Teenager Yashasvi Jaiswal is expected to spark a bidding war while eyes will be on the likes of Shams Mulani and Sujit Nayak as well.
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As many as 11 cricketers from Mumbai were named in the final Indian Premier League player auction list for the 2020 season and are set to go under the hammer on December 19.
The IPL auction, which will be held in Kolkata, comprises 332 cricketers shortlisted by the eight teams of which 10 have played for the T20 Mumbai league over its two seasons. All the 11 cricketers will be in the Uncapped Players category with a base price of ₹20 lakhs each.
Players include Yashasvi Jaiswal, the youngest to smash a double century in List A cricket in October earlier this year, who is expected to spark a bidding war at the IPL auction.The 17-year-old has been scoring plenty of runs for India-U19s and has also been selected in the squad for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup that will begin next month.
Shams Mulani has also made it to the roster with his stellar performances in the domestic scene backing him up. He was Mumbai's leading wicket-taker in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament and has also brandished an all-round act of late including in the recently-concluded Ranji Trophy opener.
Shubham Ranjane, released by Rajasthan Royals from the 2019 squad, is back in the offing while former IPL picks including the 48-year-old Pravin Tambe, Sujit Nayak and Pradeep Sahu have also made the cut.
Regulars in the Mumbai domestic scene, Tushar Deshpande and Dhrumil Matkar will also be hoping to get picked during the IPL auction. Aman Khan and Khizar Dafedar are in the list as well along with Armaan Jaffer.
Another 11 T20 Mumbai players were announced as retained last month, in a roll that included Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube among others.
Here is the full list of Mumbai players in the IPL auction list:
PLAYER | AGE | SKILL |
Yashasvi Jaiswal | 17 | All-Rounder |
Armaan Jaffer | 21 | Batsman |
Khizar Dafedar | 22 | All-Rounder |
Shams Mulani | 22 | All-Rounder |
Aman Khan | 23 | All-Rounder |
Dhrumil Matkar | 23 | All-Rounder |
Tushar Deshpande | 24 | Bowler |
Shubham Ranjane | 25 | All-Rounder |
Sujit Nayak | 30 | All-Rounder |
Pardeep Sahu | 34 | Bowler |
Pravin Tambe | 48 | Bowler |