Summary: Are you also waiting for IPL auction 2021 date and time? Check out the information given below to learn everything about the most awaited auction event. The IPL auction 2021 date and time has already been finalized while leaving the concerned authorities to plan some other important tasks for the event. The Indian Premier League Cricket game auction is going take place on February 18 in Chennai as per the news released by the officials of BCCI on this Wednesday (Jan 27).
In this IPL auction 2021 for 14th edition, Sunrisers Hyderabad have decided to retain most of their players (22), while Royal Challengers Bangalore have come on the second number by retaining 14 players in the squad. Harshal Patel and Daniel Sams are the two players who are traded by Hyderabad from Delhi Capitals.
With a remaining funds amount of Rs. 53.20 Cr, Kings XI Punjab is planning to enter the auction strongly. RCB which has INR 35.90 crore available to use will be on the second number. With INR 10.75 crore, SRH and Kolkata Knight Riders will be on the last for using the remaining funds.
With a purse remaining of INR 34.85 crores, Rajasthan Royals have already released Steve Smith and will be looking forward to purchase three overseas players. RCB and Mumbai Indians would seek to fill their four overseas spots each while KXIP can purchase five overseas players. Remember only one day is assigned for the event so you can plan your other personal and professional works accordingly.
You would get a complete idea about the IPL auction 2021 players list when all the eight franchises team would be filling up their gap holes into the squad. The IPL 2021 transfer window has already witnessed a trading of a few players by the teams. This has also showed the list of those players who have been released and retained for the upcoming IPL 2021 tournament. Here we have tried out to sum up the information about the IPL 2021 Auction:
Start Time: Feb 18, TV Channel: Star Sports Network. Live Streaming: Hotstar (App and Website), Venue: Chennai, Players Released: 57 and Players Retained: 139.
Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Punjab and Rajasthan are the eight teams that participate in IPL tournaments every year. Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, KL Rahul, Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah are the key players of this major 20-20 series.
The players who would be retained for Bangalore include Virat Kohli from India (Rs. 17.00 Cr), AB de Villiers from South Africa (Rs. 11.00 Cr), Yuzvendra Chahal from India (Rs. 6.00 Cr), Washington Sundar from India (Rs. 3.20 Cr), Kane Richardson from Australia (Rs. 4.00 Cr), Adam Zampa (Rs. 1.50 Cr), Joshua Philippe (Rs. 20.00 Lac) from Australia as well as Navdeep Saini (Rs. 3.00 Cr), Mohammed Siraj (Rs. 2.60 Cr), Devdutt Padikkal (Rs. 20.00 Lac) and Pavan Deshpande (Rs. 20.00 Lac) from India.
Chennai will retain the players like MS Dhoni (Rs. 15.00 Cr), Suresh Raina (Rs. 11.00 Cr), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs. 7.00 Cr), Karn Sharma (Rs. 5.00 Cr), and Deepak Chahar (Rs. 80.00 Lac) from India, as well as Dwayne Bravo from West Indies, (Rs. 6.40 Cr), Sam Curran from England (Rs. 5.50 Cr), Faf Du Plessis from South Africa (Rs. 1.60 Cr), Mitchell Santner from New Zealand (Rs. 50.00 Lac).
Delhi is going to retain these players including Rishabh Pant (Rs. 15.00 Cr), Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs. 7.60 Cr), Shreyas Iyer (Rs. 7.00 Cr), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs. 5.25 Cr), Shikhar Dhawan (Rs. 5.20 Cr), Axar Patel (Rs. 5.00 Cr), Ishant Sharma (Rs. 1.10 Cr) from India as well as Shimron Hetmyer from West Indies (Rs. 7.75 Cr), Marcus Stoinis from Australia (Rs. 4.80 Cr), Kagiso Rabada from South Africa (Rs. 4.20 Cr) and more.
Manish Pandey (Rs. 11.00 Cr), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rs. 8.50 Cr), Siddharth Kaul (Rs. 3.80 Cr), Vijay Shankar (Rs. 3.20 Cr), Rashid Khan Arman (Rs. 9.00 Cr), Jonny Bairstow (Rs. 2.20 Cr), Mitchell Marsh (Rs. 2.00 Cr) and some more players will be retained in Hyderabad.
Kolkata can also retain some top players including Pat Cummins from Australia (Rs. 15.50 Cr), Sunil Narine (Rs. 12.50 Cr) and Andre Russell (Rs. 8.50 Cr) from West Indies, Dinesh Karthik (Rs. 7.40 Cr), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs. 5.80 Cr) and Eoin Morgan from England (Rs. 5.25 Cr).
Rohit Sharma (Rs. 15.00 Cr), Hardik Pandya (Rs. 11.00 Cr), Krunal Pandya (Rs. 8.80 Cr), Jasprit Bumrah (Rs. 7.00 Cr), Ishan Kishan (Rs. 6.20 Cr) from India, Trent Boult from New Zealand (Rs. 3.20 Cr), and Quinton De Kock from South Africa (Rs. 2.80 Cr) will again be the faces of Mumbai’s squad.
KL Rahul (Rs. 11.00 Cr), Mohammad Shami (Rs. 4.80 Cr), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs. 2.00 Cr), Mayank Agarwal (Rs. 1.00 Cr), Nicholas Pooran (Rs. 4.20 Cr), and Chris Jordan (Rs. 3.00 Cr) and Chris Gayle (Rs. 2.00 Cr) are expected to be retained for Punjab. Ben Stokes (Rs. 12.50 Cr), Sanju Samson (Rs. 8.00 Cr), Jofra Archer (Rs. 7.20 Cr), and Robin Uthappa (Rs. 3.00 Cr) will be retained in the Rajasthan team.
As discussed above, IPL auction 2021 trade is very near and very soon you would know everything that whose new players will fill up the which gaps in the teams. Good luck to watch out the IPL auction 2021 live to get you updated everything about your favourite twenty-twenty cricket tournaments!