
On Tuesday, all the limelight will be on MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina Ravichanrdran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane as the five top players each from the suspended franchises Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) go to new Indian Premier League (IPL) teams Pune and Rajkot in the players’ draft.
The IPL 2016 players draft will be held at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai where fate of 10 players will be decided. The remainder of 40 players will go to February’s auction pool. Dhoni is still expected to be the top pick while Jadeja and Ashwin, who had a great series against South Africa recently, should be favourites too.
With Pune getting the first chance and Dhoni being the obvious first choice, there’s a strong possibility of Jadeja turning out for his home-town Rajkot, who bid second. Also overseas players like Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, James Faulkner and Steven Smith could end up being the big buys.
Catch all the live updates here.
The summary of the vivo #IPLdraft pic.twitter.com/tGEGjZcwnr
IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
Excited to play for the beautiful vibrant city- Rajkot in @IPL. Looking forward to have new teammates and support from the people of Gujarat
Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) December 15, 2015
#IPLDraft Pune: Dhoni, Rahane, Ashwin, S Smith, du Plessis Rajkot: Raina, Jadeja, McCullum, Faulkner, Bravo #IPL9
Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 15, 2015
Meanwhile CSK Fans #IPLDraft @ChennaiIPL pic.twitter.com/ju6fcpj87l V-2.0 (@MrElanii) December 15, 2015
Only surprise is @ShaneRWatson33 not getting picked. But still he will be a hot pick in the ipl auctions. #IPLDraft
Sagar Saigal (@sagar_saigal) December 15, 2015
Pune have picked solid good players. Rajkot have picked good T20 players 😛 Difference. Sudatta (@blackrosegal) December 15, 2015
Both Pune and Rajkot exhausted 39 Cr from their total Budget 66 Cr which means they have 27 Cr for Feb 6th IPL Auction.. #IPLDraft Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 15, 2015
Rajkot Fab Five: S Raina R Jadeja B McCullum J Faulkner D Bravo #IPLDraft Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 15, 2015
Dhoni and Ashwin to Pune, Jadeja and Raina to Rajkot: IPL 2016 draft creating a whole new set of frenemies… Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 15, 2015
Team Rajkot picks all-rounder Dwayne Bravo as their fifth and final choice in the vivo #IPLdraft IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
Indian Australian and South African T20I Captains would represent Pune. #IPLDraft Dhawal Yash (@itsmedhawal) December 15, 2015
Raina and Dhoni have broken up!! McCullum, a likely captain for Rajkot? #TeamGUJARAT #Rajkot #IPLDraft Devashish Palkar (@DevPalkar) December 15, 2015
Shane Watson, the Rajasthan Royals captain is yet to be picked. #IPLDraft #IPL #IPLAuction #IPL2016 CricketCountry (@cricket_country) December 15, 2015
Fafda being Native of Rajkot is taken by Pune ! #IPLDraft #FafDuPlesis Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) December 15, 2015
Pune Fab Five: MS Dhoni A Rahane R Ashwin S Smith Faf Du Plessis #IPLDraft Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 15, 2015
Today’s #IPLdraft means Virat Kohli for #RCB & Harbhajan Singh for #MI are now the only players to appear for one franshise all 8 seasons! azardeen (@azarrdeen) December 15, 2015
Rahane and Smith back together. #IPLDraft Abhishek (@absycric) December 15, 2015
Last pick for Team Pune is batsman Faf du Plessis in the vivo #IPLdraft IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
Are both the teams forgetting bravo? #IPLDraft Devarsh Mehta (@devarsh07) December 15, 2015
Rajkot: Raina, Jadeja, Baz – So Far So Good. Pune: Dhoni, Rahane, Ashwin – No Comments. Simply Waste. 😛 #iPLDraft Jegan (@IamJegan) December 15, 2015
Team Rajkot picks all-rounder James Faulkner as their fourth choice in the vivo #IPLdraft IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
#IPLdraft First overseas player picked is Brendon McCullum by Rajkot Rajkot: Raina, Jadeja, McCullum pic.twitter.com/avcDEKDkgH ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 15, 2015
#IPLdraft Pune’s latest recruit: Steven Smith Pune: Dhoni, Rahane, Ashwin, S Smith pic.twitter.com/XCBOFGqgIx ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 15, 2015
Wow..dhoni rahane Ashwin so far for Pune #IPLdraft Chaithanya Donda (@ChDo17) December 15, 2015
#IPLdraft: Pune’s next pick – R Ashwin Pune: MSD, Rahane, Ashwin pic.twitter.com/PUkAaeUl5S ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 15, 2015
This is how we used to select teams in the street. They spent crores for doing the same! 😀 #IPLDraft #IPL2016 #StreetCricket Maniyarasan (@mani_arasan) December 15, 2015
Both team can buy anybody but its just for 2 years. Phoenix will arrive after 2 years @ChennaiIPL #IPLDraft Siva manikandan (@MercyRaavan) December 15, 2015
Off spinner @ashwinravi99 goes to Team Pune #IPLdraft IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
Rahane for Pune too. What are the chances that Dhoni won’t pick him in the playing XI #IPLDraft Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) December 15, 2015
Team Pune picks @ajinkyarahane88 as their second choice in the vivo #IPLdraft IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
#Raina in #Rajkot Bhai alag alag hogaye! #IPLDraft Vyomnaut (saifian) (@I_am_Vyom) December 15, 2015
So Karan Arjun seprated, Dhoni to Pune and Raina to Rajkot ! #IPLDraft Trojan_Horse (@SampathRedDevil) December 15, 2015
Rajkot’s first pick in the IPL draft is: Suresh Raina! pic.twitter.com/G84RsCvj4J ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 15, 2015
.@ImRaina to play for Team Rajkot #IPLdraft IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
MS Dhoni’s new IPL team is: Pune pic.twitter.com/j8GS0TZnYr ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) December 15, 2015
The vivo #IPLdraft has now begun. pic.twitter.com/J18EX2x4Z8 IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015
Buzz is that MS Dhoni will be picked by Pune for Rs 12.5 crore. Must have a bright future ahead of him. #IPLDraft Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) December 15, 2015
We welcome vivo to the IPL family #vivoIPL pic.twitter.com/Q4KwAln9XU IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 26, 2015
The stage is set for the vivo #IPLdraft pic.twitter.com/kdfa2JKe2A IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 15, 2015