So I randomly ran my own IPL Auction, here are the teams

[Viper.]

I created my own sequence based on the released players and other players in demand, and ran my own auction using a Random Name Picker. That was basically a random draw of different teams that were input into the list, that went on until "None" ended up as the draw, and the player going to the last team that was randomly generated before the "None".



Key Buys-

• CSK managed to grab both Head and Starc, and also Shahrukh for their middle order, and then Harshal Patel. They also got their only associate player in Meekeren
• DC wanted to build a pace factory buying 3 pacers in a row from Tyagi to Nagarkoti, then they snapped some late overseas players at base
• GT made some uncapped Indian buys then bought 2 OS spinners to add to Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad already
• KKR bought back Manish and Cummins, and also got Holder and Jhye
• LSG got Umesh, Dayal and WC star Madushanka
• MI made good buys like Smith, Woakes and also got Lord Kedar and Unadkat
• PBKS got Shardul for cheap
• RR spent all on Indian batters then went for BBL star Spencer Johnson and the Legend Bas de Leede at the end of the auction at base prices
• RCB went mad to get Wanindu back, for some reason got Brook and Mitchell to add to that. Then got 3 Indian pacers
• SRH bought Rachin for cheap then spent on Rassie for 13.25 crores (the highest price in auction)

MI spent all but 10 lakhs of their purse and finished the first, while GT had 21.45 crores left at the end. MI also didnt exhaust their overseas quota and got only 7.

 

[Viper.]

If I had to pick my strongest XI for the sides after the auction

Spoiler: CSK

Devon Conway
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Moeen Ali
Shivam Dube
Shahrukh Khan
Ravindra Jadeja
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mitchell Santner
Mitchell Starc
Harshal Patel
Deepak Chahar

Mukesh Choudhary (IMPACT)
In an alternate universe, both Mukesh and Pathirana are benched as CSK have acquired Harshal and Starc. Shahrukh has taken over Rayudu's job at No. 5. Head might be an attractive option for CSK if Moeen is no longer in form. And of course, they bat till 11. Mukesh comes in for the bowling innings, so this is a batting team.

Spoiler: DC

David Warner
Prithvi Shaw
Mitchell Marsh
Rishabh Pant
Lalith Yadav
Dasun Shanaka
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Anrich Nortje
Khaleel Ahmed
Mukesh Kumar

Sarfaraz Khan (IMPACT)

In another world we see Lalith Yadav at No. 5 newly for DC, while Shanaka also boosts their middle order coming at 6. With Sakariya and Nagarkoti back, and Tyagi too in DC colours, they have a loot of options for the last 2 Indian pacers, but they might still stick with the duo that worked for them. Of course this is a bowling team, and Sarfaraz replaces any of the bowlers for the batting innings.

Spoiler: GT

Shubman Gill
Wriddhiman Saha
Kane Williamson
Sai Sudharsan
David Miller
Abhinav Manohar
Rahul Tewatia
Rashid Khan
Mohammed Shami
Mohit Sharma
Joshua Little

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (IMPACT)

In this auction fantasy, GT will go with Abhinav Manohar at 6 after the departure of Hardik (probably what they would do IRL as well, tbh). They might have to really bring in Sai Kishore or another bowler as an impact player if this XI plays, as Tewatia as 5th bowler is impractical and they will miss Hardik's bowling.

Spoiler: KKR

Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Venkatesh Iyer
Shreyas Iyer
Nitish Rana
Manish Pandey
Rinku Singh
Andre Russell
Sunil Narine
Pat Cummins
Harshit Rana
Varun Chakravarthy

Suyash Sharma (IMPACT)

In our imaginary world again, KKR will have to open with Gurbaz who will also keep wicket. The addition of Pandey at 5 adds batting depth, while they might have to use the impact player rule to swap him out for Suyash Sharma in the bowling innings. Harshit Rana starts as the Indian Quick as they have purchased no one better in the auction

Spoiler: LSG

KL. Rahul
Quinton de Kock
Devdutt Padikkal
Nicholas Pooran
Ayush Badoni
Marcus Stoinis
Krunal Pandya
Ravi Bishnoi
Umesh Yadav
Mark Wood
Mohsin Khan

Deepak Hooda (IMPACT)

Our pretend-LSG team looks almost the same as what you would expect the real one to. That one spot for the pace bowler is occupied by Umesh Yadav who will assist Mohsin as Avesh is now in RR, while Hooda or another batsman could be expected as impact player in the batting innings.

Spoiler: MI

Rohit Sharma
Ishan Kishan
Suryakumar Yadav
Steve Smith
Tilak Varma
Hardik Pandya
Tim David
Chris Woakes
Piyush Chawla
Jason Behrendorff
Jasprit Bumrah

Akash Madhwal (IMPACT)

The new look MI team after the mock auction sees them stronger than ever, Smith at 4 and Hardik at 6 with David providing finishing down at 7, while Woakes and Behrendorff charge with the new ball and Bumrah at the death. You have Akash Madhwal as a certain impact player to be used when the innings is for bowling. Hope MI genuinely don't get this good IRL.

Spoiler: PBKS

Shikhar Dhawan
Prabhsimran Singh
Jonny Bairstow
Liam Livingstone
Jitesh Sharma
Sam Curran
Harpreet Brar
Shardul Thakur
Kagiso Rabada
Rahul Chahar
Arshdeep Singh

Atharva Taide (IMPACT)

The PBKS side after our mock auction features Shardul alongside Arshdeep in the Indian pace battery, returning to his old team, while Rabada and Curran are the overseas quicks. Clearly it's a bowling oriented side so Atharva Taide would come in as impact player for the batting innings.

Spoiler: RR

Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jos Buttler
Sanju Samson
Riyan Parag
Shimron Hetmyer
Dhruv Jurel
Mohammad Nabi
Ravichandran Ashwin
Trent Boult
Yuzvendra Chahal
Avesh Khan

Prasidh Krishna (IMPACT)

Fixing RR's No. 7 conundrum is one of RR's last 3 buys in our mock auction, Mohammad Nabi. The fact that they have 3 spinners in the XI does not matter as the impact player rule helps to bring Prasidh Krishna in the bowling innings and have a 3 pace 3 spin attack. If it's not a spinning surface, Bas de Leede could feature in his first IPL XI.

Spoiler: RCB

Faf du Plessis
Virat Kohli
Rajat Patidar
Glenn Maxwell
Daryl Mitchell
Mahipal Lomror
Dinesh Karthik
Wanindu Hasaranga
Mohammed Siraj
Ishan Porel
Vyshak Vijaykumar

Karn Sharma (IMPACT)

If we were going by T20 skill strictly, Daryl Mitchell would start above Green for RCB in our imaginary universe. Not to forget he fits better at 5 as well. This is clearly a batting heavy team and Karn comes to assist Wanindu as spinner in the bowling innings. The RCB pace attack looks very junior though, might not be very helpful in Chinnaswamy.

Spoiler: SRH

Mayank Agarwal
Abhishek Sharma
Rahul Tripathi
Aiden Markram
Glenn Phillips
Heinrich Klaasen
Washington Sundar
Shahbaz Ahmed
Marco Jansen
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Umran Malik

Thangarasu Natarajan (IMPACT)

The SRH team looks more settled than ever in our imaginary auction world, while also not using any players from the auction. They however have Shivam Mavi and Kaul as backup options if Umran leaks too many runs. This is a batting side so Nattu comes in during the bowling innings. Rachin and RvDD are on the bench, classic SRH relying on overseas power (before finishng last)

 

[pillowprocter]

It would be more realistic to make XIIs

 

[Viper.]

I am a bored man so I did this with BBL too.