1097 players enroll for IPL 2021 auction; Sreesanth in, Starc out of bidding pool: Report

With just days to go for IPL 2021 auction, BCCI has anunced that 1097 players have registered to be a part of auction. Out of se 1097 players, 814 are Indian whereas 283 are overseas players, board informed on Friday. IPL 2021 mini-auction is slated to be held in Chennai on February 18. list includes 21 players that have represented India at international st

Mitchell Starc t in list

As per ESPNcricinfo, Australia's lethal pacer Mitchel Starc is t a part of 1097 players that have registered for auction. same report has also claimed that veteran India speedster Sreesanth, who eyes an international return after completing his 7-year ban, has enrolled himself for auction. BCCI is yet to release a full list of players that have enrolled for auction. 

However, board has released a country-wise breakdown of 283 overseas players that have enrolled in auction. Surprisingly, West Indies tops list with 56 players followed by Australia with 42 and South Africa with 38 players. Here is full list: 

Source: BCCI

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Meanwhile, with just months to go for 14th edition of IPL, BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal stated that board has its eyes set on hosting T20 tournament in India after moving it to UAE in 2020 due to COVID condition. With pandemic situation improving in India, Dhumal asserted that BCCI does t feel need to look at a 'back-up' overseas option as well. He ded that BCCI is also working on getting cricketers vaccinated as y continue to play within a bio-secure bubble. franchises have alrey submitted ir list of players retained and released to BCCI. 

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