IPL 2021: 1097 players registered for the IPL 2021 auctions and maximum 61 slots are up for the grab.
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021: As per the reports of Indian Premier League that determines the actual number of entries received for the player auction ahead of IPL 2021. As many as 1097 players have registered themselves and want to take part in the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL).
The total number consists of both Indian and overseas players. To be specific 814 domestic players and 283 overseas players have signed in and are curious to be the part of the cash-rich league. The IPL 2021 auction is scheduled to take place in Chennai on 18th February.
According to the reports, only 61 slots are up for the grabs by the franchises if every franchise opts to keep 25 players in their full squad (of which up to 22 may be overseas players).
IPL 2021 auctions details:
The auction will be live at 3 PM on 18th February. The total 1097 signings include 207 capped cricketers, 863 uncapped and 27 associate cricketers. The detailed list is given down below:
- Indian Capped Players (21 players)
- Overseas Capped Players (186 players)
- Associate Cricketers (27 players)
- Uncapped Indian players who have played at least 1 IPL match (50 players)
- Overseas uncapped players who have played at least 1 IPL match (2 players)
- Uncapped Indians (743 players)
- Uncapped International (68 players)
Country-wise breakdown of the total number of cricketers who showed interest in the IPL:
| Country Name | Number of Players Registered |
| Afghanistan | 30 |
| Australia | 42 |
| Bangladesh | 05 |
| England | 21 |
| Ireland | 02 |
| Nepal | 08 |
| Netherlands | 01 |
| New Zealand | 29 |
| Scotland | 07 |
| South Africa | 38 |
| Sri Lanka | 31 |
| UAE | 09 |
| USA | 02 |
| West Indies | 56 |
| Zimbabwe | 02 |
List of released players who will head to the auction pool of IPL 2021:
Steve Smith, Aaron Finch, Sandeep Lamichhane, Chris Morris, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma, Billy Stanlake, Jason Roy, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Green, Sheldon Cottrell, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, James Neesham, Siddhesh Lad, Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, James Pattinson, Mitchell McCleneghan, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Oshane Thomas, Hardus Viljoen, Shashank Singh, Tom Banton, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron, Shivam Dube, Nikhil Naik, Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Gurkeerat Mann, Sherfane Rutherford, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Ankit Rajpoot, Sanjay Yadav and Prithviraj Yarra.
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