18 players up for grabs in 2nd IPL auction on March 11
Eighteen players, incuding Pakistan’s Misabah-ul-Haq, Bangladesh’s Mohammed Ashraful and Australia’s Shane Watson, will be up for grabs in the second IPL auction to be held on March 11.
Seven New Zealand players, four Aussies, three Pakistanis, two Bangladeshis and one player each from Sri Lanka and South Africa will be auctioned on March 11.
There are no English players.
Apart from these players, 13 players have expressed interest to be part of auction process, according to the BCCI.
Many team owners have money left to be spent on players, which is a reason why a second auction is being held.
The teams will have to inform IPL about players outside the list of 18 announced now, if they are interested.
The IPL would then contact the respective boards.
IPL orgainsers have said this would be the last auction this season.Each team can spend $5 million for players.
The expenditure for picking up players who were not available in the initial auction is not included in the $5 million cap. Expenditure for Indian players not in the auction would also be not included in the cap.
Teams would have to be finalised 30 days before April 18, when the Twenty20 tournament kicks off.
Players for second auction:
New Zealand
Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Jamie How, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin, Kyle Mills, James Franklin
Pakistan
Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez
Australia
Brad Hodge, Shane Watson, James Hopes, Luke Pomersbach
Bangladesh
Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza.
South Africa
Ashwell Prince
Sri Lanka
Prasanna Jayawardene