The players draft for two new teams of Vivo Indian Premier League 2016 has been set to be held on 15 December in Mumbai. “New Rising Pune” and “Intex Rajkot” teams will get a maximum of 5 players each from the released 50 players list. IPL have announced the list of player for draft.
The draft contains several cricketers from around the globe. Obviously there are some big guns in the draft as these players were used to play in Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. These two teams won previous IPL seasons and now facing two years ban which lead governing council to announce fresh two franchises for next two seasons.
See more: All you need to know about IPL Players draft
Both Pune and Rajkot franchises will be looking to have some top cricketers in the side for 9th IPL edition. IPL 2016 players auction will be held on 6 February in Bangalore. Let’s have a look at the complete players list for players draft.
List of Players for IPL 2016 Draft
| Player | Country | IPL Matches |
| Suresh Raina | India | 132 |
| MS Dhoni | India | 129 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | 111 |
| Irfan Pathan | India | 98 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 97 |
| Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | 91 |
| Rajat Bhatia | India | 82 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | India | 81 |
| Shane Watson | Australia | 78 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 76 |
| Ashish Nehra | India | 74 |
| Abhishek Nayar | India | 60 |
| Michael Hussey | Australia | 59 |
| Stuart Binny | India | 58 |
| Mithun Manhas | India | 55 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | India | 52 |
| Dwayne Smith | West Indies | 52 |
| Mohit Sharma | India | 47 |
| Steven Smith | Australia | 46 |
| Faf Du Plessis | South Africa | 45 |
| James Faulkner | Australia | 45 |
| Rahul Sharma | India | 44 |
| Sanju Sampson | India | 38 |
| Karun Nair | India | 27 |
| Christopher Morris | South Africa | 27 |
| Pravin Tambe | India | 26 |
| Ishwar Chandra Pandey | India | 25 |
| Dishant Yagnik | India | 25 |
| Pawan Negi | India | 21 |
| Ankit Nagendra Sharma | India | 17 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 15 |
| Deepak Hooda | India | 14 |
| Vikramjeet Malik | India | 13 |
| Kane Richardson | Australia | 10 |
| Juan Theron | South Africa | 10 |
| Dinesh Salunkhe | India | 06 |
| Samuel Badree | West Indies | 05 |
| Rahul Tewatia | India | 04 |
| Ronit More | India | 02 |
| Barinder Singh Saran | India | 01 |
| Ben Cutting | Australia | 01 |
| Baba Aparajith | India | 00 |
| Ankush Bains | India | 00 |
| Eklavya Dwivedi | India | 00 |
| Pradeep Sahu | India | 00 |
| Pratyush Singh | India | 00 |
| Sagar Vijay Trivedi | India | 00 |
| Kyle Abbott | South Africa | 00 |
| Matt Henry | New Zealand | 00 |
| Andrew Tye | Australia | 00 |
What do you think about the draft? Which team buy which player?
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