IPL: Misbah, Watson up for grabs in second auction

Close on the heels of the first IPL auctions in Mumbai last month, a second one will be held in the same city on Tuesday.

Seven New Zealanders, four Australians, three Pakistanis, two Bangladeshis, one Sri Lankan and South African each will be up for grabs.

The players who will be auctioned are Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez from Pakistan, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Jamie How, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin, Kyle Mills, James Franklin from New Zealand, Prasanna Jayawardene from Sri Lanka, Brad Hodge, Shane Watson, James Hopes, Luke Pomersbach from Australia, Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza from Bangladesh, Ashwell Prince from South Africa.

Nine players from Australia, and one each from South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies are reported to be also keen for the auction.

However there will be no English cricketers in the fray for the new auctions as well.

The second auction is being held because the eight IPL franchise owners still have unspent money, ranging from just under $24,000 for Chennai to Jaipur's mammoth $1.7 million.

Amongst the players in the radar for the second auction, Pakistan's batting mainstay Misbah-ul-Haq will be a huge draw given his impressive show at the T20 World Cup.

"There are 13 other foreign players who have shown keen interest to play in the first season," a top BCCI official told the media. These include Shaun Tait, on a self-imposed break from cricket, Brad Hogg, who recently retired, West Indies' Dwayne Smith, and Yasir Hameed from Pakistan.Seven other Australians have also reportedly expressed keen interest.

This auction will be be comparatively smaller than the first, which was worth $42 million dollars.The amounts are: 374,000 dollars (Bangalore), $23,750 (Chennai), $71,250 (Delhi), $262,500 (Hyderabad), $1,700,000 (Jaipur), $107,500 (Kolkata), $292,250 (Mohali) and $53,750 (Mumbai).

"If a team exceeds $5 million on players who were initially not available but become available later, the excess expenditure will be ignored," said the official.

"Also, player fees for Indian players who were not in the auction do not count against the $5m purse. There will be no more auctions this season," the official added.