The mega auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On November 24 and 25, 10 franchises will pull the players into the team. For this, 1574 players have registered, out of which 1165 are Indians and the remaining 409 are foreigners. There are 30 people from partner countries. There are 13 cricketers from Bangladesh, among them Shahidul Islam is not a well-known face.
Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Hasan Mahmood, Tanzim Hasan Shakib, Nahid Rana, Shariful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Tawheed Hriday, Shahidul Islam, Sheikh Mehedi Hasan, Mehedi Hasan Miraj and Mostafizur are reported to have registered from Bangladesh for the IPL auction. Rahman Apart from Mostafiz, Taskin and Shakib, the base price of the remaining 10 is Rs 75 lakh. The highest base price of Mustafiz is Rs 2 crore. On the other hand, the base price of Shakib and Taskin is Rs.
Shakib, Mostafiz and Liton have played in the IPL before. If any of the remaining 10 cricketers gets a team, it will be his first IPL. All the registered cricketers except Shahidul are currently playing in different editions in the national team. 29-year-old Shahidul has played one international match for Bangladesh.
However, the IPL authorities will narrow down the auction shortlist. Let's see how many of the 13 Bangladeshi cricketers are in the final list. The organizers of the IPL are expected to release the price list of the cricketers within a few days.
Incidentally, ten teams have retained 46 players. Each team can form a maximum squad of 25 people. A total of 204 players will be taken from the auction. As a result, the list of 1 thousand 574 people will be reduced further.
