2018 IPL auction: Player list announced

With a new year, another IPL season is awaiting its crowds. The 2018 IPL player auction is all set to take place on January 27-28 in Bengaluru.

This is the 11th season of the T20 league and will be held from 4 April to 27 May.

The 2018 IPL edition will see the return of the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals, the teams who served two years of suspension for the involvement of their respective owners in the 2013 IPL betting case.

Ahead of the IPL auction, let’s look into the statistics of the players:

Total players - 1122
Players up for auction - 578
Indian cricketers - 360
Overseas players - 218
Total players that can be purchased - 182

Rundown of franchises:

Kings XI Punjab - Rs 67.5 crore

Rajasthan Royals - Rs 67.5 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 59 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 49 crore

Mumbai Indians - Rs 47 crore

Delhi Daredevils - Rs 47 crore

Chennai Super Kings - Rs 47 crore

Base price for the most expensive players - Rs 2 crore

Indian players - R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Karn Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa.

Overseas players - Rashid Khan, Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Cameron White, Eoin Morgan, Liam Plunkett, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson, Brendon Mccollum, Quinton de Kock, Colin Ingram, Angelo Mathews, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard.

Potential Indian players - 

Yuzvendra Chahal

(Recent T20 form: 11 wickets @ 13.18, SR 9.8, Econ 8.05)

KL Rahul

(Recent T20 form: 154 runs @ 51.33, SR 145.28, HS 89)

Jaydev Unadkat

(Recent T20 form: 6 wickets @ 22.33, SR 23, Econ 5.82)

Kuldeep Yadav

(Recent T20 form: 3 wickets @ 44.33, SR 40, Econ 6.65)

Dinesh Karthik

(Recent T20 form: 211 runs @ 106.50, SR 167.46, HS 71)

Potential Overseas players - 

Colin Munro

(recent T20 form: 219 runs @ 109.50, SR 184.03, HS 104)

Rashid Khan

(recent T20 form: 12 wickets @ 14.58, SR 16, Econ 5.46)

Ben Stokes

(recent T20 form: 133 runs @ 44.33, SR 175, HS 93)

Evin Lewis

(recent T20 form: 396 runs @ 36, SR 159.03, HS 75)

Jason Roy

(Recent T20 form: 62 runs @ 10.33, SR 103.33)

Potential uncapped Indian players:

Krunal Pandya

(Recent T20 form: 83 runs @ 27.66, SR 145.61, Hs 44*, 3 wickets @ 39, Econ 9.75)

Mayank Agarwal

(Recent T20 form: 166 runs @ 33.20, SR 146.90, HS 86)

Ishan Kishan

(Recent T20 form: 162 runs @ 40.50, SR 150, HS 51)

Nitish Rana

(Recent T20 form: 98 runs @ 32.66, SR 153.12, HS 39

Kamlesh Nagarkoti

(Yet to play T20s, but successful member of India U-19s)