The bidding price will start at Rs 1.84 crores for Sachin and MS Dhoni for this IPL season 4 IPL player auction. Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh will also included in the same band price for this auction.
The BCCI released some set of price bands for the players and send a list to all state associations for their notifications.
Nearly 62 Indian Cricketers will be geared up for this IPL Fourth Edition auction to be held on January 2011. Indian Team Captain, Dhoni and Master Blaster Sachin are valued at Rs 1.84 crores for this season.
The second bracket is that of Rs 1.3 crore where Twenty20 specialist Yusuf Pathan finds a place alongside speedster Zaheer Khan and the talented Suresh Raina.
And mostly, Sachin and MS Dhoni will be retained by their respective franchisees Mumbai Indians and Super Kings respectively for the next IPL season. Former Captain Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman have been priced at the rate of Rs 92 lakh.
Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan are also placed in the 92 lakh band. The fourth bracket is of Rs 46 lakh and the fifth and final bracket is of Rs 23 lakh. The other players Wridhamaan Saha, Murali Vijay, etc will come under fourth and fifth bracket, sources said.