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333 players in field, 77 slots vacant, stage set for IPL 2024 auction

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IPL 2024 auction will be held on December 19
This time, 333 players will be bid in the IPL auction.
A maximum of 77 players can be bought from the IPL auction

New Delhi. The stage is set for the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai. BCCI has shortlisted 333 players for the player auction for the 17th season of IPL. This time a maximum of 77 players can be bid in the auction. In which there will be 214 Indian and 119 foreign players. 2 players belong to the associate team. 116 players are capped and 215 are uncapped. Earlier, 1166 players had registered their names for the auction.

The IPL Auction (IPL 2024 Auction) will begin at 2:30 PM IST on December 19 at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai. The highest base price in the auction is Rs 2 crore. This bracket includes 23 players including Australia’s world champion captain Pat Cummins and Travis Head. The second highest base price is Rs 1.5 crore which includes the names of 13 players.

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3 Indian cricketers are included in the base prize of 2 crores
Three Indian players with the highest base price have been included in the player auction for the upcoming IPL season. The names of fast bowler Harshal Patel, Umesh Yadav and all-rounder Shardul Thakur are included in this list. Apart from Travis Head, overseas players include Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Josh English, Josh Hazlewood and Sean Abbott in this bracket.

Apart from Riley Russo of South Africa, Rasi van der Deusen, Gerald Coetzee, Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand, Mujeeb ur Rahman of Afghanistan and Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh also have a base prize of two crore rupees. Harry Brook, Chris Woakes, James Vince for England. , Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, David Willey and Ben Duckett also entered the list.

How many players does a team need?
Chennai Super Kings squad has 6 vacancies, out of which 3 are for foreign players, while Delhi Capitals need 9 players, out of which 4 are foreign players. Gujarat Titans can buy 8 players in the auction out of which 2 will be foreigners. KKR have 12 players available. Out of which 4 are foreigners. Lucknow Supergiants team has to buy 6 players including 2 foreigners, while Mumbai Indians have 8 players vacant in their squad. Punjab Kings, RCB, Rajasthan and Hyderabad have 8, 6, 8, 6 player vacancies respectively.

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Tags: BCCI, IPL, IPL Auction, Pat Cummins, Travis Head

First published: December 12, 2023, 07:05 IST

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