Lahore (Sports Desk) — The player auction list for the fifth season of the DP World International League T20 (ILT20) has been released, featuring Pakistan’s star batters Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman along with several other prominent cricketers.
According to details, the player auction will be held on October 1 at the ICC Academy in Dubai, with more than 200 cricketers from 23 countries participating.
The players have been divided into three groups based on base prices of $80,000, $40,000 and $10,000.
The top group with a base price of $80,000 includes Babar Azam, Phil Salt, Tom Banton, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Wanindu Hasaranga, Faf du Plessis, Liam Livingstone, Alzarri Joseph, Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Hales and Chris Woakes.
The $40,000 group includes prominent players such as Shadab Khan, Ibrahim Zadran, Jayden Seales, Tabraiz Shamsi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Kusal Perera and Gulbadin Naib.
The $10,000 category includes Reeza Hendricks, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, George Munsey, Ish Sodhi and Matthew Potts.
All players from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will enter the auction with a base price of $10,000.
Teams will also have a Right to Match option for one former UAE player, while each franchise will be required to complete a squad of at least 18 and a maximum of 23 players.
The playing XI for every match must include at least two UAE players, two Afghan players and one player from another Associate nation.
Different financial allocations have been set for each team for the auction, with MI Emirates having the largest purse.