Babar Azam among 17 Pakistan players in ILT20 auction pool

Babar Azam has registered for the International League T20 season five player auction for the first time. The auction takes place on October 1 at the ICC Academy Indoors in Dubai.

More than 200 cricketers from 23 countries are registered. Babar, Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan and Usman Tariq sit in the top USD 80,000 base-price bracket. Shadab Khan, Maaz Sadaqat and Hassan Nawaz feature in the USD 40,000 bracket.

Each of the six franchises enters the auction with a purse between USD 1.3 million and USD 1.39 million. Squads must contain 18 to 23 players, including minimum quotas from Afghanistan, Ireland, the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The season runs from November 22 to December 20 across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.