A total of 991 players, including 714 Indian and 277 overseas players, have registered to be a part of the Indian Premier League auction, which is scheduled to take place on December 23 in Kochi. The auction happens to be a mini one since the mega auction took place before IPL 2022.
The window for player registrations closed on November 30.
As per ESPNCricinfo, the ten franchises will be allowed to spend Rs 5 crore extra than the purse it has remaining from the mega auction from the season before, which is likely to make the overall auction purse around Rs 95 crore.
Earlier this month, IPL giants Chennai Super Kings ended their hugely successful 11-year association with legendary all-rounder Dwayne Bravo while Sunrisers Hyderabad released star batter Kane Williamson ahead of the cash-rich league's mini auction.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals (DC) head coach Ricky Ponting has openly admitted that the franchise has set aside a "fair bit of money" to sign Australia's rising young allrounder Cameron Green at the upcoming IPL 2023 auction.
Here's the country wise players registered for IPL 2023 auction:
Australia - 57. South Africa - 52. West Indies - 33. England - 31. New Zealand - 27. Sri Lanka - 23. Afghanistan - 14. Ireland - 8. Netherlands - 7. Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and UAE - 6. Namibia - 5. Scotland - 2.
Punjab Kings have released their last edition's captain Mayank Agarwal, while West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran was released by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals have released four players which include Indians Mandeep Singh, KS Bharat and Ashwin Hebbar and New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert.
The Delhi Capitals have also traded all-rounder Shardul Thakur to Kolkata Knight Riders and brought all-rounder Aman Khan in his place.
Inaugural edition winners Rajasthan Royals have released nine players in total comprising four Indians and five overseas players, leaving them with a purse of Rs 13.2 crore. The players released include James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, and Rassie van der Dussen among others.
While Sunrisers Hyderabad will have the highest remaining purse of Rs 42.25 crore heading into the auction, Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants will have Rs 32.2 crore and 23.35 crore, respectively, in their hands.
Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford were the players released by Royal Challengers Bangalore, leaving them with a purse of Rs 8.75 crore.
Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh and Jason Roy were among the six players released by reigning champions Gujarat Titans.
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With inputs from PTI