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Sunday, January 21, 2018

2018 Indian Premier League(IPL)Season 11 - 578 players set to go under the hammer at IPL auction Saturday Jan 20,2018

The Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) on Saturday Jan 20,2018 released the much-anticipated 2018 Indian Premier League(IPL)Season 11 Player Auction List

England all-rounder Ben Stokes and Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin are among the 16 marquee players for the upcoming IPL Players' Auction in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28,2018

Australian speedster Mitchell Starc and England captain Joe Root are also among the top foreigners who will be under the hammer in the auction.

While more than 1000 players had registered for the auctions, the BCCI has pruned the list to 578 players.

The players have been bracketed into 8 distinct slabs as per their profiles

The slabs for internationals (Indian and foreign) are Rs 2 crore, Rs 1.5 crore, Rs 1 crore, Rs 75 lakh and Rs 50 lakh respectively while uncapped players are base-priced at Rs 40, 30 and 20 lakh respectively

As per the list provided, 36 players are in all in Rs 2 crore bracket while 32 have priced themselves in the Rs 1.5 crore zone.

There are 31 in the Rs 1 crore category followed by 23 in the Rs 75 lakh and a whopping 122 in the Rs 50 lakh base price bracket respectively.

There are 62 capped Indian players in the auction while the number of uncapped local players is 288.

Compared to Indians, the number of capped foreign internationals is 92 while 36 uncapped overseas talent have thrown their hat into the ring.


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