IPL auction 2021 - When, where, who and what to expect at 3:00 PM IST on February 18, 2021
How, where and when to watch IPL 2021 auction live at 3:00 PM IST on February 18, 2021
Hugh Edmeades at the December 2018 IPL auction • BCCI
The IPL 2021 auction will take place in Chennai on February 18, 2021. It will start at 3:00 PM India time.
298 players have been shortlisted by the eight franchises. There are only 61 slots available to be filled, if each franchise hits the maximum allowable limit of 25 players.
A maximum of 22 overseas players can be bought, given the cap of 8 overseas players per franchise.
Several prominent names are part of the auction and could fetch big prices. These include: Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris, Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, Steven Smith, Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Karun Nair, Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Marnus Labuschagne and Aaron Finch.
The budgets and slots available for each side are as follow: Chennai Super Kings: INR 19.9 crore. 6 slots available. 1 overseas slot available. Delhi Capitals: INR 13.4 crore. 8 slots available. 3 overseas slot available. Kolkata Knight Riders: INR 10.75 crore. 8 slots available. 2 overseas slot available. Mumbai Indians: INR 15.35 crore. 7 slots available. 4 overseas slot available. Punjab Kings: INR 53.2 crore. 9 slots available. 5 overseas slot available. Rajasthan Royals: INR 37.85 crore. 9 slots available. 3 overseas slot available. Royal Challengers Bangalore: INR 35.4 crore. 11 slots available. 3 overseas slot available. Sunrisers Hyderabad: INR 10.75 crore. 3 slots available. 1 overseas slot available.
Players will be grouped into different sets. 14 marquee players will form the first two sets. The rest of the players are grouped by skill - batsmen, wicketkeepers, fast bowlers, spin bowlers, allrounders - and the sets are formed based on international and IPL experience.
Yes there will. After the first 13 sets, comprising 87 players, are completed, the auction will become an accelerated one, where teams will submit names of players from those who have gone unsold till then and those yet to come under the hammer. The next round(s) will comprise of only those players whose names have been submitted.
BCCI has not announced the dates and venue(s) for IPL 2021 but it is expected to be held in India, from April till the first week of June.
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