The 18th season of the Indian Premier League, i.e. IPL, which will be held in 2025, will be very different for fans as it is believed that many big-name players will join other teams. On October 31, all 10 IPL teams announced the names of the players they have retained, following which the IPL Governing Council also announced the dates for the mega auction, which will be held in Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25. Held in the Arab city of Jeddah. A total of 1,574 players signed up for this IPL large-scale auction, including 1,165 Indian players.
48 players who have represented the Indian national team will be auctioned
According to the official information released by IPL, the Super Player Auction has a total of 48 Indian players who have made their debut in international cricket, including big-name players such as Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul. Apart from this, there are 152 Indian players who did not make their debut in international cricket but made their debut in the IPL. Apart from this, there are 965 Indian players who are yet to make their IPL debut. Under this circumstance, a total of 1,165 Indian players signed up to participate in this large-scale auction. Beyond that, this list will now be handed over to all franchises, after which the final list will be released ahead of the big auction, where it will be decided how many players will be up for bid.
Of the 409 foreign players, 272 have represented the national team.
This time, 409 players from 16 different countries signed up to participate in the IPL major auction, of which 272 players have already made their debut in international cricket. Apart from this, there are only 3 such players who featured in the last edition of IPL but have not played a single match in international cricket so far. Among them are 104 foreign players who have not represented the national team and have neither played in the IPL nor made their debut in international cricket before.
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