IPL Auction 2024: IPL Auction 2023 will be held on December 19 in Dubai (IPL Auction Dubai), for the first time the auction is going to be held outside the country. A total of 333 players will be included in this IPL auction for 77 places, which also includes Indian fast bowlers Umesh Yadav, Harshal Patel and Shardul Thakur, who have been kept at the base price of Rs 2 crore. Actually, the IPL Governing Council had submitted a list of 1166 players to the franchises. After the advice of the franchises, the number of these players was reduced to 333. Of these, 214 are Indian and 119 foreign players. Two players are also from associate countries.
All 10 franchises can spend a total of Rs 262.95 crore in this auction. Of the 77 places available, 30 are for foreign players, with Australian players again in high demand as they include World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins, World Cup final hero Travis Head, wicketkeeper Josh English and star fast bowler Mitchell Starc. Included in the base price category of Rs 2 crore.
This is a mini auction, after this auction another mega auction will be conducted before IPL 2025. This time, 10 IPL teams have retained and traded a set of players and they are going to try to fill their remaining slots in this mini auction. This auction is different from the mega auction held last year. In this auction, teams try to buy players while trying to find their right balance and eliminate the shortcomings.
This time the mini auction of IPL will be held in Dubai. This is the first time that IPL auction is being organized outside the country. The auction will take place on December 19.
This time Mallika Sagar is going to play the role of auctioneer in the IPL auction. , who also recently hosted the WPL auction on December 9.
The player auction will start at 11.30 am local time (1:00 pm Indian time) at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai. It will be telecast live on TV on Star Sports Network*, and will also be live-streamed on the JioCinema app. (IPL 2024 auction Live Telecast in India)
The trade window will be reopened from December 20 after the IPL mini auction which will close in February 2024, a month before the mega tournament. That means, only after the auction, the franchise will be able to exchange players till February 2024. with input language)
