Franchises nominate 51 players for auction by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Event:

Indian Premier League 2009/10

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DateLine: 7th January 2010

 

The eight IPL franchises have pruned down the initial list of 96 players who had submitted their names for the 2010 edition of the tournament to 51.

 

The list includes 11 Australians, nine South Africans, eight Sri Lankans, eight West Indians, seven Pakistanis and an assortment of players from across Bangladesh, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.

 

The auction, to be held in Mumbai, will also feature players from Holland and Canada for the first time.

 

As per the guidelines set by the IPL Governing Council, each franchisee will have a fresh purse of USD 750,000 to buy players.

 

"The IPL had received nearly 100 entries from international players, of which the eight franchisees had short listed 60 players for the auction on January 19th and out of which only 51 have been cleared for the auction. The remaining will be featured pending NOCs from the home boards," a release from the organisers said.

 

The third edition of the highly popular Twenty20 event will begin on March 12.

 

The list of the cricketers selected by country :

 

Australia : Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin, Phillip Hughes, Ashley Noffke, Jason Krejza, Ben Laughlin, Graham Manou, Damien, Martyn, Clint McKay, Peter Siddle, Adam Voges.

 

Bangladesh : Shakib Al Hasan.

 

Canada : Rizwan Cheema.

 

Netherlands : Ryan ten Doeschate.

 

New Zealand : Shane Bond, Grant Elliot, Nathan McCullum, Lou Vincent.

 

Pakistan : Mohammad Aamer, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Rana Naved Ul Hasan, Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq.

 

South Africa : Yusuf Abdulla, Zander de Bruyn, Justin Kemp, Rory Kleinveldt, Wayne Parnell, Vernon Philander, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Johan van der Wath, Vaughn van Jaarsveld.

 

Sri Lanka : Thilina Kandamby, Nuwan Kulasekera, Thisara Perera, Chamara Silva, Upul Tharanga, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Chanaka Welegedara, Nuwan Zoysa.

 

West Indies : Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Daren Ganga, Wavell Hinds, Kieron Pollard, Kemar Roach, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons.

 

Zimbabwe : Murray Goodwin.