The 10th season of the Vivo IPL season is fast approaching with its famed auction, a regular feature every year. It will take place this Saturday at Bengaluru. As many as 76 of the total 300 players going under the hammer can be chosen by the 8 competing teams. The Sportsrush brings you ‘All you need to know about IPL Auction 2017’
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Details about the auction :
Date – 4th February, 2017
Venue – ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru
Telecast and Time – Sony Six at 9 AM IST
Auction Rules :
The players will be segregated based on their primary role(batsman,bowler,all rounder) and split into pots. They will then be picked on random and the player will be bid starting from their base price. A player will be sold to the team auctioning the highest amount by raising their paddle.
A player goes unsold if none of the teams show interest. However, these pool of players are brought back to the auction once all the remaining player list has finished. However, this time the base price of the player is halved to attract bids.
Retained players :
Delhi Daredevils –
Indian players: Zaheer Khan, Mohammad Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Amit Mishra, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, CV Milind, Khaleel Ahmed, Pratyush Singh.
Overseas players: JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Sam Billings, Chris Morris, Carlos Brathwaite.
Gujarat Lions –
Indian players: Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthick, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Ishan Kishan, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivil Kaushik, Shadab Jakati, Jaydev Shah.
Overseas players: James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Aaron Finch, Dwayne Smith, Andrew Tye.
Kings XI Punjab –
Indian players: Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakul, Wriddhiman Saha, Murali Vijay, NS Naik, Mohit Sharma, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pradeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh.
Overseas players: Hashim Amla, Marcus Stoinis, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller.
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Indian players: Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Piyush Chawla, Sheldon Jackson.
Overseas players: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Shakib al Hasan.
Mumbai Indians –
Indian players: Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Gopal, Vinay Kumar, Parthiv Patel, Nitish Rana, Siddhesh Lad, J Suchith, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia, Jitesh Sharma.
Overseas players: Tim Southee, Jos Buttler, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga.
Rising Pune Supergiants –
Indian players: MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Ankush Bains, Baba Aparajith, Rajat Bhatia, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Jaskaran Singh, Deepak Chahar, Mayank Agarwal.
Overseas players: Steve Smith, Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Marsh, Adam Zampa, Usman Khawaja.
Royal Challengers Bangalore –
Indian players: Virat Kohli, Yuzi Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Kedar Jadhav, Sreenath Aravind, Stuart Binny, Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdullah, Avesh Khan.
Overseas players: AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc, Adam Milne, Shane Watson, Travis Head, Samuel Badree, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Sunrisers Hyderabad –
Indian players: Shikhar Dhawan, Naman Ojha, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Barinder Sran, Karn Sharma, Bipul Sharma, Ricky Bhui, Yuvraj Singh, Siddarth Kaul, A Mithun.
Overseas players: David Warner, Moises Henriques, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Kane Williamson.
Players Released :
Delhi Daredevils: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Imran Tahir, Joel Paris, Pawan Negi, Pawan Suyal, Akhil Herwadkar, Mahipal Lomror.
Gujarat Lions: Dale Steyn, Paras Dogra, Eklavya Dwivedi, Sarabjit Ladda, Pravin Tambe, Umang Sharma, Amit Mishra, Akshdeep Nath.
Kings XI Punjab: Mitchell Johnson, Rishi Dhawan, Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Morne Morkel, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Colin Munro, John Hastings, Jaydev Unadkat, Rajgopal Satish, Manan Sharma, Shaun Tait.
Mumbai Indians: Corey Anderson, Marchant De Lange, Unmukt Chand, Akshay Wakhare, Nathu Singh, Kishore Kamath, Martin Guptill, Jerome Taylor.
Rising Pune Super Giants: Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Albie Morkel, George Bailey, M Ashwin, Thisara Perera, RP Singh, Scott Boland, Sourabh Tiwary, Peter Handscomb.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Varun Aaron, Abu Nechim, David Wiese, Kane Richardson, Vikramjeet Malik, Praveen Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Vikas Tokas, Parvez Rasool, Chris Jordan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Karn Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Eoin Morgan, Trent Boult, T Suman, Aditya Tare.
Auction purse for teams
All the 8 teams will try to strengthen their teams by filling the loopholes in their squads. They will be looking to target the right players to pick among the huge list to go under the hammer.
Coming to the auction purse, Kings XI Punjab have the maximum amount to spend with 23.35 crores. On the contrary, Mumbai Indians seem to have a well settled squad. Therefore, they have the least amount to pay in the auction with 11.5 crores.
Let the action begin!
