New Delhi. IPL 2025 Mega Auction: The IPL Governing Council announced the dates of the upcoming mega auction. This time players will be bid on in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia on 24 November and 25 November.

This time a total of 1574 players have registered their names for the IPL auction, which includes 1165 Indian and 409 foreign players.

IPL has given the list of capped and uncapped players along with the details of foreign players from every country. This time history will be created in the IPL auction.

For the first time, a player from Italy has also registered his name for the IPL 2025 mega auction. The name of this player is Thomas Jack Dreka.

Let us tell you that foreign players from 16 countries have registered to participate in the auction. South Africa has the highest number of players with 91 names, while 76 players from Australia and 52 players from England have registered their names in the auction.

IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Who is Italy's Thomas Jaca Dreka?

In fact, the first cricketer from Italy who has registered his name for the IPL 2025 auction is 24 years old. Italy's fast bowler Thomas Jack Draca (Thomas Jack Draca IPL 2025 Auction) has registered his name, which is an indication that cricket is spreading rapidly there too.

According to ESPNcricinfo report, 24-year-old Thomas Jaca Dreka made his debut for Italy's T20 International team this year. So far, he has taken 8 wickets in 4 matches, which shows his excellent bowling ability.

Let us tell you that Thamak Jack also has experience of playing in T20 franchise league, in which he was a part of Brampton Wolves in the Global T20 League played in Canada and this season he took 11 wickets while playing in 6 matches. He is a part of the Mumbai Indians Emirates team in the upcoming International T20 League.