1097 players have registered for the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction to be held on February 18, including 56 from West Indies, 42 from Australia and 38 from South Africa. The last date for registration of the players had expired on Thursday.
1097 players have registered for the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction to be held on February 18, including 56 from West Indies, 42 from Australia and 38 from South Africa. The last date for registration of the players had expired on Thursday.A total of 207 international players are also included in this list, including 21 cricketers who have played for India. 27 players from associate countries have registered. Apart from this, there are 863 such players, who have not yet represented their country’s senior team. These include 743 Indian and 68 foreign players. The number of Indian players who have not represented the country is 50, but have played at least one IPL match. Two foreign players are also included in this list.
“If each franchise holds a maximum of 25 players in its team, 61 players will be bought in the auction (22 of which may be foreign players),” the IPL statement said on Friday.
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The auction will start one day after the second Test match between India and England at 3 pm local time. Kings XI Punjab will enter the auction with the highest amount of Rs 53.20 crores. Then there are Royal Challengers Bangalore (Rs 35.90 crore), Rajasthan Royals (Rs 34.85 crore), Chennai Super Kings (Rs 22.90 crore), Mumbai Indians (Rs 15.35 crore), Delhi Capitals (Rs 12.9 crore) and Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. (Both 10.75 crores) number comes.
The IPL was played in the UAE in 2020, but this time it is likely to be held in India. Australia’s top players such as Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell were released on January 20 by their teams Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab. Other prominent players who were dropped by their teams include Chris Morris, Harbhajan Singh and Aaron Finch.
A total of 139 players were retained by the franchise in their teams, while 57 players were dropped. The number of 283 overseas players who have registered, according to the country, is as follows – Afghanistan (30), Australia (42), Bangladesh (5), England (21), Ireland (2), Nepal (8), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (29), Scotland (7), South Africa (38), Sri Lanka (31), UAE (9), America (2), West Indies (56) and Zimbabwe (2).
