IPL 2023 Auction will take place on 23rd December, Friday, in Kochi. While 991 players applied to participate in auction, the franchises shortlisted 405 players. All of them are going to test their luck with this.
IPL 2023 auction is just a few days away, and all ten franchises are gearing up to get the best of players in the squad. Hundreds of players will go under the hammer and the list includes many big names, both Indian and foreign players.
Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan has picked Kane Williamson’ ideal replacement for Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the IPL 2023 mini-auction.
Irfan Pathan reckons that 2016 IPL Indian Premier League Sunrisers Hyderabad will go after acquiring services of opener Mayank Agarwal in upcoming IPL 2023 Player Auction.
Mayank Agarwal was named as captain of Punjab Kings for IPL 2022 and was retained by the franchise for a whopping INR 12 cr. Mayank Agarwal joined Punjab team in 2018 and forged a strong opening pairing with KL Rahul, who was captain of the side till 2021.
Punjab Kings, who appointed Shikhar Dhawan as the captain to replace Mayank Agarwal for the next IPL season, left Mayank Agarwal for auction.
Going into the auction, Hyderabad have most money in their purse amongst all 10 IPL teams, at INR 42.25 cr. They are followed by Punjab, who have second most money with INR 32.2 cr.