Jan 31, 2013

IPL 2013 auction: Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting fetch top base price


It will be Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting, the current Australia cricket in-charge and the former leader, who will also lead the 2013 IPL auctions in terms of the base price. With $400,000 as their reserve price, the Australian duo are joined by South Africa's Johan Botha at $300,000 and India's RP Singh at $100,000 as marquee players during the auction, an IPL media release said.

The IPL 2012 saw Clarke play for the Pune Warriors India. Ponting on the other hand was a Kolkata Knight Riders in the inaugural IPL in 2008. He was subsequently released by the KKR in 2010.

Botha, who played for Rajasthan Royals until the last season, will go into the auction with a base price of USD 300,000 while RP Singh, having been released by Mumbai Indians, will feature in the auction with a base price of USD 100,000. A large chunk of the list includes players from South Africa, Sri Lanka and Australia - all considered strong twenty20 playing nations.It is noteworthy here that the list does not feature any Pakistan players. West Indies’ World Twenty20 2012 winning captain and all-rounder, Darren Sammy, will feature in the IPL Player Auction for the first time, with a reserve price of USD 100,000. England’s batsman, Ravi Bopara (USD 100,000) and wicketkeeper batsman, Matt Prior (USD 200,000) have also made it to the auction list.


The list of 101 players feature seven Indians, including Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy winning all-rounder, Abhishek Nayar (USD 100,000), who has been released by Kings XI Punjab. Nayar’s Mumbai team-mate Wasim Jaffer, who scored a title-winning century in the Ranji Trophy final, is also on the list at a reserve price of USD 50,000. Pacers, Sudeep Tyagi, Jaydev Unadkat, Pankaj Singh and Manpreet Gony are the remaining Indians to go under the hammer.On the list that is dominated by the South Africans, Sri Lankans and the Australians, Ireland’s all-rounder, Kevin O’Brien is the lone representative of the associate countries. Any of those on this auction list who are not taken during the auction on Feb 3, along with those who made themselves available for the auction but did not make the auction list, may still be signed after the auction as injury replacements.
Here are the list of the players those will be auctioned February 3rd.

