IPL Auctions: 574 Players Up for Grabs, with 366 Indians, Pant and Iyer in Top Bracket, Youngest Player Vaibhav at Just 13 Years Old

The upcoming Indian Premier League auction scheduled in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25 will feature a star-studded list of players. Headlining the 574-strong list are prominent names such as New Delhi's Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, and Arshdeep Singh, all with a top base price of ₹2 crore.

Thirteen-year-old India U-19 cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi from Bihar is the youngest among the lot at ₹30 lakh base price.

The BCCI on Friday pruned the initial list of 1574 players down to 574 out of which 366 are Indians and 208 from overseas. All the current India players are in top base price bracket.

Apart from Pant, set to be the costliest buy at the auction with a team like Punjab Kings aiming to go the distance with ₹110.50 crore in its kitty, the other big names include IPL winning captain Shreyas Iyer, India's most prolific T20I bowler Arshdeep Singh, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal and Avesh Khan.

There are 81 players in the top bracket while 27 are in ₹1.5 crore category. There are 18 in the ₹1.25 crore category while 23 have priced themselves at ₹1 crore.

Jos Buttler of England also enjoys the top base price bracket of ₹2 crore along with countrymen Harry Brook and Jonny Bairstow while the retired James Anderson, at ₹1.25 crore base price, has made it to the curtailed list despite T20 not being his strongest format.

The biggest names in the top bracket from overseas are Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje from South Africa, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc from Australia. Marco Jansen and Rachin Ravindra are priced at ₹1.25 crore.

There are 48 capped Indians while 193 are capped overseas players.

Former India U-19 World Cup winning skipper Unmukt Chand, who has migrated to the United States, has made the cut as Associate member nation player while seamer Saurabh Nethravalkar, who was a revelation during T20 World Cup, wasn't shortlisted.

Italy's Thomas Draca, who plays for MI Emirates, also didn't make the cut.

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