Base Price of players for IPL 2018

The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday announced that a total of 282 overseas players, including the likes of Chris Gayle, Joe Root and Shane Watson have signed up on expected lines to be part of the 2018 IPL auction.

A total of 36 players including Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ben Stokes, Kieron Pollard have reportedly listed their base price as Rs 2 crore – the maximum any player can pick – for the upcoming auction.

The IPL 2018 auction is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on 27 and 28 January. This season will see the return of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), teams that had been suspended for two years due to alleged betting and spot-fixing.

Here is the list of players under the base price of Rs 2 crore, Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 1 crore, as accessed by Sportstar.

Rs 2 crore

Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Karn Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Rashid Khan, Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Cameron White, Eoin Morgan, Liam Plunkett, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson, Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock, Colin Ingram, Angelo Mathews, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard.

Rs 1.5 crore

Aaron Finch, Amit Mishra, David Miller, Evin Lewis, Faf du Plessis, Harry Gurney, Hashim Amla, Jason Holder, Jason Roy, Jaydev Unadkat, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kane Williamson, Kuldeep Yadav, Kyle Abbott, Lendl Simmons, Mark Wood, Michael Klinger, Moeen Ali, Mohit Sharma, Moises Henriques, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Nathan Lyon, Peter Handscomb, Ravi Bopara, Shaun Marsh, Steven Finn, Travis Head, Trent Boult and Washington Sundar.

Rs 1 crore

Adam Zampa, Alex Hales, Andrew Tye, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Jordan, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Dwayne Smith, Jason Behrendorff, JP Duminy, Lasith Malinga, Manish Pandey, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Imran Tahir, Mustafizur Rahman, Parthiv Patel, Piyush Chawla, Sam Billings, Samuel Badree, Sanju Samson, Shakib Al Hasan, Shane Watson, Tim Southee, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar and Wriddhiman Saha.

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