AUSTRALIANS IN MONDAY'S IPL AUCTION
Reserve of 20,000,000 Indian rupees (approximately $A389,000): Mitchell Johnson, Pat Cummins
Reserve of 15,000,000 INR (approximately $A292,000): Brad Haddin, Nathan Lyon
Reserve of 10,000,000 INR (approximately $A195,000): Nathan Coulter-Nile, Dan Christian
Reserve of 5,000,000 INR (approximately $A97,000): Brad Hogg, Nic Maddinson, Callum Ferguson
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Reserve of 3,000,000 INR (approximately $A58,000): Sean Abbott, Ben Dunk, Michael Klinger, Mitchell Swepson, Ben Laughlin, Billy Stanlake, Fawad Ahmed, Michael Beer, Ben Dwarshuis, Joe Burns, Sam Heazlett, Johan Botha, Ben Hilfenhaus, Alex Ross, Tom Cooper, Jack Wildermuth
Reserve of 2,000,000 INR (approximately $A39,000): Chris Green, Ashton Turner
Reserve of 1,000,000 INR (approximately $A19,000): Ben McDermott, Nick Buchanan, D'Arcy Short.
WHERE ARE AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST STARS LIKE DAVID WARNER AND STEVE SMITH? Warner and Smith are among the many Australians already contracted to franchises, meaning they don't need to be auctioned. Warner captained Hyderabad to the IPL title last year, while Smith plays for Rising Pune Supergiants. HOW MUCH MONEY IS ON OFFER? Approximately $A27.9 million.
APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH WILL CUMMINS AND JOHNSON GO FOR? That's the million-dollar question. The auction always throws up surprises. Some players are sold for clearly inflated prices, others are bizarrely overlooked altogether, like Usman Khawaja last year. WHAT IS THE RECORD PRICE FOR AN AUSTRALIAN PLAYER? Shane Watson was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $A1.98 million last year, falling just short of the $A2.01 million that Rajasthan Royals paid to retain Shane Warne in 2011. WHAT ABOUT OVERALL? Yuvraj Singh holds the record, having signed a $A3.31 million contract with Delhi Daredevils in 2015.
WHEN IS THE AUCTION?
It begins at 3pm (AEDT).
