14 Sri Lanka players to go under the hammer in IPL Auction

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The VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction list is out with a total of 332 cricketers set to go under the hammer in Kolkata on December 19th, 2019. While 997 players had initially registered, the final list has been pruned after the eight franchises submitted their shortlist of players.

With INR 2 crore as the highest reserve price, seven overseas players – Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Dale Steyn & Angelo Mathews have opted to be slotted in the highest bracket.

Out of the 39 Sri Lankan players who have registered initially, 14 players have been selected by the franchises to be auctioned. Apart from Mathews who has put himself in the highest base price, Thisara Perera is the only other Sri Lanka player in the auction list with a base price higher than 50 Lakhs INR

Player Base Price (INR – Lakh)
Angelo Mathews 200
Thisara Perera 100
Kusal Perera 50
Isuru Udana 50
Avishka Fernando 50
Oshada Fernando 50
Wanindu Hasaranga 50
Dimuth Karunaratne 50
Dasun Shanaka 50
Dushmantha Chameera 50
Nuwan Pradeep 50
Jeevan Mendis 50
Angelo Perera 50
Seekkuge Prasanna 50

A total of 186 Indian players, 143 overseas players & 3 players from Associate Nations will be vying to get positioned in the VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction in Kolkata.