Yuvraj, Pieterson list base price as INR 2 crore for IPL auction

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The list of players for IPL auction is out. In the one day auction, a total of 714 players as reported by ESPNCricinfo are listed. The list will be cut down to form the final pool of players by January 25, 2016.

The auction will be a bus affair as the two new teams of Pune and Rajkot will be eager to get some good players in their side. Yuvraj Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Kevin Pieterson are among the twelve players who have listed their base price as 12 crore. 

Here is the distribution of major players who have listed their base price in following categories:

INR 2 crore - Yuvraj Singh, Kevin Pietersen, Shane Watson, Ishant Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Ashish Nehra, Dinesh Karthik, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, Dhawal Kulkarni

INR 1.5 crore - Dale Steyn, Mohit Sharma, Jos Buttler

INR 1 crore - Irfan Pathan, Tim Southee

INR 50 lakh - Martin Guptill, Jason Holder, Barinder Sran

Following is the purse remaining with the each of the eight franchises:

Delhi Daredevils (INR 37.15 crore), Kings XI Punjab (INR 23 crore), Kolkata Knight Riders (INR 17.95 crore), Mumbai Indians (INR 14.405 crore), Royal Challengers Bangalore (INR 21.625 crore), Sunrisers Hyderabad (INR 30.15 crore), Rising Pune Super Giants (INR 27 crore), Rajkot (INR 27 crore).