The anticipation of the IPL auction has started to build as the list of players who are set to go under the hammer, has been released. The auction is likely to be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.
According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, a total of 1214 players have registered for the mega day. Notable that there is a list of 49 marquee players who set the base price of 2 crores. The list includes 17 Indians and 32 overseas players. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are among the hot favourites for whom the 10 franchises will compete. Among overseas players- David Warner who was Man of The Tournament in the T20 World Cup, Steve Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Faf du Plessis will also catch lots of attraction on the auction day
A few noticeable absentees are Chris Gayle, Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, and Jofra Archer. Gayle announced his retirement from international cricket after T20 World Cup last year however he is playing various leagues around the world. Ben Stokes will miss this year’s IPL as he wants to show his commitment towards England cricket after his disappointing show in the Ashes.
IPL auction will be held on February 12 and 13
Starc’s is an interesting one as he insisted that he would like to have some T20 game time ahead of T20 World Cup but probably he is still not sure about his workload as Australia will travel to Pakistan in March-April for a full-fledged tour. Meanwhile, Jofra Archer is still recovering from his injury as he underwent a second surgery on his elbow and he won’t be available for the selection until the beginning of England’s home season.
In the auction, Punjab Kings will go with the highest purse of 72 Crores while Delhi Capitals will go with the least as they have only 47.5 crores. While the two new franchises- Lucknow and Ahmedabad will go with the purse of 58 and 52 crores respectively.
List of marquee players with a 2-crore base price:
Indians:
R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Shami, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Harshal Patel, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Shardul Thakur, Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Ishan Kishan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Overseas players:
Mujeeb Zadran, Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Sam Billings, Saqib Mahmood, Chris Jordan, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, James Vince, David Willey, Mark Wood, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Quinton de Kock, Marchant de Lange, Faf du Plessis, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Odean Smith
Base price 1.5 Cr:
Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar, Aaron Finch, Chris Lynn, Nathan Lyon, Kane Richardson, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan, Dawid Malan, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Tim Southee, Colin Ingram, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran.
Base Price 1 Cr:
Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Wriddhiman Saha, Kedar Jadhav, Kuldeep Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Mohammad Nabi, James Faulkner, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Liam Livingstone, Tymal Mills, Aiden Markram, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Wanindu Hasaranga, Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, D’arcy Short, Andrew Tye, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Devon Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner