Kings XI Punjab have officially changed its name to Punjab Kings ahead of the auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, scheduled to be held on February 18 in Chennai.&nbsp;The franchise said that the new brand logo and name will extend their undying spirit of fighting against all odds while celebrating the true spirit of Punjab.&nbsp;

Kings XI Punjab are one of the three franchises – others being Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore – to have never won the coveted IPL trophy. While they have produced some great performances in the past, the Punjab franchise always fell short of ultimate glory. However, under the new name and logo, the franchise would be hoping to break the deadlock and lift the IPL trophy in the 2021 edition.&nbsp;

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The franchise has released some of the big names in the squad ahead of IPL 2021 auction and will look to bolster their squad when players go under the hammer on February 18 in Chennai.&nbsp;&nbsp;

In a statement on Wednesday,&nbsp;Punjab Kings&nbsp;said: "We are much more than a team, but a family which has come&nbsp;together and&nbsp;built a connect with our fans through our relentless hard work. The new brand logo and name are an extension to our undying spirit of fighting against all odds and celebrating the true spirit of Punjab."&nbsp;

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Earlier on Wednesday, Kings XI Punjab teased their fans and followers with a couple of tweets&nbsp;and it would be interesting to see how the fans react to the new name and logo of the franchise.&nbsp;

Kings XI Punjab have officially changed its name to Punjab Kings ahead of the auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, scheduled to be held on February 18 in Chennai.

Kings XI Punjab have officially changed its name to Punjab Kings ahead of the auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, scheduled to be held on February 18 in Chennai. The franchise said that the new brand logo and name will extend their undying spirit of fighting against all odds while celebrating the true spirit of Punjab. Kings XI Punjab are one of the three franchises – others being Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore – to have never won the coveted IPL trophy. While they have produced some great performances in the past, the Punjab franchise always fell short of ultimate glory. However, under the new name and logo, the franchise would be hoping to break the deadlock and lift the IPL trophy in the 2021 edition. ALSO READ: India announce squad for last 2 Tests vs England as Shami, Jadeja miss out THIS IS OUR LAST TWEET! Thank you @Twitter and Sadde fans! ♥️#SaddaPunjab — Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) February 17, 2021 × The franchise has released some of the big names in the squad ahead of IPL 2021 auction and will look to bolster their squad when players go under the hammer on February 18 in Chennai. In a statement on Wednesday, Punjab Kings said: "We are much more than a team, but a family which has come together and built a connect with our fans through our relentless hard work. The new brand logo and name are an extension to our undying spirit of fighting against all odds and celebrating the true spirit of Punjab." ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions Earlier on Wednesday, Kings XI Punjab teased their fans and followers with a couple of tweets and it would be interesting to see how the fans react to the new name and logo of the franchise.

Kings XI Punjab changes name to Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2021 auction, new logo unveiled

The mini-auction&nbsp;for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, which was held in Chennai on February 18,&nbsp;lived up to the expectations of the fans as an action-packed event enthralled the fans with&nbsp;surprises and excitement.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Punjab franchise went into the mini-auction&nbsp;not only with the biggest purse but&nbsp;with a revamped brand identity&nbsp;as well. A new name and logo to freshen up things&nbsp;as Kings XI Punjab was renamed to Punjab Kings&nbsp;as the franchise commences a new journey in the world of IPL.&nbsp;

With a purse of INR 53.1 crore in the auction, Punjab Kings were expected to sign some big-name players and the franchise lived up to the expectations. Not only did Punjab Kings sign&nbsp;the world’s number one T20I player, but they also signed&nbsp;two&nbsp;of the brightest Australian talents when it comes to the shortest format of the game.&nbsp;On top of that, Punjab Kings roped in&nbsp;a couple of domestic talents who are known for their exploits in T20 cricket.&nbsp;

As the 14th&nbsp;edition of the Indian Premier League approaches after the completion of mini-auction, Punjab Kings CEO, Satish Menon, exclusively spoke to WION’s Subhayan Chakraborty&nbsp;as he discussed the rebranding of the Punjab franchise,&nbsp;the big-name signings in the auction, growth of Punjab Kings since the inaugural edition of IPL, and much more.&nbsp;

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Subhayan Chakraborty: What made the franchise go ahead with a new logo and name, and what was the idea behind it?&nbsp;

Satish Menon: The new name and logo were in process for some time. It is not something we changed overnight. We felt it was the right time to refresh things up and give fans something new. Initially, our idea&nbsp;was to revamp the Punjab franchise’s branding in 2022 but with new franchises likely to join from next season onwards, we felt this season was the best time to make the most out of it as the new franchises would naturally be promoting themselves when they are launched. We are delighted with the response to the&nbsp;new name and logo from everyone.

Punjab Kings is a more evolved brand name along with our new logo. We wanted to focus on the core brand. Having said that, the change in logo and name is not about shifting our focus&nbsp;from our ethos. It is more about celebrating unity as a family. The new logo has modern elements in it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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swagat karo <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PunjabKings</a> da 💥👑🤩<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaddaPunjab</a> <a href="https://t.co/IVvmsx56Qb">pic.twitter.com/IVvmsx56Qb</a>
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SC: How do you look at Punjab Kings’ growth as a franchise in the last decade?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Satish Menon: It has grown massively. When the IPL was introduced to this country and the cricket community, we were entering unknown territory. India is a cricket crazy&nbsp;nation;&nbsp;people love the sport. As a brand, we have seen tremendous growth in terms of the number of followers not only in India but worldwide. The love and passion for our franchise have just grown despite us not winning silverware, which reflects the loyalty of our fanbase.&nbsp;

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“I am pretty sure the new name will bring us good fortune this year!” 💥<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaptainPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CaptainPunjab</a>, we are pretty much sure, too! 🥰<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaddaPunjab</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PunjabKings</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/klrahul11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@klrahul11</a> <a href="https://t.co/edIJyFNmv1">pic.twitter.com/edIJyFNmv1</a>
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PunjabKingsIPL/status/1362242938353446914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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SC: Punjab Kings have played some good cricket over the years but one thing which is missing is silverware. What do you make of the team's failure to win titles despite trying so many team combinations in the past and&nbsp;now?

Satish Menon: Winning and losing are part and parcel of cricket or any other sport. As you said, we have played some good cricket but we have always been looking to improve and take that next step forward. IPL is top quality and there is only one winner.&nbsp;We obviously want to lift the trophy but at the same time, we want our fans and viewers to enjoy good cricket. Punjab as a team has come close to&nbsp;be in the final stages&nbsp;of the tournament or even win the IPL but it is the failure in the last phases that have hurt us as a team. We are confident in our team, players and everyone associated with it and hope to break the deadlock.&nbsp;

SC: Punjab Kings made some big-name buys in&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Dawid Malan - How content&nbsp;are&nbsp;you with how the auction went for Punjab?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Satish Menon: Really content. We almost got everyone we wanted. In mini-auctions or auctions, there will be cases where you miss a key target or two but in hindsight, we are really happy with the players we bought during the auction. The players we bought have&nbsp;a good blend of youth and experience. The staff and team management are happy with the outcome of the auction.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Presenting <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaddaSquad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaddaSquad</a> for the season! 🦁👑 
 
Khush ho tussi❓🥰<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaddaPunjab</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PunjabKings</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPLAuction2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPLAuction2021</a> <a href="https://t.co/9sxgNsq0zu">pic.twitter.com/9sxgNsq0zu</a>
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PunjabKingsIPL/status/1362452243832659968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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SC: How challenging is it to go into the auction without a confirmed venue for the tournament?&nbsp;

Satish Menon: It is obviously challenging but we can’t complain in today’s world.&nbsp;We are thankful to be able to get a tournament like IPL going. The&nbsp;BCCI and all the franchises gave their best shot for the last edition&nbsp;amid the pandemic&nbsp;and&nbsp;we all&nbsp;are&nbsp;glad to pull it off. Credit to everyone involved.&nbsp;Coming to the auction, we have built our team keeping every challenge in mind. The players will be ready for it so will be everyone associated with Punjab Kings.&nbsp;

SC: What was the thought process behind buying&nbsp;Jhye Richardson for INR 14 crore?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Satish Menon: Jhye&nbsp;was always on our list. He is one of the finest components with the ball in white-ball cricket.&nbsp;We stretched ourselves for Chris Morris but Rajasthan Royals got&nbsp;hold of him.&nbsp;Jhye’s&nbsp;ability to bowl at any stage of the match gives&nbsp;us the flexibility we were looking for. And obviously, he is a very handy player with the bat as well. We are really excited to witness&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;in Punjab Kings jersey in IPL.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Who takes wickets for fun, our newly recruited Richardson! 🥰<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaddaPunjab</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PunjabKings</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hi7xpHLp8F">pic.twitter.com/Hi7xpHLp8F</a>
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PunjabKingsIPL/status/1362718513425604615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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SC:&nbsp;Punjab Kings got Dawid Malan for just INR 1.5 crore. Did you expect him to go for just&nbsp;INR 1.5 crore given he is the no. 1 T20I batsman?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Satish Menon: We were actually pretty surprised to get Dawid so early. Maybe the combination of other teams played a role.&nbsp;Sometimes&nbsp;when your name pops up in the auction play a role too.&nbsp;He is a quality player and someone who will give us the quality and solidity in the middle order, which we felt was missing. His numbers speak for&nbsp;himself;&nbsp;he has been&nbsp;a top player when it comes to T20 cricket for a while.&nbsp;We have no doubts about the quality Dawid will bring to Punjab Kings.&nbsp;

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✨ 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏 𝐓𝟐𝟎𝐈 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 - 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧✨ 
 
Can’t wait to watch him smash them 🔥 biggies this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPL2021</a> 🍿<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaddaPunjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaddaPunjab</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PunjabKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PunjabKings</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dmalan29?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dmalan29</a> <a href="https://t.co/BWh4fzeyTl">pic.twitter.com/BWh4fzeyTl</a>
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PunjabKingsIPL/status/1365534627507527681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
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SC: What are your thoughts on a highly-rated talent in Shahrukh Khan?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Satish Menon: Shahrukh Khan is a really exciting talent. A player we had a good look at from domestic tournaments. The way he recently played in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was a glimpse of what he is capable of and we are confident that he is someone who will be there for us for a long. Shahrukh has the ability to finish games and we were looking at someone with similar traits.&nbsp;Really happy to get him.&nbsp;

SC:&nbsp;As a CEO, how involved are you when it comes to locking on players and staff?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Satish Menon: The maximum work is done by the analysts. We have a good set of analysts who work really hard in shortlisting the names of players.&nbsp;Every area is looked at thoroughly, the traits, qualities, current form, and many such things. We are not that involved in that part but yes, as a CEO my&nbsp;work is to look at what the team management is looking for, what the analysts&nbsp;are working at – this is just for the player shortlisting part before the auction.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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SC: BCCI is considering hosting IPL in India with fans. After playing in the UAE, behind closed doors, how big would it be for Punjab Kings and other franchises to host fans again?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Satish Menon: As I said earlier, we&nbsp;can’t complain. If IPL takes place in India and with fans, then we would be more than delighted&nbsp;about it. We missed fans last season but with the safety of everyone the paramount, we want to make sure&nbsp;the tournament is held safely. But if fans are allowed in the&nbsp;stands,&nbsp;then we will make sure that&nbsp;everyone enjoys the games and tournament safely. &nbsp;

The mini-auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, which was held in Chennai on February 18, lived up to the expectations of the fans as an action-packed event enthralled the fans with surprises and excitement.

The mini-auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, which was held in Chennai on February 18, lived up to the expectations of the fans as an action-packed event enthralled the fans with surprises and excitement. The Punjab franchise went into the mini-auction not only with the biggest purse but with a revamped brand identity as well. A new name and logo to freshen up things as Kings XI Punjab was renamed to Punjab Kings as the franchise commences a new journey in the world of IPL. With a purse of INR 53.1 crore in the auction, Punjab Kings were expected to sign some big-name players and the franchise lived up to the expectations. Not only did Punjab Kings sign the world’s number one T20I player, but they also signed two of the brightest Australian talents when it comes to the shortest format of the game. On top of that, Punjab Kings roped in a couple of domestic talents who are known for their exploits in T20 cricket. As the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League approaches after the completion of mini-auction, Punjab Kings CEO, Satish Menon, exclusively spoke to WION’s Subhayan Chakraborty as he discussed the rebranding of the Punjab franchise, the big-name signings in the auction, growth of Punjab Kings since the inaugural edition of IPL, and much more. Below are the excerpts: Subhayan Chakraborty: What made the franchise go ahead with a new logo and name, and what was the idea behind it? Satish Menon: The new name and logo were in process for some time. It is not something we changed overnight. We felt it was the right time to refresh things up and give fans something new. Initially, our idea was to revamp the Punjab franchise’s branding in 2022 but with new franchises likely to join from next season onwards, we felt this season was the best time to make the most out of it as the new franchises would naturally be promoting themselves when they are launched. We are delighted with the response to the new name and logo from everyone. Punjab Kings is a more evolved brand name along with our new logo. We wanted to focus on the core brand. Having said that, the change in logo and name is not about shifting our focus from our ethos. It is more about celebrating unity as a family. The new logo has modern elements in it. Nave andaaz hor wakhre josh de naal 🎺 swagat karo #PunjabKings da 💥👑🤩#SaddaPunjab pic.twitter.com/IVvmsx56Qb — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 17, 2021 × SC: How do you look at Punjab Kings’ growth as a franchise in the last decade? Satish Menon: It has grown massively. When the IPL was introduced to this country and the cricket community, we were entering unknown territory. India is a cricket crazy nation; people love the sport. As a brand, we have seen tremendous growth in terms of the number of followers not only in India but worldwide. The love and passion for our franchise have just grown despite us not winning silverware, which reflects the loyalty of our fanbase. “I am pretty sure the new name will bring us good fortune this year!” 💥#CaptainPunjab, we are pretty much sure, too! 🥰#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings @klrahul11 pic.twitter.com/edIJyFNmv1 — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 18, 2021 × SC: Punjab Kings have played some good cricket over the years but one thing which is missing is silverware. What do you make of the team's failure to win titles despite trying so many team combinations in the past and now? Satish Menon: Winning and losing are part and parcel of cricket or any other sport. As you said, we have played some good cricket but we have always been looking to improve and take that next step forward. IPL is top quality and there is only one winner. We obviously want to lift the trophy but at the same time, we want our fans and viewers to enjoy good cricket. Punjab as a team has come close to be in the final stages of the tournament or even win the IPL but it is the failure in the last phases that have hurt us as a team. We are confident in our team, players and everyone associated with it and hope to break the deadlock. SC: Punjab Kings made some big-name buys in Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Dawid Malan - How content are you with how the auction went for Punjab? Satish Menon: Really content. We almost got everyone we wanted. In mini-auctions or auctions, there will be cases where you miss a key target or two but in hindsight, we are really happy with the players we bought during the auction. The players we bought have a good blend of youth and experience. The staff and team management are happy with the outcome of the auction. Presenting #SaddaSquad for the season! 🦁👑 Khush ho tussi❓🥰#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #IPLAuction2021 pic.twitter.com/9sxgNsq0zu — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 18, 2021 × SC: How challenging is it to go into the auction without a confirmed venue for the tournament? Satish Menon: It is obviously challenging but we can’t complain in today’s world. We are thankful to be able to get a tournament like IPL going. The BCCI and all the franchises gave their best shot for the last edition amid the pandemic and we all are glad to pull it off. Credit to everyone involved. Coming to the auction, we have built our team keeping every challenge in mind. The players will be ready for it so will be everyone associated with Punjab Kings. SC: What was the thought process behind buying Jhye Richardson for INR 14 crore? Satish Menon: Jhye was always on our list. He is one of the finest components with the ball in white-ball cricket. We stretched ourselves for Chris Morris but Rajasthan Royals got hold of him. Jhye’s ability to bowl at any stage of the match gives us the flexibility we were looking for. And obviously, he is a very handy player with the bat as well. We are really excited to witness Jhye in Punjab Kings jersey in IPL. Say Hi to Jhye! 🙋‍♂️ Who takes wickets for fun, our newly recruited Richardson! 🥰#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/Hi7xpHLp8F — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 19, 2021 × SC: Punjab Kings got Dawid Malan for just INR 1.5 crore. Did you expect him to go for just INR 1.5 crore given he is the no. 1 T20I batsman? Satish Menon: We were actually pretty surprised to get Dawid so early. Maybe the combination of other teams played a role. Sometimes when your name pops up in the auction play a role too. He is a quality player and someone who will give us the quality and solidity in the middle order, which we felt was missing. His numbers speak for himself; he has been a top player when it comes to T20 cricket for a while. We have no doubts about the quality Dawid will bring to Punjab Kings. ✨ 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏 𝐓𝟐𝟎𝐈 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 - 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧✨ Can’t wait to watch him smash them 🔥 biggies this #IPL2021 🍿#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings @dmalan29 pic.twitter.com/BWh4fzeyTl — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 27, 2021 × SC: What are your thoughts on a highly-rated talent in Shahrukh Khan? Satish Menon: Shahrukh Khan is a really exciting talent. A player we had a good look at from domestic tournaments. The way he recently played in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was a glimpse of what he is capable of and we are confident that he is someone who will be there for us for a long. Shahrukh has the ability to finish games and we were looking at someone with similar traits. Really happy to get him. SC: As a CEO, how involved are you when it comes to locking on players and staff? Satish Menon: The maximum work is done by the analysts. We have a good set of analysts who work really hard in shortlisting the names of players. Every area is looked at thoroughly, the traits, qualities, current form, and many such things. We are not that involved in that part but yes, as a CEO my work is to look at what the team management is looking for, what the analysts are working at – this is just for the player shortlisting part before the auction. SC: BCCI is considering hosting IPL in India with fans. After playing in the UAE, behind closed doors, how big would it be for Punjab Kings and other franchises to host fans again? Satish Menon: As I said earlier, we can’t complain. If IPL takes place in India and with fans, then we would be more than delighted about it. We missed fans last season but with the safety of everyone the paramount, we want to make sure the tournament is held safely. But if fans are allowed in the stands, then we will make sure that everyone enjoys the games and tournament safely.

Exclusive: Punjab Kings squad built keeping every challenge in mind: CEO Satish Menon to WION

As the much-anticipated Indian Premier League auction took place in Chennai on 18th&nbsp;February 2021, Delhi Capitals went all out to ensure their fans felt like an integral part of the crucial evening for the team.

Continuing with last season’s initiatives to involve fans directly, the team launched an array of innovative engagement initiatives, taking another decisive step towards further cementing a loyal fandom for the Delhi-based franchise.

In the build-up to the auction,&nbsp;community polls&nbsp;were hosted on social media and in-person vox populi was conducted with fans at different locations in the city to get their opinion on preferred picks for the auction. The team’s official fan club, the&nbsp;DC Toli, also shared a customised digital filter to enable fans to send in digital vox populi.

The team’s buys reflected popular fan choice as Steve Smith and Umesh Yadav had emerged as the most wanted batsman and bowler, respectively.

