New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council on Tuesday added nine more players in the final list of names to go under the hammer on December 16 during the mini-auction in Abu Dhabi. That means, a total of 359 players will be up in the auction for the 77 vacant slots.

Among the names are former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star Swastik Chikhara, Tripura all-rounder Manisankar Murasingh, Chama Milind of Hyderabad, Chris Green of Australia, among the notable ones.

But one name that caught the attention was of Malaysian all-rounder Virandeep Singh. In fact, Virandeep is the only player from an Associate nation in the IPL 2026 auction.

As the name suggests, Virandeep can be mistaken to be an Indian cricketer...