Five Australians are among the seven players who have listed their base price at the maximum of USD $279,000 for the 2020 Indian Premier League auction.
The seven players are Glenn Maxwell, Chris Lynn, Jos Hazlewood, Mitch Marsh, Pat Cummins, Dale Steyn and Angelo Matthews.
In the next bracket, there are nine players with a base price of USD $209,000 and that includes Robin Uthappa, Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Chris Morris and Kyle Abbott.
Mitchell Starc has opted out of the IPL for the second consecutive season in order to focus on Test cricket.
The pacer is however set to feature in the inaugural season of The Hundred next year.
A total of 971 players have registered for the auction and will compete for the 73 vacancies in the eight franchises. That includes 634 uncapped Indian players and 258 overseas players.
🚨🚨 971 players register for VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction 🚨🚨
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) December 2, 2019
Deadline for franchises to submit their shortlist of players: 9th December - 5PM IST 🕔
📰Full Details here https://t.co/T8pFojBd9w 📰 pic.twitter.com/gIP6GjHDar
