As it happened: IPL 2016 Draft

Both Pune and Rajkot exhausted the maximum Rs 39 crore they were permitted and will now have Rs. 27 crore to build rest of the team at February 6 auction next year.

Final list of players picked

PUNE (New Rising):

1. MS Dhoni (ex-CSK)

2. R Ashwin (ex-CSK)

3. Ajinkya Rahane (ex-RR)

4. Steven Smith (ex-RR)

5. Faf du Plessis (ex-CSK)

Rajkot (Intex):

1. Suresh Raina (ex-CSK)

2. Ravindra Jadeja (ex-CSK)

3. Brendon McCullum (ex-CSK)

4. James Faulkner (ex-RR)

5. Dwayne Bravo (ex-CSK)

Players not picked in the draft:

Indians: Stuart Binny, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Irfan Pathan, Sanju Samson, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Sharma, B Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Eklavya Dwivedi, Deepak Hooda, Vikramjeet Malik, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Ishwar Pandey, Pardeep Sahu, Dinesh Salunkhe, Barinder Singh Sran, Ankit Sharma, Pratyush Singh, Pravin Tambe, Rahul Tewatia, Sagar Trivedi, Dishant Yagnik.

Foreigners: Kyle Abbott, Samuel Badree, Ben Cutting, Matt Henry, Mike Hussey, Chris Morris, Kane Richardson, Dwayne Smith, Tim Southee, Juan Theron, Andrew Tye, Shane Watson.

Five players picked by Pune:

Dhoni, Ashwin, Rahane, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis.

Five players picked by Rajkot:

Raina, Jadeja, B McCullum, Faulkner, Dwayne Bravo.

Pune pick Faf du Plessis as their final choice.

James Faulkner joins McCullum as the second overseas player for Rajkot.

Pune pick Steven Smith as their fourth choice.

Brendon McCullum is the first foreigner to be picked. He becomes third Rajkot player.

India offspinner R Ashwin goes to Team Pune.

Pune's second choice is Ajinkya Rahane and Rajkot's Ravindra Jadeja.

Suresh Raina to play for Intex-owned Rajkot franchise.

Pune snap India ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

11:43 a.m. It's already 13 minutes over the go-time. So the first news could be filtering in anytime. Stay hooked!

Who will be the first player picked?

MS Dhoni

Suresh Raina

Ravindra Jadeja

R Ashwin

Others

PLAYERS IN THE DRAFT

Indians (33):

Ravichandran Ashwin, Stuart Binny, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Irfan Pathan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Sanju Samson, Mohit Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Eklavya Dwivedi, Deepak Hooda, Vikramjeet Malik, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Ishwar Chandra Pandey, Pardeep Sahu, Dinesh Salunkhe, Barinder Singh Saran, Ankit Nagendra Sharma, Pratyush Singh Pravin Tambe, Rahul Tewatia, Sagar Vijay Trivedi and Dishant Yagnik.

Foreigners (17):

Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Samuel Badree (West Indies), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Ben Cutting (Australia), Faf Du Plessis (South Africa), James Faulkner (Australia), Matt Henry (New Zealand), Michael Hussey (Australia), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Christopher Morris (South Africa), Kane Richardson (Australia), Dwayne Smith (West Indies), Steven Smith (Australia), Tim Southee (New Zealand), Juan Theron (South Africa), Andrew Tye (Australia) and Shane Watson (Australia).

India’s World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with the likes of Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina will hog the limelight as two new IPL franchises from Pune and Rajkot meet to pick their five key players each from the 50-player draft.

Pune will be the first team to pick a player from the draft as they were the lowest bidders in the reverse bidding.

Fifty players from the suspended Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals franchises will be available for the two new franchises - Pune and Rajkot- who will replace them for the next 2 years.

Hello and welcome to the Live coverage from the IPL draft.