971 players register for VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction
The VIVO IPL Player Registration closed on 30th November with 971 players (713 Indian and 258 overseas players) signing up to be a part of the VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction set to take place in Kolkata on 19th December 2019.
Aiming to fill up the available 73 spots are 215 capped players, 754 uncapped and 2 players from Associate Nations.
- Capped Indian (19 players)
- Uncapped Indian (634 players)
- Uncapped Indians who have played at least 1 IPL match (60 players)
- Capped International (196 players)
- Uncapped International (60 players)
- Associate (2 players)
Franchises will now have time until 5:00 PM IST, Monday, 9th December to submit their shortlist of players that will make up the final VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction list.
Hugh Edmeades will once again be the auctioneer.
The country-wise breakdown of 258 overseas players is listed below:
|
Country
|
Players Registered
|
|
Afghanistan
|
19
|
|
Australia
|
55
|
|
Bangladesh
|
6
|
|
England
|
22
|
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
|
New Zealand
|
24
|
|
South Africa
|
54
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
39
|
|
USA
|
1
|
|
West Indies
|
34
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
3
|
Jay Shah
Hon. Secretary
BCCI