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On the day of the auction, the team organised a live, virtual “DC Watch Party” hosted by renowned RJ Rahul Makin from Fever 104 FM. The party gave fans an auction experience like never-before, with real-time discussions with fellow fans, welcoming new players, celebrating the team of 2021 as well as technical discussions utilizing stat screens, recent performances, and insightful analyses. The various fans that participated in the live watch party included international fans from countries like Canada and Scotland, budding school and college-level cricketers from the city, influencers like Sam Kachru and Gaurav Sethi, as well fans from other IPL teams who were invited as special guests for an exchange of views.

The lucky fans also got a surprise visit from DC spinner Amit Mishra, who candidly answered their questions and joined them in cheering on the franchise at the auction.

Hosted live across Facebook, Youtube and Delhi Capitals’ website, the Watch Party garnered more than 1.8 lakh views.

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Another social media initiative that caught the fans’ eyes, was Delhi Capitals own version of Dude with The Sign – “DC Fan with A Sign”. Dressed in the team jersey, the fan travelled to various iconic locations across the city and held placards featuring tongue-in-cheek messaging reflecting real-time updates from the auction, be it poking fun at the intense bidding wars or hailing the new additions to the team.

The “DC Reporter” series, which enables young and energetic fans from across the city to create content by the fans and for the fans, also released 5 special episodes covering all aspects of the auction such as fan reviews, welcoming new players and interviewing DC academy players.

Along with various micro-engagement activities, these initiatives further cement Delhi Capitals’ commitment towards bringing the fans closer to the team as they gear up to clinch their elusive first IPL crown.

<h2>DELHI CAPITALS, IPL 2021 SQUAD:</h2>

Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk),&nbsp;Shimron&nbsp;Hetmyer, Marcus&nbsp;Stoinis, Chris&nbsp;Woakes, R Ashwin,&nbsp;Axar&nbsp;Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso&nbsp;Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman&nbsp;Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings&nbsp;

As the much-anticipated Indian Premier League auction took place in Chennai on 18th February 2021, Delhi Capitals went all out to ensure their fans felt like an integral part of the crucial evening for the team.

As the much-anticipated Indian Premier League auction took place in Chennai on 18th February 2021, Delhi Capitals went all out to ensure their fans felt like an integral part of the crucial evening for the team. Continuing with last season’s initiatives to involve fans directly, the team launched an array of innovative engagement initiatives, taking another decisive step towards further cementing a loyal fandom for the Delhi-based franchise. In the build-up to the auction, community polls were hosted on social media and in-person vox populi was conducted with fans at different locations in the city to get their opinion on preferred picks for the auction. The team’s official fan club, the DC Toli, also shared a customised digital filter to enable fans to send in digital vox populi. The team’s buys reflected popular fan choice as Steve Smith and Umesh Yadav had emerged as the most wanted batsman and bowler, respectively. ALSO READ: IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads On the day of the auction, the team organised a live, virtual “DC Watch Party” hosted by renowned RJ Rahul Makin from Fever 104 FM. The party gave fans an auction experience like never-before, with real-time discussions with fellow fans, welcoming new players, celebrating the team of 2021 as well as technical discussions utilizing stat screens, recent performances, and insightful analyses. The various fans that participated in the live watch party included international fans from countries like Canada and Scotland, budding school and college-level cricketers from the city, influencers like Sam Kachru and Gaurav Sethi, as well fans from other IPL teams who were invited as special guests for an exchange of views. The lucky fans also got a surprise visit from DC spinner Amit Mishra, who candidly answered their questions and joined them in cheering on the franchise at the auction. Hosted live across Facebook, Youtube and Delhi Capitals’ website, the Watch Party garnered more than 1.8 lakh views. ALSO READ: IPL 2021 Auction, Highlights: From Chris Morris to Glenn Maxwell - all the details from mini-auction Another social media initiative that caught the fans’ eyes, was Delhi Capitals own version of Dude with The Sign – “DC Fan with A Sign”. Dressed in the team jersey, the fan travelled to various iconic locations across the city and held placards featuring tongue-in-cheek messaging reflecting real-time updates from the auction, be it poking fun at the intense bidding wars or hailing the new additions to the team. The “DC Reporter” series, which enables young and energetic fans from across the city to create content by the fans and for the fans, also released 5 special episodes covering all aspects of the auction such as fan reviews, welcoming new players and interviewing DC academy players. Along with various micro-engagement activities, these initiatives further cement Delhi Capitals’ commitment towards bringing the fans closer to the team as they gear up to clinch their elusive first IPL crown. DELHI CAPITALS, IPL 2021 SQUAD: Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings

Delhi Capitals’ fans take centre-stage at IPL auction 2021

The Indian Premier League (IPL), hailed as the best T20 tournament in the world, on Thursday surpassed the INR 6000 crore mark of spending in auctions and salaries&nbsp;following the completion of mini-auction ahead of IPL 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;

At the IPL auction 2021, franchises spent heavily in a bid to bolster their respective squads as the likes of&nbsp;Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals&nbsp;signed up as many as 57 players.&nbsp;

According to a report in&nbsp;Insidesport, the IPL franchises have now spent a total of INR 6144 crore across 14 seasons with the 2021 auction seeing the amount locked at INR 145.30 crore. Since IPL started in 2008, a total of 789 players have seen their lives changed having earned lucrative IPL contracts.&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-auction-2021-complete-players-list-of-all-eight-squads-364617" hreflang="en">IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads</a>

While naturally, Indian players have earned the majority of the chunk from IPL auctions, Australian and South African players follow them with the likes of West Indies, England and New Zealand players next in the list.&nbsp;&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-ms-dhoni-yuvraj-singh-to-chris-morris-most-expensive-buys-in-every-ipl-auctions-364071" hreflang="en">From MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh to Chris Morris: Most expensive buys in every IPL auctions</a>

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{ff839fe7-07c8-4301-8418-6cca28b1ec04}{255}" paraid="2091365710" >Let us take a look at how the distribution of IPL auction and salary&nbsp;money across players from different countries have happened over the years:&nbsp;</h2>

India: Indian domestic players have earned a staggering INR 3433 crore from 14 IPL seasons.&nbsp;

Australia: With 94 Aussie cricketers having played in IPL in 14 years, they have bagged INR 905.9 crore.&nbsp;

South Africa: The players from the rainbow nation are third on the list. As many as 56 Proteas players have participated in IPL while earning INR 539 crore from the cash-rich tournament.&nbsp;

West Indies: The&nbsp;Windies&nbsp;players have earned INR 458 crore with a total of 33 West Indies players having played in the IPL in 14 seasons.&nbsp;

England: A total of 33 English players have participated in the IPL while earning a mammoth INR 285.96 crore.&nbsp;

New Zealand: A total of 31 players from New Zealand have played in IPL, earning INR 211.6 crore.&nbsp;

Sri Lanka: Despite no players participating in IPL 2021, the Islanders have earned INR 195.93 after participation of 27 players in the tournament over the years.&nbsp;

Afghanistan: Only four Afghani players have played in IPL thus far having earned INR 58.4 crore.&nbsp;

Bangladesh: Only six Bangladesh players have participated in IPL in 14 editions with their earning standing at INR 34.78 crore.&nbsp;

Pakistan: While Pakistan players were only allowed in the IPL during the initial phase of the tournament, a total of 11 players played in the tournament, earning INR 12.84 crore.&nbsp;

Netherlands: Only two players have made the cut from the Netherlands in IPL while&nbsp;earning INR 5.27 crore.&nbsp;

Zimbabwe:&nbsp;Just three players have played in IPL from Zimbabwe, earning INR 1 crore.&nbsp;

The Indian Premier League (IPL), hailed as the best T20 tournament in the world, on Thursday surpassed the INR 6000 crore mark of spending in auctions and salaries following the completion of mini-auction ahead of IPL 2021.

The Indian Premier League (IPL), hailed as the best T20 tournament in the world, on Thursday surpassed the INR 6000 crore mark of spending in auctions and salaries following the completion of mini-auction ahead of IPL 2021. At the IPL auction 2021, franchises spent heavily in a bid to bolster their respective squads as the likes of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals signed up as many as 57 players. According to a report in Insidesport, the IPL franchises have now spent a total of INR 6144 crore across 14 seasons with the 2021 auction seeing the amount locked at INR 145.30 crore. Since IPL started in 2008, a total of 789 players have seen their lives changed having earned lucrative IPL contracts. ALSO READ: IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads While naturally, Indian players have earned the majority of the chunk from IPL auctions, Australian and South African players follow them with the likes of West Indies, England and New Zealand players next in the list. ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh to Chris Morris: Most expensive buys in every IPL auctions Let us take a look at how the distribution of IPL auction and salary money across players from different countries have happened over the years: India: Indian domestic players have earned a staggering INR 3433 crore from 14 IPL seasons. Australia: With 94 Aussie cricketers having played in IPL in 14 years, they have bagged INR 905.9 crore. South Africa: The players from the rainbow nation are third on the list. As many as 56 Proteas players have participated in IPL while earning INR 539 crore from the cash-rich tournament. West Indies: The Windies players have earned INR 458 crore with a total of 33 West Indies players having played in the IPL in 14 seasons. England: A total of 33 English players have participated in the IPL while earning a mammoth INR 285.96 crore. New Zealand: A total of 31 players from New Zealand have played in IPL, earning INR 211.6 crore. Sri Lanka: Despite no players participating in IPL 2021, the Islanders have earned INR 195.93 after participation of 27 players in the tournament over the years. Afghanistan: Only four Afghani players have played in IPL thus far having earned INR 58.4 crore. Bangladesh: Only six Bangladesh players have participated in IPL in 14 editions with their earning standing at INR 34.78 crore. Pakistan: While Pakistan players were only allowed in the IPL during the initial phase of the tournament, a total of 11 players played in the tournament, earning INR 12.84 crore. Netherlands: Only two players have made the cut from the Netherlands in IPL while earning INR 5.27 crore. Zimbabwe: Just three players have played in IPL from Zimbabwe, earning INR 1 crore.

Whopping INR 6144 crore in 14 years of IPL: Auction, salary money spent across cricketers globally

The last name at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction was of young all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar. As the name of the 21-year-old popped up, Mumbai Indians held their paddle up to sign the youngster for&nbsp;the base price of INR 20 lakh.&nbsp;Mumbai Indians’ Zaheer Khan and Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;expressed their opinion on the young Arjun Tendulkar after the southpaw was roped in by MI for IPL 2021.&nbsp;

While social media came up with all sorts of theories, many missed the fact that Arjun has been part of the Mumbai Indians set-up for a couple of years as a support bowler and recently made the cut in the Mumbai state team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he made two appearances.&nbsp;

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"I have spent lots of time with him in the nets, trying to teach&nbsp;him a few tricks of the trade. He is a&nbsp;hard-working&nbsp;kid and he is keen on learning. That's the exciting part. The added pressure of the name&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar is always going to be there with him, something he will have to live by. But the environment&nbsp;we have around the team is certainly going to help him become a better cricketer with the likes of Shane Bond and Mahela around. I wish him the best,” Zaheer Khan told a press conference following the IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-ms-dhoni-yuvraj-singh-to-chris-morris-most-expensive-buys-in-every-ipl-auctions-364071" hreflang="en">From MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh to Chris Morris: Most expensive buys in every IPL auctions</a>

"We are looking at things under a very simple&nbsp;lense. He is just a youngster coming into the side. But he has to prove himself, has to show the coaching staff and the think tank of the team that he has got the goods to belong there.&nbsp;So&nbsp;what he does at the highest level in&nbsp;his hands,"&nbsp;Zaheer added.&nbsp;

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Whereas former Sri Lanka captain and MI head coach Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;said that Arjun has great potential and the franchise wanted to invest in that.&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;further said that it would be exciting for&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar to see his son in the Mumbai Indians jersey.&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-auction-2021-complete-players-list-of-all-eight-squads-364617" hreflang="en">IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads</a>

MI head coach Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;said that the MI management saw potential in Arjun - who had been bowling to the MI batsmen in the nets and was rewarded for his hard work. Mahela went on to add that it would be a proud moment for&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;to see Arjun wearing MI jersey.&nbsp;

"He has worked hard for a couple of years now, coming to the nets and bowling to the guys, he especially worked very hard in UAE with us. Not only Arjun, but we also picked Yudhvir as well who was one of our bowlers who came to the nets.&nbsp;Whenever we see guys are working hard, we try and invest in that. It's great to have Arjun and it would exciting times for&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;as well to see Arjun wearing the Mumbai T-shirt and be a part of the squad," said Mahela.&nbsp;

The last name at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction was of young all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar. As the name of the 21-year-old popped up, Mumbai Indians held their paddle up to sign the youngster for the base price of INR 20 lakh.

The last name at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction was of young all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar. As the name of the 21-year-old popped up, Mumbai Indians held their paddle up to sign the youngster for the base price of INR 20 lakh. Mumbai Indians’ Zaheer Khan and Mahela Jayawardene expressed their opinion on the young Arjun Tendulkar after the southpaw was roped in by MI for IPL 2021. While social media came up with all sorts of theories, many missed the fact that Arjun has been part of the Mumbai Indians set-up for a couple of years as a support bowler and recently made the cut in the Mumbai state team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he made two appearances. "I would like to thank the coaches, owners and the support staff for showing faith in me." 🙌💙 Arjun Tendulkar shares his thoughts on joining MI 👇#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/fEbF6Q1yUF — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 18, 2021 × "I have spent lots of time with him in the nets, trying to teach him a few tricks of the trade. He is a hard-working kid and he is keen on learning. That's the exciting part. The added pressure of the name Sachin Tendulkar is always going to be there with him, something he will have to live by. But the environment we have around the team is certainly going to help him become a better cricketer with the likes of Shane Bond and Mahela around. I wish him the best,” Zaheer Khan told a press conference following the IPL 2021 auction. ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh to Chris Morris: Most expensive buys in every IPL auctions "We are looking at things under a very simple lense. He is just a youngster coming into the side. But he has to prove himself, has to show the coaching staff and the think tank of the team that he has got the goods to belong there. So what he does at the highest level in his hands," Zaheer added. "It's very important that his process and his progression happens as any other young cricketer." Akash Ambani shares his thoughts on signing Arjun Tendulkar 🎙️#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/qUy5lqDcKz — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 18, 2021 × Whereas former Sri Lanka captain and MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene said that Arjun has great potential and the franchise wanted to invest in that. Jayawardene further said that it would be exciting for Sachin Tendulkar to see his son in the Mumbai Indians jersey. ALSO READ: IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene said that the MI management saw potential in Arjun - who had been bowling to the MI batsmen in the nets and was rewarded for his hard work. Mahela went on to add that it would be a proud moment for Sachin to see Arjun wearing MI jersey. "He has worked hard for a couple of years now, coming to the nets and bowling to the guys, he especially worked very hard in UAE with us. Not only Arjun, but we also picked Yudhvir as well who was one of our bowlers who came to the nets. Whenever we see guys are working hard, we try and invest in that. It's great to have Arjun and it would exciting times for Sachin as well to see Arjun wearing the Mumbai T-shirt and be a part of the squad," said Mahela.

Zaheer Khan, Mahela Jayawardene open up on Mumbai Indians signing Arjun Tendulkar

As many as 130 players, out of 298,&nbsp;went under the hammer&nbsp;in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, which was held in Chennai on Thursday. While South African all-rounder Chris Morris shattered the record of being the most expensive player in an IPL auction, the likes of&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson,&nbsp;Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson&nbsp;Krishnappa&nbsp;Gowtham&nbsp;lit the stage up as franchises got involved in intense bidding wars in a bid to bolster their&nbsp;squads ahead of IPL 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;

After the end of mini-auction for IPL 2021, let us take a look at the&nbsp;full&nbsp;list of&nbsp;sold and unsold players:&nbsp;

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<h2>Here is the full list of players at IPL Auction 2021:</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Karun Nair - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Alex Hales - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jason Roy - Unsold</li>
	<li>Steve Smith - Delhi Capitals - ₹2.2 Crore</li>
	<li>Evin Lewis - Unsold</li>
	<li>Aaron Finch - Unsold</li>
	<li>Hanuma Vihari - Unsold</li>
	<li>Glenn Maxwell - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹14.25 crore</li>
	<li>Kedar Jadhav - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹2 crore</li>
	<li>Shakib Al Hasan - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹3.2 Crore</li>
	<li>Moeen Ali - Chennai Super Kings - ₹7 crore</li>
	<li>Shivam Dube - Rajasthan Royals - ₹4.4 crore</li>
	<li>Chris Morris - Rajasthan Royals - ₹16.25 crore</li>
	<li>Dawid Malan - Punjab Kings - ₹1.5 crore</li>
	<li>Glenn Phillips - Unsold</li>
	<li>Alex Carey - Unsold</li>
	<li>Sam Billings - Delhi Capitals - ₹2 crore</li>
	<li>Kusal Perera - Unsold</li>
	<li>Adam Milne - Mumbai Indians - ₹3.2 crore</li>
	<li>Mustafizur Rahman - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1 crore</li>
	<li>Jhye Richardson - Punjab Kings - ₹14 crore</li>
	<li>Nathan Coulter-Nile - Mumbai Indians - ₹5 crore</li>
	<li>Sheldon Cotrell - Unsold</li>
	<li>Umesh Yadav - Delhi Capitals - ₹1 crore</li>
	<li>Adil Rashid - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rahul Sharma - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹1.5 crore</li>
	<li>Harbhajan Singh - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹2 crore</li>
	<li>Ish Sodhi - Unsold</li>
	<li>Piyush Chawla - Mumbai Indians - ₹2.4 crore</li>
	<li>Qais Ahmad - Unsold</li>
	<li>Himanshu Rana - Unsold</li>
	<li>C Hari Nishaanth - Unsold</li>
	<li>Sachin Baby - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rajat Patidar - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Himmat Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Vishnu Solanki - Unsold</li>
	<li>Atit Sheth - Unsold</li>
	<li>Ripal Patel - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Shahrukh Khan - Punjab Kings - ₹5.25 crore</li>
	<li>Ayush Badoni - Unsold</li>
	<li>Venkatesh Iyer - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Vivek Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>K Gowtham - Chennai Super Kings - ₹9.25 crore</li>
	<li>Vishnu Vinod - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Sheldon Jackson - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Kedar Devdhar - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mohammed Azharuddeen - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Avi Barot - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold</li>
	<li>Lukman Meriwala - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Chetan Sakariya - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1.2 crore</li>
	<li>Kuldeep Sen - Unsold</li>
	<li>Riley Meredith - Punjab Kings - ₹8 crore</li>
	<li>Tushar Deshpande - Unsold</li>
	<li>M Siddharth - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Karanveer Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jagadeesha Suchith - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹30 lakh</li>
	<li>KC Cariappa - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold</li>
	<li>Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold</li>
	<li>Tejas Baroka - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rovman Powell - Unsold</li>
	<li>Shaun Marsh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Corey Anderson - Unsold</li>
	<li>Devon Conway - Unsold</li>
	<li>Darren Bravo - Unsold</li>
	<li>Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold</li>
	<li>Cheteshwar Pujara - Chennai Super Kings - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Martin Guptill - Unsold</li>
	<li>Pawan Negi - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Kyle Jamieson - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹15 crore</li>
	<li>Ben Cutting - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹75 lakh</li>
	<li>Tom Curran - Delhi Capitals - ₹5.25 crore</li>
	<li>Gurkeerat Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold</li>
	<li>Moises Henriques - Punjab Kings - ₹4.2 crore</li>
	<li>Varun Aaron - Unsold</li>
	<li>Oshane Thomas - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mohit Sharma - Unsold</li>
	<li>Billy Stanlake - Unsold</li>
	<li>Mitchell McClenaghan - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jason Behrendorff - Unsold</li>
	<li>Naveen Ul Haq - Unsold</li>
	<li>Karan Sharma - Unsold</li>
	<li>Utkarsh Singh - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>KL Shrijith - Unsold</li>
	<li>Jalaj Saxena - Punjab Kings - ₹30 lakh</li>
	<li>Vaibhav Arora - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold</li>
	<li>G Periyasamy - Unsold</li>
	<li>Fabian Allen - Punjab Kings - ₹75 lakh</li>
	<li>Daniel Christian - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹4.8 crore</li>
	<li>Liam Livingstone - Rajasthan Royals - ₹75 lakh</li>
	<li>Thisara Perera - Unsold</li>
	<li>Ben McDermott - Unsold</li>
	<li>Matthew Wade - Unsold</li>
	<li>Sean Abbott - Unsold</li>
	<li>Siddhesh Lad - Unsold</li>
	<li>Tejinder Dhillon - Unsold</li>
	<li>Prerak Mankad - Unsold</li>
	<li>Suyash Prabhudessai - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>KS Bharat - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Josh Inglis - Unsold</li>
	<li>M Harisankar Reddy - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Simarjeet Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Kuldip Yadav - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold</li>
	<li>James Neesham - Mumbai Indians - ₹50 lakh</li>
	<li>Wayne Parnell - Unsold</li>
	<li>Reece Topley - Unsold</li>
	<li>Chris Green - Unsold</li>
	<li>Isuru Udana - Unsold</li>
	<li>George Linde - Unsold</li>
	<li>Chaitanya Bishnoi - Unsold</li>
	<li>Yudhvir Charak - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Ajay Dev Goud - Unsold</li>
	<li>K Bhagath Varma - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Jack Wildermuth - Unsold</li>
	<li>Harsh Tyagi - Unsold</li>
	<li>Gerald Coetzee - Unsold</li>
	<li>Tim David - Unsold</li>
	<li>Marco Jansen - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Pratyush Singh - Unsold</li>
	<li>Saurabh Kumar - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>C Hari Nishanth - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Akash Singh - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh</li>
	<li>Arjun Tendulkar - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh</li>
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As many as 130 players, out of 298, went under the hammer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, which was held in Chennai on Thursday. While South African all-rounder Chris Morris shattered the record of being the most expensive player in an IPL auction, the likes of Jhye Richardson, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson Krishnappa Gowtham lit the stage up as franchises got involved in intense bidding wars in a bid to bolster their squads ahead of IPL 2021.

