IPL 2023 Auction: Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Cameron Green Among 21 Players In INR 2 Crore Bracket, No Indian In Most Expensive Pool

Star all-rounders Sam Curran and Ben Stokes from England National Cricket Team and Cameron Green from Australia National Cricket Team are among the 21 players, who have set their base price as INR 2 crore for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction. Also, no player from the India National Cricket Team is listed in the INR 2 crore bracket.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 player auction, which will be a mini-auction, is set to be held on December 23 in Kochi. The window for the franchises to retain and release players ended on November 15 and 163 players were retained by the franchises whereas 85 players were released.

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The Overseas all-rounders, especially fast-bowling all-rounders, have always been in heavy demand in IPL auctions. In this year’s auction in-form all-rounders Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green are expected to attract enormous bids.

Curran, who recently won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Player of the Tournament award, and Stokes, the England Test captain, have already participated in the IPL, but Green has never featured in the tournament.

A total of 991 players (714 Indian and 277 overseas) have registered for the IPL 2023 mini-auction. However, the IPL will prune the list down based on input from the franchises, who have until December 9 to get back to the officials. Also, a maximum of 87 players can be acquired in the auction of which 30 can be overseas.

“The IPL Player Registration closed on 30th Nov 2022. A total of 991 players (714 Indian and 277 overseas players) have signed up to be part of the TATA IPL 2023 Player Auction set to take place on 23rd December 2022 in Kochi. The players’ list includes 185 capped, 786 uncapped and 20 players from Associate Nations,” IPL said in an official media release.

IPL 2023 Auction: Mayank Agarwal In INR 1 Crore Bracket, Dwayne Bravo, Steve Smith Not In List

Mayank Agarwal, who was the first player retained by the Punjab Kings ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction, has set his base price as INR 1 crore for the Indian Premier League 2023 mini-auction.

Under the leadership of Mayank Agarwal, the Punjab Kings performed poorly in the Indian Premier League 2022 and the opener’s batting form also took a massive hit.

Agarwal scored just 196 runs in 13 matches at an average of 16.33 and a strike rate of 122.50, including one fifty, in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Also, Punjab Kings removed Mayank Agarwal as captain, released him, and handed the leadership to Shikhar Dhawan.

Meanwhile, the list of 19 capped Indians, who have registered for the IPL 2023 mini-auction includes discarded national players like Ajinkya Rahane, Jaydev Unadkat and Ishant Sharma.

Ajinkya Rahane, who was part of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2022, has set his base price as INR 50 lakh and veteran pacer Ishant, who had gone unsold in IPL 2022 auction, is in the INR 75 lakh bracket. Also, Jaydev Unadkat, who was with Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League 2022, has set his base price as INR 50 lakh.

Meanwhile, Dwayne Bravo, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are among the notable names, who have not registered for the IPL 2023 mini-auction.

Bravo, who is IPL’s leading wicket-taker, was recently released by Chennai Super Kings and he has decided not to enter the auction this time around. Also, Australian stars Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, who went unsold in last year’s auction, have not registered for the auction.

Players With INR 2 Crore Base Price:

Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Kane Williamson, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Angelo Mathews, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder

Players With INR 1.5 Crore Base Price:

Sean Abott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford

Players With INR 1 Crore Base Price:

Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossein, David Wiese

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