 "Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Jos Buttler have been included not just in the top bracket of Rs 2 crore but also in the list of 'Marquee' players. AP/PTI")
The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council unveiled the final list of players set to go under the hammer in the mega auction that will be taking place in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on 24 and 25 November. A total of 574 players will be going under the hammer in the second consecutive IPL auction taking place in the Middle East which includes 48 capped Indians and 193 capped overseas players.
Among the 574 players included in the list unveiled by the league on Friday are 12 marquee players divided into groups of two who will begin the proceedings on the first day of the auction.
Seven of the 12 marquee players are Indian including the trio of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer – who will be in great demand in the upcoming auction due to their leadership skills in addition to their ability with the bat and in Pant and Rahul’s case, with gloves.
A total of 81 players have also been included on the top bracket of Rs 2 crore, some of whom are expected to fetch to the highest bids in the auction.
Here’s the full list of players included in the Rs 2-crore bracket
Indian players with a base price of Rs 2 crore
Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Ishan Kishan, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, T Natarajan, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Umesh Yadav
Overseas players with a base price of Rs 2 crore
England: Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow, Phil Salt, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Ben Duckett, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Will Jacks, Tom Banton, Gus Atkinson, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills
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West Indies: Evin Lewis, Alzarri Joseph, Jason Holder