New Delhi . Ben Stokes' name is not included in the list of 1574 players who have registered for the mega auction of IPL 2025. This IPL auction will be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
After getting inputs from the franchises, IPL will shortlist the players from this long list. This list includes all those prominent Indian players who have not been retained by their franchises. Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer have kept their base price at Rs 2 crore. In this list R. There are also Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal, who were released by Rajasthan Royals.
Mohammed Shami, who has not played any cricket since the 2023 ODI World Cup final in November last year due to injuries, is also listed at a base price of Rs 2 crore after not being retained by Gujarat Titans.
Other Indian players with maximum base price of Rs 2 crore include Khalil Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Mukesh Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. , Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj and Umesh Yadav.
Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan, who were not sold in the previous auction, have registered at the base price of Rs 75 lakh. England fast bowler James Anderson, who has not played any T20 match since 2014 and has never been a part of the IPL, has registered for the auction at a base price of Rs 1.25 crore. Anderson retired from international cricket this English summer and took up the role of bowling coach with the England team.
Mitchell Starc, who became the most expensive player in IPL history after being bought by KKR for Rs 24.50 crore in 2024, is back in the auction pool with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Jofra Archer is also in the list at the same base price. Archer played only five matches for Mumbai Indians in 2023 and then was ruled out of the IPL due to injuries.
This long list also includes Thomas Draca, an Italian player who played for Brampton in the Global T20 in Canada. The 24yearold Draka was recently selected by MI Emirates for the upcoming season of the IPL T20 in the UAE.
A team can include a maximum of 25 players in its squad, which means a total of 204 slots will be available in the auction as a total of 46 players have been retained by all the franchises. Each team has a total purse of Rs 120 crore but due to retention, Punjab Kings will enter the big auction with the biggest purse of Rs 110.5 crore. After this, Royal Challengers Bangalore 83 crores, Delhi Capitals 73 crores, Gujarat Titans 69 crores, Lucknow Super Giants 69 crores, Chennai Super Kings 55 crores, Kolkata Knight Riders 51 crores, Mumbai Indians 45 crores, Sunrisers Hyderabad 45 crores and Rajasthan Royals 41 crores. Will land with a purse of Rs.
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