Final list of players for IPL II auction

Final List of International Players Nominated for IPL II Auction :
After lots of drama that has been taken place before the IPL auction of season II, fifty players are selected for 2009’s DLF Indian Premier League auction.

You already know that Pakistani cricketers are not joining in this IPL because of their playing permission are not been granted by country’s Foreign Office. Also Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke is not attaining in the IPL.

Before giving the final players list of this year, let’s take a look at last year’s (2008’s IPL) five highest bids players.

Players Name	Nationality	Bid Amount (in USD)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	India	1,500,000
Andrew Symonds	Australia	1,350,000
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	975,000
Ishant Sharma	India	975,000
Irfan Pathan	India	925,000

Now, finally 50 players will go under the hammer in the second Indian Premier League players’ auction, in Goa on Friday. The list, with the base price of the players, is as follows:

Sr. No	Player Name	Base Price (in US$)
AUSTRALIA
01	Aaron Bird	45,000
02	Brett Geeves	45,000
03	Bryce McGain	50,000
04	Daniel Harris	50,000
05	Dominic Thornley	50,000
06	George Bailey	50,000
07	Jonathan Moss	50,000
08	Brad Haddin	250,000
09	Michael Dighton	85,000
10	Michael Hill	50,000
11	Phil Jacques	100,000
12	Shane Harwood	75,000
13	Shaun Tait	250,000
14	Steven Smith	75,000
15	Aiden Blizzard	75,000
16	Michael Klinger	75,000
17	Ashley Noffke	100,000
18	Stuart Clark	250,000
BANGLADESH
19	Mashrafe Bin Mortaza	50,000
20	Mohammad Ashraful	75,000
21	Shakib Al Hasan	75,000
22	Tamim Iqbal	50,000
ENGLAND
23	Andrew Flintoff	950,000
24	Kevin Pietersen	1,350,000
25	Luke Wright	150,000
26	Owais Shah	150,000
27	Paul Collingwood	250,000
28	Ravi Bopara	150,000
29	Samit Patel	100,000
NEW ZEALAND
30	James Franklin	50,000
31	Jesse Ryder	100,000
32	Kyle Mills	150,000
SOUTH AFRICA
33	Gulam Bodi	100,000
34	J P Duminy	300,000
35	Morne Van Wyk	100,000
36	Tyron Henderson	100,000
37	Andre Nel	100,000
38	Ashwell Prince	150,000
39	Yusuf Abdullah	25,000
SRI LANKA
40	Chamara Kapugadera	150,000
41	Kaushalya Weereratne	50,000
42	Nuwan Kulasekera	100,000
43	P. Jayawardene	100,000
44	Thilan Thushara	100,000
WEST INDIES
45	Dwayne Smith	To be confirmed
46	Fidel Edwards	150,000
47	Jerome Taylor	To be confirmed
48	Kemar Roach	50,000
49	Darren Powell	50,000
50	Kieron Pollard	60,000