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Auction today, focus on uncapped Indian players

BENGALURU:There will be a strong focus on buying uncapped Indian players with eight franchises gearing up to pick a maximum of 76 out of the 350-plus players at the auction for the 10th IPL here tomorrow.

Auction today, focus on uncapped Indian players


Bengaluru, february 19

There will be a strong focus on buying uncapped Indian players with eight franchises gearing up to pick a maximum of 76 out of the 350-plus players at the auction for the 10th IPL here tomorrow. This is the last auction of the 10-year cycle, following which all players will go back into the auction pool. While the franchises can have a maximum of 27 players, most are likely to keep their squad between 22 and 24.

It will be interesting to see if Test specialist Ishant Sharma, not one of the most sought after players in the shortest format, finds bidders at a base price of Rs 2 crore. Irfan Pathan, with a base price of Rs 50 lakh and his all-round abilities, can get a few bids. Fast bowler Varun Aaron, with a reasonable base price of Rs 30 lakh, is also expected to attract bidders.

Among the uncapped Indian players, young performers like Jharkhand batsman Virat Singh and teenage sensation Prithvi Shaw could attract good bids.

A clutch of top England players, including dashing all-rounder Ben Stokes, limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan and hard-hitting opener Jason Roy, have entered the fray. As the England players won’t be available for the entire season, the franchises aren’t expected to go all out in their bids for them.

CoA bars top BCCI officials from auction      

New Delhi: The Committee of Administrators (CoA) today barred three top BCCI officials from attending the auction. “CK Khanna, Amitabh Choudhary, Anirudh Chaudhry and any other person who claims to be ex-officio member of the IPL Governing Council on account of being office-bearers of BCCI shall not be entitled to attend the IPL player auctions since the issue regarding validity of the undertakings filed by such persons pursuant to the order dated 2nd January 2017 is still pending,” the CoA said. — Agencies

Key players available

              Player         Base Price

  • Ishant Sharma Rs 2 crore
  • Eoin Morgan Rs 2 crore
  • Ben Stokes Rs 2 crore
  • Mitchell Johnson  Rs 2 crore
  • Pat Cummins Rs 2 crore
  • Jonny Bairstow Rs 1.5 crore
  • Jason Holder Rs 1.5 crore
  • Marlon Samuels Rs 1 crore
  • Corey Anderson Rs 1 crore
  • Kagiso Rabada Rs 1 crore
  • C Pujara Rs 50 lakh
  • Imran Tahir Rs 50 lakh
  • Dinesh Chandimal Rs 50 lakh
  • Irfan Pathan Rs 50 lakh
  • Tamim Iqbal Rs 30 lakh
  • Varun Aaron Rs 30 lakh
  • Pragyan Ojha Rs 30 lakh
  • Parvez Rasool Rs 30 lakh
  • Mehedi Hasan Miraz Rs 30 lakh
  • Prithvi Shaw Rs 10 lakh

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