Lanka Premier League Auction LIVE Updates: India’s Suresh Raina in focus, know the teams

New Delhi: The auction for Lanka Premier League (LPL) began on Wednesday. A lot of players are set to undergo under the hammer and probably fetch whopping price as well.

However, all eyes on Indian cricketer Suresh Raina who is also up for grabs and is set to begin his career in the LPL 2023. He is the only Indian cricketer in consideration for the LPL tournament.

LIVE Updates:

# Mohammad Nabi in race but remains unsold

# Cameron Bancroft remains unsold

#Minod Bhanuka sold to Galle at $20000. Galle gets their man with yet another base price bid!

# Chris Green, another Australian, enters at $20000.

# Hayden Kerr, the Australian, is in at $10000.

# Movin Subasinghe comes in at $10000. Sold to Colombo Strikers who are the only bidder!

# Cameron Delport, the South African, goes unsold at $20000.

# Tharindu Ratnayaka at $20000 goes unsold.

# Nathan McAndrew comes in at $20000. But the Australian remains unsold.

# UAL1 is the next category, more allrounders. Migael Pretorius comes in at $10000. Unsold.

# Kennar Lewis comes in at $20000. The West Indian goes unsold.

# Mathew Paul Breetzke comes in at $10000. Unsold.

#Caleb Jewell is in at $20000. The Australian goes unsold.

# Nipun Dananjaya starts at $5000. Colombo Strikers raise their paddle. Jaffna opt against their right-to-match. Sold to Colombo!

# Lasith Croospulle comes in at $20000. Galle Titans enter at $20000. Dambulla opt against the right-to-match. Sold to Titans!

# Sahan Arachchige is in at $10000.

#UBA1 is the next category. Alex Ross, the Australian batter, comes in at $20000. Unsold.

# Akila Dananjaya starts at $10000. Despite the low starting price, the legspinner goes unsold.

# Mitchell Swepson starts at $50000. The Aussie leg spinner goes unsold

# Ish Sodhi is listed at $40000. The New Zealander goes unsold.

# Prabath Jayasuriya enters at $20000. Unsold.

# Imran Tahir is next at $50000. The South African too goes unsold.

# Zahir Khan is next at $20000. The Afghan goes unsold.

# SP1, spinners, is the next category. Lakshan Sandakan starts at $30000.

# Lahiru Kumara starts at $40000.

#Jason Behrendorff from Australia comes in at $50000 and remains unsold.

# Dushmantha Chameera is next on the block at $50000.

# Fazalhaq Farooqi comes in at $50000. The Afghan goes unsold.

# Mohammad Hasnain, the Pakistani quick, comes in at $30000.

#Andrew Tye starts at at $50000. The Australian goes unsold.

# Kusal Janith Perera comes in at $40000.

#The Pakistani Azam Khan comes in at $50000. Another keeper that goes unsold.

# Ben McDermott starts at $50000. The Australian goes unsold.

# Meanwhile, Niroshan Dickwella comes in at $30000.

# Dinesh Chandimal comes in at $40000.

# Another Bangladeshi, Liton Das, is next at $30000. He too goes unsold.

# WK1 is the next category. Mushfiqur Rahim is the first to go under the hammer, at $50000. But he goes unsold.

# Shoaib Malik has a starting price of $50000. The Jaffna Kings, for whom Malik played last year, make the bid, and it is accepted!

# Dunith Wellalage, the Sri Lankan U-19 captain, starts at $30000.

# Isuru Udana has a bid of $40000. The bidding is started by B-Love Kandy and remains that way. Udana, who was at Kandy previous season, returns!

#Imad Wasim comes in at a base price of $50000. Unsold.

# Sikander Raza has a starting price of $50000. Raza, shockingly, remains unsold.

# Carlos Brathwaite comes in at a base price of $50000. Hence goes unsold.

# Paul Sterling is up next at $30000 goes unsold.

# For now, Charith Asalanka has emerged as the highest-priced sold player of LPL 2023. He was sold for a sum of $ 80,000.