Ace India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shared his views on some of the star overseas players who will go under the hammer in the upcoming IPL 2024 Auction. The 10 IPL franchises have already announced the list of players they have retained and now they will be gearing up for the mini-auction will be held on December 19 in Dubai.
Several young talents and the players who missed the last IPL will be up for grabs in the ceremony as the franchises will look to target the stars who fit into their system well.
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Ashwin feels that Australia senior pacers duo Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are the two stars who will be on the list of almost every franchise.
“Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are the only two fresh guys. Though there are guys like Rachin Ravindra, Gerald Coetzee, and a few other names, it looks pretty sure that these are the two names everybody wants to acquire. The Ashes is going to come, as is the T20 World Cup, and there is a heavy chance that Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc are going to pull out of the tournament, and it is there in their histories,” Ashwin said on his YouTube Channel.
However, Ashwin made a bold prediction that star Australia opener Travis Head, who played crucial knocks in the semi-final and final of the ODI World Cup 2023, won’t attract a very big bid.
“I don’t think that it will be a very big bid. If I am proven wrong, I will be surprised,” he added.
Talking about South Africa all-rounder Gerald Coetzee, Ashwin suggested that he is a player which five-time champions Mumbai Indians want in their set-up.
“Gerald Coetzee is a very Mumbai Indians player. That blue jersey with gold on him, bowling at the Wankhede Stadium, bustling in—he looks like an MI sort of a player. If they don’t get anybody, I think they are going for him. In my view, they might not even go for Mitchell Starc,” he added.
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