IPL Auction 2020: When and where to watch, retained players list, guidelines, and auction purse

The VIVO IPL auction is only a week away, and preparations for the mega event enter its final stage as franchises ponder over their strategies heading into the auction. With as many as 971 players registering for the auction, including 215 capped and 754 uncapped players along with a couple of players from the associate nations, all the franchises have limited spots available to bid for in the auction.

Only a handful of players who will get the nod from all the eight teams will be allowed to participate in the auction as only 73 spots will be up for grabs for the upcoming edition of the league. It will be a tussle between the teams as they look to plug in the deficiencies in their retained squad before the IPL 2020.

Each team was allotted a specific purse of INR 85 Cr to form a squad of a maximum of 25 players for the next season. However, after retaining a certain number of players, each team is now left with a purse that they can now spend to buy more players in the auction on December 19.

With only a few spots remaining for each team to complete their squad, it will be a mini-auction and hence will take place on a single day, unlike other IPL auctions that were conducted over two days in the past.

Here's all you need to know about the event:

IPL auction 2020 date: December 19, 2019 (Thursday)

IPL auction 2020 venue: Kolkata

IPL auction 2020 time: 2:30 PM IST

IPL auction 2020 Live telecast: The IPL auction 2020 will officially be telecasted on the Star Sports network. The entire event will also be live-streamed on Hotstar.

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Rules and Guidelines

IPL auction proceeding during the mega-auction in 2018

- The available players will be categorized based on their skills into various categories before their names reach the auction table. Franchises will be able to bid for players from categories like batsmen, bowlers, all-rounder, and wicket-keepers.

- The auction process will start with auctioneer (Hugh Edmeades will the auctioneer for IPL 2020) calling out the names of players from each category one after the other.

- One of the teams places the opening bid as others join in to bid for the specific player. Teams continue bidding until the highest bid is further challenged. The auctioneer calls the player as sold with an auction price equal to the highest bid placed by any of the teams in the auction.

- However, players failing to induce an opening bid go unsold in the auction.

- These unsold players can be called again upon any team's insistence in the later stages of the auction. The auctioneer asks each team to offer their list of interested players for whom they can bid at a base price half of what was proposed earlier by the player.

Next Slide: Players retained by each team

Players retained by each team

Chennai and Hyderabad fancy the most settled squads

All the eight franchises have already released the list of players that they wish to retain for IPL 2020. Chennai Super Kings followed their age-old policy to retain the most players while Royal Challengers Bangalore look to revamp their entire squad with only 13 players retained before the upcoming auction.

Here's a look at players retained by each franchise for IPL 2020:

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeeshan, Harbhajan Singh, KM Asif, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Billy Stanlake, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan

Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Murugan Ashwin

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, AB de Villiers

Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra

Delhi Capitals: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Avesh Khan, Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi

Next slide - Players available in the auction

Players available in the auction

A few big names ahead of the IPL auction 2020

Despite IPL auction 2020 being a mini-auction, there's still a lot at stake, especially after some of the teams opted to release a few big names ahead of the new IPL season. While most of the released players will be expected to go for big money in the auction, a lot of fresh young Indian and overseas talent might hogg the limelight with their auction price next week.

The likes of Chris Lynn and Chris Morris, who were not expected to be released by their franchises, might spring a bidding war as teams vie to procure their services for the next edition.

Some of the players who missed the last auction due to international commitments have made themselves available for this edition, as they look to make a difference with their experience in the IPL next year. Glenn Maxwell, Eoin Morgan, Aaron Finch, and others will also be in great demand at the auction in Kolkata.

The youngster Tom Banton, who has already made the headlines with his desire to play for Mumbai Indians, will also be watched closely as teams bid for the English opener.

Next slide - Auction purse

Auction purse

Kings XI Punjab think-tank at one of the IPL auctions

Each franchise at the IPL auction 2020 was allotted an extra purse of INR 3 Cr to elevate their auction purse from 82 Cr to 85 Cr this year. After retaining a chunk of their squad for next year's VIVO IPL, the teams now have a limited amount of purse remaining as they head into the auction day on December 19.

Kings XI Punjab enjoys the highest remaining purse for the upcoming auction while Mumbai Indians, the defending champions have the least available purse to fill-in the voids, if any, in their squad.

Here's a look at the remaining auction purse for each team at the IPL auction 2020:

Kings XI Punjab: 42.70 Crores (9 Slots available and 4 Overseas slots)

Kolkata Knight Riders: 35.65 Crores (11 Slots available and 4 Overseas slots)

Rajasthan Royals: 28.90 Crores (11 Slots available and 4 Overseas slots)

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 27.90 Crores (12 Slots available and 6 Overseas slots)

Delhi Capitals: 27.85 Crores (11 Slots available and 5 Overseas slots)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 17.00 Crores (7 Slots available and 2 Overseas slots)

Chennai Super Kings: 14.60 Crores (5 Slots available and 2 Overseas slots)

Mumbai Indians: 13.05 Crores (7 Slots available and 2 Overseas slots)