IPL Auction to take place on February 18

The Indian Premier League auction for the 14th edition will be held on February 18 in Chennai, the BCCI confirmed the news on January 27th. 
 

As soon as it was confirmed, it started to trend on the top charts of the social media platforms:

As per published media reports, Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained the most number of players (22) while Royal Challengers Bangalore have 14 players in the squad having traded Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel from Delhi Capitals. Kings XI Punjab, however, will enter the auction with the biggest possible purse of INR 53.20 crores, followed by RCB, who have INR 35.90 crore available to them. Kolkata Knight Riders and SRH have the least amount of purse remaining INR 10.75 crore.
Rajasthan Royals, who will be lead by Sanju Samson after the former Steve Smith, will look to fill their three overseas slot and have a purse remaining of INR 34.85 crores. KXIP will look to fill their five overseas spots while Mumbai Indians and RCB can also purchase four overseas players each.

The particulars are provided below:

The "mini-auction" will take place following the first two tests between India and England. The BCCI is yet to decide whether the event will take place in India, although the President Saurav Ganguly has asserted that they would attempt to keep the event at home. The 2020 edition was held at the UAE due to the pandemic.

The player retention deadline ended on January 20 and the trading window is expected to close on February 4th.

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