Aryaman Birla has also received a bid from RR for 20 lakhs. Kings increase the bid to 25 lakhs and RR re raise it to 30 lakhs. SOLD

Jatin Saxena will play for RR after they meet his baseprice of 20 lakhs.

Sagar Trivedi goes UNSOLD.

CSK complete their roster with the signing of Chaitanya Bishnoi for 20 lakhs. 

CSK raise the paddle for Manu Singh at 20 lakhs. "Opening and closing at 20. SOLD," says Madley. 

Jack Wildermuth, too, cannot get a bid. UNSOLD

Gulbadin Naib cannot get a bid in the auction. UNSOLD

Nidheesh M D Dinesan has to go UNSOLD

Kshitiz Sharma has been bid on by CSK who have just acquired their 23rd player.

Bangladeshi Mehdi Hassan is priced at 20 lakhs. SRH are willing to shell out the money and they have their guy.

Dushmanta Chameera cannot get anyone to bid on him. UNSOLD

Mohsin Khan is up next. MI make a 20 lakh bid for him and they have their man. SOLD

Himmat Singh will, like many others, go UNSOLD

Mahipal Lomror has received an opening bid of 20 lakhs from the Royals. His home state.

Akash Bhandari will go UNSOLD as well. Zinta looked like she wanted to bid but changed her mind.

Chirag Gandhi is valued at 20 lakhs. No bids. UNSOLD

Mark Wood has been bid on by CSK at a price of 1.5 crores. AND GONE

Kesrick Williams is up next but his 50 lakh price is too steep for the franchises. UNSOLD

Dane Paterson will not get a bid even in his second attempt. UNSOLD

Athisayaraj V will not find a team in this season's auction. UNSOLD

Sadiq Kirmani goes UNSOLD as well

Harvik Desai is valued at 20 lakhs. UNSOLD

Lalit Yadav is UNSOLD

Anukul Roy is up next. The 19-year-old has received a bid of 20 lakhs from Mumbai Indians. AND SOLD

Mayank Dagar has been selected by the Kings XI Punjab for 20 lakhs. No one else is interested. Remember, Dagar is Sehwag's nephew and I am not surprised. SOLD to Punjab..

Jhye Richardson has no buyers. UNSOLD

Thisara Perera is back and he goes back after no bidders.

Pradeep Sahu is valued at 20 lakhs and the Kings are happy to have him at that price. SOLD

Vikas Tokas is back!!! C'mon people. The name is worth the 20 lakh value. UNSOLD

Smit Patel up for bidding at 20 lakhs. No one want to raise the paddle. UNSOLD

Eklavya Dwivedi is next. No bidders again.UNSOLD

R Samarth has been called up again. 20 lakhs. No bidders. UNSOLD

Akila Dhananjaya has been called back and it's Mumbai who bid his base price of 50 lakhs. SOLD

Ben Laughlin is on the table again. Rajasthan make the bid of 50 lakhs. AND SOLD

Varun Aaron, valued at 50 lakhs, is up next. I honestly cannot believe that he has gone UNSOLD

Luke Ronchi suffers the same fate as Latham - UNSOLD

Tom Latham is at 50 lakhs. This could be interesting. Nope, no takers. UNSOLD

David Willey will go unsold. 2 crores was always going to be too high.

Mayank Markande has been bid for by the Mumbai Indians. They got him for 20 lakhs.

23-year-old Mihir Hirwani has attracted no bids. UNSOLD

Yuvraj Chudasama, valued at 20 lakhs, goes UNSOLD

CM Gautham has been thrown into the auction again for 20 lakhs. UNSOLD

Johnson Charles is up for bidding again... 75 lakhs... No bid... UNSOLD

Sayan Ghosh has attracted a bid of 20 lakhs from DD. AND SOLD

Bipul Sharma is in the auction again. SRH have made the bid and they will get him for 20 lakhs. 

Pravin Dubey is up next. However, he too will go UNSOLD.

Dale Steyn is back in the auction. 1 crore. It is too rich for the teams. UNSOLD

Corey Anderson, with a base price of 2 crores, will go UNSOLD.

Shaun Marsh is up next. Delhi in some serious discussions here. They decide against it. UNSOLD

Sai Kishore is priced at 20 lakhs. He will go unsold.

MI bid the base price of 20 lakhs for Aditya Tare and get their man

Nikhil Naik, priced at 20 lakhs, will join Chris Gayle as an unsold player

Prashant Chopra has received a bid from RR at 20 lakhs and it is enough. SOLD

Siddesh Lad is up next and at a base price of 20 lakhs, MI make the opening bid. And he is sold at the same price. 

Ish Sodhi up for bidding at 50 lakhs. UNSOLD

Tim Southee is up for auction now. RCB make the bid for 1 cr. No one else is interested. SOLD TO RCB

KKR bid 2 cr for Mitchell Johnson. No one else is interested. SOLD

Parthiv Patel.. 1 cr. Mumbai and Rajasthan are in a bidding war. We are at 1.6 cr. RCB come in and swoop Parthiv for 1.7 crores. 

Naman Ojha for 75 lakhs. RR bid and Delhi come in as well and we are past the 1 cr mark. Delhi lead with 1.2 crores. 

DD lead and win the bid by 1.4 crores. 

Sam Billings... 1 crore.... CSK bid again... AND BILLINGS IS AN CSKian now,  JUST LIKE THAT!!

Murali Vijay up next... CSK bid 2 crs... There is hardly anyone who can get anything for that price. SOLD

Martin Guptill... 75 lakhs... Why have these names been submitted??

NO BIDS SO FAR!!

Chris Gayle is up for bidding again. 2 crores for Chris Gayle, will anyone go for him? CHENNAI, may be? No. They won't. UNSOLD

The marquee players come first.

We have 64 players who will be auctioned now.

Meanwhile, you can also go to the player transfer list of our blog to check the squad formation and remaining purse.

We are getting ready for the last session of the auction. Now all the players who had been passed will get another chance of getting a team for themselves as they would go through another round of bidding. 

CSK shopping like there is 50% flat discount now.#IPLAuction

— Spicy Pitches Fan 🏏 (@cricdrugs) January 28, 2018

And we closing for lunch and we will be back at 2:30

Utkarsh Singh is the last player of the first half and no prize for guessing he goes UNSOLD

Shubham Ranjane Fails to attract any bid and goes UNSOLD

Aryaman Birla goes UNSOLD.

MS Midhun gets a 20 lakhs bid from RR and that's it. With 20 Lakhs he will play for RR

Antony Dhas goes Unsold as well..

Time for Sagar Trivedi and no surprise, UNSOLD

Salman Nizar fails to attract any bid and goes unsold.

Can Anirudh Joshi attarct any bid? Yes, he is and goes to RCB with 20 lakhs base price.

Akhil Herwadkar next and he goes unsold. 

Fabid Ahmed next and he fails to attract any bid.

Monu Singh and just like that, he goes unsold

Jack Wildermuth next and he goes UNSOLD as well.