The IPL 2021 auction will be a small yet important event ahead of the 14th edition of the tournament which will take place in India in April-June. The auction will see 292 players going under the hammer with 164 being Indian players.
In this article, we will present to you the information pertaining to the IPL 2021 auction date and time and schedule, auction players list, venue, and IPL 2021 auction broadcast and live streaming channel details.
IPL 2021: Full players’ list for the upcoming IPL auction
It is noteworthy that the IPL 2021 auction will not be a mega-auction and the mega auction will only take place for the 2022 season.
IPL 2021 auction date and time:
The IPL 2021 auction will take place in Chennai on February 18, 2021. Prior to this, the franchises had submitted the list of retained and released players on January 21.
The biggest of the names that were released in the player release list included Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris, Lasith Malinga, Steve Smith, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Aaron Finch, and many others.
The player registration deadline date was February 04, 2021. A total of 1114 players had sent their names for the IPL 2021 auction registration.
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On February 11, the BCCI released the list of players who were finalized to go under the hammer in the auction. The list included a total of 292 players, out of which 164 players were from India, 125 overseas players, and 3 players were from Associate nations.
As for the timings, the IPL 2021 auction will begin at 3.00 PM IST in India.
IPL 2021 team slots remaining and available purse
All 8 franchises of the IPL had to submit a team list of players retained and a list of players released by each franchise for the IPL 2021 auction on January 21. Below are the list of each franchise and their remaining purse and available players’ slots.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Number of players: 19
Number of Overseas players: 7
Available slot: 6
Overseas slot: 1
Salary cap available: Rs 19.90 crore
Number of players: 17
Number of Overseas players: 5
Available slot: 8
Overseas slot: 3
Salary cap available: Rs 13.4 crore
Number of players: 16
Number of Overseas players: 3
Available slot: 9
Overseas slot: 5
Salary cap available: Rs 53.20 crore
Number of players: 17
Number of Overseas players: 6
Available slot: 8
Overseas slot: 2
Salary cap available: Rs 10.75 crore
Number of players: 18
Number of Overseas players: 4
Available slot: 7
Overseas slot: 4
Salary cap available: Rs 15.35 crore
Number of players: 16
Number of Overseas players: 5
Available slot: 9
Overseas slot: 3
Salary cap available: Rs 37.85 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Number of players: 14
Number of Overseas players: 5
Available slot: 14
Overseas slot: 3
Salary cap available: Rs 35.40 crore
Number of players: 22
Number of Overseas players: 7
Available slot: 3
Overseas slot: 1
Salary cap available: Rs 10.75 crore
IPL 2021 Auction live broadcast and streaming channels:
In India – 03:00 PM/15:00 IST: Star Sports will broadcast this IPL 2021 auction live in India. The pre-auction show will begin an hour earlier than that official auction schedule.
In Australia – 08:30 PM/20:30 AEDT: Foxtel (Fox Cricket) will broadcast the IPL 2021 auction live in Australia.
In New Zealand – 10:30 PM/22:30 NZDT: Sky Network Television (Sky Sport 2) will broadcast the IPL 2021 auction live in New Zealand.
In the United States (USA) – 04:30 AM EST: Willow TV will broadcast the IPL 2021 auction live in the USA.
