As the auction date 24 November is drawing near, there are many speculations about the bidding of overseas players. Many overseas players have been a ‘treat for the eyes’. A handful of Australia’s players have dominated the IPL like Travis Head, Pat Cummins, Jake Fraser McGurk, Marcus Stoinis, Cameron Green.

Head was the third highest in the regular season of 2023 with 533 runs from 12 innings including a century and four fifties at a staggering strike-rate of 201.13. McGurk’s 330 runs from nine innings with four half-centuries at an eye-watering strike-rate of 234.04 was even more remarkable. Cummins did an excellent job as captain given he had never led in T20s before the IPL and he also made some contributions with the bat when needed.

Rules for overseas players

• Squad size: Each IPL team can have a maximum of 25 players in its squad. 
• Playing XI: The remaining seven players in the playing XI must be local players. 
• Substitutions: If an overseas player needs to be substituted, only another overseas player can replace them. 
• Capped Indian players: A capped Indian player will become uncapped if they don’t play in the starting XI in an international match or don’t have a Central Contract with the BCCI in the five calendar years before the season. 
• Retaining players: There is no limit to the number of overseas players a franchise can retain, but they can only retain a maximum of five capped players and two uncapped players. 
• Player withdrawal: Players who register for the auction and are picked but then make themselves unavailable before the season will be banned from participating in the tournament and player auction for two seasons. 
• Maximum number of overseas players: An IPL team can have a maximum of eight foreign players in its squad, but only four can be on the field at any time.