Lady Gaga and Celine Dion are among singers who have been spotted in Paris, triggering rumours they could take part in the ceremony
Intense bidding is expected to be the order of the day when 10 teams jostle to grab their preferred players from a limited pool of cricketers, including the likes of Ben Stokes, Sam Curran and Mayank Agarwal, in the mini IPL auction in Kochi, southern India, on Friday.
The player pool for the auction has been pruned to 405 with a maximum of 87 slots, including 30 overseas, to be filled by the teams.
Here is the lowdown on the auction.
WHAT: Mini Auction
AUCTIONEER: Hugh Edmeades
WHERE: Kochi, India
WHEN: 1 pm UAE Time
FRANCHISES: 10
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 405
INDIANS: 273
OVERSEAS: 132
ASSOCIATE NATIONS: 4
CAPPED: 119
UNCAPPED: 296
SLOTS TO BE FILLED: 87 (30 Overseas players)
YOUNGEST PLAYER AT THE AUCTION: Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afghanistan), 15 years
OLDEST PLAYER AT THE AUCTION: Amit Mishra (India), 40 years
HOW MUCH EACH FRANCHISE HAVE:
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD: ₹422.5 million (Dh18.7 million)
PUNJAB KINGS: ₹322 million (Dh14.29 million)
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS: ₹233.5 million (Dh10.36 million)
MUMBAI INDIANS: ₹205.5 million (Dh9.11 million)
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS: ₹204.5 million (Dh9.07 million)
DELHI CAPITALS: ₹194.5 million (Dh8.63 million)
GUJARAT TITANS: ₹192.5 million (Dh8.54 million)
RAJASTHAN ROYALS: ₹132 million (Dh5.85 million)
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE: ₹87.5 million (Dh3.88 million)
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: ₹70.5 million (Dh3.12 million)
(With inputs from PTI)
Lady Gaga and Celine Dion are among singers who have been spotted in Paris, triggering rumours they could take part in the ceremony
The 14-member UAE team of athletes will vie for glory in five disciplines — equestrian, judo, cycling, swimming and athletics
The line-up of icon players includes world No.1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen
Ledecky said there were issues still to be resolved when asked at a USA swim team press conference if she felt races at the 2024 Paris Games would be fair
Thibus was suspended by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) in February after testing positive for the banned substance Ostarine
Australian Olympic team chief Anna Meares said the cases were confined to the water polo team
The 54-hole tournament will be playing for its usual $25m purse, with $20m allocated to the Individual Event and $5m to the Team Event at the Staffordshire course
India's Jeev Milkha Singh says Carnoustie is ‘the toughest links course of them all’