The IPL 2019 auction will be held on December 18 in Jaipur
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Yuvraj Singh had a poor run with Kings XI Punjab last
season.
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The
Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL) auction will happen on December 18 in
Jaipur and the momentum has already picked up with some significant names
reportedly opting out. As reported by ESPNCricinfo,
flamboyant Australian batsmen Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch have opted out of
the auction, largely owing to Australia's hectic schedule in the run-up to the
2019 World Cup.
Among
the Indians, Yuvraj Singh - after a dismal IPL 2018 - will enter the
auction with a base price of Rs 1 crore. And Mohammad Shami, Axar Patel and
Wriddhiman Saha - who has been out of the Indian team due to a streak of
injuries - also enter the auction with a Rs 1 crore base price.
Another Indian cricketer who
deserves notable mention is Jaydev Unadkat, who will enter the auction with a
base price of Rs 1.5 crore. Unadkat was surprisingly the most expensive Indian
in last year's IPL, having been bought for Rs 11.5 crore by the Rajasthan
Royals.
Reportedly, there's a Rs 2-crore
club as well. England all-rounder Sam Curran has set his base price at Rs 2
crore.
Others in the Rs 2-crore bracket
are Corey Anderson, Colin Ingram, Lasith Malinga, Shaun Marsh, Angelo Mathews,
Brendon McCullum, D'Arcy Short and Chris Woakes.
Earlier
on Wednesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
announced that it received over a 1,000 registrations for the upcoming auction.
After the players registration deadline ended, IPL on their official Twitter
handle said that a total of 1,003 players, including 232 overseas ones have
signed up to be a part of the IPL 2019 Players Auction. A total of 70 slots
will be up for grabs in eight different franchises with a total purse of INR
145.25 crore.
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