As many as 1,574 players have registered for the mega auction scheduled for November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in IPL 2025. Out of them, 409 are overseas players, while 48 Indian players come with international experience. Top Indian names such as Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, and KL Rahul are said to trigger aggressive bidding during the auctions. Interestingly, an Italian cricketer, Thomas Jack Draca, also features in the auction for the first time. Thomas Jack Draca Makes IPL Auction Debut Thomas Jack Draca is an Italian right-arm medium pacer. He is 24 years old and has played four T20 internationals for his country. He has taken eight wickets so far. His first T20I came on June 29, 2024, for Italy against Luxembourg in the course of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Europe Qualifier in Spinaceto. Thomas Jack Draca let's see if the Italian gets a bid highly unlikely tho https://t.co/SEYXi9iKpM pic.twitter.com/MHEGPff8mj — 🆁🅾🅻🅴🆇ᶜʳⁱᶜᵏᵉᵗᵍᵉᵉᵏ (@RoshanSriram123) November 5, 2024 Draca has also played for Brampton Wolves in Global T20 Canada 2024 and has been impressive, taking 11 wickets in six matches. Currently, MI Emirates, a sister franchise of Mumbai Indians, has signed him to play in the ILT20 2025. If he gets into the final list, then that might attract some attention from Mumbai Indians. South Africa overseas signings represent the strongest bench at 91 players. Australia follows closely with 76 overseas signings. Besides, Australia's Mitchell Starc's enters the auction at a base price of Rs 2 crores after getting a bid of Rs 24.75 crores from KKR in the last season's auction. Besides this, there are the teammate and T20I skipper of Starc, Mitchell Marsh; the ex-skipper in Steve Smith and the third, David Warner. Also Read | Shreyas Iyer To Fetch Big Amount in IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Reports James Anderson to Enter the IPL Auction There are 52 players of England in the auction. However, Ben Stokes has opted out of the upcoming IPL season as he will be preparing himself for the upcoming Test series against India and Australia. Another interesting name from England is James Anderson, who last played a T20 game in 2014. The experienced pacer has set a base price of Rs 1.25 crore as he enters the auction for IPL 2025.