Dhoni, Rahane star in the list of players for the IPL 2016 draft

After the addition of the two new franchises into the Indian Premier League (IPL), namely Rajkot and Pune, the list of players available for selection for the newly inducted teams has been released.

Each of the two franchises would be picking 5 players from the released draft, and the remaining would head for the auctions. The draft pick would be held tomorrow, 15 December 2015, and the auctions would be held on 6th February  next year.

The two new franchises were added after the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the IPL by the Honourable Supreme Court of India, on the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee that was appointed to investigate the Corruption Scandal of 2013.

“The two new franchises have the option to pick a maximum of five players from the draft. Those players who are unsold will be put up for being chosen at the players’ auction to be held in next February,” a BCCI source told PTI ahead of the draft.

“The trading window (for buying players left free by other franchises) also commences on December 15 and ends on December 31,” the source added.

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It would also be interesting to note whether Rajkot guns for its home player Jadeja whose stocks have risen after he made his comeback into the Indian squad in the Test series against South Africa and shone with both ball and bat.

Other leading players who would be in the draft are CSK’s Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dwayne Bravo and Brendon McCullum and RR’s Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith and Shane Watson.

As per the tender for the two new teams, the first capped player would be paid Rs. 12.5 crore while the remaining four capped players are to get Rs. 9.5 crore, Rs. 7.5 crore, Rs. 5.5 crore, and Rs. 4 crore respectively. Uncapped players can be picked for a stipulated fee of Rs. 4 crore.

The ninth edition of the IPL is scheduled from April 9 to May 29, 2016.

Here is the list of players for the IPL 2016 draft: