The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) downsized the auction register by 1000 names - pruning it from 1574 to 574 - but it is unlikely that all the players who have made the final cut will come under the hammer on November 24 and 25, the mega-auction days. There will be an accelerated process which will start after 116 players have been called for bidding. The 117th in the register is Ricky Bhui.
IPL AUCTION
Auction register pruned; accelerated process to begin from player no.117
Franchises have requested for 39 new players to be added to the final register © Sportzpics
In a communique to the franchises on Friday evening, the BCCI said, "For your planning purposes please note, subject to timings it is envisaged that the accelerated process will start after player no.116. The first accelerated process will cover all the players from 117 - 574, Franchises will be asked to nominate a set number of players from this group by 10 PM on the evening of 24th November.
"Once these players (117-574) have been presented, franchises will be requested to submit the names of players (unpresented /unsold) from all those on the full list of 574 for further accelerated presentation. This will be covered in more detail at the auction briefing on 23rd November 2024."
The auction will commence with the marquee sets followed by a full round of capped players by specialism - batter, all-rounders, wicketkeeper/batter, fast bowlers and spin bowlers and then move into a full specialism round of uncapped players.
As reported by Cricbuzz, there are