5 players who will attract maximum interest in the IPL 2015 auction

The IPL Auction – 2015 is scheduled to be held in a few days time on 16th February. The IPL Auction can be divided into two types – the triennial big auction and the supporting annual ones. The big one happened last year (2014) where more than 500 players from around the world went under the hammer. All franchisees built their squads for the next three seasons.The subsequent low budget auctions after the big triennial auction contain a lesser number of players and are usually low key affairs compared to the big one. The small auctions are usually held to let franchisees get backups to the main players and set right any minor wrongs in their strategies. The 2015 auction was supposed to fall into the small auction category.But, unfortunately for the teams and fortunately for the fans, quite a few teams seem unhappy with the squad at their disposal and are looking into the 2015 auction to overhaul their squad after a disappointing season last time around. Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad are two teams who will be the most active in the auction. Having released a lot of players ,they will look to buy players in the auction with a different strategy.Other teams will probably look to add depth to their squad and iron out any weaknesses. All these factors combined together have spiced up the IPL Auction, 2015 with quite a few big name players set to go under the hammer. Here are 5 players who will attract maximum attention at the 2015 IPL Auction:Honorable Mentions: Ross Taylor, Aaron Finch, Eoin Morgan, Darren Sammy and Murali Vijay

#5 Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik has now joined the list of forgotten men of Indian Cricket. He is probably the biggest victim of the Dhoni effect along with others like Robin Uthappa and Parthiv Patel. He has been a consistent performer in the Ranji Trophy over many years and is a solid keeper apart from being a very good batsman.

In the IPL as well, he has proved to be a top-notch option when it comes to a wicket-keeper batsman. An Indian wicket-keeper who bats in the top order is a rare commodity and there will be a lot of interest to acquire his services.