The auction player list has been released for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 where a total of 333 players have made the cut. The auction is supposed to be held in Dubai on December 19 where we will witness the names of only three Bhartiya players being brought up in the INR 2 crore price bracket. On the other hand, there isn’t any Bharitya player in the INR 1.5 crore and INR 1 crore price brackets. Moving onto the next category in which the players would be auctioned is the INR 50 lakh category.
The players in the INR 2 crore bracket include Harshal Patel, Shardul Thakur, and Umesh Yadav. Harshal, who was the top wicket-taker in the IPL a couple of seasons ago, was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav, on the other hand, were teammates at Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2023 season but were both released ahead of the auction for the 2024 edition of the T20 league.
Harshal and Shardul are both among the top cricket players in the auction pool but Umesh’s case could be an interesting one. The veteran pacer no longer features in the Indian team’s plans across the formats. Would that be a barrier for franchises to rope him in for a big fee, would be interesting to see.
A total of 11 Indian players will be seen in the Rs 50 lakh price bracket. The list includes some popular names like Manish Pandey, Jaydev Unadkat, Karun Nair, Shivam Mavi, etc.
The list further includes:
Manish Pandey
Karun Nair
Jaydev Unadkat
Chetan Sakariya
Shivam Mavi
KS Bharat
Sandeep Warrier
Barinder Sran
Siddharth Kaul
Varun Aaron
Hanuma Vihari
Among the players in the Rs. 50 lakh bracket, Chetan Sakariya could be the player to bag a big package from an IPL franchise. Left-arm pacers are rare in the game and Sakariya is likely to be on the shortlist of multiple franchises.
NE Watch Desk
