LUCKNOW: As many as 25 players from Uttar Pradesh have been shortlisted from the 40 players who had registered for the mega IPL auction scheduled for Nov 24-25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A total of 574 players have been shortlisted from the 1,574 who had registered for the auction. Among the selected players, 366 are Indian and 208 are overseas, including three players from associate nations. The auction will include 318 Indian uncapped players and 12 uncapped overseas players, with 204 slots available across 10 IPL teams.
The 25 shortlisted players from UP, include Sameer Rizvi, Aryan Juyal, Kartik Tyagi, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swastik Chikara, Madhav Kaushik, Zeeshan Ansari, Priyam Garg, Vipraj Nigam, Jasmer Dhankar, Shivam Mavi, Siddhartha Yadav, Aaqib Khan, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Naman Tewari, Vineet Panwar, Abhinandan Singh, Shiva Singh, Vijay Kumar, Rituraj Sharma, Vasu Vats, Kritagya Singh, and Vijay Yadav.
Moreover, Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore, RCB), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore, DC), Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore, KKR), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore, LSG), and Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore, RR) have been retained by their respective franchises.
IPL needs to do a lot more as far as salaries are concerned | BTB Highlights
Seasoned players Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Piyush Chawla have also been shortlisted for the mega IPL auction. Both have consistently participated in the IPL for various franchises but were not retained by their teams for the upcoming season. They will aim to extend their IPL careers through the auction.
Four Lucknow players – Zeeshan Ansari, Vipraj Nigam, Naman Tewari, and Kritagya Singh – were rewarded for their outstanding performances in the UPT20 League.
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association CEO Ankit Chatterjee said, “Twenty-five players have been shortlisted from 40 players who registered for the auction. This is a litmus test for UP players who hope to land a big deal at the auction. We can see the impact of the UPT20 league, where young guns who performed well now have the platform to showcase their talent in the IPL mega auction. My best wishes to everyone.”
