2018 IPL auction players list announced

With the 2018 IPL auction set to take place in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28, the IPL Governing Council has shortlisted the players who will go under the hammer at the auction.

It has been confirmed that a pool of 578 players including 360 Indians will be a part of the IPL auction ahead of the 2018 season. Last week, it was announced that as many as 1122 players have registered themselves for the mega player auction with 36 players (13 Indian and 23 overseas) listing their base price at INR 2 crore, which is the maximum base price limit.

Australia have the most number of players in the auction with 54 and are closely followed by South Africa with 42. New Zealand and England have 24 representatives in the auction while West Indies and Sri Lanka have 34 and 18 respectively.

Apart from these countries, players from Afghanistan (10), Bangladesh (6), Zimbabwe (4) and Ireland (1) have registered for the auction. The two players from USA and one player from Scotland who have also registered for the IPL auction are not shortlisted in the final list.

You can view and download the 2018 IPL auction players list here.

Here are the base prices of the players who have valued themselves at at least INR 1 crore.

INR 2 crore: R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, M Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Karn Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, 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 McCullum, Quinton de Kock, Colin Ingram, Angelo Mathews, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard.

INR 1.5 crore: Aaron Finch, Amit Mishra, David Miller, Evin Lewis, Faf du Plessis, Harry Gurney, Hashim Amla, Jason Holder, Jason Roy, Jaydev Unadkat, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada, Kane Williamson, Kuldeep Yadav, Kyle Abbott, Lendl Simmons, Mark Wood, Michael Klinger, Moeen Ali, Mohit Sharma, Moises Henriques, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Nathan Lyon, Peter Handscomb, Ravi Bopara, Shaun Marsh, Steven Finn, Travis Head, Trent Boult, Washington Sundar.

INR 1 crore: Adam Zampa, Alex Hales, Andrew Tye, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Jordan, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Dwayne Smith, Jason Behrendorff, JP Duminy, Lasith Malinga, Manish Pandey, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Imran Tahir, Mustafizur Rahman, Parthiv Patel, Piyush Chawla, Sam Billings, Samuel Badree, Sanju Samson, Shakib Al Hasan, Shane Watson, Tim Southee, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Wriddhiman Saha