Calcutta : IPL franchise for next season There are a total of 332 players, including 186 Indian players. 73 will have the opportunity. There are three Malayalees on the auction list including Sachin Baby, the captain of the Kerala Ranji team. The 13th edition of the IPL will be held in Kolkata on day three. The teams can be called up to eight teams. The highest bidder is Kings XI Punjab (Rs 42.70 crore). Chennai Super Kings (14.60 per cent) is the lowest.
The minimum base price for the players is Rs 20 lakh. The maximum amount is two crores. Seven people, including Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazelwood, Chris Lynn and Mitchell Marsh, South African pacer Dale Steyn and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews are worth Rs 2 crore. Robin Uthappa, who plays for India from Kerala, is the highest bidder. 1.5 crores. A team consists of 25 players. Teams have retained all the major players. The auction is for small vacancies. Virat Kohli’s Bangalore Royal Challengers (12) have the highest number of players. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (5) are at a loss.
Sachin Baby, S Mithun and Vishnu Vinod are the stars in the auction list. All three are worth Rs 20 lakh. Guest stars Uttappa and Jalaj Saxena are also on the list. Teams like Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals), KM Asif (Chennai Super Kings), Sandeep Warrier (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Basil Thampi (Sunrisers Hyderabad) have been kept in teams.