As many as 130 players, out of 298, went under the hammer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, which was held in Chennai on Thursday. While South African all-rounder Chris Morris shattered the record of being the most expensive player in an IPL auction, the likes of Jhye Richardson, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson Krishnappa Gowtham lit the stage up as franchises got involved in intense bidding wars in a bid to bolster their squads ahead of IPL 2021. After the end of mini-auction for IPL 2021, let us take a look at the full list of sold and unsold players: ALSO READ: IPL Auction 2021: Franchise wise complete players list of all eight squads ALSO READ: Shahrukh Khan and Arjun Tendulkar: All that turned IPL auction into a memefest Here is the full list of players at IPL Auction 2021: Karun Nair - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh Alex Hales - Unsold Jason Roy - Unsold Steve Smith - Delhi Capitals - ₹2.2 Crore Evin Lewis - Unsold Aaron Finch - Unsold Hanuma Vihari - Unsold Glenn Maxwell - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹14.25 crore Kedar Jadhav - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹2 crore Shakib Al Hasan - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹3.2 Crore Moeen Ali - Chennai Super Kings - ₹7 crore Shivam Dube - Rajasthan Royals - ₹4.4 crore Chris Morris - Rajasthan Royals - ₹16.25 crore Dawid Malan - Punjab Kings - ₹1.5 crore Glenn Phillips - Unsold Alex Carey - Unsold Sam Billings - Delhi Capitals - ₹2 crore Kusal Perera - Unsold Adam Milne - Mumbai Indians - ₹3.2 crore Mustafizur Rahman - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1 crore Jhye Richardson - Punjab Kings - ₹14 crore Nathan Coulter-Nile - Mumbai Indians - ₹5 crore Sheldon Cotrell - Unsold Umesh Yadav - Delhi Capitals - ₹1 crore Adil Rashid - Unsold Rahul Sharma - Unsold Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹1.5 crore Harbhajan Singh - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹2 crore Ish Sodhi - Unsold Piyush Chawla - Mumbai Indians - ₹2.4 crore Qais Ahmad - Unsold Himanshu Rana - Unsold C Hari Nishaanth - Unsold Sachin Baby - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold Rajat Patidar - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Himmat Singh - Unsold Vishnu Solanki - Unsold Atit Sheth - Unsold Ripal Patel - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Shahrukh Khan - Punjab Kings - ₹5.25 crore Ayush Badoni - Unsold Venkatesh Iyer - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh Vivek Singh - Unsold K Gowtham - Chennai Super Kings - ₹9.25 crore Vishnu Vinod - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Sheldon Jackson - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh Kedar Devdhar - Unsold Mohammed Azharuddeen - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Avi Barot - Unsold Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold Lukman Meriwala - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Chetan Sakariya - Rajasthan Royals - ₹1.2 crore Kuldeep Sen - Unsold Riley Meredith - Punjab Kings - ₹8 crore Tushar Deshpande - Unsold M Siddharth - Delhi Capitals - ₹20 lakh Karanveer Singh - Unsold Jagadeesha Suchith - Sunrisers Hyderabad - ₹30 lakh KC Cariappa - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold Tejas Baroka - Unsold Rovman Powell - Unsold Shaun Marsh - Unsold Corey Anderson - Unsold Devon Conway - Unsold Darren Bravo - Unsold Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold Cheteshwar Pujara - Chennai Super Kings - ₹50 lakh Martin Guptill - Unsold Pawan Negi - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹50 lakh Kyle Jamieson - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹15 crore Ben Cutting - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹75 lakh Tom Curran - Delhi Capitals - ₹5.25 crore Gurkeerat Singh - Unsold Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold Moises Henriques - Punjab Kings - ₹4.2 crore Varun Aaron - Unsold Oshane Thomas - Unsold Mohit Sharma - Unsold Billy Stanlake - Unsold Mitchell McClenaghan - Unsold Jason Behrendorff - Unsold Naveen Ul Haq - Unsold Karan Sharma - Unsold Utkarsh Singh - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh KL Shrijith - Unsold Jalaj Saxena - Punjab Kings - ₹30 lakh Vaibhav Arora - Kolkata Knight Riders - ₹20 lakh Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold G Periyasamy - Unsold Fabian Allen - Punjab Kings - ₹75 lakh Daniel Christian - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹4.8 crore Liam Livingstone - Rajasthan Royals - ₹75 lakh Thisara Perera - Unsold Ben McDermott - Unsold Matthew Wade - Unsold Sean Abbott - Unsold Siddhesh Lad - Unsold Tejinder Dhillon - Unsold Prerak Mankad - Unsold Suyash Prabhudessai - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh KS Bharat - Royal Challengers Bangalore - ₹20 lakh Josh Inglis - Unsold M Harisankar Reddy - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh Simarjeet Singh - Unsold Kuldip Yadav - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold James Neesham - Mumbai Indians - ₹50 lakh Wayne Parnell - Unsold Reece Topley - Unsold Chris Green - Unsold Isuru Udana - Unsold George Linde - Unsold Chaitanya Bishnoi - Unsold Yudhvir Charak - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh Ajay Dev Goud - Unsold K Bhagath Varma - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh Jack Wildermuth - Unsold Harsh Tyagi - Unsold Gerald Coetzee - Unsold Tim David - Unsold Marco Jansen - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh Pratyush Singh - Unsold Saurabh Kumar - Punjab Kings - ₹20 lakh C Hari Nishanth - Chennai Super Kings - ₹20 lakh Akash Singh - Rajasthan Royals - ₹20 lakh Arjun Tendulkar - Mumbai Indians - ₹20 lakh

IPL 2021 Auction: Complete list of sold and unsold players

In what could be described as an exhilarating day, the auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was held in Chennai on Thursday as all eight franchises bought players in a bid to strengthen their&nbsp;respective&nbsp;teams for the upcoming IPL 2021.&nbsp;

While records were shattered on some of the biggest names in the cricketing world, some of the&nbsp;lesser-known&nbsp;names&nbsp;saw their lives changed after being bought by franchises in IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;The likes of Chris Morris, the most expensive signing in IPL history, Kyle Jamieson,&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson were roped in for hefty price while all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham became the most expensive uncapped player. The likes of Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed&nbsp;Azharuddeen, Jalaj Saxena, Sheldon Jackson among others were rewarded for their great performances during the IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{4bf913da-3def-4620-8b55-f2520e6a1b44}{190}" paraid="2059793526" >Here's the complete updated squad list of all eight IPL 2021 teams:&nbsp;</h2>

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/shahrukh-khan-and-arjun-tendulkar-all-that-turned-ipl-auction-into-a-memefest-364608" hreflang="en">Shahrukh Khan and Arjun Tendulkar: All that turned IPL auction into a memefest</a>

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-2021-auction-complete-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-364604" hreflang="en">IPL 2021 Auction: Complete list of sold and unsold players</a>

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{ef5b2bca-660d-4bbc-9114-a724c63befb0}{20}" paraid="239540240" >CHENNAI SUPER KINGS&nbsp;</h2>

Faf&nbsp;du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c&amp;wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh&nbsp;Hazlewood, KM Asif, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K. Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishanth&nbsp;

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<h2>MUMBAI INDIANS&nbsp;</h2>

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary,&nbsp;Anmolpreet&nbsp;Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit&nbsp;Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar&nbsp;

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Overseas slots filled: 4⃣ 
Total money spent today: 1⃣1⃣.7⃣0⃣ CR<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OneFamily</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MumbaiIndians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MumbaiIndians</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPLAuction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPLAuction</a> <a href="https://t.co/Iu5ylotFOS">pic.twitter.com/Iu5ylotFOS</a>
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<h2>ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE&nbsp;</h2>

Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt&nbsp;Padikkal, Josh Philippe (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel&nbsp;Sams,&nbsp;Yuzvendra&nbsp;Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell,&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed&nbsp;Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat&nbsp;

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Leave us with your best gifs to describe how you're feeling about our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClassOf2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClassOf2021</a>, 12th Man Army! 
 
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<h2>DELHI CAPITALS&nbsp;</h2>

Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk),&nbsp;Shimron&nbsp;Hetmyer, Marcus&nbsp;Stoinis, Chris&nbsp;Woakes, R Ashwin,&nbsp;Axar&nbsp;Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso&nbsp;Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman&nbsp;Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings&nbsp;

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<h2>SUNRISERS HYDERABAD&nbsp;</h2>

David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey,&nbsp;Sreevats&nbsp;Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha&nbsp;Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman&nbsp;

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<h2>PUNJAB KINGS&nbsp;</h2>

KL Rahul (c&amp;wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh,&nbsp;Prabsimran&nbsp;Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan&nbsp;Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan,&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian&nbsp;Allen,&nbsp;Saurabh Kumar&nbsp;

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<h2>KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS&nbsp;</h2>

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh&nbsp;Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi

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<h2>RAJASTHAN ROYALS&nbsp;</h2>

Sanju Samson (c&amp;wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul&nbsp;Tewatia, Mahipal&nbsp;Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank&nbsp;Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris,&nbsp;Mustafizur&nbsp;Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh&nbsp;

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In what could be described as an exhilarating day, the auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was held in Chennai on Thursday as all eight franchises bought players in a bid to strengthen their respective teams for the upcoming IPL 2021.

In what could be described as an exhilarating day, the auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was held in Chennai on Thursday as all eight franchises bought players in a bid to strengthen their respective teams for the upcoming IPL 2021. While records were shattered on some of the biggest names in the cricketing world, some of the lesser-known names saw their lives changed after being bought by franchises in IPL 2021 auction. The likes of Chris Morris, the most expensive signing in IPL history, Kyle Jamieson, Jhye Richardson were roped in for hefty price while all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham became the most expensive uncapped player. The likes of Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Jalaj Saxena, Sheldon Jackson among others were rewarded for their great performances during the IPL 2021 auction. Here's the complete updated squad list of all eight IPL 2021 teams: ALSO READ: Shahrukh Khan and Arjun Tendulkar: All that turned IPL auction into a memefest ALSO READ: IPL 2021 Auction: Complete list of sold and unsold players CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Josh Hazlewood, KM Asif, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K. Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishanth New entrants into the #SuperFam! #WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/sSLqD0jESp — Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) February 18, 2021 × MUMBAI INDIANS Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar Total players bought: 7⃣ Overseas slots filled: 4⃣ Total money spent today: 1⃣1⃣.7⃣0⃣ CR#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/Iu5ylotFOS — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 18, 2021 × ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat And that's that! Leave us with your best gifs to describe how you're feeling about our #ClassOf2021, 12th Man Army! We'll begin...#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/B1SP7wnRYc — Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 18, 2021 × DELHI CAPITALS Shreyas Iyer (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddarth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings Very happy with how things panned out for us @delhicapitals tonight, rounded out our squad strongly in all areas. Can't wait to get the group together and underway. — Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) February 18, 2021 × SUNRISERS HYDERABAD David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman #WelcomeToSRH Jagadeesha Suchith, @JadhavKedar and @Mujeeb_R88! 🧡#IPLAuction #OrangeArmy #IPL2021 #SRH pic.twitter.com/jqE8evn072 — SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 18, 2021 × PUNJAB KINGS KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar 5 ✈️ 4 🇮🇳 A good day at the #IPLAuction2021 for us! 😁#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/AUQ4ZpBO7B — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) February 18, 2021 × KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun CV, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi Welcome to the knighthood @harbhajan_singh, @ShelJackson27, @Cuttsy31, @Sah75official, Vaibhav Arora, @karun126, Venkatesh Iyer & Pawan Negi. Looking forward to play together in @KKRiders 💪🏻#IPL2021 — DK (@DineshKarthik) February 18, 2021 × RAJASTHAN ROYALS Sanju Samson (c&wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh Most expensive video you'll see on the internet today..😉 #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #IPLAuction | #IPLAuction2021 | @Tipo_Morris pic.twitter.com/ZG8nMoEfKH — Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) February 18, 2021 ×

IPL Auction 2021: Complete players list of all eight squads

IPL 2021 Auction Highlights: The likes of Chris Morris, Jhye Richardson, Krishnappa Gowtham went for whopping amounts. Here's how the IPL 2021 Auction panned out!

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{fa47ec30-0a50-4c9a-802b-8336a1baa830}{26}" paraid="1801703399" >IPL 2021 mini-auction: Highlights</h2>

- Arjun Tendulkar sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh

- Akash Singh sold to RR for INR 20 lakh

- Pawan Negi to KKR for INR 50 lakh&nbsp;

- Venkatesh Iyer sold to KKR for INR 20 lakh

- Hanuma Vihari - Unsold

- Jason Beherendorff - Unsold&nbsp;

- Pawan Negi - Unsold

- Ben Cutting sold to KKR for INR 75 lakh

- C Hari Nishaant sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh

- Harbhajan Singh sold to KKR for INR 2 crore!

- Sam Billings sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore

- Kedar Jadhav sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2 crore

- Karun Nair sold to KKR for INR 50 lakh

- Saurabh Kumar sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh

- Marco Jansen sold to MI for INR 20 lakh

-&nbsp;Tim David - Unsold

- Yudhvir Charak goes to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh

- George Linde - Unsold

- Isuru Udana - Unsold

- Chris Green goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakh

- Reece Topley - Unsold

- Wayne Parnell - Unsold

- James Neesham sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 50 lakh

- Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold

- Kuldip Yadav sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh

- Simrajeet Singh - Unsold

- M Harisankar Reddy sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh

- KS Bharat to RCB for INR 20 lakh

- Suyash Prabhudessai sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh

- Prerak Mankad - Unsold

- Tajinder Dhillon - Unsold

- Siddhesh Lad - Unsold

- Matthew Wade - Unsold

- Thisara Perera - Unsold

- Liam Livingstone to Rajasthan Royals for INR 75 lakh

- Dan Christian to RCB for INR 4.80 crore!

- Fabian Allen to Punjab Kings for INR 75 lakh

- G Periyasamy - Unsold

- Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold

- Vaibhav Arora to KKR for INR 20 lakh

- Utkarsh Singh to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh

- Jalaj Saxena goes to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh

- Naveen ul Haq - Unsold

- Jason Beherendorf - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mitchell McLenaghan - Unsold

- Billy Stanlake - Unsold&nbsp;

- Oshane Thomas - Unsold

- Varun Aaron - Unsold&nbsp;

- Moises Henriques sold to Punjab Kings for INR 4.20 crore

- Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold

- Gurkeerat Singh Mann - Unsold

- Tom Curran goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 5.25 crore

- Ben Cutting - Unsold&nbsp;

- Kyle Jamieson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 15 crore

-&nbsp;Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold&nbsp;

- Cheteshwar Pujara to Chennai Super Kings for INR 50 lakh

- Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold

- Darren Bravo - Unsold

- Devon Conway - Unsold

- Corey Anderson - Unsold&nbsp;

- Shaun Marsh - Unsold

- Rovman Powell - Unsold

- Tejas Baroka - Unsold

- Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold

- Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold&nbsp;

-&nbsp;J Suchith moves to Sunrisers Hyderabad&nbsp;for INR 30 lakh

- Karanveer Singh - Unsold

- M Siddharth sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Tushar Deshpande - Unsold

- Riley Meredith sold to Punjab Kings for INR 8 crore!

- Kuldeep Sen - Unsold

- Chetan Sakariya sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.20 crore

- Lukman Meriwala goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold&nbsp;

- Avi Barot - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mohammed Azharuddeen goes to RCB for INR 20 lakh

- Kedar Devdhar - Unsold&nbsp;

- Sheldon Jackson goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakh

- Vishnu Vinod goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Vivek Singh - Unsold

- Krishnappa Gowtham sold Chennai Super Kings for INR 9.25 crore

- Ayush Badoni - Unsold

- Shahrukh Khan sold Punjab Kings for INR 5.25 crore!

- Ripal Patel sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh

- Atit Sheth - Unsold

- Vishnu Solanki - Unsold

- Himmat Singh - Unsold

- Rajat Patidar sold for INR 20 lakh to RCB

- Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold

- Sachin Baby sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh!

