A total of 1,214 players registered to participate in the mega IPL 2022 auction.© Twitter
A total of 1,214 players (896 Indian and 318 abroad) have registered to participate in the mega IPL 2022 auction, the Indian Premier League said in a media statement on Saturday. The player list contains 270 capped, 903 uncapped and 41 Associate players. 59 players from Australia have registered for the IPL 2022 auction, most of them from abroad. South Africans are not far behind with 48 players from the country calling their names, while 41 players from the West Indies have also registered their names.
Sri Lanka (36), England (30), New Zealand (29) and Afghanistan (20) are some of the other countries from which numerous players have registered their names.
Players from smaller cricket countries such as Nepal (15), USA (14), Namibia (5) and Oman (3) have also added their names to the auction pool.
According to IPL’s media advice, “if each franchise were to have the maximum of 25 players on their team, 217 players will be auctioned (of which there can be up to 70 foreign players).”
Player registration was closed on January 20, the media consultancy said.
A total of 33 players were kept/picked prior to the players auction, according to the IPL.
The existing 8 IPL franchises have retained a total of 27 players, while the 2 new IPL teams have chosen six players for the auction.
Below is a nationwide breakdown of 318 foreign players:
Australia: 59
South Africa: 48
West Indies: 41
Sri Lanka: 36
England: 30
New Zealand: 29
Afghanistan: 20
Nepal: 15
US: 14
Bangladesh: 9
Namibia: 5
Ireland: 3
Oman: 3
Zimbabwe: 2
Bhutan: 1
Netherlands: 1
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Scotland: 1
UAE: 1
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