The trading window for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 will
begin on 15 December at the Club House of the Bandra Kurla Complex
Stadium in Mumbai.
But this trading window will be exclusive for the two new IPL teams,
who have replaced Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals
(RR), Pune and Rajkot.
A special player's draft has been created for these two new
franchises so they can pick five players each from a pool of 50 (players
who were a part of the CSK and RR squads).
The players who will remain unpicked after Tuesday's trading window
will automatically be added to the auction list. The IPL 2016 auction
will take place on 6 February and there will be a number of fascinating
talents who will be going under the hammer.
Heavyweights like MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja,
Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Steve Smith, Brendon
McCullum, Faf du Plesis will all be up for grabs on Tuesday during the
players' draft for IPL 2016.
Pune and Rajkot will have to be very wise before chosing the five
best each players on Tuesday as these players will form the foundation
of the respective teams.
Below is a list of the players from CSK and RR who will be up for grabs at the IPL players' draft:
| First Name | Surname | Country | 2014 IPL Matches | 2015 IPL Matches | Total IPL |
| Ravichandran | Ashwin | India | 16 | 14 | 97 |
| Stuart | Binny | India | 13 | 13 | 58 |
| MS | Dhoni | India | 16 | 17 | 129 |
| Ravindra | Jadeja | India | 16 | 17 | 111 |
| Dhawal | Kulkarni | India | 8 | 11 | 52 |
| Abhishek | Nayar | India | 5 | 0 | 60 |
| Ashish | Nehra | India | 4 | 16 | 74 |
| Irfan | Pathan | India | 10 | 0 | 98 |
| Ajinkya | Rahane | India | 13 | 14 | 81 |
| Suresh | Raina | India | 16 | 17 | 132 |
| Sanju | Samson | India | 13 | 14 | 38 |
| Mohit | Sharma | India | 16 | 16 | 47 |
| Rahul | Sharma | India | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| Baba | Aparajith | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ankush | Bains | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajat | Bhatia | India | 12 | 2 | 82 |
| Eklavya | Dwivedi | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deepak | Hooda | India | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Vikramjeet | Malik | India | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Mithun | Manhas | India | 12 | 0 | 55 |
| Ronit | More | India | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Karun | Nair | India | 11 | 14 | 27 |
| Pawan | Negi | India | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| Ishwar Chandra | Pandey | India | 13 | 10 | 25 |
| Pardeep | Sahu | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dinesh | Salunkhe | India | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Barinder Singh | Saran | India | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ankit Nagendra | Sharma | India | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Pratyush | Singh | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pravin | Tambe | India | 13 | 10 | 26 |
| Rahul | Tewatia | India | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Sagar Vijay | Trivedi | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dishant | Yagnik | India | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Kyle | Abbott | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel | Badree | West Indies | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Dwayne | Bravo | West Indies | 1 | 17 | 91 |
| Ben | Cutting | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Faf | Du Plessis | South Africa | 15 | 17 | 45 |
| James | Faulkner | Australia | 13 | 13 | 45 |
| Matt | Henry | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael | Hussey | Australia | 9 | 4 | 59 |
| Brendon | McCullum | New Zealand | 14 | 14 | 76 |
| Christopher | Morris | South Africa | 0 | 11 | 27 |
| Kane | Richardson | Australia | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Dwayne | Smith | West Indies | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| Steven | Smith | Australia | 10 | 14 | 46 |
| Tim | Southee | New Zealand | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| Juan | Theron | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Andrew | Tye | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane | Watson | Australia | 13 | 10 | 78 |