The Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction for the 2020 edition will take place on Thursday in Kolkata. A total of 332 players will go under the hammer for a maximum of 73 slots only, spread over the eight franchises. As many as 997 players were registered initially before the list was pruned.
The 332 comprises 186 Indian players, 143 overseas players and 3 Associate players. The maximum squad strength is 25 players a side, and the maximum number of overseas players a side is 8. The spending limit for each team is fixed at Rs 85 crore.
Here's a look at how the eight teams stack up, with a recap of players released and traded during the off-season.
The auction begins at 3.30 p.m. IST. It will be conducted by Hugh Edmeads.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Player slots remaining - 12 (Indians 6, overseas 6)
Money spent - Rs 57.15 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 27.90 crore
Squad: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (O), Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali (O), Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal
Players released - Akshdeep Nath, Colin de Grandhomme (O), Dale Steyn (O), Heinrich Klassen (O), Himmat Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Marcus Stoinis (O), Milind Kumar, Nathan Coulter-Nile (O), Prayas Ray Barman, Shimron Hetmyer (O), Tim Southee (O)
Players traded in - None
Delhi Capitals
Player slots remaining - 11 (Indians 6, overseas 5)
Money spent - Rs 57.15 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 27.85 crore
Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada (O), Keemo Paul (O), Prithvi Shaw, R. Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Sandeep Lamichhane (O), Shikhar Dhawan
Players released - Ankush Bains, Bandaru Ayyappa, Chris Morris (O), Colin Ingram (O), Colin Munro (O), Hanuma Vihari, Jalaj Saxena, Manjot Kalra, Nathu Singh
Players traded in - R. Ashwin from Kings XI Punjab, Ajinkya Rahane from Rajasthan Royals
Kolkata Knight Riders
Player slots remaining - 11 (Indians 7, overseas 4)
Money spent - Rs 49.35 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 35.65 crore
Squad - Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell (O), Harry Gurney (O), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson (O), Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine (O)
Players released - Anrich Nortje (O), Carlos Brathwaite (O), Chris Lynn (O), Joe Denly (O), KC Cariappa, Matt Kelly (O), Nikhil Naik, Piyush Chawla, Prithvi Raj Yarra, Robin Uthappa, Shrikant Mundhe
Players traded in - Siddhesh Lad from Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan Royals
Player slots remaining - 11 (Indians 7, overseas 4)
Money spent - Rs 56.10 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 28.90 crore
Squad - Steve Smith (O), Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Stokes (O), Jofra Archer (O), Jos Buttler (O), Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron
Players released - Aryaman Birla, Ashton Turner (O), Ish Sodhi (O), Jaydev Unadkat, Liam Livingstone (O), Oshane Thomas (O), Prashant Chopra, Rahul Tripathi, Shubham Ranjane, Stuart Binny, Sudhesan Midhun
Players traded in - Ankit Rajpoot from Kings XI Punjab, Mayank Markande and Rahul Tewatia from Delhi Capitals
Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab have the highest purse at Rs 42.70 crore
Player slots remaining - 9 (Indians 5, overseas 4)
Money spent - Rs 42.30 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 42.70 crore
Squad - KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle (O), Darshan Nalkande, Gowtham Krishnappa, Hardus Viljoen (O), Harpreet Brar, J. Suchith, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Shami, Mujeeb Zadran (O), M. Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran (O), Sarfaraz Khan
Players released - Agnivesh Ayachi, Andrew Tye (O), David Miller (O), Moises Henriques (O), Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (O), Varun Chakaravarthy
Players traded in - K. Gowtham from Rajasthan Royals, J. Suchit from Delhi Capitals
Mumbai Indians
Player slots remaining - 7 (Indians 5, overseas 2)
Money spent - Rs 71.95 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 13.05 crore
Squad - Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard (O), Krunal Pandya, Lasith Malinga (O), Mitchell McCleneghan (O), Quinton de Kock (O), Rahul Chahar, Sherfane Rutherford (O), Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult (O)
Players released - Adam Milne (O), Alzarri Joseph (O), Barinder Sran, Ben Cutting (O), Beuran Hendricks (O), Evin Lewis (O), Jason Behrendorff (O), Pankaj Jaswal, Rasikh Dar, Yuvraj Singh
Players traded in - Dhawal Kulkarni from Rajasthan Royals, Trent Boult and Sherfane Rutherford from Delhi Capitals
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Player slots remaining - 7 (Indians 5, overseas 2)
Money spent - Rs 68 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 17 crore
Squad - Kane Williamson (O), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake (O), David Warner (O), Jonny Bairstow (O), Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (O), Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha
Players released - Deepak Hooda, Martin Guptill (O), Ricky Bhui, Shakib Al Hasan (O), Yusuf Pathan
Players traded in - None
Chennai Super Kings
Player slots remaining - 5 (Indians 3, overseas 2)
Money spent - Rs 70.40 crore
Purse remaining - Rs 14.60 crore
Squad - MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo (O), Faf du Plessis (O), Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir (O), Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Lungi Ngidi (O), Mitchell Santner (O), Monu Singh, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson (O), Shardul Thakur, Suresh Raina
Players released - Chaitanya Bishnoi, David Willey (O), Dhruv Shorey, Mohit Sharma, Sam Billings (O), Scott Kuggeleijn (O)
Players traded in - None
Players with the highest base price
Australians dominate the list of the highest base price of Rs 2 crore, with the likes of Chris Lynn, Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, and Josh Hazlewood. Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews, and exprienced fast bowler Dale Steyn, who was released by RCB, are also on this list.
Those with a base price of Rs 1.5 crore are Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Robin Uthappa, Chris Morris, Chris Woakes, Adam Zampa, Shaun Marsh, David Willey, Kane Richardson, and Kyle Abbott.
Who are the three Associate players in the auction?
They are USA fast bowler Ali Khan, UAE's Zahoor Khan and Scotland batsman George Munsey. Ali, known for his pace, has played in several T20 leagues, including the Caribbean Premier League. Both Ali and Zahoor were born in Pakistan.
O - Overseas players
Source - IPLt20.com
