IPL 2018 Auction: 5 Australian players who can start a bidding war

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With the 2018 IPL auction set to take place on the 27th and 28th of January, the think-tanks of various franchises are working over-time to ensure they go into the event with all their plans in place.

It has been confirmed that a pool of 578 players, including 360 Indians, will be a part of the IPL and though the home players are set to steal most of the limelight, their Australian counterparts won't be far behind. With a pool of 54 players, Australia will have the most number of overseas representatives in the auction.

Naturally, there are going to be quite a few bidding wars for them and here we list out five of the Australians who will attract the highest of bids come 27 January.

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#5 Pat Cummins

The 24-year-old pacer was at his brilliant best in the recently concluded Ashes series, which saw him bag as many as 23 English scalps. In spite of the presence of names like Mitchell starc and Josh Hazlewood, Cummins emerged as the highest wicket-taker of the series.

As far his IPL numbers are concerned, the former Delhi Daredevils player has 17 wickets in the tournament, 15 of which came in the last year's edition. The fact that he can bat a bit as well is a bonus.

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