Shardul Thakur Sold To CSK: 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.
Shardul Thakur Sold To CSK For INR 4 Cr in IPL 2024 Auction
Shardul Thakur Sold To CSK: 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.
Indian allrounder Shardul Thakur registered his name in the IPL 2024 Auction players list at a base price of INR 1.50 crore.
Indian allrounder Shardul Thakur was brought by Chennai Super Kings for INR 4 crores in the IPL 2024 Auction.
The Man with the Golden Arm is back in Yellove! 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/isrJgzYU3N
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 19, 2023
Shardul Thakur made his IPL debut in the 2015 season for Kings XI Punjab. In March 2017, Shardul was acquired by Rising Pune Supergiants for the 10th season of the IPL and in January 2018, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings ahead of the next season.
In February 2022, he was bought by Delhi Capitals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. Ahead of the IPL 2023, Thakur was traded to the KKR in exchange for Aman Khan.
Shardul Thakur has so far played 86 IPL matches and bagged 89 wickets at an economy of 9.16 and also scored 286 runs with the bat.
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.
