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MUMBAI:
Which international players will finally figure in the IPL
this year? The countdown to get the answer to that question
has begun.
Last
week, the cricket world saw a total of 112 overseas players
evincing interest in being considered for the second IPL player
auction. That list has further been pruned to 43 with the
franchises nominating their choices and submitting them to
the IPL for the Second Player Auction to be held at Goa on
6 February 2009.
The
Ozzies dominate the pruned list with 15 nominations and the
English have seven.
Amongst
all the players, Kevin Pietersen has the highest base price
of $1.35 million and Andrew Flintoff follows with a base price
of $950,000. Ozzie ace batsman and fielder Michael Clarke
has an eyepopping base price of a million dollars. The other
name that is currently evoking a lot of interest amongst all
is South Africa's J P Duminy. His base price is $300,000.
As
per the guidelines set by the Governing Council for the DLF
IPL 2009, each Franchisee will have a maximum purse of $2
million, less any amount spent on signing temporary replacements
from last year to select the cricketers best suited for their
team's strategies.
The
list of nominated players and their base price is as follows:
Australia:
Aaron Bird ($45,000) , Brett Geeves ($45,000), Bryce McGain
($50,000), Daniel Harris ($50,000), Dominic Thornley ($50,000),
George Bailey ($50,000), Jonathan Moss ($50,000), Michael
Clarke ($1 million), Michael Dighton ($85,00), Michael Hill
($50,000), Phil Jacques ($100,00), Shane Harwood ($75,000),
Shaun Tait ($250,000), Steven Smith ($75,000) and Stuart Clark
($250,000).
Bangladesh:
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ($50,000), Mohammad Ashraful ($75,000),
Shakib Al Hasan ($75,000) and Tamim Iqbal ($50,000).
England:
Andrew Flintoff ($950,00), Kevin Pietersen ($1.35 million),
Luke Wright ($150,000), Owais Shah ($150,000), Paul Collingwood
($250,000), Ravi Bopara ($150,000) and Samit Patel ($100,000).
New
Zealand: James Franklin ($50,000), Jesse Ryder ($100,000)
and Kyle Mills ($150,000).
South
Africa: Gulam Bodi ($100,000), J P Duminy ($300,000),
Morne Van Wyk ($100,000), Tyron Henderson ($100,000) and Yusuf
Abdullah ($25,000).
Sri
Lanka: Chamara Kapugadera ($150,000), Kaushalya Weereratne
($50,000), Nuwan Kulasekera ($100,000) and Thilan Thushara
($100,000).
West
Indies: Dwayne Smith (to be confirmed) , Fidel Edwards
($150,000), Jerome Taylor (to be confirmed), Kemar Roach ($50,000)and
Kieron Pollard ($60,000).
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