VIVO IPL 2016 Player Auction To Feature 351 Cricketers
[caption id="attachment_5976" align="alignnone" width="580"]
VIVO IPL auctions to feature 351 players going under the hammer .[/caption]
Mumbai : The VIVO IPL 2016 Player Auction will take place on February 6 in Bengaluru. This year’s player auction will see as many as 351 cricketers go under the hammer. On the list are 230 Indian players and 121 overseas players for the franchises to choose from.
There are eight marquee players, including two Indians. The 2016 Player Auction will also be the first for the two new IPL teams, Rising Pune Supergiants and Team Rajkot.
IPL Chairman, Mr. Rajeev Shukla, said: “The VIVO IPL 2016 Player Auction will kick-start the countdown to the ninth season of one of the most popular sporting events in the world. The Franchises have returned to the drawing board, reworked plans and devised new strategies, over the last few months. They will have the opportunity to bid for some of the biggest names in the game.”
The breakdown of the 351 cricketers on the auction list is as following :
| 130 Capped players – India 26, Australia 29, Bangladesh 5, England 7, New Zealand 9, South Africa 18, Sri Lanka 16, West Indies 20 |
| 2 Associate players – Canada & Ireland |
| 219 Uncapped Players – India 204, Australia 9, New Zealand 1, South Africa 2, West Indies 3 |
1.jpg)
