The eight franchises must fill a total of 61 spaces, including 22 foreign players
Australian batsman Shaun Marsh, New Zealander all-rounder Corey Anderson and former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel are among the 17 new names to be included among the 292 players shortlisted for the 2021 IPL auction, scheduled in Chennai. on February 18. below 1097, it includes 164 Indian players, 125 foreign players and three from partner countries.
The eight franchises must fill a total of 61 spaces, including 22 foreign players. There are 10, including the Indian pair of Harbhajan Singh and Kedar Jadhav, which have included the maximum base price of INR 2 crore (US $ 274,000). The other eight are: Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith (both from Australia), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy and Mark Wood (England) and Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. South African hitter Colin Ingram, who was originally part of the higher base price range, is no longer part of it.
In a note to the franchises, the IPL said the auction, which is scheduled to start at 1500 IST, will begin with international players with international whose names will come based on their specialty: hitters, off-roaders, wicketkeeper-hitters, fast pitchers. and spinning bowlers. The same order will be followed for unlimited players.
The IPL also said the expedited process will begin after player 87. “The expedited process will cover all unrepresented and unsold players, and the unrepresented players will appear first.”
Of the 17 new names, which were later added at the request of the franchises, there are four international players in Marsh, Anderson, Morkel and Australian fast bowler Jack Wildermuth. Marsh, the left-handed hitter, who once made headlines playing for Kings XI Punjab, has listed his base price at INR 1.5 crore (about $ 206,000).
Morkel has also included the same base price. The former South African fast man has played for three IPL franchises: Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. Recently, 36-year-old Morkel showed up bowling for the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. Wildermuth, Morkel’s teammate on the Heat, who played two T20Is for Australia, has listed his base price at INR 50 lakhs. Anderson, who last played for the Barbados Tridents in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League, has set his base price at INR 75 lakhs (US $ 103,000).
At 16, Noor Ahmad, Afghanistan’s topless player with the left arm, is the youngest player in the auction group. Ahmad, who recently appeared on the BBL for Melbourne Renegades, has listed his base price at INR 20 lakhs. The youngest Indian in the group is Khrievitso Kense, Nagaland’s bare-legged player who impressed IPL scouts during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Kense is also in the lower base price range of INR 20 lakhs.
The oldest player to appear in the auction is 42-year-old spinner Nayan Doshi, son of former Indian spinner Dilip Doshi. Nayan, who lives in England, previously represented Saurashtra and has listed his base price at INR 20 lakhs.
Also among the new names is Sadiq Kirmani, son of former Indian wicketkeer Syed Kirmani. Sadiq, 31, is also a wicketkeeper hitter, but has only played two A-List games for Karnataka.
Former India fast pitcher Sreesanth, who returned to the game recently after serving a five-year suspension, is not on the final roster. Sreesanth had set his base price at INR 75 lakhs (US $ 103,000), having played the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Kerala in January.
Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor of ESPNcricinfo
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