India’s legendary spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has been unsold in the auction. The auction of the ILT20 league was held in Dubai today, in which Ashwin’s base price was one lakh 20 thousand dollars, which is equal to about 1 crore rupees in Indian currency. Given Ashwin’s records and figures, his auction was a shocking subject.

Ashwin had registered for the ALT20 League auction after taking retirement from international cricket and IPL a few months ago. His registration was very much discussed. Ashwin played a total of 221 matches for 5 different teams in his Indian Premier League career, in which he took 187 wickets as a bowler. At the same time, he has 833 runs in batting.

In the last auction of IPL, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 9.75 crore. In the 2025 season, he was able to take only 7 wickets in 9 matches. Well, Ashwin may have been unsold in the LT20 auction, but in the meantime he has signed the deal for the next season of Big Bash League. Ashwin will play for Sydney Thunder in the next season of BBL starting on 14 December.

Ashwin will become the first male cricketer who has played in BBL as soon as he plays the first match for Sydney Thunder.

Ashwin himself had told, “The management of Sydney Thunder was very clear about how he would work with me in the team. My talks with the officials were very good and both sides agreed to the role in my team. I am desperate to perform well for the Thunder team.”

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India’s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has retired twice within just 8 months. First he put his international a break on the Australian tour. At the same time, he has also taken retirement from IPL a few days ago. Now a report by cricbing has revealed that Ashwin wants to play in the International League T20 (LT20) and for this he has made up his mind to name in auction.

The ILT20 is played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to Cricbuzz, the league organizers have also had a conversation with Ashwin. Ashwin’s name can be seen in the auction list after completion of the formalities of the enrollment. Let us tell you that the last 10 September to register the name for the auction in the league is September 10.

According to Cricbuzz, Ashwin said on playing in the foreign league, “Yes, I am in touch with the organizers. Hopefully if I go to the auction, I will definitely get a buyer. Let us know that the first International League T20 used to have a draft system to sign the players, but the auction process for the coming season has been implemented. The auction will be in Dubai on 30 September.

This will be the fourth season of ILT20, if Ashwin is bid in the auction, then it will be a big thing for this league of UAE. Earlier, only 3 Indian cricketers have played in this league, named Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu and Yusuf Pathan. Ashwin has a lot of experience and was also seen playing the role of match winner in the IPL for a long time. Ashwin has scored 1233 runs in addition to taking 317 wickets in his 333 matches T20 career.

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