IPL 2018 Player Auction: Fat paychecks await Gayle, Pollard and 34 West Indies stars
Mumbai: West Indies is the go-to place when it comes to picking up the best T20 players. Over the years, the Caribbean side has cemented its reputation as one of the most threatening teams in the shortest format of the game.
The Windies boast of explosive hard-hitting batsmen and quality all-round bowlers. Since the inception of the Indian Premier League (IPL), many West Indian bowlers have gone on to grace the cash-rich league.
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And with the IPL Player Auction set to return on January 27th and January 28th, the spotlight will once again fall on the West Indian cricketers and it will be intriguing to see how many big bucks follow them.
578 players have been swept into the auction pool and there is a possibility of witnessing 36 Caribbean players in the tournament and 34 will be a part of the auction, which 218 foreign entrants alongside 360 capped and uncapped Indian cricketers.
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The list will be led by the self-proclaimed ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle, a living legend in T20 cricket.
The swashbuckling left-hander is the highest scorer in T20s with 11,000 runs in the game, with no other batsman having surpassed even the 9000 run mark.
Since the inception of the league, Gayle has spent thrilling eight years with Royal Challengers Bangalore, but a dip in recent form prompted RCB not to retain one of their star players. Joining Gayle will be Mumbai Indians powerhouse Kieron Pollard, who was left out by three-time winners Mumbai Indians instead of Hardik Pandya.
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The likes of Dwayne Bravo, Carlos Brathwaite, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith, Samuel Badree Test skipper Jason Holder and opener Evin Lewis, are the other exciting names that will go under the hammer.
Only two Windies players were retained previously, both coming from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the form of Sunil Narine and Andre Russell, who have emerged as a vital cog for the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned side.
Here is a list of few West Indies players who are all set earn heavy paychecks in the upcoming IPL auction.
1) Carlos Brathwaite
2) Samuel Badree
3) Jofra Archer
4) Evin Lewis
5) Lendl Simmons
6) Johnson Charles
7) Nicolas Pooran
8) Chadwick Walton
9) Darren Bravo
10) Rovman Powell
11) Dinesh Ramdin
12) Andre Fletcher
13) Jason Holder
14) Dwayne Smith
15) Sheldon Cottrell
16) Kyle Mayers
17) Oshane Thomas
18) Jonathan Carter
19) Rayad Emrit
20) Ronsford Beaton
21) Shannon Gabriel
22) Kesrick Williams
23) Kevon Cooper
24) Ashley Nurse
25) Darren Sammy
26) Marlon Samuels
27) Jerome Taylor
28) Roshon Primus
29) Odean Smith
30) Shamar Springer
31) Javon Searless
32) Chris Gayle
33) Kieron Pollard
34) Dwayne Bravo
