IPL Auction 2018: 5 players with a surprising base price

#5 Peter Handscomb - 1.5 crore

Handscomb is not the greatest shot-maker going around

Considering the number of all-rounders that have graced the game since the advent of T20s, the market for middle-order batsmen who don't score at a rapid pace has gone down considerably. That is precisely what makes Peter Handscomb's decision to list himself with a base price of 150 lakhs when he hasn't played a T20I for Australia and isn't a regular in the national side all the more surprising.

His record in T20s is far from impressive. In 50 matches, he averages just over 20 and has a strike rate under 120. He doesn't have a range of innovative strokes that can make the bowlers change their plans nor is he an explosive batsman who can clear the boundary at will.

He doesn't open the innings so for a middle-order batsman, who isn't a finisher to command such a price is going to be highly unlikely.