12 Bangladeshi cricketers have been shortlisted for the IPL mega auction. They are Nahid Rana, Mostafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Liton Das, Tawhid Hriday, Taskin Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Shariful Islam, Tanzim Shakib, Sheikh Mehedi Hasan and Hasan Mahmud.
The IPL authorities released the short list last night.
Let's also take a look at their base price before going to the auction. Nahid Rana's base price is Rs 75 lakh. Same base price for Rishad, Liton, Hoday, Shariful, Tanzim Shakib, Sheikh Mehdi and Hasan Mahmood. Mostafiz's base price is the highest at Rs 2 crore. The base price of Shakib, Taskin, Mirage has been fixed at Rs 1 crore.
The auction will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25.
Among the 574 players in the auction, 366 are Indian cricketers. There are 208 foreigners in the list. 3 of them are from partner countries.
There are 318 uncapped Indians and 12 uncapped foreigners in the auction.
Mostafizur Rahman is the only Bangladeshi cricketer who got a team in the last auction. Last season he took 14 wickets at 9.26 economy in 9 matches for Chennai Super Kings.
