IPL Auction 2021 Live: K Gowtham highest-paid uncapped player, Arjun Tendulkar goes to MI, Jadhav to SRH, Bhajji to KKR

The five-time champions Mumbai Indians released all of their overseas bowling arsenal and will be going after the bowlers and a couple of spinners to add to their already strong team.

Squad before the auction

Indian players: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare,  Krunal Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan.

Overseas: Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard Trent Boult, Chris Lynn

New Additions: Arjun Tendulkar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Piyush Chawla, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Charak

Delhi Capitals, the runners-up from the last season released a few players and traded a couple of them to the Royal Challengers Bangalore and they will be targeting Indian seam bowling options and overseas middle-order players.

Squad before the auction

Indian players: Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey.

Overseas: Kagiso Rabada, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Anrich Nortje, Chris Woakes

New Additions: Steve Smith, Sam Billings, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Vishnu Vinod, Ripal Patel, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth

The Hyderabad franchise, who despite injuries finished third in the competition. The Orange Army will be targeting an overseas pacer and an experienced Indian middle-order batsman.

Squad before the auction

Indian players: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Sreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Basil Thampi, T. Natarajan, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad.

Overseas: David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder

New Additions: Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith

The Royal Challengers Bangalore left out the most number of players before the auction and traded a couple of players from the Delhi side. The Virat Kohli-led side will be targeting an experienced middle-order overseas player and two genuine death bowlers.

Indian players: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Harshal Patel (T)

Overseas: AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams (T)

New Additions: Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, KS Bharat, Suyash Prabhudesai

The rebranded team from Punjab have the biggest purse before the auction and will be targeting a couple of overseas all-rounders and a few death bowlers both overseas and local to support Shami and Jordan.

Indian players: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Sarfraz Khan, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Prabhsimran Singh.

Overseas: Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Jordan.

New Additions: Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Fabian Allen, Shahrukh Khan, Jalaj Saxena, Saurabh Kumar, Utkarsh Singh

The Kolkata Knight Riders have kept their core and have empty spots for two Indian middle-order players and one overseas batsman and an all-rounder a s backup for Andre Russell.

Indian players: Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy.

Overseas: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Tim Seifert

New Additions: Shakib Al Hasan, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Venkatesh Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora

The Chennai Super Kings had a forgetful season but a couple of youngsters showed some 'spark' at the back-end. The CSK side will be looking for an overseas batsman and a couple of Indian players.

Indian players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa (T), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma, N. Jagdeesan, KM Asif, Sai Kishore.

Overseas: Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood

New Additions: Krishnappa Gowtham, Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, K Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth, M Harisankar Reddy

Rajasthan Royals will be beginning their new era under Sanju Samson as they left out Steve Smith before the auction. The men in pink would be targeting a couple of good Indian batsmen, a couple of pace bowlers and backup overseas batsmen.

Indian players: Sanju Samson, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi.

Overseas: Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, David Miller, Andrew Tye

New Additions: Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Liam Livingstone, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Akash Singh, KC Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav