No interest for Aaron Finch in IPL auction

Australia's World-Cup winning skipper Aaron Finch went unsold in the players auction for this year's Indian Premier League.

Finch led Australia to a maiden Twenty20 World Cup title last year but did not interest any of the league's 10 franchises on the second and final day of auction in Bengaluru.

Marnus Labuschagne, ranked the world's No.1 Test batter, also went unsold.

Allrounder Daniel Sams was the first Australian bought on day two, landing at Mumbai for $482,000.

Jason Behrendorff will join Bangalore for $140,000.

Punjab Kings bought England allrounder Liam Livingstone for $2.14 million.

England white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan was not signed up but teammate Jofra Archer was bought by Mumbai Indians for $1.5 million even though the fast bowler, recovering after an elbow surgery, is unlikely to play in this year's tournament.

England spin-bowling power-hitter Livingstone triggered a five-way bidding war.

Livingstone smashed a 43-ball 103 in a Twenty20 match against Pakistan last year and the 28-year-old, who can mix off-breaks and leg-breaks, was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the men's Hundred competition in 2021.

The 15th edition of the world's richest cricket league will begin in the last week of March with two new franchises - Lucknow and Ahmedabad - taking part.