Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 5 (ANI): The Indian Premier League (IPL) Player Registration closed on Thursday, with 1097 players (814 Indian and 283 overseas players) signing up to be a part of the IPL 2021 Player Auction, set to take place in Chennai on February 18.
The list incorporates 207 capped, 863 uncapped, and 27 Associate players. The league, in a media advisory, said the Auction will begin from 3 PM onwards. The detailed list is as follow:
Capped Indian- 21 players.
Capped International- 186 players.
Associate- 27 players.
Uncapped Indian players who have played at least 1 IPL match- 50 players. Overseas uncapped players who have played at least 1 IPL match- 2 players.
Uncapped Indians- 743 players.
Uncapped International- 68 players.
Notably, if every franchise were to have a maximum of 25 players in their squad, 61 players will be taken in the auction (of which up to 22 may be overseas players).
The country-wise breakdown of 283 overseas players is listed below:
Afghanistan- 30
Australia- 42
Bangladesh- 5
England- 21
Ireland- 2
Nepal- 8
Netherlands- 1
New Zealand- 29
Scotland- 7
South Africa- 38
Sri Lanka- 31
UAE- 9
USA- 2
West Indies- 56
Zimbabwe- 2. (ANI)