- C Hari Nishant - Unsold

- Himanshu Rana - Unsold&nbsp;

- Qais Ahmad - Unsold

- Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2.40 crore

- Ish Sodhi - Unsold&nbsp;

- Harbhajan Singh - Unsold&nbsp;

- Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Unsold

- Rahul Sharma - Unsold

- Adil Rashid - Unsold

- Umesh Yadav sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1 crore!

- Sheldon Cottrell - Unsold

- Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 5 crore

- Jhye Richardson sold to Punjab Kings&nbsp;for INR 14 crore

- Mustafizur Rahman sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 crore!

- Adam Milne sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.20 crore

- Kusal Perrera - Unsold

- Sam Billings - Unsold&nbsp;

- Alex Carey - Unsold&nbsp;

- Glenn Phillips - Unsold

-&nbsp;Every team uses their players differently and we expect Maxwell to contribute in all departments on the field: Mike Hesson on buying Glenn Maxwell.

-&nbsp;Moeen is a good buy according to me. He always contributes with both bat and ball and we are happy with the buy: L Balaji on CSK buying Moeen Ali

- David Malan sold to Punjab Kings for INR 1.50 crore

- Chris Morris goes to Rajasthan Royals for INR 16.25 crore. He is now the most expensive IPL player ever!

- Shivam Dube sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 4.40 crore

- Moeen Ali sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 7 crore!

- Shakib Al Hasan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3.20 crore

- Kedar Jadhav - Unsold

- Glenn Maxwell sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 14.25&nbsp;crore

- Hanuma Vihari - Unsold

- Aaron Finch - Unsold

- Evin Lewis - Unsold

- Steve Smith sold&nbsp;to Delhi Capitals for INR 2.2 crore

- Jason Roy - Unsold

- Alex Hales - Unsold

- Karun Nair - Unsold

- IPL 2021 Auction: Remaining purse, no. of players, available slots and more.

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			<td colspan="7" height="20" width="448">IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots</td>
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			<td height="78">Franchise</td>
			<td>No of Players</td>
			<td width="64">No of Overseas Players</td>
			<td width="64">Total&nbsp; money spent (Rs.)</td>
			<td width="64">Salary cap available (Rs.)</td>
			<td>Available Slots</td>
			<td>Overseas Slots</td>
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			<td height="20">CSK</td>
			<td>19</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>65.1</td>
			<td>19.9</td>
			<td>6</td>
			<td>1</td>
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			<td height="20">DC</td>
			<td>17</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>71.6</td>
			<td>13.4</td>
			<td>8</td>
			<td>3</td>
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			<td height="20">KXIP</td>
			<td>16</td>
			<td>3</td>
			<td>31.8</td>
			<td>53.2</td>
			<td>9</td>
			<td>5</td>
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			<td height="20">KKR</td>
			<td>17</td>
			<td>6</td>
			<td>74.25</td>
			<td>10.75</td>
			<td>8</td>
			<td>2</td>
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			<td height="20">MI</td>
			<td>18</td>
			<td>4</td>
			<td>69.65</td>
			<td>15.35</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>4</td>
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			<td height="20">RR</td>
			<td>16</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>47.15</td>
			<td>37.85</td>
			<td>9</td>
			<td>3</td>
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			<td height="20">RCB</td>
			<td>14</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>49.6</td>
			<td>35.4</td>
			<td>11</td>
			<td>3</td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="20">SRH</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>74.25</td>
			<td>10.75</td>
			<td>3</td>
			<td>1</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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-&nbsp;England players in IPL 2021 Auction: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Mark Wood, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Nayan Doshi, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, David Willey, Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingston, Ravi Bopara, George Garton

- Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting shares his thoughts ahead of IPL 2021 auction:&nbsp;

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- CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan has already confirmed that head coach Stephen Fleming and skipper MS Dhoni will not attend the IPL 2021 mini-auction but the duo will join virtually.

- England pacer Mark Wood has pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction. Wood is currently involved with the England Test squad for the ongoing Test series against India.

- Check out the list of all 292 players listed for IPL 2021 auction:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-2021-auction-full-list-of-292-players-set-to-go-under-hammer-364384" hreflang="en">IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of 292 players set to go under hammer</a>

IPL 2021 Auction Highlights: The likes of Chris Morris, Jhye Richardson, Krishnappa Gowtham went for whopping amounts. Here's how the IPL 2021 Auction panned out!

IPL 2021 Auction Highlights: The likes of Chris Morris, Jhye Richardson, Krishnappa Gowtham went for whopping amounts. Here's how the IPL 2021 Auction panned out! IPL 2021 mini-auction: Highlights - Arjun Tendulkar sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh - Akash Singh sold to RR for INR 20 lakh - Pawan Negi to KKR for INR 50 lakh - Venkatesh Iyer sold to KKR for INR 20 lakh - Hanuma Vihari - Unsold - Jason Beherendorff - Unsold - Pawan Negi - Unsold - Ben Cutting sold to KKR for INR 75 lakh - C Hari Nishaant sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh - Harbhajan Singh sold to KKR for INR 2 crore! - Sam Billings sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2 crore - Kedar Jadhav sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 2 crore - Karun Nair sold to KKR for INR 50 lakh - Saurabh Kumar sold to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh - Marco Jansen sold to MI for INR 20 lakh - Tim David - Unsold - Yudhvir Charak goes to Mumbai Indians for INR 20 lakh - George Linde - Unsold - Isuru Udana - Unsold - Chris Green goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 30 lakh - Reece Topley - Unsold - Wayne Parnell - Unsold - James Neesham sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 50 lakh - Scott Kuggeleijn - Unsold - Kuldip Yadav sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh - Simrajeet Singh - Unsold - M Harisankar Reddy sold to CSK for INR 20 lakh - KS Bharat to RCB for INR 20 lakh - Suyash Prabhudessai sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh - Prerak Mankad - Unsold - Tajinder Dhillon - Unsold - Siddhesh Lad - Unsold - Matthew Wade - Unsold - Thisara Perera - Unsold - Liam Livingstone to Rajasthan Royals for INR 75 lakh - Dan Christian to RCB for INR 4.80 crore! - Fabian Allen to Punjab Kings for INR 75 lakh - G Periyasamy - Unsold - Ben Dwarshuis - Unsold - Vaibhav Arora to KKR for INR 20 lakh - Utkarsh Singh to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh - Jalaj Saxena goes to Punjab Kings for INR 20 lakh - Naveen ul Haq - Unsold - Jason Beherendorf - Unsold - Mitchell McLenaghan - Unsold - Billy Stanlake - Unsold - Oshane Thomas - Unsold - Varun Aaron - Unsold - Moises Henriques sold to Punjab Kings for INR 4.20 crore - Marnus Labuschagne - Unsold - Gurkeerat Singh Mann - Unsold - Tom Curran goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 5.25 crore - Ben Cutting - Unsold - Kyle Jamieson sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 15 crore - Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold - Cheteshwar Pujara to Chennai Super Kings for INR 50 lakh - Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold - Darren Bravo - Unsold - Devon Conway - Unsold - Corey Anderson - Unsold - Shaun Marsh - Unsold - Rovman Powell - Unsold - Tejas Baroka - Unsold - Midhun Sudhesan - Unsold - Sandeep Lamichhane - Unsold - J Suchith moves to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 30 lakh - Karanveer Singh - Unsold - M Siddharth sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Tushar Deshpande - Unsold - Riley Meredith sold to Punjab Kings for INR 8 crore! - Kuldeep Sen - Unsold - Chetan Sakariya sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.20 crore - Lukman Meriwala goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Ankit Rajpoot - Unsold - Mujtaba Yousuf - Unsold - Avi Barot - Unsold - Mohammed Azharuddeen goes to RCB for INR 20 lakh - Kedar Devdhar - Unsold - Sheldon Jackson goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 20 lakh - Vishnu Vinod goes to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Vivek Singh - Unsold - Krishnappa Gowtham sold Chennai Super Kings for INR 9.25 crore - Ayush Badoni - Unsold - Shahrukh Khan sold Punjab Kings for INR 5.25 crore! - Ripal Patel sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 20 lakh - Atit Sheth - Unsold - Vishnu Solanki - Unsold - Himmat Singh - Unsold - Rajat Patidar sold for INR 20 lakh to RCB - Rahul Gahlaut - Unsold - Sachin Baby sold to RCB for INR 20 lakh! - C Hari Nishant - Unsold - Himanshu Rana - Unsold - Qais Ahmad - Unsold - Piyush Chawla sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2.40 crore - Ish Sodhi - Unsold - Harbhajan Singh - Unsold - Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Unsold - Rahul Sharma - Unsold - Adil Rashid - Unsold - Umesh Yadav sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 1 crore! - Sheldon Cottrell - Unsold - Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 5 crore - Jhye Richardson sold to Punjab Kings for INR 14 crore - Mustafizur Rahman sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 crore! - Adam Milne sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 3.20 crore - Kusal Perrera - Unsold - Sam Billings - Unsold - Alex Carey - Unsold - Glenn Phillips - Unsold - Every team uses their players differently and we expect Maxwell to contribute in all departments on the field: Mike Hesson on buying Glenn Maxwell. - Moeen is a good buy according to me. He always contributes with both bat and ball and we are happy with the buy: L Balaji on CSK buying Moeen Ali - David Malan sold to Punjab Kings for INR 1.50 crore - Chris Morris goes to Rajasthan Royals for INR 16.25 crore. He is now the most expensive IPL player ever! - Shivam Dube sold to Rajasthan Royals for INR 4.40 crore - Moeen Ali sold to Chennai Super Kings for INR 7 crore! - Shakib Al Hasan sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 3.20 crore - Kedar Jadhav - Unsold - Glenn Maxwell sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 14.25 crore - Hanuma Vihari - Unsold - Aaron Finch - Unsold - Evin Lewis - Unsold - Steve Smith sold to Delhi Capitals for INR 2.2 crore - Jason Roy - Unsold - Alex Hales - Unsold - Karun Nair - Unsold - IPL 2021 Auction: Remaining purse, no. of players, available slots and more. IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots Franchise No of Players No of Overseas Players Total money spent (Rs.) Salary cap available (Rs.) Available Slots Overseas Slots CSK 19 7 65.1 19.9 6 1 DC 17 5 71.6 13.4 8 3 KXIP 16 3 31.8 53.2 9 5 KKR 17 6 74.25 10.75 8 2 MI 18 4 69.65 15.35 7 4 RR 16 5 47.15 37.85 9 3 RCB 14 5 49.6 35.4 11 3 SRH 22 7 74.25 10.75 3 1 - England players in IPL 2021 Auction: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Mark Wood, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Nayan Doshi, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, David Willey, Lewis Gregory, Liam Livingston, Ravi Bopara, George Garton - Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting shares his thoughts ahead of IPL 2021 auction: Looking forward to the IPL auction tonight with @delhicapitals and filling out our squad for the season. Hope moneybags @bazmccullum doesn't outbid me again though. — Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) February 18, 2021 × - CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan has already confirmed that head coach Stephen Fleming and skipper MS Dhoni will not attend the IPL 2021 mini-auction but the duo will join virtually. - England pacer Mark Wood has pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction. Wood is currently involved with the England Test squad for the ongoing Test series against India. - Check out the list of all 292 players listed for IPL 2021 auction: IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of 292 players set to go under hammer

IPL 2021 Auction, Highlights: From Chris Morris to Glenn Maxwell - all the details from mini-auction

The Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction is set to take place on Thursday in Chennai and the franchises will go toe to toe for the all-rounders as they are the hottest property of T20 cricket.&nbsp;

It is that time of the year when 292 cricketers from around the world will go under the hammer at the IPL auction.&nbsp;

Apart from the big names in the fray, there are two domestic uncapped players with famous names are catching people's attention this year.&nbsp;

The young wicket-keeper batsman from Kerala,&nbsp;Mohammed Azharuddeen (base price Rs 20 lakh)&nbsp;scored a scintillating century against Mumbai in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He scored 214 runs from just five matches playing for Kerala.

Tamil Nadu's batting allrounder, Masood Shahrukh Khan&nbsp;(base price Rs 20 lakh), lit the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament with his brilliant performance that helped Tamil Nadu lift the title. A clean-hitting batsman, who can also bowl off-spinners. His 19-ball unbeaten 40 took his side to the quarterfinal of the tournament. The proven match-winner is indeed a young talent on which franchises will put their money.&nbsp;

A total of 164 Indian players, 125 overseas players, and 3 players from associate nations will be up for grabs in the mini-auction.

(With inputs from agencies)

The Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction is set to take place on Thursday in Chennai and the franchises will go toe to toe for the all-rounders as they are the hottest property of T20 cricket.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction is set to take place on Thursday in Chennai and the franchises will go toe to toe for the all-rounders as they are the hottest property of T20 cricket. It is that time of the year when 292 cricketers from around the world will go under the hammer at the IPL auction. Apart from the big names in the fray, there are two domestic uncapped players with famous names are catching people's attention this year. The young wicket-keeper batsman from Kerala, Mohammed Azharuddeen (base price Rs 20 lakh) scored a scintillating century against Mumbai in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He scored 214 runs from just five matches playing for Kerala. Tamil Nadu's batting allrounder, Masood Shahrukh Khan (base price Rs 20 lakh), lit the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament with his brilliant performance that helped Tamil Nadu lift the title. A clean-hitting batsman, who can also bowl off-spinners. His 19-ball unbeaten 40 took his side to the quarterfinal of the tournament. The proven match-winner is indeed a young talent on which franchises will put their money. A total of 164 Indian players, 125 overseas players, and 3 players from associate nations will be up for grabs in the mini-auction. (With inputs from agencies)

Azhar and Shahrukh can make it big in IPL auction 2021

South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris on Thursday became the most expensive player bought for the Indian Premier League when Rajasthan Royals paid $2.25 million for him.

The fee smashed the record $2.2 million paid for Yuvraj Singh by Delhi Daredevils in 2015.

South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris on Thursday became the most expensive player bought for the Indian Premier League when Rajasthan Royals paid $2.25 million for him.

South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris on Thursday became the most expensive player bought for the Indian Premier League when Rajasthan Royals paid $2.25 million for him. The fee smashed the record $2.2 million paid for Yuvraj Singh by Delhi Daredevils in 2015.

South Africa's Morris smashes IPL auction record with $2.25m fee

A total of 292 players are set to go under the hammer at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. While all the eight franchises will look to bolster their respective squads, players can expect a good payday.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Among all the eight franchises ahead of IPL 2021 auction, Kings XI Punjab – now Punjab Kings – have the highest purse remaining at a massive INR 53.20 crore, closely followed by Rajasthan Royals, who have INR 37.85 crore&nbsp;at their helm. Fans can expect both Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals to spend heavy and sign some big-name players.&nbsp;

Ahead of the IPL 2021 auction, let us take a look at the remaining purse of all the eight franchises and number of slots they need to fill. Here's all you need to know about IPL 2021 auction.

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			<td height="78">Franchise</td>
			<td>No of Players</td>
			<td width="64">No of Overseas Players</td>
			<td width="64">Total&nbsp; money spent (Rs.)</td>
			<td width="64">Salary cap available (Rs.)</td>
			<td>Available Slots</td>
			<td>Overseas Slots</td>
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			<td height="20">CSK</td>
			<td>19</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>65.1</td>
			<td>19.9</td>
			<td>6</td>
			<td>1</td>
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			<td height="20">DC</td>
			<td>17</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>71.6</td>
			<td>13.4</td>
			<td>8</td>
			<td>3</td>
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			<td height="20">KXIP</td>
			<td>16</td>
			<td>3</td>
			<td>31.8</td>
			<td>53.2</td>
			<td>9</td>
			<td>5</td>
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			<td height="20">KKR</td>
			<td>17</td>
			<td>6</td>
			<td>74.25</td>
			<td>10.75</td>
			<td>8</td>
			<td>2</td>
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			<td height="20">MI</td>
			<td>18</td>
			<td>4</td>
			<td>69.65</td>
			<td>15.35</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>4</td>
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			<td height="20">RR</td>
			<td>16</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>47.15</td>
			<td>37.85</td>
			<td>9</td>
			<td>3</td>
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			<td height="20">RCB</td>
			<td>14</td>
			<td>5</td>
			<td>49.6</td>
			<td>35.4</td>
			<td>11</td>
			<td>3</td>
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			<td height="20">SRH</td>
			<td>22</td>
			<td>7</td>
			<td>74.25</td>
			<td>10.75</td>
			<td>3</td>
			<td>1</td>
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<h2>1) Mumbai Indians&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 7&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 4&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 15.35 crore&nbsp;

Retained players: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare,&nbsp;Anmolpreet&nbsp;Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit&nbsp;Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan&nbsp;

Released players: Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson,&nbsp;Sherfane&nbsp;Rutherford, Mitchell&nbsp;McCleneghan&nbsp;

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<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bf21ac71-a6bc-466e-a162-d41a525b2374}{14}" paraid="675925591" >2) Chennai Super Kings&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 6&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 1&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 19.90 crore&nbsp;

Retained players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo,&nbsp;Faf&nbsp;du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh&nbsp;Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa (traded)&nbsp;

Released players: Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Shane Watson&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-malan-to-smith-five-overseas-players-to-lookout-for-in-ipl-2021-auction-363192" hreflang="en">From Malan to Smith: Five overseas players to lookout for in IPL 2021 auction</a>

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bf21ac71-a6bc-466e-a162-d41a525b2374}{122}" paraid="197945189" >3) Kolkata Knight Riders&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 8&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 2&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 10.75 crore&nbsp;

Retained players: Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh&nbsp;Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert&nbsp;

Released players: Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{bf21ac71-a6bc-466e-a162-d41a525b2374}{230}" paraid="578989930" >4) Royal Challengers Bangalore&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 11&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 3&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 35.40 crore&nbsp;

Retained players: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt&nbsp;Padikkal, Md. Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar,&nbsp;Yuzvendra&nbsp;Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson,&nbsp;Daniel&nbsp;Sams (traded), Harshal Patel (traded).

Released players: Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi,&nbsp;Isuru&nbsp;Udana, Gurkeerat Mann&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{d4fbed22-5c68-4cc1-8b14-93bcb1c73370}{83}" paraid="124434173" >5) Kings XI Punjab&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 9&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 5&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 53.20 crore&nbsp;

Retained players: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan&nbsp;Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan,&nbsp;Prabhsimran&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;

Released players: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran,&nbsp;Hardus&nbsp;Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha&nbsp;Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{d4fbed22-5c68-4cc1-8b14-93bcb1c73370}{191}" paraid="2137865764" >6) Delhi Capitals&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 8&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 3&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 13.4 crore&nbsp;

Retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan,&nbsp;Axar&nbsp;Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso&nbsp;Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan,&nbsp;Shimron&nbsp;Hetmyer, Marcus&nbsp;Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris&nbsp;Woakes

Released players: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-2021-mohammed-kaif-reveals-delhi-capitals-strategy-ahead-of-mini-auction-364354" hreflang="en">IPL 2021: Mohammed Kaif reveals Delhi Capitals' strategy ahead of mini-auction</a>

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{009a2904-5c3a-4741-86a3-9e986d089084}{44}" paraid="951538923" >7) Rajasthan Royals&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 9&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 3&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 37.85 crore&nbsp;

Retained players: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal&nbsp;Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank&nbsp;Markande, Rahul&nbsp;Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye&nbsp;

Released players: Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{009a2904-5c3a-4741-86a3-9e986d089084}{152}" paraid="2123861351" >8) Sunrisers Hyderabad&nbsp;</h2>

Available slots: 3&nbsp;

Overseas slots: 1&nbsp;

Remaining purse: Rs 10.75 crore&nbsp;&nbsp;

Retained players: David Warner, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem,&nbsp;Shreevats&nbsp;Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad&nbsp;

Released players: Billy&nbsp;Stanlake, Sandeep&nbsp;Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj&nbsp;Yarra&nbsp;

A total of 292 players are set to go under the hammer at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. While all the eight franchises will look to bolster their respective squads, players can expect a good payday.

