Ahead of the VIVO IPL 2021 players’ auction, the IPL GC has announced the players’ list for the upcoming event as well.

A total of 292 cricketers are set to go under the hammer in Chennai, while 1114 cricketers had initially registered for the auction, and the final list was then pruned after the eight franchises submitted their shortlist of players.

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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, and Mark Wood have chosen to be slotted in the highest bracket.

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 VIVO IPL 2021 auction will begin on February 18 at 3.00 pm IST

(IPL website inputs)