Gayle, Yuvraj, Watson among 1122 players sign up for IPL auction 2018
New Delhi, Jan 13 : A whopping 1122 players including West Indies power hitter Chris Gayle, star Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, England's Joe Root and Shane Watson will be part of the upcoming IPL auction which is slated to be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28, the BCCI announced on Saturday.
Among Indian stars Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, off spinners R Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, mystery spinner Kuldeep Yadav and openers KL Rahul and M Vijay go under the hammer.
The list that has been sent out to the eight IPL franchises has 281 capped players, 838 uncapped players, including 778 Indians and three players from the Associate nations, a BCCI release said.
About 282 overseas -- 58 from Australia, 57 from South Africa, 39 each from Sri Lanka and West Indies, 30 from New Zealand, and 26 from England -- have registered for the auction.