IPL Maximum Base Price command on Sehwag and Yuvraj

Thirty-one players, including India discards Sehwag and Yuvraj, and Australian Player Mitchell Johnson and Steven Smith, have attracted list the highest base price of Rs. 20 million ahead of the IPL player sale list, to be held on February 12 and 13 in Bangalore. 

Others who command the maximum base price comprise Aussies Brad Haddin and George Bailey, England player Kevin Pietersen, South Africa player Jacques Kallis, and Sri Lankan player T. Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene. A total of 233 players from 10 countries will be up for auction to the eight franchises.

There are 46 Indians up for grabs. Those who have been valued at maximum base price Indian players are Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Saurabh Tiwary, Robin Uthappa and M Vijay.

The notable omissions from the players list among international players are Sri Lankan players Kumar Sangakkara and Dinesh Chandimal, Australian players Michael Clarke and Mitchell Marsh, England players Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, and West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach.

The present sensation, Kiwi all-rounder Corey Anderson, who hit the fastest ODI century recently, has a base price of Rs 10 million and will be eagerly sought after. England’s Pietersen, having not been retained by Delhi Daredevils, will be another prized pick, especially now that the ECB has provisions in its central contract that allow a player a window to play the IPL.

No Pakistan player, however, will be part of the auction, although 2 Pakistan-born players, Azhar Mahmood (Eng) and Fawad Ahmad (Aus), are in contention. Others of interest are Australian Brad Hogg, the oldest player in the auction at 43, and Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, and the Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate. New regulations state that all players will be paid in Indian rupees, while overseas players will be paid in the currency of their choice at the prevailing exchange rate.

MAXIMUM BASE PRICE WITH PLAYERS
Dinesh Karthik	Praveen Kumar
Amit Mishra	Ashish Nehra
Pragyan Ojha	Yusuf Pathan
Virender Sehwag	Yuvraj Singh
Saurabh Tiwary	Robin Uthappa
M Vijay	George Bailey
Brad Haddin	Brad Hodge
Michael Hussey	Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee	Shaun Marsh
James Pattinson	Steven Smith
Mitchell Starc	Alex Hales
Samit Patel	Kevin Pietersen
Brendon McCullum	Ross Taylor
Jacques Kallis	Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mahela Jayawardene	Angelo Mathews
Marlon Samuels

Hyderabad IPL Team name is Sun Risers

The Indian Premier League Hyderabad team, which was bought by Sun TV Network, was named Sun Risers. The previous team Deccan Chargers was terminated by Board of Control for Cricket in India October and in the auction, Sun TV bought the team.

Later on, the regional television network bought the Hyderabad Franchise for an amount of Rs. 85.05 crores per year for a 5 year deal. Sun TV, owned by the Chennai-based Maran group, put in the maximum bid of 85.05 crore a year for the rights to the franchise in the lucrative T20 league that was founded in 2008. Sun TV beat PVP Ventures, who offered Rs. 69.03 crore to buy the franchise. The permit was at first bought by Deccan Chronicles for Rs 562 Crore in 2008.

The owners of the new franchise based in Hyderabad later to retain over 20 players who were first a part of the Deccan Chargers team, including, among others, Kumar Sangakkara, Dale Steyn, Cameron White and JP Duminy.

I am Ready To IBL.Said Sehwag

New Delhi: Virender Sehwag is not unduly perturbed by India's way out from the Asia Cup. The opener, who will lead Delhi Daredevils in the 4th Indian Premier League, said on Wednesday that win and defeat were part of any sport.

I was not in Dhaka...So I would not like to commentary on what really happen over there. Overall, I think that India did well to beat two big teams — Sri Lanka and Pakistan — expansively.

We lost only one match to Bangladesh...And the match, at last, cost us dearly. But Bangladesh are in excellent form and are perfectly talented of beating any team in the world right now, he said.

Sehwag, who was talking during the opening of the Delhi Daredevils' official website in Hindi, said one should not see too much into India's defeat in England and Australia. The Daredevils skipper said he would have been happy to be current in the Indian dressing room when Sachin Tendulkar slams his 100th international century against Bangladesh.

Being part of that dressing room itself is a great honour. To be current during Sachin's getting would have been an added incentive, said the opener, who is improving from a shoulder injury.

Asked to commentary on his own health, Sehwag said: The rest period optional by the doctor is over. Now, I am working on my health and I should be there to play the 1st match of the IPL.