On Friday, a total of 1097 players (814 Indian and 283 overseas players) completed their registration for the IPL 2021 auction. As per some reports, the IPL 2021 date is finalized.

The players’ retention window for every franchise for the IPL 2021 is already completed. Now, every franchise is waiting for the IPL 2021 auction, which Chennai will host on 18th February 2021. In this auction, franchises can buy additional players to fill up their squad. Apart from this auction, franchises can use the trading windows to stretch or shorten their players’ list for the IPL 2021.

Table of content

• IPL 2021 Date, Schedule, Venues And Fixtures

• IPL 2021 Squads

• IPL 2021 Purse Value And Available Slots

IPL 2021 Date, Schedule, Venues And Fixtures

The IPL 2021 date, schedule, venues and fixtures will be finalised soon. However, according to some media reports, the IPL 2021 is likely to begin in the second week of April 2021 and the final of the tournament can be organised in the first week of June 2021.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is trying their best to organise the complete IPL 2021 in India.

According to a recent Times of India report, Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai), Brabourne Stadium (Mumbai), DY Patil Stadium (Navi Mumbai), and Reliance Cricket Stadium (Navi Mumbai) and Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune) can host the league stage matches in the IPL 2021. The same report also claimed that newly-rebuild Sardar Patel Stadium or Motera Stadium (Ahmedabad) can host the playoffs of the IPL 2021.

IPL 2021 Squads

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore, Robin Uthappa

Delhi Capitals (DC): Shreyas Iyer (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): KL Rahul (C), Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Eoin Morgan (C), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert

Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (C), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel

SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH): David Warner (C), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad

IPL 2021 Purse Value And Available Slots

The IPL 2021 date has reportedly been finalized and it will begin on April 11 this year.