IPL 2023 Auction: 405 players to go under the hammer; SRH enters with highest purse

IPL 2023 Auction: The final list of the players to go under the hammer has been set, as 405 players would be up for auction. Meanwhile, SunRisers Hyderabad would have the highest available purse of ₹42.25 crore.

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The preparations for the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) are already underway. It starts with the 2023 IPL mini-auction, set to take place in Kochi on December 23. Meanwhile, the final list of players to go under the hammer has been finalised by the IPL Governing Council. On Monday, it was announced that 405 players would be up for auction from the initial list of 991. Of the 405 to go under the hammer, 273 happen to be Indians, 132 are foreigners, whereas four belong to associate nations. Also, the list contains 119 capped players and 282 uncapped, with four being associates.

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A total of 87 slots are up, while 30 of them are for overseas players. The highest price bracket happens to be ₹2 crore, while 19 foreigners have enrolled themselves on the top shelf. It is followed by 11 in the ₹1.5 crore bracket, while 20 remain in the ₹1 crore bracket, which also possesses a couple of Indians: Manish Pandey and Mayank Agarwal.

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The auction venue is yet to be decided in Kochi, and it would have a start time of 2.30 PM (IST). Here is the complete list of players up for auction, while below is the list of squad size, salary cap and slots available:

IPL 2023 (Squad size/salary cap/slots available)
Teams	Players	Overseas players	Money spent (Rs.)	Salary cap available (₹)	Slots available	Overseas slots
CSK	18	6	74.55	20.45	7	2
DC	20	6	75.55	19.45	5	2
GT	18	5	75.75	19.25	7	3
KKR	14	5	87.95	7.05	11	3
LSG	15	4	71.65	23.35	10	4
MI	16	5	74.45	20.55	9	3
PBKS	16	5	62.8	32.2	9	3
RCB	18	6	86.25	8.75	7	2
RR	16	4	81.8	13.2	9	4
SRH	12	4	52.75	42.25	13	4
Total	163	50	743.5	206.5	87	30