IPL 2024 Auction: Bengal players under the hammer? Here's all you need to know about Bengal players in auction

IPL 2024 Auction will take place on 19th December 2023 in Dubai and a total of 333 players have been listed for the mini-auction. Among them, 214 are Indian players including 8 players from Cricket Association of Bengal. Already five players from Bengal have been retained by the IPL teams and now with 9 to go under the hammer, we give you all the details you should know about them, before the auction.

Ishan Porel | Right-hand pacer

One of the most prominent names in this list of Bengal players who will be there on the IPL 2024 Auction, is Ishan Porel. The right hand medium pacer has been around the Indian cricket team circuit for long now. The 25-year old pacer from Chandannagar won the U-19 World Cup in 2018 along with Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw.

He has already played for the Kings XI Punjab in 2021 season in Dubai. Although he had played only one game, he was successful of getting rid of Sanju Samson in that game against Rajasthan Royals.

With a decent white ball season for Bengal, and obviously with Sourav Ganguly being there in the Delhi Capitals camp, fans can certainly hope that Ishan might be backed by Delhi franchise and will be picked by them in IPL 2024 auction. Along with them, teams like SRH and PBKS will be looking for some uncapped Indian pacers. So, there's high chance that Ishan gets a bid for him on the 19th.

20 lakhs INR is the base price for Ishan Porel in the auction.

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Abhimanyu Easwaran | Righ-hand batter

Abhimanyu Easwaran has been appearing on the list for many years now. Although the right hand batter has been continuously playing for India-A teams and doing well there, franchises never shown enough interest on him as a T20 batter.

Easwaran is predominately a player for long-format but he has appeared for Bengal in the shortest format of the game as well. With him being all-around the Indian team sector, it will be interesting to see if any team shows interest in him at the top of the order for IPL 2024.

The top-order batter is listed in set no 15 and has a base price of 20 lakhs INR.

Sudip Gharami | Right-hand batter

Next on the set no 15 in the IPL 2024 Auction list form Bengal is Sudip Gharami. The current Bengal captain has been in tremendous form in last two seasons for Bengal. The right-hand top order batter was given the opportunity to lead the Bengal team as well this season.

Last season, SRH had a great look at Sudip Gharami and he had given trials for KKR as well along with Abhimanyu Easwaran. With a 61.54 List-A average and 127.38 strike rate in the T20s, Gharami can surely be looked in as a player at the top of the order for teams looking for uncapped Indian batters.

The 24-year old batter has a base price of 20 lakhs INR.

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Shashank Singh | Right-hand batter

The young 19-year old top order batter from Bengal is one of the future prospects for sure. He scored lots of runs while playing for the U-19 team and now playing for the Bengal U-23 team. A gutsy batter who does not go away from a fight, can be great for teams who like to cater young talents into their team

Although, there is very less chance for him to be picked in a mini-auction like this, but, you never know what the scouts are looking at in IPL.

He is also listed under set no.15 and has a base price of 20 lakhs INR.

Writtick Chatterjee | All-rounder

Along with Ishan Porel, Writtick Chatterjee is the only player on this list who has an IPL experience. Although he did not got any chance to showcase his talent, the off-spinning all-rounder was with the PBKS franchise in 2021 season.

Writtick has always been good with the limited opportunities he got in Bengal. A right-hand middle-order batter who can play any role given to him, can certainly be a choice many franchises are looking for at the moment. Moreover, he has got a range of shots too, with the tight off-spin he brings on the table.

Fans from Bengal certainly put a bet on him as teams might look for uncapped all-rounders who can be good with both bat and ball. Chatterjee will come in slot number 16 and has a base price of 20 lakhs INR.

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Mohammad Kaif | All-rounder

Mohammad Kaif, who is the brother of star Indian pacer Mohammad Shami is next on the list who will be there on the IPL 2024 Auction form Bengal. Although he is, just like his elder brother is from UP, but played all his age-group cricket for Bengal.

Kaif is a medium pacer and also can donk the ball long whenever needed for his team. He debuted for Bengal in the 2023 Vijay Hazare Trophy and did quite well for them as well.

As an uncapped all-rounder, he will be there on the list in No.16 slot and has a base price of 20 lakhs INR.

Kaushik Maity | All-rounder

The 24-year-old all-rounder debuted this season in white-ball cricket for Bengal. Kaushik Maity was named the captain of the Bengal U-25 team last season and then impressed one and all to get to the Bengal camp this season.

Although mainly a left-arm spinner, Maity is an ambidextrous bowler who can bowl with both right and left hand. In fact, he bowls off-spin against the right-hand batters and bowls left-arm spin against the right-hand batters. With IPL teams always looking for exciting young talents, Maity can surely catch some of their eyes.

He is sloted in slot no. 16 with a base price of 20 lakhs INR.

Shakir Habib Gandhi | Wicket-keeper

Shakir Habib Gandhi is the only wicket-keeper on this list. The left-handed batter is another player who debuted this season for Bengal in white-ball format.

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The 24-year old batter can bat any place in the batting order although prefers to bat at the top of the order. With his ability to play the 360-game, Shakir Gandhi can be one of the players to watch out for on this list.

Till now, in his 6 T20 games for Bengal, he has a strike rate of 141.79 which can be attractive for some of the teams looking for an uncapped wicket-keeper in IPL 2024. Gandhi is listed in slot No. 17 and has a base price of 20 lakhs INR.

Ravi Kumar | Left-arm pacer

The left-arm pacer was one of the star performers in the U-19 World Cup 2022 which India won under Yash Dhull. The 20-year-old pacer debuted this season for Bengal in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

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Till now in 5 T20 games for Bengal, Ravi has taken 6 wickets with an economy rate of 8.40. With teams like KKR looking for variety in their bowling lineup, Ravi Kumar can surely be one of the picks in IPL 2024 Auction.

Ravi will come in slot no. 18 with a base price of 20 Lakhs INR.