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Root among 1122 players signed up for IPL 2018

Written By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 13 Jan 2018 12:00 PM (IST)

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Apart from the international stars, franchises will keep a close eye on the domestic players. India U-19 players Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill are expected to be picked up. rnrn

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13 players from Afghanistan including Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi will also feature in 2018 auctions.

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7 from Zimbabwe, 2 each from USA and Ireland and 1 from Scotland have also thrown in their name for the auctions to be held on Jan 27-28, 2018.

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Explosive batsmen Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell and pacers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Johnson will also be going under the hammer. A total of 58 Australians have registered for the tournament.

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Kane Williamson, Colin Munro and Tom Latham, Trent Boult from New Zealand will add their charm to the league.rnrn

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57 South African players including Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, David Miller and speedsters Morne Morkel and Kagiso Rabada have thrown in their name.

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39 players from the island nation including the likes of Lasith Malinga, Niroshan Dickwella, Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera have also registered for the tournament.

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26 players from England including Ben Stokes, Eoin Morgan have registered their names for the gala event.

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39 players from the Caribbean including Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Carlos Brathwaite and Jason Holder have registered for the 2018 season.

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Current India stars like Ajinkya Rahane, openers KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Kuldeep Yadav are also expected to be hot picks.

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For the first time, England’s Test captain Joe Root has also thrown his hat into the ring.

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Bidding war is expected to break out as Indian stars like Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, who were not retained by their franchises.

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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.

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A whopping 1122 players signed up to be a part of the mega Indian Premier League Players’ Auction scheduled to take place in Bengaluru on Jan 27-28, 2018 after Player Registration closed on Friday.