This Season of IPL 2019 No Indian in the Highest base Price Auction

Cricketers will go under the hammer at the IPL Auction
This Season of IPL 2019 No Indian in the Highest base Price Auction

No Indian cricketer figures in the highest reserve price bracket of Rs 2 crore, in a pool of 346 cricketers who will go under the hammer at the IPL Player Auction in Jaipur on December 18.

While 1003 players had initially registered in the IPL auction, the final list has been pruned after the eight franchises submitted they're shortlisted of players, a BCCI release said.

Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Lasith Malinga, Shaun Marsh, Colin Ingram, Corey Anderson, Angelo Mathews, Sam Curran, and D'Arcy Short have opted to be slotted in the highest bracket of Rs 2 crores. Paceman Jaydev

Unadkat, last season's top Indian grosser with a whopping final bid amount of Rs 11.5 crores, leads the pack of local players with a base price of Rs 1.5 crores.

Former Kings XI Punjab all-rounder's Yuvraj Singh and Axar Patel have set their base price at Rs. 1 crore along with KKR's Wriddhiman Saha. Yuvraj was bought by KXIP at his base price of Rs 2 crores last year before the franchise released him ahead of the auction.

Paceman Mohammed Shami has set his base price at Rs 1 crores while Ishant Sharma and Naman Ojha will invite the first bid at Rs 75 lakh.

Cheteshwar Pujara, Manoj Tiwary, Hanuma Vihari, Gurkeerat Singh and Mohit Sharma have set their base price at Rs 50 lakh.

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