quinton de kockThere has been a return to the pool of players to be included in the 2026 Indian Premier League auction. The name of South African wicketkeeper-batsman will come in the third batch of players. The event is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on 16 December.
Kolkata Knight Riders had decided to release him before the auction. Initially, he was not included in the list of players to be part of the auction. However, it is understood that KKR themselves have pressed for the inclusion of the top-order batsman, who scored an emphatic century against India in the third and final ODI of the series in Visakhapatnam on December 6.
It is noteworthy that the base price of De Kock has been kept at Rs 1 crore. This is a net drop of 50% from their base price in last year's mega auction. His base price before IPL 2025 was Rs 2 crore. De Kock was bought for Rs 3.60 crore.
Apart from this, a total of 350 players are to be included in the auction. It is said that this figure has been finalized after much discussion with the franchises. De Kock headlines the latest list of 35 players (23 Indians and 12 foreigners), who were not initially present in the preliminary spreadsheet.
“The auction will involve 350 players and will begin at 1pm UAE time (2.30pm IST) on Tuesday, December 16 at the Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi,” BCCI said in a mail sent to franchises on December 8, as quoted by Cricbuzz.
According to the BCCI, the auction will begin with a round of capped players in the following order: batsman, all-rounder, wicketkeeper-batsman, fast bowler and spin bowler. After this there will be a round of uncapped players.
Fresh Inclusions:
Foreign players: Quinton de Kock (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Connor Eszterhuizen (South Africa), Bayanda Majola (South Africa), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Dunith Velez (Sri Lanka), Trevin Mathew (Sri Lanka), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Miles Hammond (England), Dan Letgan (England), Akeem Auguste (West Indies), Arab Gul (Afghanistan)
Indian players: Vishnu Solanki, Yash Decholkar, Ayaz Khan, Jikku Bright, Srihari Nair, Sadek Hussain, Sabir Khan, Brijesh Sharma, Kanishk Chauhan, Aaron George, Madhav Bajaj, Srivatsa Acharya, Yashraj Punja, Sahil Parakh, Roshan Waghsare, Dhurmil Matkar, Naman Pushpak, Parikshit Valsangkar, Purav Agarwal, Rishabh Chauhan, Sagar Solanki, Ijaz Sawaria, Aman Shekhawat
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