Brian Lara and Adam Gilchrist have been placed in the top bracket for the Indian Premier League auctions to be held on January 8 and 9 in Bangalore.The IPL Governing Council has sent a list of all the players offered for the auction to the franchises along with their base prices. This list does not include Australians Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson and Michael Clarke.Close to 400 foreign players will be available for the auction and the maximum base price is 4,00,000 USD and the minimum is 2,00,000 USD.
While Gilchrist's name in the top bracket is not very surprising though he did not have a great IPL last year, he is still the captain of the Deccan Chargers.But Lara's name among the top draws was a little unexpected allowing for that he has not played competitive cricket since 2007.Apart from the batting great, Chris Gayle is the only other player from West Indies in the top bracket.England, who won the World T20 crown earlier this year, have as many as six players in the top bracket, the greatest for any country apart from India.
Stuart Broard, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright and Michael Yardy are expected to be among the top draws at the auction.Another surprise was that Kings XI Punjab captain Kumar Sangakkara was not positioned in the top bracket with only Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakeratne Dilshan being the only Sri Lankan players with maximum base price.
While Gilchrist's name in the top bracket is not very surprising though he did not have a great IPL last year, he is still the captain of the Deccan Chargers.But Lara's name among the top draws was a little unexpected allowing for that he has not played competitive cricket since 2007.Apart from the batting great, Chris Gayle is the only other player from West Indies in the top bracket.England, who won the World T20 crown earlier this year, have as many as six players in the top bracket, the greatest for any country apart from India.
Stuart Broard, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright and Michael Yardy are expected to be among the top draws at the auction.Another surprise was that Kings XI Punjab captain Kumar Sangakkara was not positioned in the top bracket with only Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakeratne Dilshan being the only Sri Lankan players with maximum base price.
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