574 players finalised for IPL auction, 366 Indians: 13-year-old player's name included for the first

BCCI on Friday released the final list of 574 players for the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. These include 366 Indians and 208 foreign players. The base price of 81 players is Rs 2 crore.

The names of England's fast bowler Jofra Archer and Australia's all-rounder Cameron Green have not been included in the auction list. The auction will be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

There are 204 players' vacancies in 10 teams, teams can buy 70 foreign players.

13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Bihar is the youngest player while 42-year-old England's fast bowler James Anderson is the oldest player. James' base price is Rs 1.25 crore. Vaibhav plays domestic cricket in Bihar.

Auction will start at 3 pm

The IPL mega auction will start at 3 pm on November 24. The auction will start at 3 pm the next day as well. Out of 574 players, 244 are capped, while 330 are uncapped. Among the capped players, there will be 48 Indian, 193 foreign and 3 associate countries players. Among the uncapped players, there are 318 players from India and 12 from abroad.

Archer, Green not included in the list

The names of English pacer Jofra Archer and Australian all-rounder Cameron Green have not been included in the list. Both the players had registered at a base price of 2 crores each, but IPL teams have not shown interest in these two players.

81 players in base price of 2 crores

The base price of uncapped players has been kept at Rs 30 lakh, which includes 320 players. This time too, Rs 2 crore is the biggest base price in the auction, it includes the names of 81 players. There are 27 players in base price of Rs 1.50 crore, 18 players in base price of Rs 1.25 crore and 23 players in base price of Rs 1 crore.

Base price of Pant and Shreyas is Rs 2 crore

There will be 2 lists of marquee players in the auction. The first list includes the names of Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada, Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh and Mitchell Starc. The second list includes Yuzvendra Chahal, Liam Livingstone, David Miller, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

10 teams retained 46 players

IPL mega auction takes place once every 3 years. For which this time the teams could retain a maximum of 6 players. October 31 was the last date for retention, on this day 10 teams retained 46 players. Punjab Kings retained the least number of players, 2. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders kept the maximum 6 players each.

Punjab has the highest purse

Due to retaining only 2 players, Punjab has a purse of Rs 110.50 crore left in the auction. After them, Bangalore has Rs 83 crore left. Rajasthan has the least amount of Rs 41 crore left. Rajasthan and Bangalore do not even have any Right to Match card. While Punjab has 4 and Bangalore has 3 RTM cards left.

What is a Right to Match card?

The teams that have retained less than 6 players will get the Right to Match i.e. RTM card in the auction. With the RTM card, teams will be able to keep the previous player included in the squad with them.

Let us understand RTM with an example, suppose Glenn Maxwell, who was a part of RCB last season, was bought by MI in the auction by bidding Rs 7 crore. Now if RCB wants, it can keep Maxwell with them by using the RTM card.

However, this time MI will also have the option to increase the bid for Maxwell. After using RTM, MI can also bid Rs 10 crore on Maxwell if it wants. Now if RCB wants to keep Maxwell with them, they will have to pay Rs 10 crore. With this, one of their RTM cards will be used. If RCB refuses, then Maxwell will become MI's for Rs 10 crore.