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Cricket player auction

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Template:Auction A cricket player auction is an event where cricketers are auctioned off by teams for money.[1] In India, a player auction is a popular show and is broadcast on television.[1]

Examples und rules[edit]

In the Indian Premier League player auction or IPL player auction is an example.[1] The player auction is also conducted by Bangladesh Premier League[2] and Pakistan Premier League.[3] Women's Premier League player auction or WPL auction is a player auction for female cricket players.[4]

IPL rules[edit]

IPL player auction for the year 2024 will take approximately 8 hours and be held in Dubai's Coca-Cola Stadium.[5] The type of the auction is English auction.[6] Players must be put for auction by their respective cricket associations and meet the eligibility criteria of the BCCI.[5] Each player sets his or her own starting price as the entry point for the application. Each team can have a maximum of 25 players, with a limit on the number of Indian and overseas players. As in the main round, players will be called one by one and franchises will raise their bats to bid. Bids increase in Rs. 20 lakh increments until the Rs. 1 crore mark is breached. After Rs. 1 crore and Rs. 2 crore the price is raised by Rs. 25 lakh, and after Rs. 2 crore, by Rs. 50 lakh.

Notetable transactions[edit]

Annabel Sutherland was bought in 2023 for Rs. 2 crore by Delhi Capitals.[4]

Research[edit]

IPL player auction is also a topic for scientific research like e.g. building models for prediction of the selection of a player based on his or her past.[7]

Discussion[edit]

Cricket player auctions by Indian Premier League, Big Bash League and others are also discussed to be a case of commodification of human life.[8] However, it noted that the spirit of the game is enhanced by the commodification of cricket and its players.[9]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "IPL 2024 auction: Everything you need to know". The Times of India. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. "Players' draft announced for upcoming BPL auction". The Financial Express. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. "PSL Auction 2024 Players Price List". SportsUnfold. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sharma, Sakshi (20 February 2024). "Top 5 Most Expensive Buys Of WPL Auctions 2024". OneCricket. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "IPL Auction 2024 rules: How players are sold - and unsold". Hindustan Times. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  6. Saikia, Hemanta; Bhattacharjee, Dibyojyoti; Mukherjee, Diganta (2019). "Franchisee Cricket and Cricketers' Auction". Cricket Performance Management: Mathematical Formulation and Analytics. Springer: 23–36. doi:10.1007/978-981-15-1354-1_2.
  7. "Player valuation in Indian premier league auction using data mining technique | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore". ieeexplore.ieee.org.
  8. Rowe, David (July 2009). "Media and Sport: The Cultural Dynamics of Global Games". Sociology Compass. 3 (4): 543–558. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2009.00225.x.
  9. Watson, Cate (December 2011). "Test Match Special , Twenty20 and the future of cricket". Sport in Society. 14 (10): 1383–1394. doi:10.1080/17430437.2011.620379.


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