New Delhi: Top Indian Players, including Senior Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer, along with overseas stars such as Pat Cummins and Kagiso Rabada have been locked in the highest base price category Rs 2 Crore for upcoming IPL auctions.
The Mega Auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13 and will see 590 players go under the hammer.
The IPL announced the last auction list on Tuesday, which was trimmed from the original list of 1,214 players released last month, after the franchise was returned with the players they were interested in.
Among 590 Cricketers, a total of 228 are players who are restricted while 355 are not closed and seven belongs to the Association.
Senior Indian player Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and R Ashwin have also registered at a base price of Rs 2 Crore.
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A total of 370 Indian players and 220 foreign Cricketers will be ready to be contested, with as many as 48 players who choose to place themselves in the RS 2 Crore bracket.
Among foreigners franchises are expected to go after the Pacers Trent Boult, Cummins, Rabada, Australian duo from Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith, former Captain Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan and Big-hit South Africa Faf Du Plessis, who have all registered in the top bracket.
Indian veterans such as Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa, with a steep base price Rs 2 Crore, may not have many takers.
There are 20 players in the auction list with RS 1.5 Crore reserve prices while 34 are in the Cricketers list with reserve prices Rs 1 Crore.
Indian U-19 Stars, Yash Dhull Skipper, Vicky Ostwal and Rajvardhan Hangkeskar, in addition to people like Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda and Avesh Khan, will also look for cash and make their signs during auction.
Spinner spinning 42-year-old South African, Imran Tahir is the oldest at the auction while Noor Ahmed of Afghanistan is 17 years old is the youngest.
Noor is currently playing at the U-19 World Cup in West Indies.
Among all U-19 players, Indian Medium Pacer Hanggargar has a base price of auction that is better than Rs 30 Lakh, compared to Rs 20 Lakh for others.
Punjab Kings has most of the money in Pursepuntab Kings has the highest number of 23 slots available while Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians have 21 jobs.
The rest of each team has 22 slots.
Punjab Kings also headed to the auction with the highest wallet – RS 72 Crore – while the capital Delhi has the lowest crore – Rs 47.5.
Australia Top Roomseas Listaustralia Fill out the list of overseas with 47 players while 34 Cricketers from West Indies will also be under the hammer.
South Africa has 33 players, Sri Lanka 23, England 24, New Zealand 24 and Afghanistan 17.