Short-to-long-terms futures of multiple cricketers would have been secured by this time tomorrow. Albeit a mini auction, the one-day process still comprises of enough impact to completely change the lives of the most expensive players. Since what we are talking about here is an auction for the biggest T20 tournament in the world, none of this is surprising by any means.
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Set to be the 16th auction in the history of the IPL, a grand total of 405 players have been shortlisted for participation. With a maximum of 87 slots left to be filled, just over one-fifth of these names will earn a bid assuming that all the 10 franchises exhaust their 25 members per squad quota.
All in all, all the team owners will have an opulent INR 206.5 crores to splurge. As far as the individual purse of each team is concerned, expect the likes of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians to be among the most active franchises during the auction on Friday. Each one of the remaining five teams has an individual purse less than INR 20 crore.
In what will be the first-ever IPL auction in Kochi, it will present a chance to a maximum of 30 overseas players to allure bids. Sunrisers, Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals have a maximum of four slots to be filled among overseas cricketers. Readers must note that a total of 132 overseas players have been shortlisted for the mini auction.
High-profile overseas all-rounders namely Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and Cameron Green are expected to fetch the highest bids. As far as the price categories for all players are concerned, players have registered themselves under INR 2 crore, INR 1.5 crore, INR 1 crore, INR 75 lakh, INR 50 lakh and INR 20 lakh.
IPL 2023 auction players list
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