In case you missed out on the auction, the live blog will serve as the perfect recap for you. 

The 292 players who were up for grabs were from 11 different countries, 164 of which were Indian players. The entire breakup of overseas players by country can be viewed here. After the IPL retentions last month, teams released quite a few players, clearing up room for new players to be picked in the auction. There were a few players traded in and out during the trading window, the details of which are available here. The auction list was shortlisted after the franchises submitted their list of players.

It was a ‘mini auction’ by definition, but there was no dearth of action throughout the day, as teams furiously outbid each other to claim their player of choice. At the end, it was South Africa’s Chris Morris who broke the box office, registering a bumper sum of INR 16.25 crore, the most any team has spent on a player in the history of the IPL auction. Why, you may ask: we have the reasons here.

There were plenty of other buys:

IPL 2021: Full list of sold players

Steve Smith, Delhi Capitals, INR 2.2 crore

Glenn Maxwell, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 14.25 crore

Shakib Al Hasan, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 3.20 crore

Moeen Ali, Chennai Super Kings, INR 7 crore

Shivam Dube, Rajasthan Royals, INR 4.4 crore

Chris Morris, Rajasthan Royals, INR 16.25 crore

Dawid Malan, Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab), INR 1.5 crore

Adam Mine, Mumbai Indians, INR 3.2 crore

Mustafizur Rahman, Rajasthan Royals, INR 1 crore

Jhye Richardson, Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab), INR 14 crore

Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mumbai Indians, INR 5 crore

Umesh Yadav, Delhi Capitals, INR 1 crore

Piyush Chawla, Mumbai Indians, INR 2.40 crore

Sachin Baby, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 20 lakh

Rajat Patidar, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 20 lakh

Ripal Patel, Delhi Capitals, INR 20 lakh

Shahrukh Khan, Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab), INR 5.25 crore

Krishanppa Gowtham, Chennai Super Kings, INR 9.25 crore

Mohammad Azharuddeen, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 20 lakh

Sheldon Jackson, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 20 lakh

Vishnu Vinod, Delhi Capitals, INR 20 lakh

Chetan Sakariya, Rajasthan Royals, INR 1.2 crore

Riley Meredith, Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab), INR 8 crore

M Siddharth, Delhi Capitals, INR 20 lakh

J Suchith, Sunrisers Hyderabad, INR 30 lakh

Lukman Meriwala, Delhi Capitals, INR 20 lakh

Cheteshwar Pujara, Chennai Super Kings, INR 50 lakh

Kyle Jamieson, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 15 crore

Tom Curran, Delhi Capitals, INR 5.25 crore

Moises Henriques, Punjab Kings (KXIP), INR 4.20 crore

Jalaj Saxena, Punjab Kings (KXIP), INR 30 lakh

Utkarsh Singh, Punjab Kings (KXIP), INR 20 lakh

Vaibhav Arora, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 20 lakh

Fabian Allen, Punjab Kings (KXIP), INR 75 lakh

Dan Christian, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 4.80 crore

Liam Livingstone, Rajasthan Royals, INR 75 lakh

Suyash Prabhudessai, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 20 lakh

KS Bharat, Royal Challengers Bangalore, INR 20 lakh

Harishankar Reddy, Chennai Super Kings, INR 20 lakh

C Hari Nishaanth, Chennai Super Kings, INR 20 lakh

Pawan Negi, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 50 lakh

James Neesham, Mumbai Indians, INR 50 lakh

Kuldip Yadav, Rajasthan Royals, INR 20 lakh

Yudhvir Charak, Mumbai Indians, INR 20 lakh

KC Cariappa, Rajasthan Royals, INR 20 lakh

Bhagath Verma, Chennai Super Kings, INR 20 lakh

Marco Jansen, Mumbai Indians, INR 20 lakh

Saurabh Kumar, Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab), INR 20 lakh

Karun Nair, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 50 lakh

Kedar Jadhav, Sunrisers Hyderabad, INR 2 crore

Sam Billings, Delhi Capitals, INR 2 crore

Ben Cutting, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 75 lakh

Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sunrisers Hyderabad, INR 1.5 crore

Harbhajan Singh, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 2 crore

Venkatesh Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 20 lakh

Akash Singh, Rajasthan Royals, INR 20 lakh

Arjun Tendulkar, Mumbai Indians, INR 20 lakh