The Indian T20 League 2023 auction is underway and the excitement is unparalleled among all the fans. Last year, 2 new teams, Gujarat and Lucknow, were introduced and a mega auction took place. This time, a few players have retired (Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard) and a few have been transferred and released from their respective teams before the auction.

So the burning questions are: What is the auction date? Which players are retained? Which players are available in the auction? How much money does each team have?

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Indian T20 League Auction Date 2023

The league now consists of 10 teams with the introduction of two new franchises, Lucknow and Gujarat, in 2022. The 2023 auction will take place on 23rd December at 2:30 PM IST. The 16th edition of the tournament is expected to begin around the end of March 2023 with a total of 74 matches. So mark your calendars, everyone!

Indian T20 League 2023 Auction Rules

• The squad size for the ten teams needs to be a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 25 players.
• A maximum of 8 overseas players are allowed in the squad.
• The total purse for the 2023 auction for each team is set at ₹95 crore, an increase from the ₹90 crore budget of last year's mega auction.

Indian T20 League 2023 Auction Remaining Purse Amount

Before the auction, all the teams announced their retained, transferred and released players’ list. Accordingly, their remaining amount and the count of players they can buy during the auction has been adjusted. The teams are now left with the below-mentioned purse amount and player restrictions ahead of the auction on 23rd December 2022.

Indian T20 League 2023 Auction Players’ List

A total of 405 cricketers will go under the hammer in the 2023 Auction at Kochi on 23rd December 2022. A maximum of 87 slots are available to be filled by the 10 franchises out of which maximum 30 can be overseas players. 

273 Indian and 132 overseas players (of which 4 players are from associate nations) are part of the auction. There are 119 capped and 286 uncapped players in the 2023 auction. Australia has 57 players in the auction, the most among 14 overseas countries represented. 

Players registered under ₹2 crore bracket

19 players have been listed at the base price of ₹2 crores. No Indian player is listed in this bracket.

Players: Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Kane Williamson, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder

Players registered under ₹1.5 crore bracket

11 players have put their names in the auction list at the base price of ₹1.5 crores. Similar to the ₹2 crore bracket, no Indian player is in this bracket.

Players: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford

Players registered under ₹1 crore bracket

Mayank Agarwal and Manish Pandey are the only Indian players in the list of 18 players with a base price of ₹1 crore.

Players: Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shai Hope, David Wiese, Akeal Hosein, Mujeeb ur Rahman

Indian T20 League 2023 Players’ List (Before Auction)

Team Bangalore Current Squad

Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Finn Allen, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Wanindu Hasaranga

Team Chennai Current Squad

MS Dhoni (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mitchell Santner, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana

Team Delhi Current Squad

Rishabh Pant (C), Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, David Warner, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mitchell Marsh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Lungi Ngidi

Team Gujarat Current Squad

Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade,, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad

Team Hyderabad Current Squad

Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Team Kolkata Current Squad

Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine

Team Lucknow Current Squad

KL Rahul (C), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Marcus Stoinis

Team Mumbai Current Squad

Rohit Sharma (C), Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal, Jofra Archer

Team Punjab Current Squad

Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Liam Livingstone, Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar

Team Rajasthan Current Squad

Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Ravi Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Obed McCoy

FAQs

When will the Indian T20 League 2023 start?

The Indian T20 League is generally played in the months of March, April and May every year. The official date for the start of the 2023 edition has not been announced yet. 

How many Indian T20 League matches will be played in 2023?

As we all know, the number of teams in the league has increased from 8 to 10 in 2022. The total number of matches last season was 74. The count is expected to remain the same in 2023 as well.

Which players will be in the Indian T20 League 2023 auction?

The auction will have a total of 405 players - 273 Indian and 132 overseas registered. A maximum of 87 slots, with up to 30 overseas players, can be selected in the Indian T20 League 2023 auction which will be held on 23 December (Friday) in Kochi. 

Which channel will broadcast the Indian T20 League 2023 Auction?

The Indian T20 League 2023 Auction will be aired live on Star Sports channels and Jio Cinema app.