The deadline for the IPL auction has ended as already confirmed by the BCCI. Reports suggest that 991 players have registered for the auction which includes 714 Indians and 277 overseas players. Ben Stokes and Cameron Green Mayank Agarwal are among those 991 players who will have registered their names for the IPL auction.
714 Indian players have registered themselves in total. There are 277 foreign players on the list, and 20 of them are from Associate countries. There are 185 players with caps who will go under the hammer.
The ten franchises of IPL have already announced their retained players on November 15 and surprisingly, star players like Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, and Mayank Agarwal were released by their franchises. The ten franchises altogether retained 163 players and opened 87 new slots for this auction. Other players like Joshua Little, and David Wiese have put their names as well and are expected to get sold in good amounts. Experienced players like Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Pat Cummins, and Sam Billings have opted out.
Players for the IPL breakdown
- 19 Capped Indian players
- 166 Capped International players
- 20 Associate players
- 91 Uncapped Indians (who were a part of previous IPL seasons)
- 3 Uncapped International (who were a part of previous IPL seasons)
- 604 Uncapped Indians
- 88 Uncapped Internationals
Remaining Purse of the franchises
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 42.25 Cr
- Punjab Kings: Rs 32.20 Cr
- Lucknow Supergiants: Rs 23.35 Cr
- Mumbai Indians: Rs 20.55 Cr
- Chennai Super Kings: Rs 20.45 cr
- Delhi Capitals: Rs 19.45 Cr
- Gujarat Titans: Rs 19.25cr
- Rajasthan Royals: Rs 13.20 Cr
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 8.75 Cr
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 7.05cr.
2 crore bracket: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Kane Williamson, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Angelo Mathews, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder
1.5 crore bracket: Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford
1 crore bracket: Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossein, David Wiese
Dwayne Bravo got released by Chennai Super Kings and doesn’t have his name on the 991 registered list, so he might not be a part of this season. Steven Smith and Marnus Labusxhange don’t have their names on the list as well. As per speculations, they are involved in the Ashes preparation that will commence on June 16. Pat Cummins has opted out as well.
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