The auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League will be held on February 4 this year.
Each player in the IPL 2012 auction has been assigned a base price below which the teams cannot bid for him. The nine IPL franchises have been allocated an additional purse of $2 million for their purchases this season. Teams can have up to 33 players in their squads.
Before the auction, the teams were allowed a transfer window where the teams could deal amongst themselves for either transfers or exchange of players. Six players changed their team during this period; Andrew McDonald (Delhi Daredevils to Bangalore), Kevin Pietersen (Deccan to Delhi), Dinesh Karthik (Punjab to Mumbai), Harmeet Singh (Deccan to Punjab), R Satish (Mumbai to Punjab) and Pragyan Ojha (Deccan to Mumbai).
There were also three players who had joined the teams as injury replacements in the middle of the last season and were retained by their respective sides; Chris Gayle (Bangalore), Sourav Ganguly (Pune) and David Miller (Delhi Daredevils).
Four domestic players were selected without going through the auction route; Harshal Patel (Bangalore), Pawan Negi, Manpreet Juneja, Kuldeep Raval (all Delhi Daredevils).
Delhi Daredevils also bought out the contracts of four of their players in a bid to free up some more money for the auction; Robert Frylinck, S Sriram, Vivek Yadav, Rajesh Pawar.
The list of players in the IPL 5 auction is as follows under their respective base price:
$400,000
Sreesanth (India), Graeme Swann (England), VVS Laxman (India)
$300,000
James Anderson, Mitchell Johnson (Australia), Alistair Cook (England), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka).
$200,000
Peter Siddle, Ed Cowan (Australia), Matt Prior, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright, Rikki Clarke, Craig Kieswetter, Johnny Bairstow (England), Vernon Philander (South Africa),
$100,000
Capped: Xavier Doherty, Adam Voges(Australia); Jade Dernbach, Ravi Bopara, Simon Jones (England); Kyle Mills (New Zealand); Justin Kemp, Robin Peterson, Alviro Petersen, Morne van Wyk, Imran Tahir (South Africa); Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Smith, Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards, Daren Ganga, Darren Bravo (West Indies); Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe).
Uncapped: Ben Cutting (Australia) and Tom Maynard (England).
$50,000
Capped: Jason Krejza, Ben Laughlin, Graham Manou, Luke Ronchi, Shane Harwood, Usman Khawaja (Australia); Mal Loye (England); Lou Vincent, Jamie How, Ian Butler, Kane Williamson, Andy McKay, Rob Nicol, Doug Bracewell, Reece Young (New Zealand); Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Rory Kleinveldt (South Africa); Upul Tharanga, Farveez Maharoof, Chamara Kapugedera, Ajantha Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Rangana Herath, Chanaka Welegedara (Sri Lanka); Carlton Baugh, Nikita Miller, Lendl Simmons, Suleiman Benn, Andre Russell, Devendra Bishoo, Adrian Barath, Sunil Narine (West Indies); Tatenda Taibu, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Vusi Sibanda, Chris Mpofu, Chamu Chibhabha, Ed Rainsford, Charles Coventry, Keith Dabengwa, Craig Ervine, Forster Mutizwa, Kyle Jarvis (Zimbabwe).
Uncapped: Lee Carseldine, Brendan Drew, Ben Dunk, Ben Edmondson, Peter Forrest, Daniel Harris, Jayde Herrick, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Neser (Australia); Jason Roy (England); Tom Cooper (Netherlands); Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien (Ireland); Ahmed Amla, Dillon du Preez, Robert Frylinck, Richard Levi (South Africa).
$20,000
Capped: Josh Hazlewood, Trent Copeland, Peter George (Australia); Daniel Flynn, Adam Milne (New Zealand); Jacques Rudolph, Justin Ontong, Paul Harris, Gulam Bodi, Vaughan van Jaarsveld, Andrew Puttick (South Africa); Thilina Kandamby, Thilan Thushara, Jeevan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dilruwan Perera, Shaminda Eranga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva (Sri Lanka); Rayad Emrit, Andre Fletcher, Carlos Brathwaite, Garey Mathurin, Krishmar Santokie (West Indies); Malcolm Waller, Regis Chakabva, Keegan Meth, Timycen Maruma, Shingirai Masakadza, Brian Vitori, Tino Mawoyo, Natsai Mushangwe, Njabulo Ncube, Tendai Chatara (Zimbabwe).
Uncapped: Burt Cockley, Scott Coyte, Adam Crosthwaite, Tim Cruickshank, Luke Doran, Theo Doropoulos, Chris Hartley, Aaron Heal, Ashton May, Alister McDermott, Aaron O’Brien, Steve Paulsen, Kane Richardson, Ben Rohrer, Chris Simpson, Daniel Smith, Jonathan Wells (Australia); Gareth Andrew, Steffan Piolet (England); Neil Wagner, Kyle Abbott (New Zealand), Farhaan Behardien, Henry Davids, CJ de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Ethan O’Rielly, Daryn Smit, JJ Smuts, Jean Symes, Craig Thyssen, Stiaan van Zyl, Dane Vilas, Shaun von Berg, David Wiese (South Africa); Kusal Perera, Sachithra Senanayake (Sri Lanka); Samuel Badree, Jonathan Carter, Kevon Cooper, Kelbert Walters (West Indies); Neville Walters, Richard Muzhange (Zimbabwe).
