Bangalore: The IPL player auction starts today (Feb. 12) in Bangalore. India’s Sreyas Iyer, Shardul Tagore and others may be contracted at a higher price.
The 15th season of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket will take place this year. The ‘current champions’ Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Punjab, Rajasthan, Hyderabad, along with 8 teams in addition to two new teams from Lucknow and Gujarat, a total of 10 teams are participating. The players ‘mega’ auction will be held in Bangalore today and tomorrow.
590 players:
1214 players who participated in this auction had expressed interest. Of these, 590 (228 international, 355 local, 7 member team players) have been finalized. This includes 370 Indian players and 220 foreign players. The maximum base bid is Rs. 48 crore on the 2 crore list, Rs. 1.5 crore in the list of 20 people, Rs. There are 34 players in the one crore list. Today 161 people will be up for auction.
Sreyas Chance:
This time a lot of Indian players are likely to be contracted at a higher price. Of these, more than ten were paid Rs. More than Rs 10 crore can be contracted. Shreyas Iyer, Rs. Up to Rs 20 crore is expected to be selected. There may be competition between Punjab, Rajasthan and Hyderabad to sign him.
Fast bowlers Shardul Tagore, Deepak Sagar, ‘Spin’ Yuvendra Sakal, Ishant Kishan, Rs. 12-15 crore is likely to be contracted. Tamil Nadu ‘spin’ players Ashwin, Raghane, Ambati Rayudu, Shikhar Dhawan, Washington Sunder, Deepak Hooda, Avesh Khan, Herschelle Patel could bid higher.
Shah Rukh Khan Expectation:
Tamil Nadu players like Shah Rukh Khan, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi and Devdhat Padikkal are among the young players who are highly anticipated. These are likely to be contracted in crores. India recently won the Junior World Cup by captain Yash Dhul, Vicky, Raj Bawa, Rajwardhan, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Yash Tagore, Abhinav Manohar, Mustafa Yousuf, Mayank Yadav, Ritwik Roy Chaudhary, Abhishek .
Foreign players could be in contention to sign Australia’s David Warner, South Africa’s Quinton de Gock, Rabada, West Indies’ Jason Holder, Odeon Smith, England’s Jason Roy and Johnny Burstow.
The IPL, which starts at 12:00 noon, will be televised live on Star Sports 1 ‘Channel’.
Tamil Nadu ’30’
30 people have participated in the auction on behalf of Tamil Nadu. Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik maximum Rs. 2 crore, Washington Sunder Rs. 1.5 crore, Natarajan Rs. One crore are on the list. Murali Vijay, Vijay Shankar Rs. 50 lakh, Shah Rukh Khan Rs. 40 lakh and other players Rs. 20 lakh have been included in the basic list.
Fifth time
IPL, players ‘mega’ auction, being held for the 5th time. Last happened in 2018.
33 players
27 were retained from eight teams. The two newly joined teams each selected 3 players. So far in 10 teams, 33 have been placed.
Punjab much
A team, with a maximum of Rs. Up to 90 crore players can be selected. Two players were paid Rs. The Punjab team, which has retained Rs 18 crore, has bid a maximum of Rs. Up to 72 crore players can be selected. Four players were paid Rs. ‘Current champion’ Chennai team retains Rs 42 crore, Rs. Up to Rs 48 crore can be utilized. Delhi team, Rs. Can buy players up to Rs 47.50 crore.