The Cricketer runs through all the details you need to know ahead of the IPL mega-auction, which takes place on December 23
The player auction for the 2023 Indian Premier League, the 16th edition of the league, will be held on December 23, 2022, in Kochi, Kerala.
The IPL added two new teams last season, making it a 10-team event, which will continue into this season.
The ten IPL teams are: Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Lucknow Super Giants, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Punjab Kings.
According to BCCI, a total of 991 players have registered for the 2023 IPL auction, of which 714 are Indian, while the other 277 are from overseas.
Since this is a mini-auction, most teams will look to fill the gaps in their squad rather than completely remodel their roster. Sunrisers have just a dozen players on board and only four overseas players, leaving them with the biggest purse.
Ranjit Barthakur, Rajasthan Royals owner (MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
The 991 players that have registered for the auction so far will be reduced before the process begins.
Those who make the final list get placed into three categories – Indian capped, Indian uncapped, and overseas players.
This list is further split based on a player's role in the team, including batters, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, spinners, and fast bowlers.
Hugh Edmeades will return as the auctioneer after he collapsed on the first day of the mega auction last February.
The process sees players enter the auction at a base price and teams take turns submitting offers until no further bids are put forward.
Unsold players can re-enter the draft during the final rounds should the franchises submit a request for their re-submission
Chennai Super Kings
Retained - Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway*, Dwaine Pretorius*, Maheesh Theekshana*, Matheesha Pathirana*, Mitchell Santner*, Moeen Ali*, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande
Released - Adam Milne*, C.Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan*, Dwayne Bravo*, K.Bhagath Varma, K.M Asif, N. Jagadeesan, Robin Uthappa
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Aman Khan (T), Anrich Nortje*, Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, David Warner*, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi*, Mitchell Marsh*, Mustafizur Rahman*, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rishabh Pant, Rovman Powell*, Sarfaraz Khan, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull
Released: Ashwin Hebbar, K.S. Bharat, Mandeep Singh, Tim Seifert*.
David Warner was retained by Delhi Capitals (Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
Gujarat Titans
Retained: Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph*, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller*, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade*, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad*, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan*, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal
Released: Dominic Drakes*, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy*, Varun Aaron.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Andre Russell*, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T)*, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T)*, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine*, Tim Southee*, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
Released: Aaron Finch*, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Alex Hales*, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne*, Mohammad Nabi*, Pat Cummins*, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Dar, Sam Billings*, Sheldon Jackson, Shivam Mavi
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained: Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers*, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis*, Mark Wood*, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock*, Ravi Bishnoi.
Released : Andrew Tye*, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Dushmanta Chameera*, Evin Lewis*, Jason Holder*, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis*, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff (T)*, Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer*, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David*, Tristan Stubbs*.
Released: Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams*, Fabian Allen*, Jaydev Unadkat, Kieron Pollard*, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith*, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills*
Several of England's World Cup winners are on the market (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Punjab Kings
Retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone*, Kagiso Rabada*, Jonny Bairstow*, Nathan Ellis*, Bhanuka Rajapakse*
Released: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith*, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell*, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey*, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis*, Finn Allen*, Glenn Maxwell*, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood*, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Wanindu Hasaranga*
Released: Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford*
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi*, Glenn Phillips*, Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen*, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar
Released: Jagadeesha Suchith, Kane Williamson*, Nicholas Pooran*, Priyam Garg, R Samarth, Romario Shepherd*, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott*, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod
Pat Cummins has opted against entering the auction (PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)
The IPL this year will not see Pat Cummins and Alex Hales, who has opted out of this season, while Steve Smith and Marnus Labushagne have also not registered themselves for the IPL.
However, among these, the legendary West Indian and IPL all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Keiron Pollard have decided to quit their job as players. They have announced their retirement as players but will continue to serve their franchise by being part of the support staff.
Franchises have been given an additional 5 Cr (£494,917) this year to their purses thanks to an increase in broadcast revenue.
Chennai Super Kings – 20.45 CR (£2m)
Delhi Capitals – 19.45 CR (£1.9m)
Gujarat Titans – 19.25 CR (£1.9m)
Kolkata Knight Riders – 7.05 CR (£697K)
Lucknow Super Giants – 23.35 CR (£2.3m)
Mumbai Indians – 20.55 CR (£2m)
Punjab Kings – 32.2 CR (£3.1m)
Royal Challengers Bangalore – 8.75 CR (£866K)
Rajasthan Royals – 13.2 CR (£1.3m)
Sunrisers Hyderabad – 42.25 CR (£4.1m).
Each player can choose their own base price of up to 2 crore for the IPL auction. The other price brackets are 1.5 crore, 1 crore, 75 lakhs, 50 lakhs, 40 lakhs, 30 lakhs and 20 lakhs.
Ishan Kishan is up for grabs (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
There are 21 Indian players at the highest base price of 2 crore including Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina and Ishan Kishan, while 21 overseas players such as Jason Roy, Quinton de Kock, Steve Smith and Adil Rashid will also start at the top base price
Initially, 31 English players had registered for the IPL auction, with 21 capped and 10 uncapped players, though just 25 have made the cut.
Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Phil Salt, Alex Hales, and others are likely to dominate after their involvement in England's T20 World Cup success in Australia while the likes of Will Smeed and Jordan Thompson will be worth keeping an eye on.
List of all English players registered for the 2023 IPL auction: Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Tom Curran, Sam Curran, George Garton, Richard Gleeson, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, David Payne, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Luke Wood, Chris Benjamin, James Fuller, Thomas Helm, Will Smeed, Jordan Thompson.
The auction can be watched on the Star Sports Network or live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and is expected to commence at 2.30pm IST (9am GMT).
The Cricketer will provide live coverage and reaction to the auction.
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