IPL Auction: Sehwag and Yuvraj in highest base price of Rs 2 crore

Yusuf Pathan is in the highest bracket too despite three poor seasons with Kolkata Knight Riders.

Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, M. Vijay, Manoj Tiwary and Robin Uthappa are the other capped Indian players in the highest bracket.

Zaheer Khan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Bhuvneshwar Kumar are in the Rs.1.5 crore bracket while fringe India players like Ashoke Dinda, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohit Sharma are in the Rs.1 crore section.

Varun Aaron is not on the auction list which might be to keep himself injury free from the rigours of T20 cricket.

At 43, Brad Hogg is the oldest player at the auction with a base price of Rs.1.5 crore while T20 freelancer Brad Hodge is at Rs. 2 crore.

Mike Hussey, who had said that 2013 would be his last season, has also been included in the list with highest base price.

Prominent Indian players' base prices:

Rs.2 crore: Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Robin Uthappa, Amit Mishra, Murali Vijay, Manoj Tiwary. Rs.1.5 crore: Zaheer Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma. Rs. 1 crore: Parthiv Patel, Mohit Sharma, Ashoke Dinda, Wriddhiman Saha.