IPL Mini-Auction 2023: All you need to know Players, Slots, Purse, Live Streaming, Squads

Hugh Edmeades (Source: Twitter/IPL)

Before the cash-rich extravaganza gets underway in April, ten franchises will battle it out on the table, which could decide the fate of many. 

Around 405 players will be on display, out of which 132 will be overseas making it a global affair. 87 spots to be filled in total with as many as 30 overseas players required to fill the roster, will keep the brains thinking.

How many teams this year?

10 IPL teams namely Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders like last year will be taking the field this year as well.

What will be the format of the auction?

The auction will be a one-day affair with players divided into specialized sets and base prices set at 2 Crore, 1.5 Crore, 1 Crore, 75 Lakhs, 50 Lakhs, 40 Lakhs, 30 Lakhs and 20 Lakhs. 87 players will first come up in sets and the rest of the players will feature in accelerated rounds. 

When will the auction happen?

The auction will take place on 23rd December i.e Friday, beginning at 2:30 PM IST and could be ending around 9:30 PM IST.

Where will the auction happen?

Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kochi, Kerala will host the auction for the most-watched cricket league in the world.

Where can we watch it live?

The event will be telecasted live on the Star Sports Network whereas the JioCinema app and website will stream it free for all users.

Who will conduct it?

Hugh Edmeades, who due to some complications fainted during the auction last year has been retained.

Who are the players retained by the teams?

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (C), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh

Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (capt), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (C), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (capt), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa

Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (C), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal

For the Detailed Released and Retention list, CLICK HERE.

What are the purses available with the franchises?

CSK- ₹ 20.45 Crore

DC- ₹ 19.45 Crore

GT- ₹ 19.25 Crore

KKR- ₹ 7.05 Crore

LSG- ₹ 23.35 Crore

MI- ₹ 20.55 Crore

PBKS- ₹ 32.2 Crore

RCB- ₹ 8.75 Crore

RR- ₹ 13.2 Crore

SRH- ₹ 42.25 Crore

For the names of all the players in the auction, CLICK HERE.

What are the slots available?

Teams- Overall (Overseas)

CSK- 7 (2)

DC- 5 (2)

GT- 7 (3)

KKR- 11 (3)

LSG- 10 (4)

MI- 9 (3)

PBKS- 9 (3)

RCB- 7 (2)

RR- 9 (4)

SRH- 13 (4)

Further, you can follow our live blog to get the fastest updates of the auction.

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