Guwahati, July 11 -- The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has announced the players' pool for the inaugural edition of the Assam Premier League (APL).

A total of 275 players have been shortlisted from among the registered players who expressed interest in participating in the league. The pool comprises 20 marquee players and over 250 players in the general category, all of whom will go under the hammer at the APL Player Auction as the franchises bid to assemble their squads for the first season, according to a release.

The marquee list is drawn from Assam's senior domestic ranks. Denish Das, Sibsankar Roy, Sumit Kashyap, Swarupam Purkayastha and Jitumoni Kalita lead the batting and all-round options, while Mrinmoy Dutta, Muktar Hussain, ...