Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman has got a place in the highest paid category in the auction of the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The base price of the Pacer is estimated at INR 2 crore. A total of 25 cricketers have been placed in this category. 

Mustafizur has played for Delhi Capitals in the last two seasons of IPL. But this time Delhi has released him. In addition, Kolkata also released two Bangladeshi Litton Das and Shakib Al Hasan as they were in the Kolkata Knight Riders' camp last season.

In addition to Mustafizur, there are 7 World Cup-winning Australian team cricketers in the list of INR 2 crore base price. They are Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Travis Head, Josh Hazlewood, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis and Sean Abbott. A total of 25 cricketers are on the list with a base price of INR 2 crore. New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra, who played well in the World Cup, is on the list with base price of INR 50 lakhs.

A total of 1166 cricketers have registered for the IPL auction. The mini-auction of the next season of IPL will be held in Abu Dhabi on December 19.

Base Price INR 2 crore (USD 240,000 approximately): Harshal Patel, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Starc, Steve Smith, Mustafizur Rahman, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Lockie Ferguson, Gerald Coetzee, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Angelo Mathews

Base price INR 1.5 CR (USD 180,000 approximately): Mohammad Nabi, Moises Henriques, Chris Lynn, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams, Daniel Worrall, Tom Curran, Marchant de Lange, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Phil Salt, Corey Anderson, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Tim Southee, Colin Ingram, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jason Holder, Sherfane Rutherford

Base price INR 1 CR (USD 120,000 approximately): Ashton Agar, Riley Meredith, D'Arcy Short, Ashton Turner, Gus Atkinson, Sam Billings, Michael Bracewell, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Alzarri Joseph, Rovman Powell, David Wiese