A total of 292 players are set to go under the hammer at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. While all the eight franchises will look to bolster their respective squads, players can expect a good payday. Among all the eight franchises ahead of IPL 2021 auction, Kings XI Punjab – now Punjab Kings – have the highest purse remaining at a massive INR 53.20 crore, closely followed by Rajasthan Royals, who have INR 37.85 crore at their helm. Fans can expect both Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals to spend heavy and sign some big-name players. Ahead of the IPL 2021 auction, let us take a look at the remaining purse of all the eight franchises and number of slots they need to fill. Here's all you need to know about IPL 2021 auction. IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots Franchise No of Players No of Overseas Players Total money spent (Rs.) Salary cap available (Rs.) Available Slots Overseas Slots CSK 19 7 65.1 19.9 6 1 DC 17 5 71.6 13.4 8 3 KXIP 16 3 31.8 53.2 9 5 KKR 17 6 74.25 10.75 8 2 MI 18 4 69.65 15.35 7 4 RR 16 5 47.15 37.85 9 3 RCB 14 5 49.6 35.4 11 3 SRH 22 7 74.25 10.75 3 1 📸📸 Snapshots from the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ VIVO IPL Player Auction Briefing here in Chennai. #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/U41oDD2bfp — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 17, 2021 × 1) Mumbai Indians Available slots: 7 Overseas slots: 4 Remaining purse: Rs 15.35 crore Retained players: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan Released players: Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McCleneghan ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions 2) Chennai Super Kings Available slots: 6 Overseas slots: 1 Remaining purse: Rs 19.90 crore Retained players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa (traded) Released players: Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Shane Watson ALSO READ: From Malan to Smith: Five overseas players to lookout for in IPL 2021 auction 3) Kolkata Knight Riders Available slots: 8 Overseas slots: 2 Remaining purse: Rs 10.75 crore Retained players: Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert Released players: Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton 4) Royal Challengers Bangalore Available slots: 11 Overseas slots: 3 Remaining purse: Rs 35.40 crore Retained players: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Md. Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams (traded), Harshal Patel (traded). Released players: Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Gurkeerat Mann 5) Kings XI Punjab Available slots: 9 Overseas slots: 5 Remaining purse: Rs 53.20 crore Retained players: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh Released players: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon 6) Delhi Capitals Available slots: 8 Overseas slots: 3 Remaining purse: Rs 13.4 crore Retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes Released players: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy ALSO READ: IPL 2021: Mohammed Kaif reveals Delhi Capitals' strategy ahead of mini-auction 7) Rajasthan Royals Available slots: 9 Overseas slots: 3 Remaining purse: Rs 37.85 crore Retained players: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye Released players: Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron 8) Sunrisers Hyderabad Available slots: 3 Overseas slots: 1 Remaining purse: Rs 10.75 crore Retained players: David Warner, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad Released players: Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj Yarra

IPL 2021 mini-auction: Remaining slots, available balance, retained and released players - All you need to know!

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction is all set to be held on Thursday (February 18)&nbsp;in Chennai. With as many as 292 players set to go under the hammer, franchises are expected to bolster their squad in a bid to boost their chances of winning the coveted IPL trophy.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Among all the eight franchises ahead of IPL 2021 auction,&nbsp;Punjab Kings have the highest purse available at INR 53.20 crore, followed by Rajasthan Royals, who have INR 37.85 crore.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Fans can expect both Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals to spend heavy and sign some big-name players.&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-ms-dhoni-to-yuvraj-singh-costliest-picks-in-every-ipl-auctions-364071" hreflang="en">From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions</a>

Ahead of the IPL 2021 auction, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly reflected back on the success of IPL 2020, which was held in the UAE amid the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;

"It`s a small auction but I think a lot of teams will have a lot of work to do. It was unbelievable the way it went in the UAE amid all the Covid scare in the months of October and November," Ganguly told Star Sports.&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/from-malan-to-smith-five-overseas-players-to-lookout-for-in-ipl-2021-auction-363192" hreflang="en">From Malan to Smith: Five overseas players to lookout for in IPL 2021 auction</a> 
&nbsp; 
"It got amazing ratings, the best in the last 13 years. This year it is going to be big as well. We`ll see if we can get crowds back into the IPL. That`s a decision we will have to take shortly," he said.&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{1677e56f-8abd-4e85-840e-f836052127f6}{36}" paraid="528024278" >When will the IPL 2021 auction take place?&nbsp;</h2>

The auction for IPL 2021 will take place in Chennai on February 18.&nbsp;

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-2021-auction-full-list-of-292-players-set-to-go-under-hammer-364384" hreflang="en">IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of 292 players set to go under hammer</a>

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{686602c0-efcf-4336-bc0d-63fbd7fbbef7}{227}" paraid="1364479027" >How can I watch the IPL 2021 auction?&nbsp;</h2>

The auction for IPL 2021 will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network from 3 pm IST.&nbsp;

<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{5724bd26-0ccb-492b-8249-0f5d4ce8b2d5}{8}" paraid="462547556" >How can I watch live-streaming of&nbsp;IPL 2021 auction live?&nbsp;</h2>

ALSO READ:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ipl-2021-mini-auction-remaining-slots-available-balance-retained-and-released-players-all-you-need-to-know-364374" hreflang="en">IPL 2021 mini-auction: Remaining slots, available balance, retained and released players - All you need to know!</a>

The auction for IPL 2021 can be live-streamed&nbsp;on Hotstar from 3 pm IST.&nbsp;

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction is all set to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. With as many as 292 players set to go under the hammer, franchises are expected to bolster their squad in a bid to boost their chances of winning the coveted IPL trophy.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction is all set to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. With as many as 292 players set to go under the hammer, franchises are expected to bolster their squad in a bid to boost their chances of winning the coveted IPL trophy. Among all the eight franchises ahead of IPL 2021 auction, Punjab Kings have the highest purse available at INR 53.20 crore, followed by Rajasthan Royals, who have INR 37.85 crore. Fans can expect both Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals to spend heavy and sign some big-name players. ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions Ahead of the IPL 2021 auction, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly reflected back on the success of IPL 2020, which was held in the UAE amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "It`s a small auction but I think a lot of teams will have a lot of work to do. It was unbelievable the way it went in the UAE amid all the Covid scare in the months of October and November," Ganguly told Star Sports. ALSO READ: From Malan to Smith: Five overseas players to lookout for in IPL 2021 auction "It got amazing ratings, the best in the last 13 years. This year it is going to be big as well. We`ll see if we can get crowds back into the IPL. That`s a decision we will have to take shortly," he said. When will the IPL 2021 auction take place? The auction for IPL 2021 will take place in Chennai on February 18. ALSO READ: IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of 292 players set to go under hammer How can I watch the IPL 2021 auction? The auction for IPL 2021 will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network from 3 pm IST. How can I watch live-streaming of IPL 2021 auction live? ALSO READ: IPL 2021 mini-auction: Remaining slots, available balance, retained and released players - All you need to know! The auction for IPL 2021 can be live-streamed on Hotstar from 3 pm IST.

IPL 2021 Auction, Live streaming: When and where to watch Indian Premier League mini-auction

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 players auction is all set to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. As many as 292 players will go under the hammer&nbsp;with&nbsp;all eight IPL franchises&nbsp;looking to strengthen their squad ahead of the IPL 2021 season.&nbsp;&nbsp;

While big-name players like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell,&nbsp;Jhye&nbsp;Richardson, Alex Hales, Moeen Ali among many others are available to be roped in by franchise during IPL 2021 auction, domestic players&nbsp;like Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed&nbsp;Azharuddeen&nbsp;are also expected to have a big day at IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Ahead of the IPL 2021 mini-auction, let us take a look at the list of all 292 players available.&nbsp;

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<ul>
	<li>Aaron Finch</li>
	<li>Alex Hales</li>
	<li>Evin Lewis</li>
	<li>Karun Nair</li>
	<li>Jason Roy</li>
	<li>Steve Smith</li>
	<li>Hanuma Vihari</li>
	<li>Shakib Al Hasan</li>
	<li>Moeen Ali</li>
	<li>Shivam Dube</li>
	<li>Kedar Jadhav</li>
	<li>Dawid Malan</li>
	<li>Glenn Maxwell</li>
	<li>Chris Morris</li>
	<li>Sam Billings</li>
	<li>Alex Carey</li>
	<li>Kusal Perera</li>
	<li>Glenn Phillips</li>
	<li>Sheldon Cottrell</li>
	<li>Nathan Coulter‐Nile</li>
	<li>Adam Milne</li>
	<li>Mustafizur Rahman</li>
	<li>Jhye Richardson</li>
	<li>Mark Wood (OPTED OUT)</li>
	<li>Umesh Yadav</li>
	<li>Qais Ahmad</li>
	<li>Piyush Chawla</li>
	<li>Mujeeb Ur Rahman&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Adil Rashid</li>
	<li>Rahul Sharma</li>
	<li>Harbhajan Singh</li>
	<li>Ish Sodhi</li>
	<li>Sachin Baby</li>
	<li>Rahul Gahlaut</li>
	<li>C.Hari Nishaanth</li>
	<li>Rajat Patidar</li>
	<li>Himanshu Rana</li>
	<li>Himmat Singh</li>
	<li>Vishnu Solanki</li>
	<li>Ayush Badoni</li>
	<li>K Gowtham</li>
	<li>Venkatesh Iyer</li>
	<li>Shahrukh Khan</li>
	<li>Ripal Patel</li>
	<li>Atit Sheth</li>
	<li>Vivek Singh</li>
	<li>Mohammed Azharuddeen</li>
	<li>Avi Barot</li>
	<li>Kedar Devdhar</li>
	<li>Sheldon Jackson</li>
	<li>Vishnu Vinod</li>
	<li>Tushar Deshpande</li>
	<li>Riley Meredith</li>
	<li>Lukman Hussain Meriwala</li>
	<li>Ankit Singh Rajpoot</li>
	<li>Chetan Sakariya</li>
	<li>KuldeepSen</li>
	<li>Mujtaba Yousuf</li>
	<li>Tejas Baroka</li>
	<li>K.C Cariappa</li>
	<li>Sandeep Lamichhane</li>
	<li>M Siddharth</li>
	<li>Karanveer Singh</li>
	<li>Jagadeesha Suchith</li>
	<li>Midhun Sudhesan</li>
	<li>Corey Anderson</li>
	<li>Darren Bravo</li>
	<li>Devon Conway</li>
	<li>Martin Guptill</li>
	<li>Shaun Marsh</li>
	<li>Rovman Powell</li>
	<li>Cheteshwar Pujara</li>
	<li>Rassie Van Der Dussen</li>
	<li>Tom Curran</li>
	<li>Ben Cutting</li>
	<li>Moises Henriques</li>
	<li>Kyle Jamieson</li>
	<li>Marnus Labuschagne</li>
	<li>Pawan Negi</li>
	<li>Gurkeerat Singh</li>
	<li>Mitchell McClenaghan</li>
	<li>Varun Aaron</li>
	<li>Jason Behrendorff</li>
	<li>Mohit Sharma</li>
	<li>Billy Stanlake</li>
	<li>Oshane Thomas</li>
	<li>Finn Allen</li>
	<li>Harpreet Bhatia</li>
	<li>Shivam Chauhan</li>
	<li>Naushad Shaikh</li>
	<li>Pratham Singh</li>
	<li>Apoorv Wankhade</li>
	<li>Atharva Ankolekar</li>
	<li>Prayas Barman</li>
	<li>Jalaj Saxena</li>
	<li>Karan Sharma</li>
	<li>Utkarsh Singh</li>
	<li>R Sonu Yadav</li>
	<li>Dhruv Jurel</li>
	<li>Arun Karthick</li>
	<li>Nikhil Naik</li>
	<li>Smit Patel</li>
	<li>K.L Shrijith</li>
	<li>Wesley Agar</li>
	<li>Vaibhav Arora</li>
	<li>Akash Deep</li>
	<li>Ben Dwarshuis</li>
	<li>Ali Khan</li>
	<li>Kulwant Khejroliya</li>
	<li>Arzan Nagwaswalla</li>
	<li>G Periyasamy</li>
	<li>Akash Singh</li>
	<li>Prithviraj Yarra</li>
	<li>Noor Ahmad Lakanwal</li>
	<li>Karthik Meiyappan</li>
	<li>Prince Balwant Rai</li>
	<li>Pardeep Sahu</li>
	<li>Sagar Udeshi</li>
	<li>Kushaal Wadhwani</li>
	<li>Akshay Wakhare</li>
	<li>Fabian Allen</li>
	<li>Daniel Christian</li>
	<li>Colin De Grandhomme</li>
	<li>Liam Livingstone</li>
	<li>Thisara Perera</li>
	<li>Mohammad Shaifuddin</li>
	<li>David Willey</li>
	<li>Matthew Wade</li>
	<li>Ben Duckett</li>
	<li>Sean Abbott</li>
	<li>Matt Henry</li>
	<li>Chemar Holder</li>
	<li>Alzarri Joseph</li>
	<li>Obed Mccoy</li>
	<li>Liam Plunkett</li>
	<li>Tim Southee</li>
	<li>Rajesh Bishnoi</li>
	<li>Abhimanyu Easwaran</li>
	<li>Rohan Kadam</li>
	<li>Amandeep Khare</li>
	<li>Siddhesh Lad</li>
	<li>Mohammed Taha</li>
	<li>Khrievitso Kense</li>
	<li>Prerak Mankad</li>
	<li>Shams Mulani</li>
	<li>Ansh Patel</li>
	<li>Suyash Prabhudessai</li>
	<li>Parth Sahani</li>
	<li>Ankit Sharma</li>
	<li>Dhruv Shorey</li>
	<li>K.S Bharat</li>
	<li>Josh Inglis</li>
	<li>Aryan Juyal</li>
	<li>Sadiq Kirmani</li>
	<li>Rohit Sharma</li>
	<li>Sandeep Kumar Tomar</li>
	<li>Stephen Cheepurupalli</li>
	<li>Aniket Choudhary</li>
	<li>Mukesh Choudhary</li>
	<li>Nathan Ellis</li>
	<li>Sayan Ghosh</li>
	<li>Ronit More</li>
	<li>M Nidheesh</li>
	<li>M Harisankar Reddy</li>
	<li>Simarjeet Singh</li>
	<li>Kuldip Yadav</li>
	<li>Zeeshan Ansari</li>
	<li>Jon Russ Jaggesar</li>
	<li>Kevin Koththigoda</li>
	<li>Tanveer Sangha</li>
	<li>Maheesh Theekshan</li>
	<li>Vijayakanth Viyaskanth</li>
	<li>Lewis Gregory</li>
	<li>Wanindu Hasaranga</li>
	<li>Karim Janat</li>
	<li>Scott Kuggeleijn</li>
	<li>James Neesham</li>
	<li>Wayne Parnell</li>
	<li>Keemo Paul</li>
	<li>Dushmanta Chameera</li>
	<li>Fidel Edwards</li>
	<li>Beuran Hendricks</li>
	<li>Abhimanyu Mithun</li>
	<li>Reece Topley</li>
	<li>Saahil Jain</li>
	<li>Subhranshu Senapati</li>
	<li>Ravi Thakur</li>
	<li>Jake Weatherald</li>
	<li>Shubham Agrawal</li>
	<li>Rajjakuddin Ahmed</li>
	<li>Baba Aparajith</li>
	<li>George Garton</li>
	<li>Chris Green</li>
	<li>Kartik Kakade</li>
	<li>Shoaib Khan</li>
	<li>Dhruv Patel</li>
	<li>Latest Kumar Patel</li>
	<li>Arjun Tendulkar</li>
	<li>Varun Choudhary</li>
	<li>Prathamesh Dake</li>
	<li>Baltej Dhanda</li>
	<li>Brendan Doggett</li>
	<li>Saurabh Dubey</li>
	<li>Fazalhaq Farooqi</li>
	<li>Matt Kelly</li>
	<li>Chama Milind</li>
	<li>Jayden Seales</li>
	<li>Mark Steketee</li>
	<li>Tanveer Ul Haq</li>
	<li>Carlos Brathwaite</li>
	<li>Rishi Dhawan</li>
	<li>Mohammad Mahmud Ullah</li>
	<li>Andile Phehlukwayo</li>
	<li>Sherfane Rutherford</li>
	<li>Dasun Shanaka</li>
	<li>Isuru Udana</li>
	<li>Jacob Duffy</li>
	<li>Daryn Dupavillon</li>
	<li>Shannon Gabriel</li>
	<li>Morne Morkel</li>
	<li>Joel Paris</li>
	<li>Blair Tickner</li>
	<li>Subodh Bhati</li>
	<li>Jay Bista</li>
	<li>Aamir Gani</li>
	<li>Karanveer Kaushal</li>
	<li>Anustup Majumdar</li>
	<li>Dikshanshu Negi</li>
	<li>Kshitiz Sharma</li>
	<li>Shubham Singh</li>
	<li>Shashank Singh</li>
	<li>Milind Tandon</li>
	<li>Ravi Bopara</li>
	<li>George Linde</li>
	<li>Kyle Mayers</li>
	<li>Daryl Mitchell</li>
	<li>Colin Munro</li>
	<li>Dwaine Pretorius</li>
	<li>Romario Shepherd</li>
	<li>Sandeep Bavanaka</li>
	<li>Chaitanya Bishnoi</li>
	<li>Arun Chaprana</li>
	<li>Yudhvir Charak</li>
	<li>Ajay Dev Goud</li>
	<li>Umran Malik</li>
	<li>Ravi Teja Telukupalli</li>
	<li>Tanay Thyagarajan</li>
	<li>N.Tilak Varma</li>
	<li>K.Bhagath Varma</li>
	<li>Stuart Binny</li>
	<li>Hilton Cartwright</li>
	<li>James Faulkner</li>
	<li>Akeal Hosein</li>
	<li>Parvez Rasool</li>
	<li>David Wiese</li>
	<li>Jack Wildermuth</li>
	<li>Arshdeep Brar</li>
	<li>Digvijay Deshmukh</li>
	<li>Aakarshit Gomel</li>
	<li>Anirudha Joshi</li>
	<li>Azim Kazi</li>
	<li>Rahul Singh</li>
	<li>Ajay T</li>
	<li>Harsh Tyagi</li>
	<li>Nachiket Bhute</li>
	<li>Josh Clarkson</li>
	<li>Gerald Coetzee</li>
	<li>Tim David</li>
	<li>Deeparaj Gaonkar</li>
	<li>Aaron Hardie</li>
	<li>Marco Jansen</li>
	<li>Nathan McAndrew</li>
	<li>M Mohammed</li>
	<li>Govinda Poddar</li>
	<li>Pratyush Singh</li>
	<li>Jacques Snyman</li>
</ul>

