The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction is set to take place on Friday (December 23) in Kochi.
The 10 franchises will firm up their squads after they released a bunch of players ahead of the 16th edition of the IPL. The mini-auction will have a maximum of 87 slots up for grabs, with room for 30 overseas players to feature in the league.
Before the players go under the hammer, here is a look at the full squads of the teams, their remaining purse and available player slots.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
Remaining purse: INR 20.45 crore
Total slots available: 7
Overseas slots available: 2
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati.
All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwaine Pretorius (SA), Mitchell Santner (NZ).
Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana (SL).
MUMBAI INDIANS
Remaining purse: INR 20.55 crore
Total slots available: 9
Overseas slots available: 3
Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs (SA).
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Tim David (AUS), Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis (SA).
Bowlers: Jofra Archer (ENG), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff (AUS), Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE
Remaining purse: INR 8.75 crore
Total slots available: 7
Overseas slots available: 2
Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.
Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai.
All-rounders: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed.
Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey (ENG).
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
Remaining purse: INR 13.2 crore
Total slots available: 9
Overseas slots available: 4
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel.
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag.
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin.
Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav.
GUJARAT TITANS
Remaining purse: INR 19.25 crore
Total slots available: 7
Overseas slots available: 3
Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade (AUS).
Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller (SA), Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill.
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia.
Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad (AFG), R. Sai Kishore, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav.
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
Remaining purse: INR 23.35 crore
Total slots available: 10
Overseas slots remaining: 4
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), Manan Vohra.
Batters: KL Rahul, Ayush Badoni.
All-rounders: Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers (WI), Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis (AUS).
Bowlers: Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav.
PUNJAB KINGS
Purse remaining: INR 32.2 crore
Total slots available: 9
Overseas slots available: 3
Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (SL), M. Shahrukh Khan, Atharva Taide.
All-rounders: Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone (ENG).
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis (AUS), Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada (SA).
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
Purse remaining: INR 7.05 crore
Total slots available: 11
Overseas slots available: 3
Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG).
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh.
All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel (WI), Shardul Thakur.
Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine (WI), Tim Southee (NZ), Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav.
DELHI CAPITALS
Purse remaining: INR 19.45 crore
Total slots available: 5
Overseas slots available: 2
Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant (c).
Batters: Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell (WI), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner (AUS).
All-rounders: Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh (AUS), Axar Patel.
Bowlers: Khaleel Ahmed, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman (BAN), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi (SA), Anrich Nortje (SA), Vicky Ostwal, Chetan Sakariya.
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
Purse remaining: INR 42.25 crore
Total slots available: 13
Overseas slots available: 4
Wicketkeepers: Glenn Phillips (NZ).
Batters: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (SA), Rahul Tripathi.
All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar.
Bowlers: Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), Marco Jansen (SA), Kartik Tyagi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik.
