Glenn Maxwell returns to IPL

332 players will go under the hammer on Thursday

The IPL 2020 Auction gets underway in Kolkata on December 19th, 2019. The original list of 997 players has been cut down to 332 these include 186 Indian players, 143 overseas players and 3 players from Associate Nations. The auction assumes extra importance for teams like Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad who are looking for missing pieces in the grand jigsaw and those that as yet don't possess players like Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings worthy of being retained ahead of the next session. The highest reserve price of INR 2 crore is reserved for seven overseas players Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Dale Steyn & Angelo Mathews. Apart from them, there will be some overseas players like, Jason Roy (Base Price: 1.50 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Base Price: 50 lakh), Sam Curran (Base Price: 1 crore), David Miller (Base Price: 75 lakh) who will be on top of every team’s must-buy list as well.

We Will Cover All Bases: Kohli Assures RCB Fans

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli sent a message to the team's fans ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League auction. A video tweeted by RCB, where Kohli assured fans that the franchise is going to cover all bases and build a strong team for the 2020 season. RCB fans have endured a difficult few years since 2016. Last year they have finished last in the league table. Kohli said in the video, "We've had a few discussions to build a team around, strong core that we already have and we assure you that we going to cover all the bases that are required and build a very strong team to have a really good season in 2020." So, as I said get behind the team and your support has always been priceless for us and will be crucial forever and ever till we play the sport. So, thank you very much, and looking forward to the auction. Find out what's going to happen on December 19," he said.