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European player Thomas Draka joins IPL mega auction: The date and venue of the mega auction for the upcoming IPL 2025 has been announced. The mega auction will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. BCCI has said that a total of 1574 players have registered for this year's mega auction. But the interesting thing is that it also includes a European player who is a resident of Italy. This is the first time in the history of IPL that an Italian player has registered for the mega auction.
Who is this Italian player?
The name of the player who registered his name in the mega auction from Italy is Thomas Draca. He has played four T20 International matches for Italy so far. Apart from this, he participated in the Global T20 Canada League. Thomas has also played in the Brampton Wolves tournament. Here let us tell you that Thomas is a fast bowler. Who took 8 wickets in four T20 International matches. During this period he gave runs at an economy of 4.25. Now it will be interesting to see whether he finds any buyer in IPL or not.
Players from this country registered the most
Apart from India, South Africa has registered the maximum number of players for the mega auction. A total of 91 players from Africa were registered. After this, Australia is at second place in this list. A total of 76 players from Australia had registered themselves for the auction.
Only 204 players will get entry in IPL
Out of the 1574 players who have registered for this mega auction, 204 slots will be filled. That means only 204 players can be included in any one of the 10 teams of IPL. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see which players' luck shines. All teams can include a maximum of 25 players in their team. The purse value of the teams to buy players has been fixed at Rs 120 crore.