IPL Auction 2017: Start Time, Players List and Remaining Budgets

The all-important auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League takes place on Monday, Feb. 20 in Bangalore with all eight teams looking to add potentially crucial personnel to their squads.

Each side will be able to pick from the pool of 351 players up for auction, of whom 226 are Indian. 

Due to the current makeups of each squad a maximum of 76 players can be purchased at this year's auction, and the likes of Ishant Sharma, Ben Stokes and Angelo Mathews are likely to be widely coveted. 

The full list of players up for auction can be found at IPLT20.com, while the remaining budgets for each side can be seen below:

Team	Remaining Budget (Rs)	Overseas Players	Total Players
Delhi Daredevils	231 million	5	17
Gujarat Lions	143.5 million	6	16
Kings XI Punjab	233.5 million	5	19
Kolkata Knight Riders	197.5 million	4	14
Mumbai Indians	115.55 million	6	20
Rising Pune Supergiants	175 million	5	17
Royal Challengers Bangalore	128.25 million	8	20
Sunrisers Hyderabad	209 million	5	17

Maximum squad size is 27. Nine overseas players are permitted per team.

Proceedings will start at 9:30 a.m. IST (4 a.m. GMT) and, as ever, it could be just as significant which of the utility players are picked as the high-profile expensive purchases.

However, the main intrigue will surround where the likes of Stokes and Mathews end up, two of the seven players with the top base price of Rs 20 million:

Player	Role	Base Price (Rs)
Eoin Morgan	Batsman	20 million
Pat Cummins	Bowler	20 million
Mitchell Johnson	Bowler	20 million
Ishant Sharma	Bowler	20 million
Chris Woakes	All-Rounder	20 million
Angelo Matthews	All-Rounder	20 million
Ben Stokes	All-Rounder	20 million
Jonny Bairstow	Wicket-keeper	15 million
Trent Boult	Bowler	15 million
Kagiso Rabada	Bowler	10 million

England international Stokes will be one of the biggest draws at the auction and has himself said he is relishing the prospect of playing in his first IPL, per Nick Hoult in the Telegraph:

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I just want to get picked up. That is the main thing about it. [...]

We are a very strong team England wise but it will be nice to go away somewhere and focus on the skills that I want to get better at in T20 which are hitting the boundary, different areas and different options with the bat. How to bowl in a given situation but then also doing it against the best players in the world that those competitions (IPL) attract. 

"

Rising Pune Supergiants, Royal Challengers Bangalore and two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders are all likely to be interested in the Durham all-rounder.

Were he to be picked up by RCB as their final overseas player he would join a thrilling lineup that already includes Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, AB De Villiers, Shane Watson and Mitchell Starc.

As a result they will be heavily fancied to go all the way at IPL 2017, but they were similarly tipped last year and ended up losing in the final to a David Warner-led Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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The defending champions will be looking to do plenty of work at the auction as they currently have only 17 players, five of whom are from overseas.

South African quick Kagiso Rabada could well be on their radar, but he will likely be targeted by a number of teams meaning he could be very expensive.

It is always an intriguing process, the IPL auction, and Monday will be no different. It sets the tone for the tournament and could be where teams snap up their crucial players ahead of the action starting on April 5.