IPL 2016: Full list of Australians playing in this year’s Indian Premier League
Find out who they are, who they’ll play for and how much they’ll be paid for it.
Shane Watson – Royal Challengers Bangalore – $1.98 million
Heading our list is Shane Watson, who is now free to roam the world as a T20 mercenary after calling time on his international career after Australia’s ill-fated World Twenty20 campaign. The veteran all-rounder is one of the best performers in the history of the IPL and was snapped up by Bangalore for almost $2 million after his long time club, Rajasthan Royals, was suspended.
Mitchell Johnson – Kings XI Punjab – $1.37 million
Johnson also retired from international cricket recently but after almost six months out of the game, the left-arm quick insists he’s raring to go. The 34-year-old is much loved by Punjab fans although he tested that love by taunting Indian superstar Virat Kohli during the World T20.
Glenn Maxwell – Kings XI Punjab – $1.27 million
Another proven performer in the IPL, Maxwell puts bums on seats with his incredible array of shots and tendency to do the unexpected. His spin bowling is also an underrated asset, especially in Indian conditions.
James Faulkner – Gujarat Lions – $1.16 million
Faulkner was a teammate of Watson at Rajasthan for several years but the demise of that team saw him bought by new franchise Gujarat Lions, coached by his former Melbourne Stars teammate Brad Hodge. Faulkner is one of the premier all-rounders in Twenty20 cricket.
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Steve Smith – Rising Pune Supergiants – $1.16 million
Australia’s captain may not be as much of a force in Twenty20 cricket than he is in Tests and one-dayers but that didn’t stop Rising Pune Supergiants from making him one of their marquee signings in their debut season. Smith will play under Indian skipper MS Dhoni and is likely to bat in the middle order.
David Warner – Sunrisers Hyderabad – $1.16 million
Warner is a veteran of the IPL and statistically one of its best batsman. The hard-hitting left-hander is captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad and is likely to shift back to the top of the order after trying out No.3 and No.4 in recent times.
Mitchell Starc – Royal Challengers Bangalore – $1.06 million (injured)
Starc is likely to miss the entire IPL season as he continues his recovery from an injury that ruled him out of most of the last summer.
Mitchell Marsh – Rising Pune Supergiants – $1 million
Much-maligned he may be in Australia, but in India Marsh has a strong reputation courtesy of good performances for Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors, both of which are now defunct. Marsh skipped the IPL last year to focus on his international hopes but is now back and ready to pick up where he left off.
Nathan Coulter-Nile – Delhi Daredevils – $897,500
Another proven performer in the IPL, Coulter-Nile hits the deck hard and is often relied open to open the bowling for Delhi. He had a mixed tournament for Australia at the World T20 but will hope to put that behind him.
Shaun Marsh – Kings XI Punjab – $464,300
The left-hander is even more maligned than his brother but Marsh’s prowess in Twenty20 cricket is beyond dispute. He has the best IPL average out of any Australian that’s played in the tournament. Where exactly he bats in a strong Punjab line-up that also contains Victorians Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis, South African sluggers David Miller and Farhaan Behardien and Indian opener Murali Vijay.
Kane Richardson – Royal Challengers Bangalore – $421,800
Richardson could well benefit from the absence of Starc as he seeks to establish himself as a lead quick for the Royal Challengers. The South Australian has an impressive Twenty20 record in both the IPL and the Big Bash.
Chris Lynn – Kolkata Knight Riders – $274,600
Lynn was the most outstanding batsman in the Big Bash League and was rewarded with a healthy contract from Kolkata. Now the Queenslander has to prove he’s able to repeat the dose in Indian conditions.
John Hastings – Kolkata Knight Riders – $260,000
Hastings has experienced a second-coming as a short-form specialist for Australia, called into the national side after impressive stints in England’s T20 Blast and with Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash. The big pace bowler played one match for Chennai Super Kings back in 2014 but is now suiting up for Kolkata.
Moises Henriques – Sunrisers Hyderabad – $219,900
The NSW all-rounder is an underrated prospect as a Twenty20 player, having been one of Sydney Sixers’ best-performed stars since the team’s inception and putting in a solid shift with the Sunrisers last year, averaging 41.00 with the bat and 13.36 with the ball.
Aaron Finch – Gujarat Lions – $219,900
After missing a large chunk of last season through injury, Finch was let go by Sunrisers Hyderabad and picked up by Gujarat Lions for a bargain price. Since then he’s been usurped as Australia’s T20 captain and dumped from the side altogether, before being reinstated midway through the World Twenty20. He’ll have a point to prove this year.
Marcus Stoinis – Kings XI Punjab – $113,000
He may struggle to get a game in a powerful Kings XI line-up but the experience of simply being around the IPL will be invaluable, as it was when he was a member of a star-studded Delhi Daredevils squad. The hard-hitting all-rounder’s stocks continue to rise, and it’s only a matter of time before he adds to his two matches for Australia.
Ben Cutting – Sunrisers Hyderabad – $103,000
The Queensland quick played one match for Rajasthan Royals back in 2014 but he is essentially starting afresh at Rajasthan. Cutting has been a consistent performer at Big Bash level and it will be interesting to see how that translates in the cut-throat world of the IPL.
Brad Hogg – Kolkata Knight Riders – $103,000
Hoggy just keeps on keeping on. Now aged 45, Hogg was again retained by Kolkata and it’s easy to see why – the veteran spinner was still one of their best bowlers last year, taking nine wickets at an average of 16.00. We literally have no idea when he’ll stop playing cricket. The man is a physical freak.
Travis Head – Royal Challengers Bangalore – $103,000
Just behind Chris Lynn as the best batsman of the Big Bash, Head too has the chance to prove himself in foreign conditions. We say he has the chance, but there’s a stronger chance he’ll spend a large portion of the season warming the bench given the embarrassment of batting riches in the Bangalore squad.
Andrew Tye – Gujarat Lions – $103,000
Tye didn’t play a game at the World Twenty20 but the fact he was there shows how highly rated he’s become as a fast bowling T20 specialist. A cheap purchase for new franchise Gujarat, Tye could end up being one of the finds of the season.
Scott Boland – Rising Pune Supergiants – $103,000
Boland’s career has followed a similar trajectory to Tye’s, called into the national squad this summer after impressing in domestic cricket. The Victorian paceman became known as a death-bowling specialist for Melbourne Stars and he could fill that role for Pune alongside veteran Indian quick Irfan Pathan.
Adam Zampa – Rising Pune Supergiants – $62,300
What a rapid rise it’s been for Adam Zampa. Selectors took a punt on him for the tour of New Zealand and it paid of handsomely, with the young leg-spinner now identified as one of the brightest slow-bowling prospects in the world after shining in New Zealand and at the World T20 in India.
Peter Handscomb – Rising Pune Supergiants – $62,300
Handscomb most notably performance of late saw him caught up in a Sheffield Shield controversy after belting a ball to the boundary that had been thrown to the wicketkeeper by South Australia skipper Travis Head. Needless to say Handscomb will be hoping to make more headlines but perhaps for his batting against balls delivered by the bowler.
Joel Paris – Delhi Daredevils – $62,300 (injured)
Paris suffered a cruel blow on the eve of the tournament, with the left-armer ruled out of the 2016 IPL due to a shin injury.
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