Serial no.
Name
Country
Specialism
Last IPL team
Reserve price US '000
1
Johan Botha
South AfricaAll-rounderRR300
2
Michael Clarke
AustraliaBatsmanPWI400
3
Ricky Ponting
AustraliaBatsmanKKR400
4
Rudra Pratap Singh
IndiaBowlerDC/KTK/MI100
5
Darren Bravo
West IndiesBatsmanDC100
6
Aaron Finch
AustraliaBatsmanDD200
7
Herschelle Gibbs
South AfricaBatsmanMI200
8
Martin Guptill
New ZealandBatsman100
9
Philip Hughes
AustraliaBatsman100
10
Luke Pomersbach
AustraliaBatsmanKXIP/RCB50
11
Upul Tharanga
Sri LankaBatsman100
12
Adam Voges
AustraliaBatsmanRR100
13
Dinesh Chandimal
Sri LankaWk/BatsmanRR100
14
Quinton de Kock
South AfricaWk/Batsman20
15
Prasanna Jayawardena
Sri LankaWk/Batsman50
16
Kusal Janith Perera
Sri LankaWk/Batsman20
17
Matt Prior
EnglandWk/Batsman200
18
Denesh Ramdin
West IndiesWk/Batsman50
19
Kaushal Silva
Sri LankaWk/Batsman20
20
Dane Vilas
South AfricaWk/Batsman20
21
Matthew Wade
AustraliaWk/Batsman200
22
Ravi Bopara
EnglandAll-rounderKXIP100
23
Daniel Christian
AustraliaAll-rounderDC100
24
James Faulkner
AustraliaAll-rounderPWI100
25
Moises Henriques
AustraliaAll-rounderDD/KKR/MI100
26
James Hopes
AustraliaAll-rounderDD/KXIP/PWI100
27
Glenn Maxwell
AustraliaAll-rounderDD200
28
Abhishek Nayar
IndiaAll-rounderMI/KXIP100
29
Thisara Perera
Sri LankaAll-rounderCSK/KTK/MI50
30
Jesse Ryder
New ZealandAll-rounderRCB/PWI100
31
Darren Sammy
West IndiesAll-rounder100
32
Doug Bollinger
AustraliaBowlerCSK200
33
Fidel Edwards
West IndiesBowlerDC100
34
Manpreet Gony
IndiaBowlerCSK/DC200
35
Ryan McLaren
South AfricaBowlerKXIP/MI50
36
Dirk Nannes
AustraliaBowlerDD/RCB200
37
Ravi Rampaul
West IndiesBowler50
38
Vernon Philander
South AfricaBowler100
39
Pankaj Singh
IndiaBowlerRCB/RR50
40
Sudeep Tyagi
IndiaBowlerCSK100
41
Jaidev Unadkat
IndiaBowlerKKR100
42
Devendra Bishoo
West IndiesBowler50
43
Cameron Boyce
AustraliaBowler20
44
Akila Dananjaye
Sri LankaBowler20
45
Paul Harris
South AfricaBowler20
46
Rangana Herath
Sri LankaBowler100
47
Nathan McCullum
New ZealandBowlerPWI100
48
Ajantha Mendis
Sri LankaBowlerKKR50
49
Stephen O'Keefe
AustraliaBowlerKTK100
50
Veeraswamy Permaul
West IndiesBowler20
51
Aaron Phangiso
South AfricaBowler20
52
Suraj Randiv
Sri LankaBowlerCSK50
53
Callum Ferguson
AustraliaBatsmanPWI100
54
Wasim Jaffer
IndiaBatsmanRCB50
55Chamara KapugederaSri LankaBatsmanCSK 20
56Richard LeviSouth AfricaBatsmanMI 50 
57Jehan Mubarak Sri LankaBatsman 20 
58Tharanga Paranavitana Sri Lanka Batsman 50 
59Ricardo PowellWest IndiesBatsman 50
60Kieran PowellWest IndiesBatsman 50
61Thilan SamaraweeraSri LankaBatsman100
62Lahiru Thirimanne Sri Lanka Batsman 20
63John HastingsAustraliaAll-rounderKTK200
64Danza HyattWest IndiesAll-rounder20
65Farveez MaharoofSri LankaAll-rounderDD50
66Jeevan MendisSri LankaAll-rounder50
67Chistopher Morris South Africa All-rounder 20
68Seekuge Prasanna Sri LankaAll-rounder20
69Sachithra SenanayakaSri LankaAll-rounder50
70 Scott StyrisNew ZealandAll-rounder DC/CSK100 
71Tino BestWest IndiesBowler50 
72Ben CuttingAustraliaBowlerKXIP 100 
73Shaminda ErangaSri LankaBowler 50
74Dilhara FernandoSri LankaBowlerMI20
75Josh HazlewoodAustraliaBowler100
76Clinton Mckay Australia Bowler MI 100
77Jerome TaylorWest IndiesBowlerKXIP/PWI50
78Lonwabo TsotsobeSouth AfricaBowler20
79Joe Burns Australia Batsman 50
80Henry DavidsSouth AfricaBatsman20
81Daniel HarrisAustraliaBatsmanDC50
82Nic MaddinsonAustraliaBatsman 100
83Dilshan Munaweera Sri LankaBatsman 20
84Ben RohrerAustraliaBatsman 50
85Rilee Rossouw South AfricaBatsman RCB20 
86Jandre CoetzeeSouth AfricaAll-rounder20
87Alistair GraySouth AfricaAll-rounder20
88Kevin O'BrienIrelandAll-rounder 50 
89Dilruwan PereraSri LankaAll-rounder 50
90Dwaine Pretorius South AfricaAll-rounder20
91Stiaan van Zyl South AfricaAll-rounder 20
92David WeiseSouth AfricaAll-rounder20
93Andrew Birch South AfricaBowler 20 
94Trent CopelandAustraliaBowler50
95Nathan Coulter-NileAustraliaBowler100
96Rory KleinveldtSouth AfricaBowler50
97Ben LaughlinAustraliaBowler20
98Alister McDermottAustraliaBowlerRR50
99Nuwan PradeepSri LankaBowlerRCB20
100Dammika PrasadSri LankaBowler50
101Kane RichardsonAustraliaBowler100