The Indian Premier League 2023 Auction will start on December 23rd, 2022. The Auction will take place in Kochi, Kerala, all in one day. Since this is not a large-scale auction, BCCI chose to complete it in a single day. This auction will now feature the players that weren’t signed by any teams or kept by their previous franchises. Because it is a mini-auction, the teams have a much smaller budget than in seasons past. India will host the 2023 IPL (as per reports).
Defending champions Gujarat Titans will be aiming for winning the title once again with Hardik Pandya as a leader again. GT’s plan to release six players have given the franchise a door for choosing overseas players as four of six released players were foreign players.. Jason Roy and Dominic Drakes were released by the team, and Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz were traded to the Kolkata Knight Riders. Additionally, players Varun Aaron and Gurkeerat Singh were let go.
Retained players for GT – Shubman Gill, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (c), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, R Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Pradeep Sangwan
Released Players for GT – Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron
The Right to Match (RTM) option will not be available in the IPL auction of 2023. Each team may select a squad of no more than 25 players. The team can only select a maximum of 8 foreign players from among these. 75% of each franchise’s total salary cap must be used. Beyond the salary cap, there can be no purchases made. In the IPL auction 2023, each team is subject to a total salary cap of Rs. 95 crores. 5 crores more than the previous auction, to be exact. After retentions, Hardik Pandya’s team will still have 19.75 crore INR in the bank. Additionally, it can fill up to three international slots.
