First time the IPL auction is going to be held overseas in Dubai. For 77 slots, 332 players are attracting bids at the Coco Cola Arena. The pertinent question this time is whether any player would breach the Rs.20 crore mark.
The hard-core IPL fans will be watching how their favourite IPL team is going to pick the players. The Gujarat Titans (Rs.38.15 crore), Chennai Super Kings (Rs.31.40 crore), Kolkata Knight Riders (Rs.32.70 crore) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (Rs.34.00 crore) have purse more than crore will be the key teams to watch.
Pat Cummins is going to earn approx Rs. 1 crore per IPL game that he pays. That's like Rs. 25L per over. Rs. 4L per delivery. About Rs. 20,000 for every step he takes.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) December 19, 2023
The mind boggles. #IPL2024Auction
High-Volt Overseas Players Bid
Fans are eagerly looking for overseas players to bid. Let us see the list of Five Overseas Players who could unleash a bidding war
- Travis Head (Australia)
- Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)
- Mitchell Starc (Australia)
- Gerald Coetzee ( South Africa)
- Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
WE WON, MR. STARC.#IPL2024Auction pic.twitter.com/QV5pd48ktd
— KnightRidersXtra (@KRxtra) December 19, 2023
Two Crore Base Price
In the IPL auction 2024, 23 players have opted for the highest base price of Rs.2 Crore. These are the key players who will fetch the eyeballs of the team owners and fans.
Harry Brook (England) Travis Head (Australia) Rilee Rossouw (South Africa) Steve Smith (Australia) Gerald Coetzee (South Africa) Pat Cummins (Australia) Harshal Patel (India) Shardul Thakur (India) Chris Woakes (England) Josh Inglis (Australia) Lock Ferguson (New Zealand) Josh Hazlewood (Australia) Mitchell Starc (Australia) Umesh Yadav (India) Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) Adil Rashid (England) Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa) James Vince (England) Sean Abbott (Australia)
Moreover, there are 216 Indians and 116 overseas players and 216 uncapped players in the fray.
IPL Team Owners.#IPL2024Auction pic.twitter.com/tYj2QOV3qu
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) December 19, 2023
In Demand
The KKR will be in the hunt for 12 slots, where they need to fill the entire pace battery. Under the mentor Gambhir, it would be interesting to watch how the pick the players. The southern teams CSK, RCB and SRH have a maximum slot of six, and they would be strategically aiming to pick the players to suit their team’s requirements.
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Like in the previous auction, uncapped Indian players might also be in demand, which could alter their future course in cricket. Lower order hitters like Shahrukh Khan, Shubham Dubey, Sameer Rizvi and Arshin Kulkarni could fetch high sum than their base price.
