714 Indians and 277 Overseas players list was almost halved on Tuesday to 273 Indians and 132 Overseas players, as the BCCI truncated the same for the mini auction ahead of IPL 2023, set to take place on December 23 at Kochi. Of these, the total capped players are 119, uncapped are 282, while four players comprise from the Associate nations.
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Out of this final list, only a maximum of 87 players (including only 30 Overseas players) can be roped in by the 10 franchises ahead of the next edition of the league.
As is the norm, the auction process will begin with the bids of capped players in this particular order of their specialization – Batters, Allrounders, Wicket-keeper batters, Fast bowlers, Spinners, and then followed by the same order for the uncapped players.
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It is worth of a mention, that only the first 86 players from these respective sets will certainly be part of the auction, with the accelerated round to begin from the 87th player onwards. This round will cover the rest of the final list of players, up to number 405.
A total of 19 players are in the INR 2 Crore base price bracket, which includes red-hot names in Sam Curran, Cameron Green, Ben Stokes, Nicholas Pooran etc.
There are 19 players in the INR 1.5 Crore division, 11 players in the INR 1 Crore bracket, 20 in the INR 1 Crore bracket, and another 9 in the INR 75 Lakh.
Auction players list of IPL 2023 (in order of appearance at the auction table)
Set 1: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Ajinkya Rahane, Joe Root, Rilee Rossouw, Kane Williamson.
Set 2: Sam Curran, Cameron Green, Shakib Al Hasan, Jason Holder, Sikandar Raza, Odean Smith, Ben Stokes.
Set 3: Tom Banton, Liton Das, Heinrich Klaasen, Kusal Mendis, Nicholas Pooran, Phil Salt.
Set 4: Chris Jordan, Adam Milne, Jhye Richardson, Ishant Sharma, Reece Topley, Jaydev Unadkat.
Set 5: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid, Adam Zampa, Akeal Hosein, Tabraiz Shamsi.
List of players in IPL auction 2023 (as per the base price)*
INR 2 Crore
Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Kane Williamson, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran.
INR 1.5 Crore
Sean Abott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
INR 1 Crore
Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai Hope, David Wiese.
INR 75 Lakh
Reece Topley, Wayne Parnell, Daniel Sams, Joshua Philippe, Ish Sodhi, Tom Curran, D’Arcy Short, David Payne, Carlos Brathwaite.
*Click here, to check the complete list of players selected for IPL 2023 auction.