Published: Jan 27, 2018, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Jan 27, 2018, 06:06 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2018. I am Suvajit Mustafi and will be providing you with live updates from the auction, which will be held on Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Bengaluru. This weekend, 578 players, including 361 players from India will be a part of the 11th edition of the IPL auction.
After 10 successful IPL editions, the teams will look forward to build their core once again. Expect a huge bidding war. Each team were given options to retain five players.
After a two-year exile, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) are back in the fray. The table illustrates the current situation.
| Teams | Players Retained | RTMs remaining | Purse remaining (INR) |
| Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, RavindraJadeja | 2 (Cannot be used on capped Indian players) | 47 crore |
| Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma, JaspritBumrah, HardikPandya | 2 (Cannot be used on capped Indian players) | 47 crore |
| Delhi Daredevils | Rishabh Pant, ShreyasIyer, Chris Morris | 2 | 47 crore |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Andre Russell, Sunil Narine | 3 (Cannot be used on capped foreign players) | 59 crore |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | ViratKohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfraz Khan | 2 | 49 crore |
| Rajasthan Royals | Steven Smith | 3 | 67.5 crore |
| Kings XI Punjab | Akshar Patel | 3 | 67.5 crore |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 3 | 59 crore |
The marquee players will be on high demand.
Marquee players:RavichandranAshwin, GautamGambhir, ShikharDhawan, AjinkyaRahane, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle, Ben Stokes, Glenn Maxwell, Joe Root, Mitchell Starc, Dwayne Bravo, KieronPollard, Faf du Plessis, ShakibAl Hasan and Kane Williamson.
In the 2017 IPL Auction, Stokes became the most expensive purchase. Bagging a whopping INR 14.5 crore, Stokes became the highest paid overseas cricketer in the history of IPL. Playing for Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS), Stokes became the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Expect him to fetch a massive amount this time too. If he is ruled out for the season due to his alleged involvement in street brawl, the team will be allowed a replacement.
