The mega auction of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL will be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This time a total of 1574 players had given their names for the auction, after which a total of 574 players have been shortlisted based on the choices of all the 10 franchises. While 366 Indian capped and uncapped players are included in this, 208 foreign players have got a place. If we look at the number of uncapped Indian players in the auction, it is a total of 318 while there are 12 foreign uncapped players. This time, while many big names will be seen in the mega auction, there is also one name who had not shown interest in playing in the IPL till now. In such a situation, we are going to tell you about those two players who are the oldest and youngest among the shortlisted players.
james anderson oldest player
If we look at the oldest player among the 574 players shortlisted for the IPL mega action, then England's legendary fast bowler James Anderson, who had said goodbye to international cricket this year, is the oldest player. Anderson's age was 42 years and 108 days as of 15 November 2024. James Anderson is taking part in an IPL auction after a long time as he has focused solely on playing for England for the last decade. Apart from this, he played his last T20 match in the month of August 2014. Anderson has taken 41 wickets while playing a total of 44 matches in T20 in his career. Anderson has got a place in the mega auction at a base price of Rs 1.25 crore.
Ayush Mhatre is the youngest player
Mumbai's Ayush Mhatre, who is 17 years and 122 days old as of November 15, is the youngest player among the players to be shortlisted for the IPL 2025 mega auction. Ayush has played only 5 first-class matches in his cricket career so far in which he has scored 321 runs at an average of 35.66, during which he has seen one century and one half-century innings with his bat. Ayush plays as an opening batsman.
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