Sreesanth IPL 2021 auction: IPL auction 2021 new player list revealed; 292 players to go under the hammer

IPL auction 2021 new player list: BCCI have shortlisted 292 out of the originally registered 1,114 players for IPL 2021 auction.

BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) have shortlisted 292 out of the originally registered 1,114 players for Indian Premier League 2021 auction scheduled to happen on February 18 in Chennai. Out of the 292 shortlisted players, 164 are Indian, 125 are overseas and the remaining three players belong to Associate Nations.

As many as 113 capped players have registered under five price categories namely INR 2 crore (two Indian and eight overseas), INR 1.5 crore (12 overseas), INR 1 crore (two Indian and nine overseas), INR 75 lakh (15 overseas) and INR 50 lakh (13 Indian and 52 overseas).

With a mammoth 822 players left out of the auction, some prominent names have also missed out on a chance to go under the hammer next week. Veteran India fast bowler Sreesanth, who had most recently made a comeback in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, had registered himself with a base price of INR 75 lakh but hasn’t been shortlisted for the auction.

IPL auction 2021 new player list

It was previously reported that 11 players have registered themselves in the highest price category of INR 2 crore. According to the shortlisted list, 10 players have registered in the highest price category as South Africa batsman Colin Ingram has failed to make it to the updated list.

Players with base price of INR 2 crore – Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Mark Wood, Liam Plunkett and Shakib Al Hasan.

Players with base price of INR 1.5 crore – Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Alex Carey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jhye Richardson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Adil Rashid, Shaun Marsh, Tom Curran, David Willey, Lewis Gregory and Morne Morkel.

Players with base price of INR 1 crore – Aaron Finch, Ewin Lewis, Hanuma Vihari, Sheldon Cottrell, Mustafizur Rahman, Umesh Yadav, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Jason Behrendorff, Billy Stanlake and Matthew Wade.

Players with base price of INR 75 lakh – Chris Morris, Corey Anderson, Darren Bravo, Ben Cutting, Kylie Jamieson, Fabian Allen, Dan Christian, Liam Livingstone, Tim Southee, Keemo Paul, Fidel Edwards, Mohammad Mahmud Ullah, Sherfane Rutherford, Hilton Cartwright and James Faulkner.

For full list of shortlisted players for IPL 2021 auction, click here.