Availability of slots in every IPL team

Number of Slots Available for Taking Players in Every Team at IPL Auction :
Kolkata Knight Riders fans won’t get to see the lip-smacking entry on the scorecard again, with Shah Rukh Khan’s team today terminating the Pakistani speedster’s contract for the Indian Premier League, whose auction for Season II will take place in Goa tomorrow. The eight franchisees will pick 17 players from a pool of 50 with a total auction purse of US $ 13.59 million at stake.

The IPL authorities had given the franchisees the option to either terminate or suspend the contracts of Pakistani cricketers. The players had been asked by Pakistan to stay away from the Twenty20 championship, slated to get under way from April 10.

The eight franchisees will spend a total of $13.59 million, with a cap of $2 million per team, tomorrow at the auction to be held at Fort Aguada. But since most of the teams have used up part of the money in purchasing full-time players in the run-up to the auction, only Chennai Super Kings is left with the full purse. Knight Riders has the smallest purse available, at $1.21 million.

Following are the list of number of slots available for taking players in each team at IPL auction with the price that each franchise can pursue.

Team Name	Auction Purse (Figure in US $)	Slots Available in Team
Chennai Super Kings	2,000,000	3
Deccan Chargers	1,900,000	2
Delhi Daredevils	1,450,000	2
Kolkata Knight Riders	1,210,000	1
Kings XI Punjab	1,450,000	2
Mumbai Indians	1,760,000	3
Rajasthan Royals	1,875,000	2
Royal Challengers Bangalore	1,945,000	2
Total Purse	$13.59 million
Players on Auction	50
Players Required	17

Scheduled for a 10 am start, the 50 cricketers up for grabs at the player auction have been divided into two initial sets of 5 players each and then subsequent sets of 10 players. The first sets will include the players with the highest reserve price. Within each set, there will be a random selection to determine the order in which players will be presented for auction. The auction list includes 18 Australians, 7 Englishmen, 5 Sri Lankans, 3 New Zealanders, 7 South Africans, 6 West Indians and 4 Bangladeshis.

Mr. Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner, DLF Indian Premier League further added, "I am very excited about Season II, which is set to kick off on April 10th 2008. Season II will see a host of new innovations being attempted for the first time amongst which is the one-over eliminator, which will replace the bowl-out to determine the outcome of a tied match. Also in keeping with our tradition to bring the best to play in the IPL, tomorrow’s auction should see some prodigious talents like Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff and J P Duminy make their debuts in Season II."

Season II of the DLF Indian Premier League is set to kick off on April 10th, with the Final to be played on May 24th, 2009.