The Vivo IPL 2019 auction will see 346 players go under the hammer in Jaipur on December 18.
While 1003 players had initially registered, the final list has been pruned after the eight franchises submitted their shortlist of players.
With ₹2 crore as the highest reserve price, nine overseas players — Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Lasith Malinga, Shaun Marsh, Colin Ingram, Corey Anderson, Angelo Mathews, and D’Arcy Short — have opted for the top bracket.
Jaydev Unadkat, last season’s top Indian grosser with a whopping final bid amount of ₹11.5 crore, leads the pack among Indian players with a base price of ₹1.5 crore.
Former Kings XI Punjab all-rounders Yuvraj Singh and Axar Patel have set their base price at ₹1 crore.
With ₹1.5 crore as the base price, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel will hope to return to action for the 12th season.
Among the Indian quicks, Mohammed Shami has set his base price at ₹1 crore and Ishant Sharma ₹75 lakh.
