IPL 2017 Auction: Live social feeds

Published - 20 Feb 2017, 00:38 IST | Updated - 20 Feb 2017, 00:38 IST

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The tenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) might still be a couple of months down the line but its time for the biggest day of the season for all the players from around the world as the IPL 2017 auction will be held tomorrow in Bangalore. A total of 351 players will go under the hammer with eight franchises in the fray to sign them. Out of those 351 players, 122 are international players and this time a lot of English players have been listed for the auction.

Out of those 351 players, 122 are international players and this time a lot of English players have been listed for the auction. Another major attraction will be the six players from Associate nations. Afghanistan has five of their players up for auction including their captain Asghar Stanikzai. The other four are Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Dawlad Zadran and Rashid Khan. The only UAE player is Chirag Suri. Mohammad Shahzad and Rashid Khan have listed themselves with a base price of INR 50 lakh.

Among Indian players the ones who have recently done well in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy the likes of Ishank Jaggi who was added late in the auction list, Irfan Pathan, Manoj Tiwary have made an impact and the teams will look to buy them given their economic base prices as well.

England allrounder Ben Stokes is considered to be the hottest player of the season. He has been in prime form winning matches for the national team across formats and was in good form during the recent tour of India.

Another allrounder, Asela Gunaratne of Sri Lanka who played two blinders in two days to win his team the T20I series over has a base price of 50 lakh and will certainly attract a lot of attention as well given his ability with the ball as well as that as a pinch hitter finishing games for the team.