Some big names have registered for the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) auction, but Jofra Archer, who was recently released by Mumbai Indians, has not enrolled. A total of 1,166 players are included in the register shared with IPL franchises on Friday. The auction is scheduled to take place on December 19 in Dubai.
Top World Cup performers such as Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra are among the global names trying to find a franchise in the 10-team league. Josh Hazlewood, who is doubtful for the league, has also submitted his name.
Of the 1,166 players, 830 are Indian players, while 336 are foreign players. The list includes 212 capped, 909 uncapped and 45 associate players.
Of the 830 Indians, there are 18 capped players, namely Varun Aaron, KS Bharat, Kedar Jadhav, Siddharth Kaul, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivam Mavi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Harshal Patel, Chetan Sakaria, Mandeep Singh, Barinder Sran. . Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Hanuma Vihari, Sandeep Warrier and Umesh Yadav.
Only four of the capped Indians – Harshal Patel, Kedar Jadhav, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav – have all been released by their franchises recently, with their base price set at a maximum of Rs 2 crore. The remaining 14 will be available at a reserve price of Rs 50 lakh.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has not responded to why Archer (27) has not put his name up for the auction, but there was talk among IPL teams that he may not be included in the auction this year due to his injury. Will not come. However, there are a number of English players including World Cup players Adil Rashid, Harry Brook and Dawid Malan. The top English players in the list are Rehan Ahmed (Rs 50 Lakh), Gus Atkinson (Rs 1 Crore), Tom Banton (Rs 2 Crore), Sam Billings (Rs 1 Crore), Harry Brook (Rs 2 Crore), Brydon Carse (Rs 2 Crore). (Rs 50 lakh), Tom Curran (Rs 1.5 crore), Ben Duckett (Rs 2 crore), George Garton (Rs 50 lakh), Richard Gleeson (Rs 50 lakh), Samuel Hahn (Rs 50 lakh), Chris Jordan (Rs ) 1.5 crore), Dawid Malan (Rs 1.5 crore), Tymal Mills (Rs 1.5 crore), Jamie Overton (Rs 2 crore), Ollie Pope (Rs 50 lakh), Adil Rashid (Rs 2 crore), Philip Salt (Rs 1.5 crore) ), George Scrimshaw (Rs 50 lakh), Olly Stone (Rs 75 lakh), David Willey (Rs 2 crore), Chris Woakes (Rs 2 crore) and Luke Wood (Rs 50 lakh).
The Australians include Hazlewood, Head, Starc, Cummins, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis and Steve Smith at the maximum base price of Rs 2 crore. MD Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmood, Mehdi Miraj, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahmudullah and Taskin Ahmed are from Bangladesh. Mustafizur alone is worth Rs 2 crore. Of course, there are players from South Africa, West Indies, Ireland, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland, United Arab Emirates and the United States.
IPL 2024: Possibility of programs after voting dates
With the election dates pending to be announced by the Election Commission of India, the BCCI is yet to finalize the IPL schedule. The schedule of IPL will be decided on the basis of election days. For planning purposes, the BCCI has informed the franchises that they can expect the IPL to be held from the third week of March to the third week of May.
Although the plan is to hold the match in India, there may be changes in logistics and operations if affected by the elections. In such a situation, a part of the league can be shifted out of India. It is noteworthy that BCCI had organized the entire league in India during the last general elections in 2019.
Note to Franchisees
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has requested franchises to respond with additional player requests that are not listed in the auction register. If the requested players are eligible and interested they will be automatically included in the auction.
The franchises have also been instructed to respond to the register with a list of players they wish to include in the auction, while also being reminded that only 77 slots are to be filled, of which a maximum of 30 can be foreign players.