The players are raring to go for the next edition of the Indian Premier League as a total of  1122 players have enlisted themselves in the auction—and Joe Root is also among them. The England captain was advised to not play in the tri-nation T20I series against Australia and New Zealand by coach Trevor Bayliss, but he went ahead and chose to take part in the series.

And now, he has also expressed his desire to play in the Indian Premier League and has signed up for the auction for the first time in his career. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes is also among the entrees in the list despite still being under investigation for the physical assault case outside a Bristol bar.

There are 281 capped players and 838 uncapped ones. Out of the 1122 players, 778 are Indians while the rest are foreigners. Among them, Australia have the most number of players with 58 players.

South Africa are close behind with 57 players while West Indies and Sri Lanka have 39 players each. Meanwhile, surprisingly, Afghanistan have 13 players—which is 5 more than the number of Bangladeshi players.