Overview
- BCCI expanded the register by 19 names on the eve of the event, with Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ben Sears and Ethan Bosch among the inclusions.
- Bidding for 77 places, including 31 overseas slots, begins at 2:30 pm IST at Etihad Arena, with TV coverage on Star Sports and streaming on JioHotstar.
- Teams collectively have about ₹237.55 crore to spend, led by KKR with ₹64.3 crore, while Mumbai Indians enter with ₹2.75 crore.
- Any bid above ₹18 crore for an overseas player is diverted to the BCCI welfare fund, yet the full winning amount still counts against the franchise purse.
- Bangladesh’s board said it will issue NOCs for most of the IPL, recalling players only briefly for the April New Zealand series.