Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction for the 14th edition will be held on February 18 in Chennai, the organisers announced on Wednesday (January 28).
🚨ALERT🚨: IPL 2021 Player Auction on 18th February🗓️
Venue 📍: Chennai
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“Indian players who don’t have a contract and wish to be a part of the auction will need to fill the player auction agreement and submit it online on February 4 by 5 pm. The originals can be sent by post till February 12,” said ANI.
The 13th edition IPL was held totally in the UAE in the months of September, October, and November due to the uprising COVID-19 situation in India. As per reports, the 14th edition of the IPL is scheduled to be held in its original April-May window. The venue and dates for IPL 2021 are however yet to be confirmed by BCCI.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained the most number of players – 22, while Royal Challengers Bangalore have only 12 players in the squad. Kings XI Punjab have the biggest purse going into the IPL 2021 auction while Dehi Capitals have the lowest.
Here’s the remaining purse for all eight franchises:
Chennai Super Kings: Rs 22.9 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 35.7 crore
Rajasthan Royals: Rs 34.85 crore
Kings XI Punjab: Rs 53.2 crore
Mumbai Indians: Rs 15.35 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 10.75 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 10.85 crore
Delhi Capitals: Rs 9 crore
Here’s the full list of released players of all eight franchises:
Chennai Super Kings: Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Piyush Chawla, Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Monu Singh.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel.
Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Aniruddha Joshi.
Kings XI Punjab: Glenn Maxwell, Karun Nair, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, Jimmy Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Tajinder Singh.
Mumbai Indians: Lasith Malinga, Mitch McClenaghan, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Prince Balwant Rai and Digvijay Deshmukh.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen and Yarra Prithviraj.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Tom Banton, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik, Siddharth M and Siddhesh Lad.
Delhi Capitals: Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Alex Carey, Jason Roy.
