Overview
- The final auction pool lists 247 men and 178 women after teams submitted nomination shortlists from the original registrations.
- Rauf is named among 10 marquee men with a £100,000 reserve, joining a first tranche that will open the men’s sale in London.
- Pakistan’s men’s contingent numbers 14, with names including Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan and Usman Tariq; the women’s list features Fatima Sana and Sadia Iqbal.
- Sahibzada Farhan, who set a new single‑tournament runs record at the T20 World Cup with two hundreds, was not included on the auction longlist.
- Following a BBC report that IPL‑linked owners would avoid Pakistan players, the ECB and all eight franchises issued a joint statement barring nationality‑based exclusion, and Welsh Fire co‑owner Sanjay Govil said he will not discriminate in selections.