Indian Premier League Auction List Revealed: Mitchell Starc, Travis Head Return; Rachin Ravindra Base Price Is Just… | Cricket News

The listing for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Player Auction has been unveiled with 333 gamers set to go beneath the hammer in Dubai on December 19 forward of the brand new season. Australia’s World Cup-winning stars Travis Head, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins headline the listing of 119 abroad gamers. Starc, who represented RCB in 2014 and 2015, returns to the Player Auction for the primary time since 2018, whereas Head went unsold forward of IPL 2023. Meanwhile, Cummins had pulled out of IPL 2023 as a result of worldwide commitments. Starc was purchased purchase Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 9.4 crore, however the participant determined to not function as a result of identical motive.

Head, however, might be demand throughout the Player Auction, after having impressed Australia to their sixth World Cup title earlier this yr in India. He performed two seasons for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2016 and 2017, however hasn’t featured since within the cash-rich league.

Starc, Cummins and Head all have registered for a base value of Rs 2 crore, which is the very best reserve value with 23 gamers selecting to be slotted within the bracket.

“Out of 333 players, 214 are Indians and 119 are overseas players of which 2 players are from associate nations. The total capped players are 116, uncapped players are 215 and 2 from associate nations,” IPL stated in an official assertion.

“A maximum of 77 slots are now available with up to 30 being slotted for overseas players,” the assertion added.

Here is the total IPL 2024 Player Auction listing

Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra, who had been New Zealand’s top-performers within the World Cup, have additionally registered for the match with a base of Rs 1 crore and Rs 50 lakh, respectively.

South Africa pacer Gerald Coetzee, who additionally had a memorable maiden World Cup marketing campaign, has registered for a base value of Rs 2 crore.

India’s Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel and Umesh Yadav will all be slotted within the highest bracket, having registered for Rs 2 crore.

Thakur and Umesh had been each launched by KKR forward of the retention day, whereas RCB let former Purple Cap-winner Harshal go after a disappointing present final season.