Overview

• Ravichandran Ashwin entered with the top base price of US$120,000 and drew no bids when his name came up, and he did not reappear in the accelerated phase.
• Live-broadcast commentators, including Simon Doull, reported he may have withdrawn late, a claim not confirmed by Ashwin or the league.
• Ashwin is already contracted to Sydney Thunder for the BBL, with his stint scheduled after the ILT20 window.
• Other prominent names such as James Anderson and Mohammad Amir also went unsold, while Indian picks were limited, with Unmukt Chand and Akshay Wakhare secured at auction and Piyush Chawla and Dinesh Karthik signed earlier.
• The league’s first auction operated under new purse limits and roster composition rules, and teams can still add players through permitted wildcard signings.