Mega Auction: Schedule, Start time, Streaming details and all you need to know

Fans have been eagerly waiting for the mega auction of the fifteenth edition of the Indian T20 league to commence. After waiting for several months, fans of all the teams are all set to be treated to the event on 12th and 13th February. With 590 players all set to go down the hammer, the upcoming weekend promises to be an absolute blockbuster for all the viewers.

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Among the 590 players, 370 are from India and 220 from abroad. An important point to be noted is the fact that this mega auction shall see two new teams, i.e. the Gujrat Titans and the Lucknow Super Giants. These two teams picked their drafts ahead of the mega auction. While LSG picked KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Ravi Bishnoi, the Titans picked Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan and Shubman Gill. Thus, a lot of players are expected to get a contract this time around.

There will be some big names like David Warner, Kagiso Rabada, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer etc who will be the obvious attractions in the auction. However, the likes of Chris Gayle, Mitchell Starc and Ben Stokes have opted out of the mega auction and thus, won't go down the hammer. While the Punjab have the highest purse (INR 72 crore), the Delhi Capitals have the lowest (INR 48 crore).

This mega auction will be taking place in Bengaluru. With the recent reports suggesting that this will be the last mega auction, all teams would want to build a strong team. Thus, they will be rearing to get on the auction table, and implement their strategies.

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Here are the details for the mega auction:

Date: February 12 and 13

Time: 11 AM IST onwards

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Live Telecast: Star Sports Network

Live streaming details: Disney + HotStar

Retained/picked players:

Chennai: Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj

Mumbai: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard

Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj

Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik

Rajasthan: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal

Kolkata: Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine

Delhi: Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje

Punjab: Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh

Gujarat: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill

Lucknow: KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi

Purse remaining: