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Indian Premier League (IPL) released the list for the upcoming auction, which will take place in Kochi on December 23. A total of 405 cricket players will be auctioned off. The 10 franchises initially selected 369 players from the list of 991 players who had signed up for the IPL’s 2023 season. A total of 405 players will be offered at the IPL 2023 Auction after the franchises later requested the addition of 36 players, who were included in the final list.
Out of those 405 players in the list, 273 are Indians, 132 are overseas players while four are from associate nations. Meanwhile, 119 of those 405 players are capped international players while 282 are uncapped.
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have begun the process of launching their IPL 2023 campaign. The process of keeping and releasing the players has already begun. Chennai has released a total of 8 players this year, including well-known athletes like Dwayne Bravo. The remaining 18 players, on the other hand, have been kept by the team. 7 spots are currently open in CSK’s lineup, with 2 spots designated for international players. This year, there are 991 players registered for the IPL auction, and CSK will select 7 from the large field.
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The Right to Match (RTM) option will not be available in the IPL auction of 2023. Each team may select a squad of no more than 25 players. The team can only select a maximum of 8 foreign players from among these. 75% of each franchise’s total salary cap must be used. Beyond the salary cap, there can be no purchases made. In the IPL auction 2023, each team is subject to a total salary cap of Rs. 95 crores. 5 crores more than the previous auction, to be exact. In relation to CSK, the team has already spent 74.55 Cr to keep 18 players. They now have 20.45 Cr in their bank account, which they can use to fill the remaining positions.
The team has let go of eight players in total –
- Dwayne Bravo
- Adam Milam
- KM Asif
- Hari Nishant
- Bhagat Verma
- Robin Uthappa
- N Jagadish
- Chris Jordan
The CSK has retained a total of 18 players –
- MS Dhoni
- Devon Conway
- Moin Ali
- Shivam Dubey
- Rituraj Gaikwad
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Avanti Rayudu
- Mahesh Tikshna
- Dwayne Pretorius
- Subhranshu Senapati
- Mitchell Santner
- Mahesh Pathrana
- Tushar Deshpande
- Rajwardhan Hanjargekar
- Mukesh Chaudhary
- Prashant Solanki
- Deepak Chahar
- Simarjeet Singh