IPL Auction: Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive foreign buy ever at Rs 15.5 crore

Kolkata: England's World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan, Australia's limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch and Australian pacer Pat Cummins became the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction's first big money signings as the star players were snapped up by Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Pat Cummins bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 15.5 crore became the most expensive foreign buy ever at IPL players' auction.

Australia's all-rounder Glenn Maxwell went to Kings XI Punjab for the price of Rs 10.75 crore in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) auction.


Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Capitals went all out to make Maxwell a part of their team, but in the end, Punjab managed to bag the player.

Morgan, who has played for KKR before, had a base price of Rs 1.50 crore. The men in purple had to stave off stiff competition from Delhi Capitals who were also interested in the swashbuckling southpaw.

Morgan was second to go in the first set of players of the 13th auction where Chris Lynn, who was released by KKR, was roped in by Mumbai Indians for his base price of 2 crore without any bid.

Robin Uthappa, another player KKR did not want to keep, went to Rajasthan Royals for 3 crore while England opener Jason Roy was snapped up by Delhi Capitals for 1.5 crore.

Then came Finch, who did not play in the 2019 IPL, and RCB were locked in a bidding war with KKR. The Virat Kohli led franchise finally wrapped up the deal for 4.40 crore.

India's Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari went unsold.