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 players auction is all set to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. As many as 292 players will go under the hammer with all eight IPL franchises looking to strengthen their squad ahead of the IPL 2021 season.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 players auction is all set to be held on Thursday (February 18) in Chennai. As many as 292 players will go under the hammer with all eight IPL franchises looking to strengthen their squad ahead of the IPL 2021 season. While big-name players like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Alex Hales, Moeen Ali among many others are available to be roped in by franchise during IPL 2021 auction, domestic players like Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed Azharuddeen are also expected to have a big day at IPL 2021 auction. ALSO READ: IPL 2021 mini-auction: Remaining slots, available balance, retained and released players - All you need to know! Ahead of the IPL 2021 mini-auction, let us take a look at the list of all 292 players available. ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions Aaron Finch Alex Hales Evin Lewis Karun Nair Jason Roy Steve Smith Hanuma Vihari Shakib Al Hasan Moeen Ali Shivam Dube Kedar Jadhav Dawid Malan Glenn Maxwell Chris Morris Sam Billings Alex Carey Kusal Perera Glenn Phillips Sheldon Cottrell Nathan Coulter‐Nile Adam Milne Mustafizur Rahman Jhye Richardson Mark Wood (OPTED OUT) Umesh Yadav Qais Ahmad Piyush Chawla Mujeeb Ur Rahman Adil Rashid Rahul Sharma Harbhajan Singh Ish Sodhi Sachin Baby Rahul Gahlaut C.Hari Nishaanth Rajat Patidar Himanshu Rana Himmat Singh Vishnu Solanki Ayush Badoni K Gowtham Venkatesh Iyer Shahrukh Khan Ripal Patel Atit Sheth Vivek Singh Mohammed Azharuddeen Avi Barot Kedar Devdhar Sheldon Jackson Vishnu Vinod Tushar Deshpande Riley Meredith Lukman Hussain Meriwala Ankit Singh Rajpoot Chetan Sakariya KuldeepSen Mujtaba Yousuf Tejas Baroka K.C Cariappa Sandeep Lamichhane M Siddharth Karanveer Singh Jagadeesha Suchith Midhun Sudhesan Corey Anderson Darren Bravo Devon Conway Martin Guptill Shaun Marsh Rovman Powell Cheteshwar Pujara Rassie Van Der Dussen Tom Curran Ben Cutting Moises Henriques Kyle Jamieson Marnus Labuschagne Pawan Negi Gurkeerat Singh Mitchell McClenaghan Varun Aaron Jason Behrendorff Mohit Sharma Billy Stanlake Oshane Thomas Finn Allen Harpreet Bhatia Shivam Chauhan Naushad Shaikh Pratham Singh Apoorv Wankhade Atharva Ankolekar Prayas Barman Jalaj Saxena Karan Sharma Utkarsh Singh R Sonu Yadav Dhruv Jurel Arun Karthick Nikhil Naik Smit Patel K.L Shrijith Wesley Agar Vaibhav Arora Akash Deep Ben Dwarshuis Ali Khan Kulwant Khejroliya Arzan Nagwaswalla G Periyasamy Akash Singh Prithviraj Yarra Noor Ahmad Lakanwal Karthik Meiyappan Prince Balwant Rai Pardeep Sahu Sagar Udeshi Kushaal Wadhwani Akshay Wakhare Fabian Allen Daniel Christian Colin De Grandhomme Liam Livingstone Thisara Perera Mohammad Shaifuddin David Willey Matthew Wade Ben Duckett Sean Abbott Matt Henry Chemar Holder Alzarri Joseph Obed Mccoy Liam Plunkett Tim Southee Rajesh Bishnoi Abhimanyu Easwaran Rohan Kadam Amandeep Khare Siddhesh Lad Mohammed Taha Khrievitso Kense Prerak Mankad Shams Mulani Ansh Patel Suyash Prabhudessai Parth Sahani Ankit Sharma Dhruv Shorey K.S Bharat Josh Inglis Aryan Juyal Sadiq Kirmani Rohit Sharma Sandeep Kumar Tomar Stephen Cheepurupalli Aniket Choudhary Mukesh Choudhary Nathan Ellis Sayan Ghosh Ronit More M Nidheesh M Harisankar Reddy Simarjeet Singh Kuldip Yadav Zeeshan Ansari Jon Russ Jaggesar Kevin Koththigoda Tanveer Sangha Maheesh Theekshan Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Lewis Gregory Wanindu Hasaranga Karim Janat Scott Kuggeleijn James Neesham Wayne Parnell Keemo Paul Dushmanta Chameera Fidel Edwards Beuran Hendricks Abhimanyu Mithun Reece Topley Saahil Jain Subhranshu Senapati Ravi Thakur Jake Weatherald Shubham Agrawal Rajjakuddin Ahmed Baba Aparajith George Garton Chris Green Kartik Kakade Shoaib Khan Dhruv Patel Latest Kumar Patel Arjun Tendulkar Varun Choudhary Prathamesh Dake Baltej Dhanda Brendan Doggett Saurabh Dubey Fazalhaq Farooqi Matt Kelly Chama Milind Jayden Seales Mark Steketee Tanveer Ul Haq Carlos Brathwaite Rishi Dhawan Mohammad Mahmud Ullah Andile Phehlukwayo Sherfane Rutherford Dasun Shanaka Isuru Udana Jacob Duffy Daryn Dupavillon Shannon Gabriel Morne Morkel Joel Paris Blair Tickner Subodh Bhati Jay Bista Aamir Gani Karanveer Kaushal Anustup Majumdar Dikshanshu Negi Kshitiz Sharma Shubham Singh Shashank Singh Milind Tandon Ravi Bopara George Linde Kyle Mayers Daryl Mitchell Colin Munro Dwaine Pretorius Romario Shepherd Sandeep Bavanaka Chaitanya Bishnoi Arun Chaprana Yudhvir Charak Ajay Dev Goud Umran Malik Ravi Teja Telukupalli Tanay Thyagarajan N.Tilak Varma K.Bhagath Varma Stuart Binny Hilton Cartwright James Faulkner Akeal Hosein Parvez Rasool David Wiese Jack Wildermuth Arshdeep Brar Digvijay Deshmukh Aakarshit Gomel Anirudha Joshi Azim Kazi Rahul Singh Ajay T Harsh Tyagi Nachiket Bhute Josh Clarkson Gerald Coetzee Tim David Deeparaj Gaonkar Aaron Hardie Marco Jansen Nathan McAndrew M Mohammed Govinda Poddar Pratyush Singh Jacques Snyman

IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of 292 players set to go under hammer

292 cricketers are set to go under the hammer for the upcoming IPL 2021 on Thursday at Chennai. Several franchises have kept a close eye on big names like Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell for the upcoming auctions.&nbsp;

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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has said that there is one such youngster, who possesses the all-round skills of Andre Russell and could be a hot property in these auctions. According to Gambhir, New Zealand's Kyle Jamieson will have plenty of takers for the upcoming auctions.&nbsp;

"Kyle Jamieson is not a big name at the moment, but he will turn out to be a superstar. This is probably the right auction for all franchisees to get a hold of him. And because he is someone whom you can keep for a longer period of time. He is seven feet… he is that tall. He can bowl 140 and can hit the ball long. He probably could be the next Andre Russell in the making," Gambhir said on Star Sports.

"Yes, he's not a finished product and everyone knows about it but is someone who is probably young and you can have that core built around him. A franchise like Kings XI (Punjab Kings) who are looking for that allrounder or some other franchise, they can think of someone like Jamieson."

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Since his debut against India in February of 2020, the young pacer has played six Tests, two ODI and four T20Is. On his debut, the seven-foot-tall Kiwi dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari and scored 44 runs. Jamieson's best figures came against Pakistan where he had figures of 5/69 and 6/48.

"Even Sunrisers, because he is someone who can bowl with the new ball, and can bat at No. 6 and 7 and can hit the long ball against spin and fast bowling. He's a great asset and he's going to get better from here," added Gambhir.

"It's not as if he's reached his peak. There are players like Russell and Morris, who have already reached their peak. They can't get better than this. But with Jamieson, there will always be this thing where he'll keep improving. This is his first experience in India, he'll only start getting better from here on. So it will be a great addition if someone can pick him and keep him for a long time."

292 cricketers are set to go under the hammer for the upcoming IPL 2021 on Thursday at Chennai. Several franchises have kept a close eye on big names like Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell for the upcoming auctions.

292 cricketers are set to go under the hammer for the upcoming IPL 2021 on Thursday at Chennai. Several franchises have kept a close eye on big names like Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell for the upcoming auctions. IN PICS| From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has said that there is one such youngster, who possesses the all-round skills of Andre Russell and could be a hot property in these auctions. According to Gambhir, New Zealand's Kyle Jamieson will have plenty of takers for the upcoming auctions. "Kyle Jamieson is not a big name at the moment, but he will turn out to be a superstar. This is probably the right auction for all franchisees to get a hold of him. And because he is someone whom you can keep for a longer period of time. He is seven feet… he is that tall. He can bowl 140 and can hit the ball long. He probably could be the next Andre Russell in the making," Gambhir said on Star Sports. "Yes, he's not a finished product and everyone knows about it but is someone who is probably young and you can have that core built around him. A franchise like Kings XI (Punjab Kings) who are looking for that allrounder or some other franchise, they can think of someone like Jamieson." IN PICS| From Malan to Smith: Five overseas players to lookout for in IPL 2021 auction Since his debut against India in February of 2020, the young pacer has played six Tests, two ODI and four T20Is. On his debut, the seven-foot-tall Kiwi dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari and scored 44 runs. Jamieson's best figures came against Pakistan where he had figures of 5/69 and 6/48. "Even Sunrisers, because he is someone who can bowl with the new ball, and can bat at No. 6 and 7 and can hit the long ball against spin and fast bowling. He's a great asset and he's going to get better from here," added Gambhir. "It's not as if he's reached his peak. There are players like Russell and Morris, who have already reached their peak. They can't get better than this. But with Jamieson, there will always be this thing where he'll keep improving. This is his first experience in India, he'll only start getting better from here on. So it will be a great addition if someone can pick him and keep him for a long time."

Gautam Gambhir picks his next 'superstar' ahead of IPL 2021 auctions

Delhi Capitals have made giants strides under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer under head coach Ricky Ponting. While the Delhi franchise is yet to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy, they have one of the best squads in the cash-rich tournament and would be looking to bolster their squad when players go&nbsp;under the hammer during IPL 2021 auction on February 18 (Thursday) in Chennai.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ahead of the much-awaited IPL 2021 auction, Delhi Capitals assistant coach&nbsp;and former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif has revealed DC's plan during Thursday's mini-auction. Kaif has said that Delhi Capitals will look to get back-up players in the IPL 2021 auction in a bid to bolster their bench&nbsp;strength&nbsp;for IPL 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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"We have released a few players, so we will be looking to fill those gaps. I think flexibility is the key in the auction. One can have all the plans for the auction, but things can change on the auction table," Kaif said.&nbsp; 
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"We have to take spontaneous decisions. Our main players have been playing continuously and there are no fitness issues as well. So, we'll be looking to acquire some back-up players in tomorrow's auction," he added.&nbsp;

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Commenting on the current squad, another assistant coach Pravin Amre said, "To be honest, if we are asked to play tomorrow also, we have a playing XI ready with us, so I think that's the successful planning, and that's what we learned from other teams also, who back their core for a long time."&nbsp;

Overall, Delhi Capitals&nbsp;have&nbsp;eight spots open, including three overseas slots.&nbsp;However, a thin purse of INR 13.4 crore, could make things tough for them if they want to sign big-name players.&nbsp;

Delhi Capitals have made giants strides under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer under head coach Ricky Ponting. While the Delhi franchise is yet to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy, they have one of the best squads in the cash-rich tournament and would be looking to bolster their squad when players go under the hammer during IPL 2021 auction on February 18 (Thursday) in Chennai.

Delhi Capitals have made giants strides under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer under head coach Ricky Ponting. While the Delhi franchise is yet to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy, they have one of the best squads in the cash-rich tournament and would be looking to bolster their squad when players go under the hammer during IPL 2021 auction on February 18 (Thursday) in Chennai. Ahead of the much-awaited IPL 2021 auction, Delhi Capitals assistant coach and former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif has revealed DC's plan during Thursday's mini-auction. Kaif has said that Delhi Capitals will look to get back-up players in the IPL 2021 auction in a bid to bolster their bench strength for IPL 2021. ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions "We have released a few players, so we will be looking to fill those gaps. I think flexibility is the key in the auction. One can have all the plans for the auction, but things can change on the auction table," Kaif said. "We have to take spontaneous decisions. Our main players have been playing continuously and there are no fitness issues as well. So, we'll be looking to acquire some back-up players in tomorrow's auction," he added. ALSO READ: From Malan to Smith: Five overseas players to lookout for in IPL 2021 auction Commenting on the current squad, another assistant coach Pravin Amre said, "To be honest, if we are asked to play tomorrow also, we have a playing XI ready with us, so I think that's the successful planning, and that's what we learned from other teams also, who back their core for a long time." Overall, Delhi Capitals have eight spots open, including three overseas slots. However, a thin purse of INR 13.4 crore, could make things tough for them if they want to sign big-name players.

IPL 2021: Mohammed Kaif reveals Delhi Capitals' strategy ahead of mini-auction

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has tipped franchises to sign the "next Andre Russell" as the southpaw made predictions about which players can become big-money signing in the IPL 2021 auction.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Gambhir has named New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson as the "next Andre Russell" while terming him as a future asset&nbsp;around whom a franchise can build their core for the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Jamieson made his mark in Super Smash and went on to make his debut against India where the all-rounder&nbsp;wreaked havoc&nbsp;with both bat and ball.&nbsp;&nbsp;

"Kyle Jamieson is not a big name at the moment, but he will turn out to be a superstar. This is probably the right auction for all franchises to get a hold of him. And because he is someone whom you can keep for a longer period of time. He is seven&nbsp;feet,&nbsp;he is that tall. He can bowl 140 and can hit the ball long. He probably could be the next Andre Russell in the making," Gambhir said on Star Sports.&nbsp;

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"Yes, he's not a finished product and everyone knows about it but is someone who is probably young and you can have that core built around him. A franchise like Kings XI (Punjab Kings) who are looking for that all-rounder or some other franchise, they can think of someone like Jamieson.&nbsp;

"Even Sunrisers, because he is someone who can bowl with the new ball, and can bat at No. 6 and 7 and can hit the long ball against spin and fast bowling. He's a great asset and he's going to get better from here,” the former Indian batsman added.&nbsp;

Jamieson had registered himself at a base price of INR 75 lakh for the IPL 2021 auction and is expected to trigger a bidding war among the franchise. Gambhir, who said Jamieson is not yet a finished product, tipped the Kiwi star&nbsp;to be the one for the future.&nbsp;

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"It's not as if he's reached his peak. There are players like Russell and Morris, who have already reached their peak. They can't get better than this. But with Jamieson, there will always be this thing where he'll keep improving. This is his first experience in India, he'll only start getting better from here on.&nbsp;So&nbsp;it will be a great addition if someone can pick him and keep him for a long time," the former KKR captain added.&nbsp;

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Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has tipped franchises to sign the "next Andre Russell" as the southpaw made predictions about which players can become big-money signing in the IPL 2021 auction.

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction, former Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has tipped franchises to sign the "next Andre Russell" as the southpaw made predictions about which players can become big-money signing in the IPL 2021 auction. Gambhir has named New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson as the "next Andre Russell" while terming him as a future asset around whom a franchise can build their core for the future. Jamieson made his mark in Super Smash and went on to make his debut against India where the all-rounder wreaked havoc with both bat and ball. "Kyle Jamieson is not a big name at the moment, but he will turn out to be a superstar. This is probably the right auction for all franchises to get a hold of him. And because he is someone whom you can keep for a longer period of time. He is seven feet, he is that tall. He can bowl 140 and can hit the ball long. He probably could be the next Andre Russell in the making," Gambhir said on Star Sports. ALSO READ: Kings XI Punjab changes name to Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2021 auction, new logo unveiled "Yes, he's not a finished product and everyone knows about it but is someone who is probably young and you can have that core built around him. A franchise like Kings XI (Punjab Kings) who are looking for that all-rounder or some other franchise, they can think of someone like Jamieson. "Even Sunrisers, because he is someone who can bowl with the new ball, and can bat at No. 6 and 7 and can hit the long ball against spin and fast bowling. He's a great asset and he's going to get better from here,” the former Indian batsman added. Jamieson had registered himself at a base price of INR 75 lakh for the IPL 2021 auction and is expected to trigger a bidding war among the franchise. Gambhir, who said Jamieson is not yet a finished product, tipped the Kiwi star to be the one for the future. ALSO READ: From MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh: Costliest picks in every IPL auctions "It's not as if he's reached his peak. There are players like Russell and Morris, who have already reached their peak. They can't get better than this. But with Jamieson, there will always be this thing where he'll keep improving. This is his first experience in India, he'll only start getting better from here on. So it will be a great addition if someone can pick him and keep him for a long time," the former KKR captain added.

IPL 2021 Auction: Gautam Gambhir tips franchise to sign 'next Andre Russell'

From Malan to Smith: Five overseas players to lookout for in IPL 2021 auction

England skipper Joe Root on Friday said that he is "desperate" to play in cash-rich Indian Premier League, however, his commitment to England cricket remains a top priority.

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Root opted out of this year's IPL auctions that were set to be held on February 18. "It was a very difficult decision," Root said on the eve of the second Test against India in Chennai starting Saturday.

"At some point in my career I am desperate to try and be a part of an IPL season and a few more beyond that. Something that I love to experience and love to be a part of."

Root is not a part of England's T20I squad in the on-going series against India and he has not ever featured in the T20 league.&nbsp;

"With the amount of international cricket and Test cricket, in particular, this year, I didn't feel it was the right time to throw all my energy into it which I think it deserves," said Root.

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"And I don't think it would set English cricket up best with what's to come. Hopefully next year there will be an opportunity to potentially be a part of the IPL or at least be in the auctions."

IPL 2021 Auctions: 292 players have been shortlisted to go under auction for the upcoming Indian Premier League. These players have been picked from the initial list of 1,114 cricketers.

"Rs 2 crore is the highest reserve price and two Indian players - Harbhajan Singh and Kedar Jadhav -- and eight overseas players -- Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy &amp; Mark Wood have chosen to be slotted in the highest bracket," BCCI's statement said.

