Australian cricketers rang in massive bids at the Indian Premier League players’ auction with pacer Pat Cummins becoming the most expensive foreign buy ever in the league by fetching a whopping Rs 15.50 crore bid from two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday.

While Indian youngsters, especially those in the Under-19 World Cup, got good deals, the day belonged to overseas stars with teams opting for experience over talent. Given that a major IPL auction is due after next season, franchises opted to splash the cash on proven names more than punts.

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All-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who was not considered for the upcoming ODI series against India in January, returned to Kings XI Punjab with a price tag of Rs 10.75 crore after an intense bidding war with Delhi Capitals. KXIP went into the auction with the biggest available purse of Rs 42.70 crore.

Maxwell’s compatriot Nathan Coulter-Nile also enjoyed a million-dollar payday at the auction as Mumbai Indians shelled out Rs 8 crore for the pacer.

Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch went for Rs 4.40 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Finch, who had opted out of the 2019 IPL, also attracted a bid from KKR.

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West Indies players also generated interest albeit not on a scale expected, with Sheldon Cottrell and Shimron Hetmyer going to KXIP and DC respectively.

There was a cheer in the auction room late on Thursday as well with Praveen Tambe, 48 years old now, moving to KKR at his base price.

Here’s a look at the breakdown of the eight squads with players bought at the auction highlighted in bold:

Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsman  Bowlers  All-rounders Wicketkeepers
Nitish Rana Harry Gurney  Andre Russell  Dinesh Karthik
Rinku Singh Prasidh Krishna Sunil Narine Nikhil Shankar Naik
Shubman Gill Sandeep Warrier Pat Cummins
Siddhesh Lad Shivam Mavi Varun CV
Eoin Morgan Kamlesh Nagarkoti Chris Green
Rahul Tripathi Lockie Ferguson
Tom Banton Kuldeep Yadav
Pravin Tambe M Siddharth

Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen  Bowlers  All-Rounders  Wicketkeepers
Mahipal Lomror Ankit Rajpoot Ben Stokes Jos Buttler
Manan Vohra Mayank Markande Rahul Tewatia Sanju Samson
Riyan Parag Jofra Archer Shashank Singh Anuj Rawat
Steve Smith  Shreyas Gopal Yashasvi Jaiswal
Robin Uthappa Varun Aaron Tom Curran
David Miller Jayadev Unadkat Anirudha Ashok Joshi
Akash Singh
Kartik Tyagi
Andrew Tye
Oshane Thomas

Delhi Capitals

Batsmen Bowlers All-rounders Wicketkeepers
Shreyas Iyer Ishant Sharma Axar Patel Rishabh Pant
Prithvi Shaw Amit Mishra Harshal Patel Alex Carey
Shikhar Dhawan Avesh Khan R Ashwin
Ajinkya Rahane Sandeep Lamichhane Chris Woakes
Shimron Hetmyer Kagiso Rabada Marcus Stoinis
Jason Roy Keemo Paul Lalit Yadav
Mohit Sharma
Tushar Deshpande

Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Bowlers Allrounders Wicketkeepers
Suresh Raina Lungi Ngidi Dwayne Bravo MS Dhoni
Faf du Plessis Harbhajan Singh Ravindra Jadeja N Jagadeesan
Shane Watson Karn Sharma Mitchell Santner
Ambati Rayudu Imran Tahir Sam Curran
M Vijay Deepak Chahar
Ruturaj Gaikwad Shardul Thakur
Kedar Jadhav Monu Kumar
KM Asif
Piyush Chawla
Josh Hazlewood
R. Sai Kishore

Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Bowlers Allrounders Wicketkeeper
Chris Gayle Mohammed Shami K Gowtham KL Rahul 
Mayank Agarwal Mujeeb ur Rahman Glenn Maxwell Nicholas Pooran
Karun Nair Arshdeep Singh Deepak Hooda Prabhsimran Singh
Sarfaraz Khan Hardus Viljoen James Neesham
Mandeep Singh M Ashwin Chris Jordan
J Suchith Tajinder Dhillon
Harpreet Brar
Darshan Nalkande
Sheldon Cottrell
Ravi Bishnoi
Ishan Porel

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Batsmen Bowlers All-rounders Wicket-keepers
Kane Williamson Rashid Khan Vijay Shankar Jonny Bairstow
David Warner Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mohammad Nabi Wriddhiman Saha
Manish Pandey Khaleel Ahmed Shahbaz Nadeem Shreevats Goswami
Priyam Garg Sandeep Sharma Mitchell Marsh
Virat Singh Siddharth Kaul Fabian Allen
Billy Stanlake Sandeep Bavanaka
T Natarajan Sanjay Yadav
Abhishek Sharma Abdul Samad

Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Bowlers Allrounders Wicketkeepers
Rohit Sharma Dhawal Kulkarni Hardik Pandya Ishan Kishan
Sherfane Rutherford Jasprit Bumrah Jayant Yadav Quinton de Kock
Suryakumar Yadav Lasith Malinga Kieron Pollard Aditya Tare
Anmolpreet Singh Mitchell McClenaghan Krunal Pandya
Chris Lynn Rahul Chahar Anukul Roy
Saurabh Tiwary Trent Boult Digvijay Deshmukh
Nathan Coulter-Nile Prince Balwant Rai Singh
Mohsin Khan

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Batsmen Bowlers Allrounders Wicketkeeper
Virat Kohli Yuzvendra Chahal Moeen Ali Parthiv Patel
AB de Villiers Mohammed Siraj Pawan Negi Shahbaz Ahamad
Gurkeerat Mann Umesh Yadav Shivam Dube Joshua Philippe
Devdutt Padikkal Navdeep Saini Washington Sundar
Aaron Finch Kane Richardson Christopher Morris
Dale Steyn Isuru Udana
Pavan Deshpande