IPL 2019 Auction: Uncapped Varun Chakravarthy, Prabh Simran Singh and Prayas Ray Barman rake in big money

Unheralded architect-turned-cricketer Varun Chakravarthy Tuesday fetched a sensational bid of Rs 8.4 crore, more than 40 times his base price.

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Chakravarthy, with a base price of Rs 20 lakh, went to Kings XI Punjab after a bidding war that also involved Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. 

KXIP also spent big on England all-rounder Sam Curran, buying him for Rs 7.2 crore.

Medium pacer Jaydev Unadkat became a millionaire once again with a Rs 8.4 crore bid from Rajasthan Royals but the spotlight was firmly on Chakravarthy, the 27-year-old mystery spinner from Tamil Nadu who gave up a career as freelance architect to pursue cricket. 

"We always knew that we will break the wall for him," said KXIP CEO Satish Menon. 

Chakravarthy has risen to prominence owing to a strong showing in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. He has been widely credited for Madurai Panthers maiden TNPL title win this year. 

Unadkat, on the other hand, is back in the RR fold after being released at the end of the 2018 season. He had been bought for Rs 11.5 crore by RR earlier this year. On Tuesday, the Royals lapped him up him after a bidding battle with KXI, CSK and Delhi Capitals.  

Capped Indian players were in demand and so were the West Indians before a 15-minute tea break at the auction.  

Besides the capped Indians, the West Indians too were in demand with Shimron Hetmyer, Carlos Brathwaite and Nicholas Pooran bagging hefty deals in the first round of bidding. 

Spinner Axar Patel (Rs five crore), pacer Mohit Sharma (Rs five crore) and Mohammad Shami (Rs 4.8 crore) were the other names to fetch big bids.  

Patel, who made his name at KXIP, was bought by Delhi Capitals after a bidding battle with the Punjab franchise.

Shami, who turned up for Delhi last season, was sold to KXIP while Mohit went back to Chennai Super Kings after a stint with KXIP.  

Royal Challengers Bangalore paid Rs 4.2 crore for Hetmyer. Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals also bid for the stylish West Indian batsman, who had a base price of Rs 50 lakh. 

His teammate Brathwaite, the star of 2016 World T20, was sold to KKR for Rs five crore after a bidding war between the Dinesh Karthik-led side and Kings XI Punjab.

Another West Indian to get an attractive deal was wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran. The 23-year-old, who came with a base price of Rs 75 lakh, went for Rs 4.20 crore to KXIP. He is a T20 find and is yet to play Test cricket. 

Indian Test player Hanuma Vihari was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs two crore, four times his base price. 

Pacer Ishant Sharma, who had a base price of Rs 75 lakh, went to Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.1 crore while wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was bought back by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.2 crore. Yuvraj Singh, who was unsold in the first round, went to Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore. 

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Unheralded teenagers Prabh Simran Singh and Prayas Ray Barman attracted astonishing bids during the IPL auction to laugh their way to the bank  

Punjab's wicket keeper batsman Prabh Simran, all of 18, was taken by Preity Zinta owned Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.80 crore while Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore shelled out Rs 1.5 crore for 16-year-old Barman, who is an all-rounder from Bengal. Both the players had a base price of Rs 20 lakh.

The high-profile unsold players were Cheteshwar Pujara, Brendon McCullum and Chris Woakes.  

The following is a list of sold and unsold players at Tuesday's IPL auction here:  
 
Sold players:

Jaydev Unadkat - Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8.4 crores  
 
Varun Chakravarthy - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 8.4 crores 
 
Sam Curran - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 7.2 crores  
 
Colin Ingram - Delhi Capitals for Rs 6.40 crores  
 
Carlos Brathwaite - Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5 crores  
 
Axar Patel - Delhi Capitals for Rs 5 crores  
 
Mohit Sharma - Chennai Super Kings for Rs 5 crores  
 
Shivam Dubey - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 5 crores  
 
Mohammed Shami - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.8 crores 

Shimron Hetmyer - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 4.2 crores  
 
