IPL 2019: 5 players who have set too high a base price for themselves at the auction

The cricketing circles in India are abuzz at the moment in anticipation of the IPL auctions. The mega event is scheduled to be held on 18th December in Jaipur.

A total of 1003 players had registered for the auctions at the start. However, only 346 players, including 226 Indians, are left in the fray after the franchises submitted a trimmed down list of players that they want at the auctions.

Most of the teams do not have a large amount of cash left in their purse. Kings XI Punjab have the highest amount available (36.20 crore), as they opted to release a large number of players before the auctions. Delhi Capitals (25.50 crore) and Rajasthan Royals (20.95 crore) are second and third respectively on the list.

Players like Angelo Mathews, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran and D'Arcy Short have placed themselves in the highest bracket of 2 crore. Meanwhile, Jaydev Unadkat is the highest priced Indian at the base price of 1.5 crore.

Let us take a look at 5 players who have kept their base prices way too high for the auctions.

5. Colin Ingram (Base price – 2 crore)

Colin Ingram has played a lot of T20s around the various leagues in the world. The 33-year old left-handed batsman from South Africa had fallen out of favour with the national selectors and currently plies his trade for Glamorgan, with whom he signed a Kolpak deal in 2015.

Ingram may be one of the crispest hitters of the cricket ball but he hasn’t achieved a lot of success with the different IPL franchises in the past. He was signed by the Delhi Capitals (erstwhile Daredevils) in 2011 but he failed to impress, scoring just 21 runs from three outings.

He went unsold at the IPL auction in the following years.

Ingram has kept his base price at 2 cr INR this year, which seems way too much for a cricketer who hasn’t been in demand in the IPL. Apart from Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab, the rest of the IPL franchises do not have too much money left in their purse and are unlikely to engage in a bidding war for Ingram.