The VIVO IPL 2021 Player Auction list is out with a total of 292 cricketers set to go under the hammer in Chennai on February 18th, 2021. 1114 cricketers had initially registered for the auction. The final list was then pruned after the eight franchises submitted their shortlist of players.
INR 2 crore is the highest reserve price and two Indian players – Harbhajan Singh and Kedar Jadhav – and eight overseas players – Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Shakib Al Hasan, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy & Mark Wood have chosen to be slotted in the highest bracket.
Base Price (INR) Total Indians Overseas
2 Crore 10 2 8
1.5 Crore 12 - 12
1 Crore 11 2 9
75 Lacs 15 - 15
50 Lacs 65 13 52
VIVO IPL 2021/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots
Franchise No of Players No of Overseas Total money Salary cap Available Slots Overseas Slots
Players spent (Rs.) available (Rs.)
CSK 19 7 65.1 19.9 6 1
DC 17 5 71.6 13.4 8 3
KXIP 16 3 31.8 53.2 9 5
KKR 17 6 74.25 10.75 8 2
MI 18 4 69.65 15.35 7 4
RR 16 5 47.15 37.85 9 3
RCB 14 5 49.6 35.4 11 3
SRH 22 7 74.25 10.75 3 1
12 players are in the auction list with a base price of INR 1.5 crore. Hanuma Vihari and Umesh Yadav are the two Indian players in the list of 11 cricketers with a base price of INR 1 crore.
A total of 164 Indian players, 125 overseas players and 3 players from Associate Nations will be up for grabs in the VIVO IPL 2021 Player Auction in Chennai.
The Auction will start at 15:00 IST.