12 overseas cricketers (no Indians) are there in the auction list with the base price Rs 1.5 crore. 11 players, including just two Indian players (Hanuma Vihari and Umesh Yadav), in the list, will have the base price of Rs 1 crore.&nbsp;

The statement released by BCCI read: "1,114 cricketers had initially registered for the auction. The final list was then pruned after the eight franchises submitted their shortlist of players."

England skipper Joe Root on Friday said that he is "desperate" to play in cash-rich Indian Premier League, however, his commitment to England cricket remains a top priority.

England skipper Joe Root on Friday said that he is "desperate" to play in cash-rich Indian Premier League, however, his commitment to England cricket remains a top priority. ALSO READ: IPL 2021 auctions: 292 players, including 164 Indian cricketers shortlisted; check out the complete list Root opted out of this year's IPL auctions that were set to be held on February 18. "It was a very difficult decision," Root said on the eve of the second Test against India in Chennai starting Saturday. "At some point in my career I am desperate to try and be a part of an IPL season and a few more beyond that. Something that I love to experience and love to be a part of." Root is not a part of England's T20I squad in the on-going series against India and he has not ever featured in the T20 league. "With the amount of international cricket and Test cricket, in particular, this year, I didn't feel it was the right time to throw all my energy into it which I think it deserves," said Root. ALSO READ: Netizens puzzled post Sreesanth's exclusion from IPL auction; questions Arjun Tendulkar's inclusion "And I don't think it would set English cricket up best with what's to come. Hopefully next year there will be an opportunity to potentially be a part of the IPL or at least be in the auctions." IPL 2021 Auctions: 292 players have been shortlisted to go under auction for the upcoming Indian Premier League. These players have been picked from the initial list of 1,114 cricketers. "Rs 2 crore is the highest reserve price and two Indian players - Harbhajan Singh and Kedar Jadhav -- and eight overseas players -- Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy & Mark Wood have chosen to be slotted in the highest bracket," BCCI's statement said. 12 overseas cricketers (no Indians) are there in the auction list with the base price Rs 1.5 crore. 11 players, including just two Indian players (Hanuma Vihari and Umesh Yadav), in the list, will have the base price of Rs 1 crore. The statement released by BCCI read: "1,114 cricketers had initially registered for the auction. The final list was then pruned after the eight franchises submitted their shortlist of players."

'Difficult decision': England skipper Joe Root opts out of IPL 2021 auction

The players auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is all set to be held on February 18 in Chennai. The official Twitter handle of Indian Premier League on Wednesday&nbsp;confirmed that the mini-auction will be held on February 18 while also confirming the venue of the event.&nbsp;&nbsp;

With IPL 2021 retention deadline day bringing plenty of action in regards to franchises retaining and releasing their respective players, the IPL 2021 mini-auction is expected to provide&nbsp;thrilling action as teams look to bolster their squads ahead of the much-awaited 14th&nbsp;season of IPL. The IPL 2021 trading window is set to end on February 4.&nbsp;

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However, the BCCI is still undecided on whether the IPL 2021 will be held in India or not. But the priority for the Indian board remains that the lucrative T20 tournament happens in India.&nbsp;&nbsp;

IPL 2020 was taken abroad, to the United Arab Emirates, in September-November due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the BCCI successfully pulled off the multi-team tournament without a hitch.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Smooth conduct of India's full-fledged home series against England, scheduled to start from February 5, should pave the way for the cash-rich tournament to be held at home.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Meanwhile, elite players like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris among others were released from their respective franchise on the IPL 2021 retention deadline.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mumbai Indians won the IPL 2020 after a splendid show in the UAE as the Rohit Sharma-led outfit lifted a record fifth IPL trophy.&nbsp;

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<h2 lang="EN-US" paraeid="{4c81c94e-6116-42f2-8275-77ae3f3f3ac6}{89}" paraid="1245299158" >Retained players list of all IPL 2021 franchise:&nbsp;</h2>

List of retained players by Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers,&nbsp;Yuzvendra&nbsp;Chahal, Devdutt&nbsp;Padikkal, Josh Philippe, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson&nbsp;

List of retained players by Chennai Super Kings: N Jagadeesan, R Gaikwad, KM Asif, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni, J&nbsp;Hazlewood, K Sharma, A Rayudu, S Raina, I Tahir, D Chahar,&nbsp;Faf&nbsp;du Plessis, S Thakur, M Santner, D Bravo, L Ngidi, S Curran, S Kishore.&nbsp;

List of retained players by Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul, Gayle, Pooran, Shami, Jordan, Mandeep, Mayank, Bishnoi,&nbsp;Prabhsimran, Hooda, Sarfaraz, Arshdeep, M Ashwin, Arshdeep, Porel, Harpreet&nbsp;

List of retained players by Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem,&nbsp;Shreevats&nbsp;Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh&nbsp;

List of retained players by Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh&nbsp;Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier.&nbsp;

List of retained players by Rajasthan Royals: Robin Uthappa, Mahipal&nbsp;Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Mayank&nbsp;Markande, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Rahul&nbsp;Tewatia, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes, Tom Curran, Jos Buttler.&nbsp;

List of retained players by Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav,&nbsp;Anmolpreet&nbsp;Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit&nbsp;Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, Chris Lynn, Trent Boult, Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock.&nbsp;

List of retained players by Delhi Capitals: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer,&nbsp;Axar&nbsp;Patel,&nbsp;Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris&nbsp;Woakes, Pravin Dubey, Amit Mishra, Kagiso&nbsp;Rabada, Ishant Sharma, R. Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje.&nbsp;

The players auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is all set to be held on February 18 in Chennai. The official Twitter handle of Indian Premier League on Wednesday confirmed that the mini-auction will be held on February 18 while also confirming the venue of the event.

The players auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is all set to be held on February 18 in Chennai. The official Twitter handle of Indian Premier League on Wednesday confirmed that the mini-auction will be held on February 18 while also confirming the venue of the event. With IPL 2021 retention deadline day bringing plenty of action in regards to franchises retaining and releasing their respective players, the IPL 2021 mini-auction is expected to provide thrilling action as teams look to bolster their squads ahead of the much-awaited 14th season of IPL. The IPL 2021 trading window is set to end on February 4. 🚨ALERT🚨: IPL 2021 Player Auction on 18th February🗓️ Venue 📍: Chennai How excited are you for this year's Player Auction? 😎👍 Set your reminder folks 🕰️ pic.twitter.com/xCnUDdGJCa — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 27, 2021 × However, the BCCI is still undecided on whether the IPL 2021 will be held in India or not. But the priority for the Indian board remains that the lucrative T20 tournament happens in India. IPL 2020 was taken abroad, to the United Arab Emirates, in September-November due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the BCCI successfully pulled off the multi-team tournament without a hitch. ALSO READ: Cricket Australia confirms Indian players racially abused at the SCG Smooth conduct of India's full-fledged home series against England, scheduled to start from February 5, should pave the way for the cash-rich tournament to be held at home. Meanwhile, elite players like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris among others were released from their respective franchise on the IPL 2021 retention deadline. Mumbai Indians won the IPL 2020 after a splendid show in the UAE as the Rohit Sharma-led outfit lifted a record fifth IPL trophy. ALSO READ: IND vs ENG: England cricket team arrives in Chennai for Test series versus India Retained players list of all IPL 2021 franchise: List of retained players by Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson List of retained players by Chennai Super Kings: N Jagadeesan, R Gaikwad, KM Asif, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni, J Hazlewood, K Sharma, A Rayudu, S Raina, I Tahir, D Chahar, Faf du Plessis, S Thakur, M Santner, D Bravo, L Ngidi, S Curran, S Kishore. List of retained players by Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul, Gayle, Pooran, Shami, Jordan, Mandeep, Mayank, Bishnoi, Prabhsimran, Hooda, Sarfaraz, Arshdeep, M Ashwin, Arshdeep, Porel, Harpreet List of retained players by Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh List of retained players by Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier. List of retained players by Rajasthan Royals: Robin Uthappa, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Mayank Markande, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Rahul Tewatia, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes, Tom Curran, Jos Buttler. List of retained players by Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, Chris Lynn, Trent Boult, Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock. List of retained players by Delhi Capitals: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Axar Patel, Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Pravin Dubey, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, R. Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje.

IPL 2021 auction to be held on February 18 in Chennai

The players auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is set to be&nbsp;held on February 18, a BCCI official told PTI on Friday.&nbsp;With the IPL 2021 retention deadline passed and trading window set to end on February 4, the BCCI official has said that the IPL 2021 players auction will take place on February 18 while adding the venue for the same is&nbsp;yet to be decided.&nbsp;&nbsp;

"The auction will be held on February 18. The venue is yet to be decided," the official said.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The BCCI is also undecided on whether the IPL 2021 will be conducted in India or not. However, the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has repeatedly&nbsp;emphasised&nbsp;that everything would be done to keep the lucrative T20 tournament at its home.&nbsp;

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IPL 2020 was taken abroad, to the United Arab Emirates, in September-November due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the BCCI successfully pulled off the multi-team tournament without a hitch.&nbsp;

Smooth conduct of India's full-fledged home series against England, scheduled to start from February 5,&nbsp;should pave the way for the cash-rich tournament to be held at home.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Meanwhile, elite players like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris among others were released from their respective franchise on the IPL 2021 retention deadline.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mumbai Indians won the IPL 2020 after a splendid show in the UAE as the Rohit Sharma-led outfit lifted a record fifth IPL trophy.&nbsp;

The players auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is set to be held on February 18, a BCCI official told PTI on Friday. With the IPL 2021 retention deadline passed and trading window set to end on February 4, the BCCI official has said that the IPL 2021 players auction will take place on February 18 while adding the venue for the same is yet to be decided.

The players auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is set to be held on February 18, a BCCI official told PTI on Friday. With the IPL 2021 retention deadline passed and trading window set to end on February 4, the BCCI official has said that the IPL 2021 players auction will take place on February 18 while adding the venue for the same is yet to be decided. "The auction will be held on February 18. The venue is yet to be decided," the official said. The BCCI is also undecided on whether the IPL 2021 will be conducted in India or not. However, the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has repeatedly emphasised that everything would be done to keep the lucrative T20 tournament at its home. ALSO READ: 'Just continue!': When Shardul Thakur didn't convey Ravi Shastri's message to Vihari and Ashwin in Sydney IPL 2020 was taken abroad, to the United Arab Emirates, in September-November due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the BCCI successfully pulled off the multi-team tournament without a hitch. Smooth conduct of India's full-fledged home series against England, scheduled to start from February 5, should pave the way for the cash-rich tournament to be held at home. ALSO READ: After Yo-Yo, BCCI introduces new fitness test for Team India Meanwhile, elite players like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris among others were released from their respective franchise on the IPL 2021 retention deadline. Mumbai Indians won the IPL 2020 after a splendid show in the UAE as the Rohit Sharma-led outfit lifted a record fifth IPL trophy.

IPL 2021 auction likely on February 18: BCCI official

Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday released veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh from the squad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 mini-auction. With the deadline to submit the list of retained players set for January 20, IPL franchises are set to release the list of retained and released players ahead of the mini-auction for IPL 2021.&nbsp;

Harbhajan Singh, who missed IPL 2020 in the United Arab Emirates, due to personal reasons, took to social media platform Twitter to announce the development as he thanked CSK for beautiful memories in the last couple of years. The 40-year-old went on to thank the staff, management and CSK fans for supporting him during his stay with the Yellow Army.&nbsp;

"As my contract comes to an end with @ChennaiIPL, playing for this team was great experience..beautiful memories made &amp;some great friends which I will remember fondly for years to&nbsp;come..Thank&nbsp;you @ChennaiIPL&nbsp;,&nbsp;management, staff and fans for a wonderful 2years..&nbsp;All the best..," tweeted Harbajan on Wednesday.&nbsp;

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Harbhajan, in IPL 2019, featured in 11 matches for Chennai Super Kings where the veteran off-spinner picked 16 wickets with an economy rate of 7.09. While he could have been a potent option with the ball at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the IPL franchise thought it would be of best interest to look&nbsp;towards the&nbsp;future.&nbsp;

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Moreover, the likes of Murali Vijay and Piyush Chawla are also likely to be released while the fate of Suresh Raina and Kedar Jadhav lies in MS Dhoni's hands with the CSK skipper expected to take a final call on the&nbsp;duo.&nbsp;

Chennai Super Kings are eyeing an overhaul ahead of IPL 2021 mini-auction after failing to reach the playoffs for the first time in their history in IPL 2019.

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Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday released veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh from the squad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 mini-auction. With the deadline to submit the list of retained players set for January 20, IPL franchises are set to release the list of retained and released players ahead of the mini-auction for IPL 2021.

Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday released veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh from the squad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 mini-auction. With the deadline to submit the list of retained players set for January 20, IPL franchises are set to release the list of retained and released players ahead of the mini-auction for IPL 2021. Harbhajan Singh, who missed IPL 2020 in the United Arab Emirates, due to personal reasons, took to social media platform Twitter to announce the development as he thanked CSK for beautiful memories in the last couple of years. The 40-year-old went on to thank the staff, management and CSK fans for supporting him during his stay with the Yellow Army. "As my contract comes to an end with @ChennaiIPL, playing for this team was great experience..beautiful memories made &some great friends which I will remember fondly for years to come..Thank you @ChennaiIPL , management, staff and fans for a wonderful 2years.. All the best..," tweeted Harbajan on Wednesday. ALSO READ: Cricket Australia thanks BCCI on successful tour, salutes Team India's 'courage and skill' As my contract comes to an end with @ChennaiIPL, playing for this team was a great experience..beautiful memories made &some great friends which I will remember fondly for years to come..Thank you @ChennaiIPL, management, staff and fans for a wonderful 2years.. All the best..🙏 — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 20, 2021 × Harbhajan, in IPL 2019, featured in 11 matches for Chennai Super Kings where the veteran off-spinner picked 16 wickets with an economy rate of 7.09. While he could have been a potent option with the ball at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the IPL franchise thought it would be of best interest to look towards the future. ALSO READ: India hailed as 'Immortals', Australia under fire after Gabba stunner Moreover, the likes of Murali Vijay and Piyush Chawla are also likely to be released while the fate of Suresh Raina and Kedar Jadhav lies in MS Dhoni's hands with the CSK skipper expected to take a final call on the duo. Chennai Super Kings are eyeing an overhaul ahead of IPL 2021 mini-auction after failing to reach the playoffs for the first time in their history in IPL 2019.

Chennai Super Kings release Harbhajan Singh ahead of IPL 2021 mini-auction

The Indian cricket board has said that it would deal and communicate directly with the state associations and not with any player agents in case of individual players wishing to register themselves for the Indian Premier League (IPL) players` auction for the 2021 season. 
 
The deadline for franchises to name their retentions from previous season is January 20 whereas the deadline for players without contracts to make online submission for IPL 2021 player auction agreements is February 4. The final deadline for the originals sent by post will be accepted until February 12. 
 
The mini-auction is likely to be held on February 16. 
 
"Please note that, at this stage of the process, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) will only deal directly with the state associations and at no time will have any communication with player agents or managers. Any failure by a player to abide by this will (unless BCCI in its sole discretion decides otherwise) result in the player`s name being withdrawn with immediate effect from the IPL 2021 auction register and/or IPL 2021 auction list (as appropriate)," stated the BCCI in a letter to state associations. 
 
The onus has been put on the state body to give name of the players who want to participate in the auctions. 
 
"Registration for this season will be via an online IPL auction registration system. A unique password and login will be sent to you in a separate email. Please note the password should be changed once you have logged in for the first time and not to be shared with players," the letter to state bodies states. 
 
"Once logged in you will be asked to register all interested players (details on the procedure can be found in the attached user manual for state associations)," it adds. 
 
"When the above registration is initiated by the state association, it will generate an email to the player with their login details so they can complete the registration process." 
 
"Once registered, in order to express their interest in playing in the IPL 2021, the player should login to the online registration system. They will be required to complete all the fields and download and complete the IPL 2021 player auction agreement. Once completed the agreement must be uploaded back to the online registration system and the original sent or delivered to their respective state association. Please note physical signature of player is required on original auction agreement." 
 
The BCCI has also set certain norms for under-19 players willing to feature in the auctions. It says that the player needs to be registered as a player with a state body and should have played at least one first-class or list A match. 
 
"An Indian under-19 player may only register for the IPL 2021 player auction if the player is registered as a player with a state association and has played in at least one match in either first-class cricket or List A cricket. For the 2021 season, an u-19 player is one who was born on or after 1 April 2002," the BCCI stated. 
 
The BCCI also put a condition for uncapped player who has retired from domestic cricket, saying that the player would need approval from it. 
 
"Any uncapped player who has retired from domestic cricket, can only submit his auction agreement for player registration after getting written approval from BCCI," said the statement.

The Indian cricket board has said that it would deal and communicate directly with the state associations and not with any player agents in case of individual players wishing to register themselves for the Indian Premier League (IPL) players` auction for the 2021 season.

The Indian cricket board has said that it would deal and communicate directly with the state associations and not with any player agents in case of individual players wishing to register themselves for the Indian Premier League (IPL) players` auction for the 2021 season. The deadline for franchises to name their retentions from previous season is January 20 whereas the deadline for players without contracts to make online submission for IPL 2021 player auction agreements is February 4. The final deadline for the originals sent by post will be accepted until February 12. The mini-auction is likely to be held on February 16. "Please note that, at this stage of the process, the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) will only deal directly with the state associations and at no time will have any communication with player agents or managers. Any failure by a player to abide by this will (unless BCCI in its sole discretion decides otherwise) result in the player`s name being withdrawn with immediate effect from the IPL 2021 auction register and/or IPL 2021 auction list (as appropriate)," stated the BCCI in a letter to state associations. The onus has been put on the state body to give name of the players who want to participate in the auctions. "Registration for this season will be via an online IPL auction registration system. A unique password and login will be sent to you in a separate email. Please note the password should be changed once you have logged in for the first time and not to be shared with players," the letter to state bodies states. "Once logged in you will be asked to register all interested players (details on the procedure can be found in the attached user manual for state associations)," it adds. "When the above registration is initiated by the state association, it will generate an email to the player with their login details so they can complete the registration process." "Once registered, in order to express their interest in playing in the IPL 2021, the player should login to the online registration system. They will be required to complete all the fields and download and complete the IPL 2021 player auction agreement. Once completed the agreement must be uploaded back to the online registration system and the original sent or delivered to their respective state association. Please note physical signature of player is required on original auction agreement." The BCCI has also set certain norms for under-19 players willing to feature in the auctions. It says that the player needs to be registered as a player with a state body and should have played at least one first-class or list A match. "An Indian under-19 player may only register for the IPL 2021 player auction if the player is registered as a player with a state association and has played in at least one match in either first-class cricket or List A cricket. For the 2021 season, an u-19 player is one who was born on or after 1 April 2002," the BCCI stated. The BCCI also put a condition for uncapped player who has retired from domestic cricket, saying that the player would need approval from it. "Any uncapped player who has retired from domestic cricket, can only submit his auction agreement for player registration after getting written approval from BCCI," said the statement.

