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Cape Town - Leading Proteas Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers look set for another massive pay day from the IPL after being named among the 21 players with the highest reserve price of $400 000 (R2.7m) for next year’s auction.
The auction will be held in Bangalore on January 8 and 9.
They are among the biggest names in the game although there are some notable absentees - Australians Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson - won’t be involved and once again the troubled Pakistan camp has been ignored.
West Indies legend Brian Lara, who hasn't played meaningful cricket for four years is also among the group of new names along with current England stars Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad and James Anderson.
Twelve players who were retained by their franchises will not feature in the auction.
Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, West Indian Kieron Pollard and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka were retained by the Mumbai Indians.
Reigning champions Chennai Super Kings kept Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and South African all-rounder Albie Morkel.
The Aussie duo of Shane Warne and Shane Watson were retained by Rajasthan Royals, while Delhi Daredevils kept Virender Sehwag and Bangalore Royal Challengers retained Virat Kohli.
The franchises have $9m to spend on their personnel.
There are 10 teams involved with 74 matches and the season looks set to go ahead despite the threat of court action.
The Indian organisers released a list of 416 players for the auction.
The 2011 tournament is scheduled to run from April 8 to May 22.
The players with the reserve price of $400,000 are:
Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Yuvraj Singh, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle
Second Tier ($300 000):
Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Zaheer Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Shaun Tait, Andrew Symonds, Angelo Mathews, Kumar Sangakkara
Third Tier ($200 000):
Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Michael Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Dirk Nannes, Eoin Morgan, Robin Uthappa, Sanath Jayasuriya, David Hussey
The auction will be held in Bangalore on January 8 and 9.
They are among the biggest names in the game although there are some notable absentees - Australians Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson - won’t be involved and once again the troubled Pakistan camp has been ignored.
West Indies legend Brian Lara, who hasn't played meaningful cricket for four years is also among the group of new names along with current England stars Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad and James Anderson.
Twelve players who were retained by their franchises will not feature in the auction.
Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, West Indian Kieron Pollard and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka were retained by the Mumbai Indians.
Reigning champions Chennai Super Kings kept Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and South African all-rounder Albie Morkel.
The Aussie duo of Shane Warne and Shane Watson were retained by Rajasthan Royals, while Delhi Daredevils kept Virender Sehwag and Bangalore Royal Challengers retained Virat Kohli.
The franchises have $9m to spend on their personnel.
There are 10 teams involved with 74 matches and the season looks set to go ahead despite the threat of court action.
The Indian organisers released a list of 416 players for the auction.
The 2011 tournament is scheduled to run from April 8 to May 22.
The players with the reserve price of $400,000 are:
Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Yuvraj Singh, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle
Second Tier ($300 000):
Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Zaheer Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Shaun Tait, Andrew Symonds, Angelo Mathews, Kumar Sangakkara
Third Tier ($200 000):
Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Michael Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Dirk Nannes, Eoin Morgan, Robin Uthappa, Sanath Jayasuriya, David Hussey
