Mumbai, Dec 14: Pune and Rajkot, the 2 new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start building their teams from tomorrow (December 15) as they pick players from a draft in Mumbai. (Final teams after IPL draft - Dhoni for Pune)
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"The two new IPL Franchises will select up to 5 players each for their new team," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. Pune and Rajkot have entered IPL for a 2-year period (2016 and 2017), replacing the suspended teams - Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). (Full list of players picked from draft)
Here is the list of the players who are part of the draft. There are 50 cricketers (33 Indian and 17 overseas) to choose from
(All players from India unless stated)
2. Stuart Binny
3. MS Dhoni
4. Ravindra Jadeja
5. Dhawal Kulkarni
6. Abhishek Nayar
7. Ashish Nehra
8. Irfan Pathan
9. Ajinkya Rahane
10. Suresh Raina
11. Sanju Samson
12. Mohit Sharma
13. Rahul Sharma
14. Baba Aparajith
15. Ankush Bains
16. Rajat Bhatia
17. Eklavya Dwivedi
18. Deepak Hooda
19. Vikramjeet Malik
20. Mithun Manhas
21. Ronit More
22. Karun Nair
23. Pawan Negi
24. Ishwar Chandra Pandey
25. Pardeep Sahu
26. Dinesh Salunkhe
27. Barinder Singh Saran
28. Ankit Nagendra Sharma
29. Pratyush Singh
30. Pravin Tambe
31. Rahul Tewatia
32. Sagar Vijay Trivedi
33. Dishant Yagnik
34. Kyle Abbott (South Africa)
35. Samuel Badree (West Indies)
36. Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)
37. Ben Cutting (Australia)
38. Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
39. James Faulkner (Australia)
40. Matt Henry (New Zealand)
41. Michael Hussey (Australia)
42. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
43. Christopher Morris (South Africa)
44. Kane Richardson (New Zealand)
45. Dwayne Smith (West Indies)
46. Steve Smith (Australia)
47. Tim Southee (New Zealand)
48. Juan Theron (South Africa)
49. Andrew Tye (Australia)
50. Shane Watson (Australia)
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