IPL auction: Feb 4 registration deadline; no player agent allowed

As the mini-auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 approaching thick and fast,&nbsp;the process of franchises retaining players must be completed by January 20. Indian players who wish to be part of the auction also need to complete the player auction agreement and submit it online on February 5 with the deadline being 5pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;

In a mail sent to the state associations,&nbsp;accessed by ANI,&nbsp;IPL COO and interim BCCI CEO Hemang Amin has explained the entire process through&nbsp;which an Indian player can register to play in IPL 2021.&nbsp;

&nbsp;Amin said the process wasn't applicable for players with an ongoing contract in IPL.&nbsp;“Please note that this procedure does not apply to any Indian player who has an ongoing IPL Player Contract that may be extended prior to IPL 2021 Player Auction (the deadline for franchises to complete this process is 20th January 2021),” he wrote.&nbsp;

After explaining the process, Amin elaborated on how a player can complete the process.&nbsp;

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“When the above registration is initiated by the state association, it will generate an email to the player with their login details so they can complete the registration process. Once registered, in order to express their interest in playing in the IPL 2021, the player should login to the online registration system.&nbsp;

“They will be required to complete all the fields and download and complete the IPL 2021 Player Auction Agreement. Once completed, the agreement must be uploaded back to the online registration system and the original sent or delivered to their respective state association. Please note physical signature of player is required on original auction agreement,” he pointed.&nbsp;

While the deadline for IPL 2020 Player Auction Agreements is locked at 5pm of February 2, originals sent by post will be accepted until February 12. To make the entire process fluid, IPL COO has asked the state associations to send the list in batches.&nbsp;

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Amin made it clear that the BCCI will not be dealing with any player agent or manager and all dealings will be done with the state bodies. “Please note that, at this stage of the process, BCCI will only deal directly with the state associations and at no time will have any communication with player agents or managers. Any failure by a player to abide by this will (unless BCCI in its sole discretion decides otherwise) result in the player’s name being withdrawn with immediate effect from the IPL 2021 Auction Register and/or IPL 2021 Auction List (as appropriate),” he explained.&nbsp;

Under-19 cricketers are also allowed to register for IPL 2021 auction given he is a part of the state team and has played at least one match in first-class or List&nbsp;A.“An&nbsp;Indian U19 player may only register for the IPL 2021 Player Auction if the player is registered as a player with a State Association and has played in at least one match in either First Class cricket or List A cricket. For the 2021 Season, a U19 player is one who was born on or after 1 April 2002,” the mail said.&nbsp;

“Any uncapped player who has retired from domestic cricket, can only submit his auction agreement for player registration after getting written approval from BCCI.”&nbsp;

(With ANI inputs)&nbsp;

As the mini-auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 approaching thick and fast, the process of franchises retaining players must be completed by January 20.

As the mini-auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 approaching thick and fast, the process of franchises retaining players must be completed by January 20. Indian players who wish to be part of the auction also need to complete the player auction agreement and submit it online on February 5 with the deadline being 5pm. In a mail sent to the state associations, accessed by ANI, IPL COO and interim BCCI CEO Hemang Amin has explained the entire process through which an Indian player can register to play in IPL 2021. Amin said the process wasn't applicable for players with an ongoing contract in IPL. “Please note that this procedure does not apply to any Indian player who has an ongoing IPL Player Contract that may be extended prior to IPL 2021 Player Auction (the deadline for franchises to complete this process is 20th January 2021),” he wrote. After explaining the process, Amin elaborated on how a player can complete the process. ALSO READ: 'Not good selection': Ajit Agarkar not impressed with Kuldeep Yadav's omission “When the above registration is initiated by the state association, it will generate an email to the player with their login details so they can complete the registration process. Once registered, in order to express their interest in playing in the IPL 2021, the player should login to the online registration system. “They will be required to complete all the fields and download and complete the IPL 2021 Player Auction Agreement. Once completed, the agreement must be uploaded back to the online registration system and the original sent or delivered to their respective state association. Please note physical signature of player is required on original auction agreement,” he pointed. While the deadline for IPL 2020 Player Auction Agreements is locked at 5pm of February 2, originals sent by post will be accepted until February 12. To make the entire process fluid, IPL COO has asked the state associations to send the list in batches. ALSO READ: T Natarajan becomes first Indian cricketer to debut across formats in a tour Amin made it clear that the BCCI will not be dealing with any player agent or manager and all dealings will be done with the state bodies. “Please note that, at this stage of the process, BCCI will only deal directly with the state associations and at no time will have any communication with player agents or managers. Any failure by a player to abide by this will (unless BCCI in its sole discretion decides otherwise) result in the player’s name being withdrawn with immediate effect from the IPL 2021 Auction Register and/or IPL 2021 Auction List (as appropriate),” he explained. Under-19 cricketers are also allowed to register for IPL 2021 auction given he is a part of the state team and has played at least one match in first-class or List A.“An Indian U19 player may only register for the IPL 2021 Player Auction if the player is registered as a player with a State Association and has played in at least one match in either First Class cricket or List A cricket. For the 2021 Season, a U19 player is one who was born on or after 1 April 2002,” the mail said. “Any uncapped player who has retired from domestic cricket, can only submit his auction agreement for player registration after getting written approval from BCCI.” (With ANI inputs)

IPL 2021 Auction: January 20 deadline for player retention process

Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals have decided to part ways with their skipper Steve Smith and will not be retaining the Aussie in the upcoming auctions. The Royals will decide it shortly as the franchise will be releasing the list of retained players on January 20.&nbsp;

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Smith started the 2020 season with a bang after scoring fifties against CSK and KXIP and leading his team to victory. However, there was a steep downfall in Smith's form as he ended the IPL season with just 311 runs with an average and strike-rate of 25.91 and 131.22 respectively. Royals ended at the bottom of the table.&nbsp;

As per reports in ESPNcricinfo, the franchise management asked the Royals to be more consistent in contention for the playoffs. The Royals' season review highlighted Smith's inconsistency as both a player and captain.&nbsp;

In 2018 auctions, Royals retained the Australian for a mammoth 12.5 crores rupees ($1.95 million). Smith was appointed as the skipper but was forced to step down due to the sandpaper scandal. But he was finally appointed as the captain in 2019 after Ajinkya Rahane was sacked.&nbsp;

Smith's sacking leaves the captain's spot vacant. Sanju Samson could fill up the spot after being consistently good with the team in the previous editions. Samson recently led Kerala in their first match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.

Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals have decided to part ways with their skipper Steve Smith and will not be retaining the Aussie in the upcoming auctions.

Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals have decided to part ways with their skipper Steve Smith and will not be retaining the Aussie in the upcoming auctions. The Royals will decide it shortly as the franchise will be releasing the list of retained players on January 20. ALSO READ: 'The obvious thing': Head coach Justin Langer names Will Pucovski's potential replacement Smith started the 2020 season with a bang after scoring fifties against CSK and KXIP and leading his team to victory. However, there was a steep downfall in Smith's form as he ended the IPL season with just 311 runs with an average and strike-rate of 25.91 and 131.22 respectively. Royals ended at the bottom of the table. As per reports in ESPNcricinfo, the franchise management asked the Royals to be more consistent in contention for the playoffs. The Royals' season review highlighted Smith's inconsistency as both a player and captain. In 2018 auctions, Royals retained the Australian for a mammoth 12.5 crores rupees ($1.95 million). Smith was appointed as the skipper but was forced to step down due to the sandpaper scandal. But he was finally appointed as the captain in 2019 after Ajinkya Rahane was sacked. Smith's sacking leaves the captain's spot vacant. Sanju Samson could fill up the spot after being consistently good with the team in the previous editions. Samson recently led Kerala in their first match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.

Rajasthan Royals to part ways with Steve Smith in upcoming IPL auctions: Reports

The <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/ipl">Indian Premier League</a>’s governing council has kept the deadline for the retained players on January 21 while the trading window for the franchise is set to close on February 4. &nbsp;

IPL chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed the development after the members of IPL GC and Patel had virtual meeting earlier this week as they planned about the IPL 2021 at length.&nbsp;

"We will have the players' retention till January 21 and the trading window for the franchises closes on February 4," Patel, the former India Test batsman told PTI while informing that the date of the auction is yet to be finalised.&nbsp;

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According to the PTI report, it is expected that the mini auction for IPL 2021 will be held in the second or third week of February. Patel also confirmed that there will be “no increase of purse” for the 2021 auction.&nbsp;

The report says that Chennai Super Kings, which has the lowest purse among all the eight teams (INR 15 lakh), is set to release big salaried players in Kedar Jadhav and Piyush Chawla in a bid to increase their purse value.&nbsp;

Whereas Mumbai Indians are expected to retain most of its players to continue with a set team. They may release a few players to increase their purse value from INR 1.95 crore.Rajasthan Royals have the maximum purse 14.75 crore, followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (10.1 crore), Delhi Capitals (9 crore), Kolkata Knight Riders (8.5 crore), Royal Challengers Bangalore (6.4 crore).&nbsp;

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The report further say that the governing council will wait for a month before locking whether IPL 2021 will be held in India or outside.&nbsp;

"The BCCI will wait for a month to see how the COVID-19 situation is in India before finalising the schedule. Everyone wants it to be held in India but we still need to wait for some more time before taking a call," a BCCI source said.&nbsp;

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The Indian Premier League’s governing council has kept the deadline for the retained players on January 21 while the trading window for the franchise is set to close on February 4.

The Indian Premier League’s governing council has kept the deadline for the retained players on January 21 while the trading window for the franchise is set to close on February 4. IPL chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed the development after the members of IPL GC and Patel had virtual meeting earlier this week as they planned about the IPL 2021 at length. "We will have the players' retention till January 21 and the trading window for the franchises closes on February 4," Patel, the former India Test batsman told PTI while informing that the date of the auction is yet to be finalised. ALSO READ: AUS vs IND: BCCI formally writes to Cricket Australia about Brisbane's hard quarantine According to the PTI report, it is expected that the mini auction for IPL 2021 will be held in the second or third week of February. Patel also confirmed that there will be “no increase of purse” for the 2021 auction. The report says that Chennai Super Kings, which has the lowest purse among all the eight teams (INR 15 lakh), is set to release big salaried players in Kedar Jadhav and Piyush Chawla in a bid to increase their purse value. Whereas Mumbai Indians are expected to retain most of its players to continue with a set team. They may release a few players to increase their purse value from INR 1.95 crore.Rajasthan Royals have the maximum purse 14.75 crore, followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (10.1 crore), Delhi Capitals (9 crore), Kolkata Knight Riders (8.5 crore), Royal Challengers Bangalore (6.4 crore). ALSO READ: Indian player approached by Delhi nurse for 'inside information' during IPL 2020: Report The report further say that the governing council will wait for a month before locking whether IPL 2021 will be held in India or outside. "The BCCI will wait for a month to see how the COVID-19 situation is in India before finalising the schedule. Everyone wants it to be held in India but we still need to wait for some more time before taking a call," a BCCI source said.

IPL 2021: Deadline for player retention and trading window revealed!

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) successfully managed to hold the 13th edition of I<a href="https://www.wionews.com/ipl">ndian Premier League (IPL) 2020</a> in the UAE as the lucrative T20 tournament concluded on Tuesday. Now, it is being reported that the BCCI is looking to hold IPL 2021 in India with a full-fledged mega-auction somewhere around early next year.&nbsp;

Multiple reports have suggested that the Indian cricket board has already informed the franchise to start preparing for the mega auction, which could be held early in 2021.

“The BCCI has told us to be prepared for an auction in a couple of months. Though it is not official, that they have asked us to be ready means they will go ahead as planned. Moreover, with a new team coming in, it makes sense to have an auction now rather than deferring it by a year,” a franchise official told The New Indian Express.

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However, what comes as a big surprise that the board is also looking to include a new franchise for the upcoming edition. The ninth franchise in IPL will be from Ahmedabad with Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera) likely to be their home stadium.

Generally, at mega auctions, franchises are allowed to retain three players with option to use Right To Match (RTM) card on two more players. However, there is no clarity regarding the retention policy yet for the forthcoming mega auctions.

“The retention policy should continue even if a new team comes in because at this stage, it won’t be wise to have all players in the auction pool. Teams will have to compromise on brand value which is built on their star players,” said another franchise official.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by five wickets in Dubai as the Rohit Sharma-led side lifted their fifth IPL trophy. 
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) successfully managed to hold the 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in the UAE as the lucrative T20 tournament concluded on Tuesday.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) successfully managed to hold the 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in the UAE as the lucrative T20 tournament concluded on Tuesday. Now, it is being reported that the BCCI is looking to hold IPL 2021 in India with a full-fledged mega-auction somewhere around early next year. Multiple reports have suggested that the Indian cricket board has already informed the franchise to start preparing for the mega auction, which could be held early in 2021. “The BCCI has told us to be prepared for an auction in a couple of months. Though it is not official, that they have asked us to be ready means they will go ahead as planned. Moreover, with a new team coming in, it makes sense to have an auction now rather than deferring it by a year,” a franchise official told The New Indian Express. IN PICS | From Kishan's most 6s to Archer's most dots - The 'MOST' of IPL 2020 However, what comes as a big surprise that the board is also looking to include a new franchise for the upcoming edition. The ninth franchise in IPL will be from Ahmedabad with Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera) likely to be their home stadium. Generally, at mega auctions, franchises are allowed to retain three players with option to use Right To Match (RTM) card on two more players. However, there is no clarity regarding the retention policy yet for the forthcoming mega auctions. “The retention policy should continue even if a new team comes in because at this stage, it won’t be wise to have all players in the auction pool. Teams will have to compromise on brand value which is built on their star players,” said another franchise official. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by five wickets in Dubai as the Rohit Sharma-led side lifted their fifth IPL trophy.

IPL 2021 to be played with 9 teams, mega auction likely: Reports

Royal Challengers Bangalore, who finished fourth in the Indian Premier League (IPL), are hoping to grow the Indian core group of players, especially in the middle order, as they have found their batting was over-reliant on overseas players. 
 
Speaking to the media, RCB`s Director of Cricket Operations, Mike Hesson, said that they will first confirm the facts about the scale of the auction and then strategise. 
 
"The core group of players is good. What we do need is a little bit of tweaking, there`s no doubt about that. We talk about the middle order. (It) can`t always be fixed either by just overseas players and we have to look how we might have to do that rather than unnecessarily strengthen one part of the line-up and leave the other exposed," said Hesson, hinting that they will look to bring in Indian talent. 
 
"That is why we are trying to grow the Indian core group of players," he said. 
 
The New Zealander added that the development of Washington Sundar and Devdutt Padikkal is a part of the project. 
 
RCB have already held the initial discussion regarding the team`s development and they are first hoping to get clear information on the auction and when it will take place. 
 
"That [change in the squad] is certainly going to happen in the next week. We have already had initials discussions. We will let the dust settled a bit, we will get a little bit of ideas firstly, and then we need to find the facts whether it is a small auction or a big auction but the core group of players is good," the New Zealander said.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, who finished fourth in the Indian Premier League (IPL), are hoping to grow the Indian core group of players, especially in the middle order, as they have found their batting was over-reliant on overseas players.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, who finished fourth in the Indian Premier League (IPL), are hoping to grow the Indian core group of players, especially in the middle order, as they have found their batting was over-reliant on overseas players. Speaking to the media, RCB`s Director of Cricket Operations, Mike Hesson, said that they will first confirm the facts about the scale of the auction and then strategise. "The core group of players is good. What we do need is a little bit of tweaking, there`s no doubt about that. We talk about the middle order. (It) can`t always be fixed either by just overseas players and we have to look how we might have to do that rather than unnecessarily strengthen one part of the line-up and leave the other exposed," said Hesson, hinting that they will look to bring in Indian talent. "That is why we are trying to grow the Indian core group of players," he said. The New Zealander added that the development of Washington Sundar and Devdutt Padikkal is a part of the project. RCB have already held the initial discussion regarding the team`s development and they are first hoping to get clear information on the auction and when it will take place. "That [change in the squad] is certainly going to happen in the next week. We have already had initials discussions. We will let the dust settled a bit, we will get a little bit of ideas firstly, and then we need to find the facts whether it is a small auction or a big auction but the core group of players is good," the New Zealander said.

Royal Challengers Bangalore look to tweak team, waiting for IPL 2021 auction

Cricket fans might not see the mega auction that was slated to take place ahead of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/ipl">Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021</a>. While the 13th edition of the IPL is all set to go live from September 19 in the UAE, the preparatory time for the next edition of the tournament seems too less for the franchise and as a result, the mega auction ahead of IPL 2021 might be scrapped.&nbsp;

Usually, franchises need four to five months to prepare their strategies ahead of IPL auctions but with IPL 2020 which will be held in September to November and the next edition possibly starting in around March-April 2021, the teams don’t have enough time to prepare for the event as a mega auction can determine their fortunes for the next three-four seasons.&nbsp;

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As per a report in the TOI, the BCCI is planning to scrap the mega auction and the franchises would continue with their current roster.&nbsp;

"What's the point in doing a mega auction now and not have enough time to plan it properly? IPL might as well go ahead and finish the 2021 edition of the tournament and then see how it wants to go about," a source told TOI. 
Given the gap between IPL 2020 and IPL 2021 is around five months, franchises have reportedly agreed to the idea of no IPL.

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Meanwhile, for the IPL 2020, the franchises are set to leave for the UAE after August 20 and many teams have started assembling before flying out of India. The BCCI has already issues the SOPs to all the franchise with the tournament all set to commence from September 19. 
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Cricket fans might not see the mega auction that was slated to take place ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. While the 13th edition of the IPL is all set to go live from September 19 in the UAE, the preparatory time for the next edition of the tournament seems too less for the franchise and as a result, the mega auction ahead of IPL 2021 might be scrapped.

Cricket fans might not see the mega auction that was slated to take place ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. While the 13th edition of the IPL is all set to go live from September 19 in the UAE, the preparatory time for the next edition of the tournament seems too less for the franchise and as a result, the mega auction ahead of IPL 2021 might be scrapped. Usually, franchises need four to five months to prepare their strategies ahead of IPL auctions but with IPL 2020 which will be held in September to November and the next edition possibly starting in around March-April 2021, the teams don’t have enough time to prepare for the event as a mega auction can determine their fortunes for the next three-four seasons. ALSO READ: IPL 2020: CSK opts against allowing family members for IPL 2020, players to live near Burj Khalifa As per a report in the TOI, the BCCI is planning to scrap the mega auction and the franchises would continue with their current roster. "What's the point in doing a mega auction now and not have enough time to plan it properly? IPL might as well go ahead and finish the 2021 edition of the tournament and then see how it wants to go about," a source told TOI. Given the gap between IPL 2020 and IPL 2021 is around five months, franchises have reportedly agreed to the idea of no IPL. ALSO READ: WION Exclusive: Australia's Josh Hazlewood on IPL 2020, CSK and MS Dhoni and India series Meanwhile, for the IPL 2020, the franchises are set to leave for the UAE after August 20 and many teams have started assembling before flying out of India. The BCCI has already issues the SOPs to all the franchise with the tournament all set to commence from September 19.

BCCI likely to postpone IPL 2021 mega auction: Report

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