Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the IPL Auction 2021 in Chennai, starting at 3 pm. Like the previous year, this is a mini auction, which the eight franchises would use to fine-tune their squads and fill gaps caused by players being released and retirements during the off season.
On Thursday, a total of 292 players will be competing for just 61 available slots across the eight franchises. For the overseas players, a maximum of 22 slots are available. Hugh Edmeads is the auctioneer.
Set 12 now – allrounders
Pawan Negii at 50 lakhs. Unsold.
New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson at 75 lakhs. RCB start the bidding. DC join in an it;s 80 lakhs. RCB and DC, sitting next to each other are bidding fast. DC push it to 4 crores. Rapidly rising to 6.75 with DC. RCB take it to 7.25 cr.RCB have it at 7.50. Punab enter the fray at 7.75 crores. Punjab take it to 8.25 cr. RCB take it to 9.50 crores. Punjab take it to 10.25 crores. Just between RCB and Punjab at the moment. Entered…