IPL Auction: Along with Harbhajan and Kedar, Maxwell, Smith in prime bracket

Senior spinner Harbhajan Singh and middle-order batsman Kedar Jadhav, together with Australians Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell, have been bracketed within the Rs 2 crore highest base value class for the upcoming IPL public sale in Chennai on February 18.
There can be 292 gamers, who will go underneath the hammer, with 61 slots in eight franchises up for grabs. The IPL governing council has pruned the listing of gamers.
A complete of 164 Indian gamers, 125 abroad gamers and three from affiliate nations have been enlisted for the auctions.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have highest the variety of 13 slots obtainable whereas Sunrisers have solely three vacancies.
Kings XI Punjab go into the public sale with the very best purse (Rs 53.1 crore) whereas Sunrisers can spend rather less than 11 crore (10.75 crore). CSK may have an attention-grabbing public sale with a 22.7 crore purse and 7 slots to fill.
Both Harbhajan and Jadhav had been launched by Chennai Super Kings this 12 months.
Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun, a left-arm quick bowler, has additionally been included within the pruned listing, within the lowest base value class of Rs 20 lakh.
Apart from Maxwell and Smith, different abroad recruits within the highest base value class included Shakib-al-Hasan, Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Liam Plunkett, Jason Roy and Mark Wood.
There are 12 gamers with a base value of Rs 1.5 crore whereas Indian batsman Hanuma Vihari and quick bowler Umesh Yadav are within the third bracket with a base value of Rs 1 crore.
The public sale will begin at 15:00 hours IST.