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The Hindu
The Hindu
Sport
Amol Karhadkar

IPL mega auction | Splurging crores in quest of team’s core

(From left) Daniel Vettori of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Stephen Fleming of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and Tom Moody of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), at the Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction 2018. File (Source: The Hindu)

After almost a decade, there will be 10 tables involved in Indian cricket’s annual moneyball avatar. With more than ₹560 crore potentially to be “splurged”, while the fans will be looking forward to unveiling of crorepatis, all the franchise representatives will be looking forward to create a prospective winning ensemble for the forthcoming Indian Premier League.

The 10 teams already have 33 players combined on their rosters: the eight exiting franchises have retained 27 cricketers combined while the two newcomers to the IPL fold — Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans — have made optimum use of the pre-auction provision of three players each.

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