IPL 2018 auction are upon us and we are going to see a stiff battle between the franchises in the bidding war. Sportswallah decided to predict the base price of all the overseas players and the parameters chosen were the following: Last year’s IPL performances, recent T20 performances and players’ availability. Taking all those points, we came out with the price these overseas batsman might fetch at the auction.
Martin Guptill has put his base price at Rs 75 lakh. The New Zealand opening batsman has been quite excellent across all formats. Guptill is expected to fetch anything between Rs 3 to 3.7 crore.
Martin Guptill
The Australian opening batsman Aaron Finch has set himself a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. His T20 record suggests he can fetch anything between Rs 4.9 crore to 5.9 crore.
Aaron Finch
England’s Alex Hales comes to the IPL auction with a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. The right-handed batsman can get up to Rs 5.6 crore.
Alex Hales
Former New Zealand captain has a base price of Rs 2 crore in the auction, and he might get anything between Rs 6.8 crore and 8.1 crore.
Brendon McCullum
West Indian Chris Gayle will be a hot property at the auction. He comes in at a base price of Rs 2 crore and can easily fetch between Rs 5.4 to 6.4 crore.
Chris Gayle
Chris Lynn is one of the best hitters of the cricket ball in the world. He comes in at a base price of Rs 2 crore and can easily get something between Rs 9 and 10.8 crore.
Chris Lynn
South Africa’s David Miller is a T20 powerhouse. He has a base price of Rs 1.5 crore in the auction and is expected to fetch anything between Rs 4.6 crore to 5.5 crore.
David Miller
England ODI and T20I captain Eoin Morgan has a base price of Rs 2 crore in the auction and get easily get anything between Rs 4.8 crore to 5.8 crore.
Eoin Morgan
The West Indian opening batsman has hit 2 T20I centuries and has made a big name for himself. His base price of Rs 1.5 crore does not surprise you for the same reason. Looking at his recent performances, he can get anything between Rs 7.4 crore and 8.8 crore.
Evin Lewis
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis comes in at a base price of Rs 2 crore. He is a good captaincy material as well. Faf can fetch anything between Rs 4.75 crore to 5.6 crore.
Faf du Plessis
Australia’s middle-order batsman Glenn Maxwell can easily fetch anything between Rs 7.6 crore to 9.1 crore.
Glenn Maxwell
Hashim Amla can easily get anything between Rs 6 to 7.2 crore.
Hashim Amla
England opening batsman in ODIs and T20Is Jason Roy can get anything between Rs 4.3 crore to 5.1 crore.
Jason Roy
This is England Test captain Joe Root’s first stint in the IPL auction and he has put himself at a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. He should get anything between Rs 5.1 crore to 6.3 crore.
Joe Root
Kane Williamson is another handy captaincy material in IPL. He comes in with a base price of Rs 2 crore and can fetch anything between Rs 4.9 crore and 5.9 crore.
Kane Williamson
The England wicket-keeper/batsman is again a top-class T20 player. Coming in at Rs 1.5 crore, expect him to fire all guns in the auction. He can get anything between Rs 4.6 crore to 5.5 crore.
Jos Buttler
West Indian opening batsman Lendl Simmons is a brilliant T20 batsman. With the base price of Rs 1.5 crore, he is eyeing nothing less than 5.8 crore at the auction.
Lendl Simmons
South Africa’s wicketkeeper batsman comes into the auction with a base price of Rs 2 crore. And expect him to fetch anything between Rs 6 to 7.1 crore.
Quinton de Kock
Shaun Marsh has had a decent record in IPL. That is why he has put for himself a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. He can get anything between Rs 5.2 crore to 6.6 crore.
Shaun Marsh
Australia’s Travis Head is a solid middle-order batsman and he comes in at a base price of Rs 1.5 crore. He can get anything between Rs 4.8 to 5.7 crore.
Travis Head
Usman Khawaja has a base price of Rs 75 lakh at the IPL 2018 auction. He could get anything between Rs 2.3 crore to 2.8 crore.
Usman Khawaja
