Hyderabad: The much anticipated Indian Premier League players auction for the 13th season of IPL would take place on Thursday, 19th December.
For the first in the history of IPL, the players' auction will take place in Kolkata.
Ahead of the auctions, 71 players were released by their respective franchises and a total of 127 players were retained, including 35 foreigners.
On Thursday, over 300 cricketers will go under the hammer by the auctioneer at the IPL 2020 players' auction in Kolkata.
Ahead of the auction, here is the list of five pacers who might trigger bidding war in the auction:
Pat Cummins
With Mitchell Starc opting out of this years Indian Premier League, his countrymen Pat Cummins could the most desired pacer by IPL teams.
If the reports doing rounds on social media is to believe then Pat Cummins is expected to trigger a bidding war among IPL franchisees.
Even though he has not played much T20 cricket in the last two years, the right-hander bowler is counted among the best all-format bowlers in the world.
Cummins is aiming to make a return in IPL after three years. He last played IPL in 2017 for Delhi Capitals. Before that, he was part of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2014 and 2015.
In IPL 2017, Cummins bagged 15 wickets in 12 games. And after his performance he was picked by Mumbai Indians in IPL 2018, however, a back injury prevented him from taking part in that season.
Kesrick Williams
Kesrick Williams recently created a buzz among cricket enthusiasts after his stiff with Indian skipper Virat Kohli in just concluded three-match T20I series that hosts won 2-1. If Williams gets picked by any IPL side, it would be his first stint in India's T20 domestic league.
The 29-year-old right-handed bowler has played 82 T20 games so far and bagged 111 wickets at an economy rate of 8.44.
Sheldon Cottrell
West Indies' Sheldon Cottrell is arguably the smartest pacer in the world at the moment and the IPL teams might get involved in a bidding war to bag his services.
Cottrell is known for swinging the ball both way and his base price in IPL 2020 auction is INR 50 lakhs.
Cottrell has so far played 83 T20 games and bagged 117 wickets.
Jaydev Unadkat
India's left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat has been the most unpredictable player while going into the IPL players' auction. Many time we have witnessed that despite getting signed off by experts, IPL teams have gotten into bidding wars to bag the services of Unadkat.
The IPL 2017 season was one of the best IPL year for Unadkat as he claimed 24 wickets from 12 matches for the Rising Pune Supergiant.
After a successful stint with RPS, Unadkat was bought for a very high salary by Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2018. However, he was not able to replicate his 2017 performance as he picked just11 wickets in 15 games.
Despite his poor performance in IPL 2018, RR bought him back for INR 8.4 crore at the auction after releasing him initially.
Mustafizur Rahman
Mustafizur Rahman missed the 12th season of Indian Premier League after his national board BCB denied him permission to play in IPL as the 2019 World Cup, which England won, was around the corner.
Rahman last played for Mumbai Indians in 2018 and picked seven wickets in seven matches. Rahman is known for slower, cutter and Knuckleball, that often put batsmen in an uncomfortable position.
Rahman has played 24 matches in IPL and took as many wickets.
