Clarke, Ponting top IPL auction list

Chennai: Australia captain Michael Clarke and former captain Ricky Ponting attracted the highest base price in the list of 101 players that feature in the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction to be held here Sunday.

The Australian duo will go under the hammer with highest reserve price of $400,000 (approx Rs.2 crore).

Clarke played for Pune Warriors India in IPL 2012 after they bought him on a one-year contract outside of the auction. Ponting was part of the inaugural IPL season, in 2008, playing for Kolkata Knight Riders. He was released by the franchise in 2010.

Along with the two Australians, South African all-rounder Johan Botha ($300,000) and Indian medium pacer RP Singh ($100,000) form the list of four marquee players.

West Indies' World Twenty20 2012 winning captain Darren Sammy will feature in the player auction for the first time with a reserve price of $100,000.

The list of 101 players feature seven Indians, including Mumbai's Ranji Trophy winning all-rounderAbhishek Nayar ($100,000), who has been released by Kings XI Punjab.

Nayar's Mumbai team-mate Wasim Jaffer, who scored a century in the Ranji Trophy final, is also on the list at a reserve price of $50,000.

Pacers Sudeep Tyagi, Jaydev Unadkat, Pankaj Singh and Manpreet Gony are the remaining Indians to go under the hammer.

On the list that is dominated by the South Africans, Sri Lankans and the Australians, Ireland's all-rounder Kevin O'Brien is the lone representative of the associate countries.

S. No	First Name	Country	Type	Previous IPL Team(s)	Base Price (USD, 000)
1	Johan Botha	SA	All-rounder	RR	300
2	Michael Clarke	AUS	Batsman	PWI	400
3	Ricky Ponting	AUS	Batsman	KKR	400
4	RP Singh	IND	Bowler	DC / KTK /  MI	100
5	Darren Bravo	WI	Batsman	DC	100
6	Aaron Finch	AUS	Batsman	RR / DD	200
7	Hershelle Gibbs	SA	Batsman	DC / MI	200
8	Martin Guptill	NZ	Batsman		100
9	Philip Hughes	AUS	Batsman		100
10	Luke Pomersbach	AUS	Batsman	KXIP / RCB	50
11	Upul Tharanga	SL	Batsman		100
12	Adam Voges	AUS	Batsman	RR	100
13	Dinesh Chandimal	SL	Wk/Batsman	RR	100
14	Quinton De Kock	SA	WK/Batsman		20
15	Prasanna Jayawardene	SL	Wk/Batsman		50
16	Kusal Perera	SL	Wk/Batsman		20
17	Matt Prior	ENG	Wk/Batsman		200
18	Denesh Ramdin	WI	Wk/Batsman		50
19	Kaushal Silva	SL	Wk/Batsman		20
20	Dane Vilas	SA	Wk/Batsman		20
21	Matthew Wade	AUS	Wk/Batsman	DD	200
22	Ravi Bopara	ENG	All-rounder	KXIP	100
23	Daniel Christian	AUS	All-rounder	DC	100
24	James Faulkner	AUS	All-rounder	PWI	100
25	Moises Henriques	AUS	All-rounder	KKR / DD / MI	100
26	James Hopes	AUS	All-rounder	KXIP / DD / PWI	100
27	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	All-rounder	DD	200
28	Abhishek Nayar	IND	All-rounder	MI / KXIP	100
29	Thisara Perera	SL	All-rounder	CSK / KTK / MI	50
30	Jesse Ryder	NZ	All-rounder	RCB / PWI	100
31	Darren Sammy	WI	All-rounder		100
32	Doug Bollinger	AUS	Bowler	CSK	200
33	Fidel Edwards	WI	Bowler	DC	100
34	Manpreet Gony	IND	Bowler	CSK / DC	200
35	Ryan McLaren	SA	Bowler	MI / KXIP	50
36	Dirk Nannes	AUS	Bowler	DD / RCB	200
37	Vernon Philander	SA	Bowler		100
38	Ravi Rampaul	WI	Bowler		50
39	Pankaj Singh	IND	Bowler	RCB / RR	50
40	Sudeep Tyagi	IND	Bowler	CSK	100
41	Jaidev Unadkat	IND	Bowler	KKR	100
42	Devendra Bishoo	WI	Bowler		50
43	Cameron Boyce	AUS	Bowler		20
44	Akila Dananjaya	SL	Bowler		20
45	Paul Harris	SA	Bowler		20
46	Rangana Herath	SL	Bowler		100
47	Nathan McCullum	NZ	Bowler	PWI	100
48	Ajantha Mendis	SL	Bowler	KKR	50
49	Stephen O'Keefe	AUS	Bowler	KTK	100
50	Veerasammy Permaul	WI	Bowler		20
51	Aaron Phangiso	SA	Bowler		20
52	Suraj Randiv	SL	Bowler	CSK	50
53	Callum Ferguson	AUS	Batsman	PWI	100
54	Wasim Jaffer	IND	Batsman	RCB	50
55	Chamara Kapugedera	SL	Batsman	CSK	20
56	Richard Levi	SA	Batsman	MI	50
57	Jehan Mubarak	SL	Batsman		20
58	Tharanga Paranavithana	SL	Batsman		50
59	Ricardo Powell	WI	Batsman		50
60	Kieran Powell	WI	Batsman		50
61	Thilan Samaraweera	SL	Batsman		100
62	Lahiru Thirimanna	SL	Batsman		20
63	John Hastings	AUS	All-rounder	KTK	200
64	Danza Hyatt	WI	All-rounder		20
65	Farveez Maharoof	SL	All-rounder	DD	50
66	Jeevan Mendis	SL	All-rounder		50
67	Christopher Morris	SA	All-rounder		20
68	Seekkuge Prasanna	SL	All-rounder		20
69	Sachithra Senanayaka	SL	All-rounder		50
70	Scott Styris	NZ	All-rounder	DC / CSK	100
71	Tino Best	WI	Bowler		50
72	Ben Cutting	AUS	Bowler	KXIP	100
73	Shaminda Eranga	SL	Bowler		20
74	Dilhara Fernando	SL	Bowler	MI	100
75	Josh Hazlewood	AUS	Bowler		100
76	Clinton McKay	AUS	Bowler	MI	100
77	Jerome Taylor	WI	Bowler	KXIP / PWI	50
78	Lonwabo Tsotsobe	SA	Bowler		20
79	Joe Burns	AUS	Batsman		50
80	Henry Davids	SA	Batsman		20
81	Daniel Harris	AUS	Batsman	DC	50
82	Nic Maddinson	AUS	Batsman		100
83	Dilshan Munaweera	SL	Batsman		20
84	Ben Rohrer	AUS	Batsman		50
85	Rilee Rossouw	SA	Batsman	RCB	20
86	Jandre Coetzee	SA	All-rounder		20
87	Alistair Gray	SA	All-rounder		20
88	Kevin O'Brien	IRE	All-rounder		50
89	Dilruwan Perera	SL	All-rounder		50
90	Dwaine Pretorius	SA	All-rounder		20
91	Stiaan Van Zyl	SA	All-rounder		20
92	David Wiese	SA	All-rounder		20
93	Andrew Birch	SA	Bowler		20
94	Trent Copeland	AUS	Bowler		50
95	Nathan Coulter-Nile	AUS	Bowler		100
96	Rory Kleinveldt	SA	Bowler		50
97	Ben Laughlin	AUS	Bowler		20
98	Alister McDermott	AUS	Bowler	RR	50
99	Nuwan Pradeep	SL	Bowler	RCB	20
100	Dhammika Prasad	SL	Bowler		50
101	Kane Richardson	AUS	Bowler		100