Context

The IPL 2023 Player auction featured a total of 405 players who were set to go under the hammer in Kochi on 23rd December. The initial list had over 991 cricketers who had registered for the auction. However, the final list was trimmed to 405. There were a total of 87 slots spread across ten franchises up for grabs out of which 30 were slotted for overseas players. Among the 405 players, 273 were Indian players, 132 were overseas players. Out of 87 available slots 80 were filled and the rest remained balanced.

Content

The dataset includes Data of all Sold and Unsold players, Base Price for Sold Players and Data of Retained Players along with the Cost in Rs. and USD.

Data Columns

• Player Name
• Base Price
• Type
• Cost in Rs. (CR)
• Cost in $ (K)
• 2022 Squad
• 2023 Squad

Acronyms

• CSK - Chennai Super Kings
• DC - Delhi Capitals
• GT - Gujarat Titans
• KKR - Kolkata Knight Riders
• LSG - Lucknow Super Giants
• MI - Mumbai Indians
• PBKS - Punjab Kings
• RCB - Royal Challengers Bangalore
• RR - Rajasthan Royals
• SRH - Sunrisers Hyderabad
• INR - Indian Rupee
• USD - U.S. Dollar

Acknowledgements

The data was scrapped from https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/ipl-auction-2023/