Nicholas Pooran - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.2 crores  
 
Barinder Sran - Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.4 crore  
 
Varun Aaron - Rajasthan Royals for Rs 2.4 crores  
 
Jonny Bairsw - Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.2 crores  
 
Hanuma Vihari - Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crores  
 
Lasith Malinga - Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crores  
 
Wriddhiman Saha - Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1.2 crores  
 
Ishant Sharma - Delhi Capitals for Rs 1.1 crores  
 
Martin Guptill - Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 1 crore  
 
Yuvraj Singh Mumbai Indians for Rs 1 crore  
 
Moises Henriques - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 1 crore  
 
Anmolpreet Singh - Mumbai Indians for Rs 80 lakhs  
 
Gurkeerat Singh Mann - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 50 lakhs  
 
Sarfaraz Khan - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 25 lakhs  
 
Devdutt Padikkal - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Ankush Bains - Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Nathu Singh - Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Heinrich Klaasen - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 50 lakhs  
 
Lockie Ferguson - Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.6 crores  
 
Sherfane Rutherford - Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crores  
 
Andrich Nortje - Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Oshane Thomas - Rajasthan Royals for 1.1 crores  
 
Hardus Viljoen - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 75 lakhs  
 
Himmat Singh - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 65 lakhs  
 
Nikhil Naik - Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Arshdeep Singh Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Harry Gurney - Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 75 lakhs  
 
Pankaj Jaiswal - Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Milind Kumar - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Darshan Nalkande - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 30 lakhs  
 
Shashank Singh  
 
Rajasthan Royals for Rs 30 lakhs  
 
Simran Singh - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.8 crores  
 
Rasik Dhar Mumbai Indians for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Prithvi Raj Yarra - Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Liam Livingsne - Rajasthan Royals for Rs 50 lakhs  
 
Keemo Paul - Delhi Capitals for Rs 50 lakhs  
 
Prayas Ray Barman - Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.5 crore  
 
Agnivesh Ayachi - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Harpreet Brar - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Akshdeep Nath-Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.6 crores  
 
Jalaj Saxena - Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
M Ashwin - Kings XI Punjab for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Ruturaj Gaikwad - Chennai Super Kings for Rs 20 lakhs  
 
Shubham Ranjane - Rajasthan Royals for Rs 20 lakh  
 
Joe Denly - Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1 crore  
 
B Ayyappa - Delhi Capitals for Rs 20 lakhs  

Unsold players:  
 
Manoj Tiwary (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Cheteshwar Pujara (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Alex Hales (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)  
 
Brendon McCullum (Base price Rs 2 crores)  
 
Chris Woakes (Base price Rs 2 crores)  
 
Chris Jordan (Base price Rs 1 crore)  
 
Naman Ojha (Base price Rs 75 lakhs)  
 
Ben McDermott (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Rahul Sharma (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Adam Zampa (Base price Rs 1 crore)  
 
Khary Pierre (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Fawad Ahmed (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Manan Vohra (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Sachin Baby (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Ankit Bawne (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Armaan Jaffer (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Ayush Badoni (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Jalaj Saxena (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Sheldon Jackson (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
B Indrajith (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Anuj Rawat (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
KS Bharat (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Arun Karthik (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Aniket Choudhary (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Ishan Porel (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Rajneesh Gurbani (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Chama Milind (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Tushar Deshpande (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
J Suchith (Base price 20 lakhs)  
 
Yuvraj Chudasama (Base price 20 lakhs)  
 
Zahir Khan (Base price Rs 40 lakhs)  
 
KC Cariappa (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
R Sai Kishore (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Usman Khawaja (Base price Rs 1 crore)  
 
Hazratullah Zazai (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Reeza Hendricks (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Shaun Marsh (Base price Rs 2 crores)  
 
Saurabh Tiwary (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Hashim Amla (Base price Rs 1 crore)  
 
James Neesham (Base price Rs 75 lakhs)  
 
Angelo Mathews (Base price Rs 2 crores)  
 
Rishi Dhawan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Corey Anderson (Base price Rs 2 crores)  
 
Parvez Rasool (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Jason Holder (Base price Rs 75 lakhs)  
 
Luke Ronchi (Base price Rs 75 lakhs)  
 
Mushfiqur Rahim (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Kusal Perera (Base price Rs 75 lakhs)  
 
Glenn Phillips (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Vinay Kumar (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Kane Richardson (Base price Rs 1 crore)  
 
Abhimanyu Mithun (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)  
 
Morne Morkel (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)  
 
Dale Steyn (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)  
 
Pravin Dubey (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Qais Ahmad (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Satyajeet Bachhav (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)  
 
Rilee Rossouw (Base price Rs 1.5 crore)