The IPL 2024 Auction is scheduled to be hosted on December 19 at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. A total of 333 cricketers will go under the gavel during the event.
Shahrukh Khan Sold To GT For INR 7.4 Cr in IPL 2024 Auction
Out of 333 players, 214 are Indians and 119 are overseas players of which 2 players are from associate nations. The participating 10 teams have a total of 77 slots to fill of which 30 can be overseas players.
Shahrukh Khan registered his name in the IPL 2024 Auction players list at a base price of INR 40 lakhs. Tamil Nadu all-rounder Shahrukh Khan joined the Gujarat Titans for Rs 7.4 crore during the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai
𝙎handaar 𝙍omanchak 𝙆amaal
An all-round entry into the Home of the Gujarat Titans as @shahrukh_35 dons the GT blue 👕
Swagat hai Titan Khan! 🫡#AavaDe | #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/dfgapDM9L5
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) December 19, 2023
Shahrukh Khan made his IPL debut for Punjab Kings on April 12, 2021, in a match against Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium. Punjab Kings brought Shahrukh Khan for INR 5.25 crores in the IPL 2021 Auction.
Shahrukh Khan has so far played 33 IPL matches and scored 426 runs at a strike rate of 134.81 with the highest of 47 runs.
IPL 2024 Auction Rules
As BCCI decides to host a mini-auction for the 2024 season, franchises have the advantage of retaining the majority of their players compared to the mega auction.
- No franchise will be allowed to buy a player beyond their purse balance.
- Each team has to spend at least 75% of their total amount.
- The option of the Right to Match (RTM) card will not be available to franchises.
- The number of players in each team should not exceed 25 while each squad should have a minimum of 18 players.
- According to the IPL committee rules, each franchise can have 25 players in their squad, out of which a maximum of 8 can be foreign players. In Playing 11, each team can have a maximum of 4 overseas players in the mix.
