The Indian Premier League (IPL) list of players set to go under the hammer at the mini-auction on December 16 is ready, with a total of 350 cricketers — 240 Indians and 110 overseas players — shortlisted. South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, who recently came out of his ODI retirement, does feature in the final list despite his failure to register initially. De Kock is a late addition to the list at a base price of Rs 1 crore. The list also includes Australia batter Steve Smith at a base price of Rs 2 crore. Smith last played in the IPL in 2021.
A total of 1390 players registered for the Player Auction. The number was pruned to 1005 players before 350 were finally shortlisted to battle for 77 slots available across the 10 teams for the 19th edition of the world’s biggest T20 league.
The first set of players in the auction includes India and Mumbai batters Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan, who both have kept their base price at Rs 75 lakh each.
The list shared by the IPL features two Australians in Cameron Green and Jake Fraser-McGurk, along with New Zealand and former Chennai Super Kings opener Devon Conway and South Africa’s David Miller, with each of them keeping a base price of Rs 2 crore.
