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Four cricketers from Odisha have been included in the auction list for the 7th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be held at Bangalore on February 12 and 13. They are allrounders Biplab Samantary, Paresh Patel, opening batsman Nataraj Behera and medium-pacer Basant Mohanty.
Among the four, Biplab is having the highest base price of Rs 20 lakhs. Natraj, Paresh and Basanta are having the identical base price of Rs 10 lakhs each.
The final list has been trimmed to 514 from the original 895 names. There are 219 capped players (169 Indians and 50 foreigners) in addition to 295 uncapped players (255 Indians and 37 foreigners). As many as 30 players, including 11 Indians are having the maximum base price of Rs 2 crore each.
Australia fast bowler James Pattinson, who was in the original list of players with a base price of Rs 2 crore, is not there in the updated list. This will also be the first time the auction will be carried out in Indian rupees. The players have been split into various categories according to their specialistation, batsman, fast bowler, spinner, all-rounder and wicketkeeper.
