New Delhi: The stage is set for the IPL mega auction. This time the players' auction is going to be held on 24-25 November in Jeddah City of Saudi Arabia. Many players will become rich in the two-day auction. This time 574 players will enter the auction, out of which only 204 players will be sold. This is because only this many slots are vacant. The remaining 270 players will remain unsold. The biggest question now is whether the unsold players will get a chance to play in the IPL. So the simple answer to this is yes. How can the players who remain unsold in the auction also play? Let us know.

A player who remains unsold in the IPL auction can play in that season only when a player of a team gets injured or withdraws his name from the entire season due to some other personal reason. In this situation, the franchise can add one of the unsold players as a replacement for the injured or withdrawn player. It has happened many times in the history of IPL when unsold players also got a chance to play in the auction.

Phil Salt was added by KKR in place of Jason Roy.
Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders opener Phil Salt was not bought by any team in the IPL 2024 auction. When his name was taken by the auctioneer in the auction, no franchise bid on him. Salt remained unsold. But after opener Jason Roy withdrew from the IPL, KKR needed an explosive opening batsman. KKR then added Phil Salt to their team at his base price. Salt had kept his base price at Rs 1.5 crore. Phil Salt played an important role in helping KKR win the trophy last season. He scored 435 runs in 12 matches.

Sandeep Sharma became the replacement of Prasidh Krishna.
Earlier, in the year 2023, Rajasthan Royals also added an unsold fast bowler to their team. The name of that bowler was Sandeep Sharma. This Indian bowler also did not find any buyer in the auction but later Rajasthan added him as a replacement for Prasidh Krishna. Prasidh Krishna was out of the Rajasthan team before the start of the season due to injury.