Xtra Time Web Desk: The mini auction of the Indian Premier League 2021(IPL 2021) will be held in Chennai on February 18, confirmed BCCI on Wednesday. The auction will be held in a plush hotel in the city under strict health protocols for COVID-19. All the eight franchises had released the list of the players who has been retained as well as those who has been released. This mini auction is projected as a perfect opportunity for the franchises to fix their loop holes and strengthen their squad.
Quite a few big names like Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Tom Banton has been released by their respective franchises.
List of players to go under the hammer:
Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon, Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton, Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McCleneghan, Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Gurkeerat Mann, Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj Yarra.
The IPL Governing Council has given a February 04 deadline to players to register for the auction.