2018 IPL player auction guide

NEW DELHI: The 2018 IPL player auction in Bengaluru on January 27-28 has created a buzz ahead of the 11th season of the T20 league. Here’s a rundown on the bumper event.
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Players for sale
From an original pool of 1122, there will be 578 cricketers up for auction; of these, 360 are Indian and the rest overseas players. The list of 578 includes 244 capped players, 332 uncapped and two Associates players.A total of 182 players can be purchased, however.
Franchise purses
Kings XI Punjab - Rs 67.5 crore
Rajasthan Royals - Rs 67.5 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders - Rs 59 crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore - Rs 49 crore
Mumbai Indians - Rs 47 crore
Delhi Daredevils - Rs 47 crore
Chennai Super Kings - Rs 47 crore
The most expensive players (base price Rs 2 crore)
Indians: R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Karn Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa.

Overseas: Rashid Khan, Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Cameron White, Eoin Morgan, Liam Plunkett, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson, Brendon Mccollum, Quinton de Kock, Colin Ingram, Angelo Mathews, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard.
Five potential jackpot winners (overseas)*

Colin Munro
(recent T20 form: 219 runs @ 109.50, SR 184.03, HS 104)
Rashid Khan
(recent T20 form: 12 wickets @ 14.58, SR 16, Econ 5.46)
Ben Stokes
(recent T20 form: 133 runs @ 44.33, SR 175, HS 93)
Evin Lewis
(recent T20 form: 396 runs @ 36, SR 159.03, HS 75)
Jason Roy
(Recent T20 form: 62 runs @ 10.33, SR 103.33)
Five potential jackpot winners (Indians)*

Yuzvendra Chahal
(Recent T20 form: 11 wickets @ 13.18, SR 9.8, Econ 8.05)
KL Rahul
(Recent T20 form: 154 runs @ 51.33, SR 145.28, HS 89)
Jaydev Unadkat
(Recent T20 form: 6 wickets @ 22.33, SR 23, Econ 5.82)
Kuldeep Yadav
(Recent T20 form: 3 wickets @ 44.33, SR 40, Econ 6.65)
Dinesh Karthik
(Recent T20 form: 211 runs @ 106.50, SR 167.46, HS 71)
Five uncapped Indians to watch for*

Krunal Pandya
(Recent T20 form: 83 runs @ 27.66, SR 145.61, Hs 44*, 3 wickets @ 39, Econ 9.75)
Mayank Agarwal
(Recent T20 form: 166 runs @ 33.20, SR 146.90, HS 86)
Ishan Kishan
(Recent T20 form: 162 runs @ 40.50, SR 150, HS 51)
Nitish Rana
(Recent T20 form: 98 runs @ 32.66, SR 153.12, HS 39
Kamlesh Nagarkoti
(Yet to play T20s, but successful member of India U-19s)
* Statistics as of 21/1/2018