Sam Curran, who was the player in the final and the tournament at the 2022 World Cup. Is among 21 men who have listed the maximum reserve price of INR 2 crore for the 2023 IPL auction. Australian allrounder Cameron Green, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran. Who stepped down recently as West Indies white-ball captain. Overseas allrouders have always been a mega hit at mini auctions and the in-form trio of Curran, Stokes and Green will fancy a fat pay cheque as an early Christmas present on December 23. While Green has never featured in IPL, the England duo have significant experience.

A total of 991 players (714 Indian and 277 overseas) are part of the initial long list. Which the IPL shared with the 10 franchises on Thursday. The IPL will prune this down based on input from the franchises. Who have until December 9 to get back to the tournament authorities. Green turned a lot of heads during Australia’s white-ball series in India just before the T20 World Cup where he scored 118 runs at a strike rate of 214.54 while opening the batting. Coupled with his bowling the 23-year old could prove to be a big asset in T20 cricket.

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Rahane, Ishant, Mayank, and more are ready to get picked by teams this auction

The list of 19 capped Indians mainly comprises discarded national players including Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma and Mayank Agarwal. Ishant, who had gone unsold in 2022, is asking for 75 lakh. Agarwal has listed his base price at 1 crore. Left-arm fast bowler Unadkat, who has been among the highest-paid players at IPL auctions, has listed his base price at 50 lakh. Unadkat, having led Saurashtra to the Vijay Hazare Trophy final.

The 1 crore band: Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossein, David Wiese