The IPL Player Registration closed on January 20th 2022. Total of 1,214 players (896 Indian and 318 overseas players) have signed up to be part of the IPL 2022 Player Auction. The two-day Mega Auction will see 10 Teams bidding for some of the finest talents in world cricket. The players list incorporates 270 capped, 903 uncapped and 41 Associate players. The detailed list is as below:
– Capped Indian (61 players)
– Capped International (209 players)
– Associate (41 players)
– Uncapped Indians who were a part of previous IPL seasons (143 players)
– Uncapped International who were a part of previous IPL seasons (6 players)
– Uncapped Indians (692 players)
– Uncapped Internationals (62 players)
Note: If every franchise were to have the maximum of 25 players in their squad, 217 players will be taken in the auction (of which up to 70 may be overseas players).The country-wise breakdown of 318 overseas players is listed below:
Country Players Registered Country Players Registered
Afghanistan 20 Bhutan 1
Australia 59 Namibia 5
Bangladesh 9 Nepal 15
England 30 Netherlands 1
Ireland 3 Oman 3
New Zealand 29 Scotland 1
South Africa 48 UAE 1
Sri Lanka 36 USA 14
West Indies 41
Zimbabwe 2
Total of 33 Players have been retained / picked ahead of the Player Auction. The existing 8 IPL Franchises have retained a total of 27 players while the 2 new IPL teams have picked 6 players ahead of the Auction.
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