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Dale Steyn to return in IPL 2018
By Aditya Pratap - Jan 17, 2018 5:19 pm
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South African speedster, Dale Steyn, is all set to make an IPL comeback this year, as he has been included in the list of players who will be going under the hammer on January 27 and 28 in Bangalore during the IPL auction ceremony.

Steyn, on his comeback, has set his base price Rs. 1 Crore. The last time his name appeared in the auction in 2016, his base price was Rs 1.5 Crore. He was bought by Gujarat Lions but played only one game in 2016.

The same year, he suffered a broken shoulder during Perth Test against Australia in November, which just did not keep him out of IPL, but also out of international cricket for more than one year.

He recently made a comeback to international cricket when he got included for Test series against Zimbabwe and India. There too, he suffered an injury and is missing the ongoing series against India.

Steyn might not get a buyer this time, as his injury list might keep franchises away from him.

Earlier, veteran fast-bowler has played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers and Surisers Hyderabad. His IPL graph has seen a dip since 2015 because of his fitness issues, but, if picked, he would love to shrug those things off this time.

Here is the list of players, who along with Steyn and Behendroff are in bracket of Rs 1 Crore-

Adam Zampa, Alex Hales, Andrew Tye, Ben Cutting, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Jordan, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Dwayne Smith, Jason Behrendorff, JP Duminy, Lasith Malinga, Manish Pandey, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Imran Tahir, Mustafizur Rahman, Parthiv Patel, Piyush Chawla, Sam Billings, Samuel Badree, Sanju Samson, Shakib Al Hasan, Shane Watson, Tim Southee, Tom Curran, Tymal Mills, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Wriddhiman Saha.