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The IPL 2018 Player Auction list includes 16 marquee players from India and overseas headlining the big pool of 578 players that will go under the hammer in Bengaluru on 27-28 January. With 18 players retained, 182 slots are up for grabs.
A total of 62 capped Indians and 298 uncapped Indian cricketers will vie for the available slots with 182 capped overseas cricketers, 34 uncapped overseas players and 2 cricketers from Associate Nations.
With Rs 2 crore as the highest reserve price, 36 players, including 13 Indians, have opted for the top bracket. Marquee Players – Ravichandran Ashwin, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Christopher Gayle, Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson, Glenn Maxwell, Joe Root, Mitchell Starc, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Shakib Hasan – have set their base price at Rs 2 crore.
Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Yuzvendra Chahal and Karn Sharma have also set their base price at Rs 2 crore and will hope to attract high bids as the eight franchises look to build their teams for the upcoming seasons.
The below list contains the individual breakdown of capped players as per their base price.
The breakdown of uncapped players as per their base price is as below.
Take a look at the complete list of IPL 2018 Player Auction here.
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