IPL Player Auction 2019 Live: Top names like Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Brendon McCullum and Mitchell Starc will be up for grabs with the player auction for the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League being held in Jaipur on December 18. A maximum of 70 slots are available to be filled, with 50 of those being for Indian players.
Kings XI Punjab have the maximum budget available for the auction, with Rs. 36.20 crores in their purse. They released 11 players from their squad for the 2018 season, and have 15 slots to fill. Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions, have the least budget of Rs. 8.4 crores having released just two players from their winning squad. (Who went where ?
Richard Madley, who has been conducting IPL Auctions since the inception of the tournament was replaced with Hugh Edmeades, an independent fine art, classic car and charity auctioneer announced as his replacement. He addressed his removal and said that he felt "deflated".
Richard Madley: “It’s not my decision, it’s the decision of the BCCI combined with IMG. It has come as a bit of a shock to me after 11 unbroken years of conducting the auction and always receiving positive comments and feedback from the franchise owners, administrators, BCCI and my many fans. It has come as a bolt out of the blue – to be released, to use an IPL term – without reason or explanation.
Kings XI Punjab have the maximum budget available for the auction, with Rs. 36.20 crores in their purse. They released 11 players from their squad for the 2018 season, and have 15 slots to fill. Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions, have the least budget of Rs. 8.4 crores having released just two players from their winning squad. (Who went where ?
Richard Madley not the auction man this year
Richard Madley, who has been conducting IPL Auctions since the inception of the tournament was replaced with Hugh Edmeades, an independent fine art, classic car and charity auctioneer announced as his replacement. He addressed his removal and said that he felt "deflated".
Richard Madley: “It’s not my decision, it’s the decision of the BCCI combined with IMG. It has come as a bit of a shock to me after 11 unbroken years of conducting the auction and always receiving positive comments and feedback from the franchise owners, administrators, BCCI and my many fans. It has come as a bolt out of the blue – to be released, to use an IPL term – without reason or explanation.
