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Eoin Morgan was the only English player to find a buyer at the Indian Premier League auction in Mumbai this morning as the eight franchises delivered a clear snub to the England team.

The names of current internationals Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan and Jonathan Trott were read out by auctioneer Richard Madley but were met with silence as the IPL teams placed a player’s availability above all other requirements.

Anthony McGrath, Mark Ramprakash, Monty Panesar and Rob Key did not even get that far. As the auction dragged on Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, asked each team to write down players they wished to purchase. The rest were scrubbed from the list and a red line was put through the remaining English names.

Morgan’s first bid was launched by Bangalore Royal Challengers just as Madley was about to bring down his gavel. A further bid of $210,000 by Chennai raised Morgan’s price and he was eventually sold to Bangalore, where he joins England colleague Kevin Pietersen, for $220,000.

Swann was valued in the highest band at $250,000 but with England’s tour to Bangladesh cutting short his IPL time to three weeks, still nearly half of the tournament, he was always going to struggle to find a buyer.

“Availability is a serious issue for all the teams,” said Modi in a chaotic press conference. “When players are available 100 percent of the time the teams bear that in mind and is a major part of their strategy.”

In total 11 players were sold with two, Kieron Pollard from the West Indies and Shane Bond of New Zealand, earning the maximum offer of $750,000. Both were bought after a tie-break closed auction, after more than one franchise bid the full amount, with Mumbai Indians signing Pollard, whose ability to clear the rope during the Twenty20 Champions League in India last year rocketed his profile.

Bond, who at 34 has retired from international cricket, was welcomed into the IPL after being barred from the first two tournaments due to his links with the Indian Cricket League when he was bought by Calcutta.

Left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell made a tidy $610,000 from Delhi but his fellow South African, Tyron Henderson, who was sold to Rajasthan last year for a similar amount only to be released, failed to attract a buyer. The surprise purhcase was made by Rajasthan Royals who bought Damien Martyn, who retired from international cricket three years ago, for $100,000. Not a single Pakistani player was bought with franchises scared off by the political tension between the two countries and uncertainty over whether the Indian government would grant them visas.

The IPL begins on March 12 with the final in Mumbai on April 25.

Players sold:

Kieron Pollard $750k Mumbai

Kemar Roache $720k Deccan

Shane Bond $750k Calcutta

Damien Martyn $100k Rajasthan

Adam Voges $50k Rajasthan

Justin Kemp $100k Chennai

Wayne Parnell $610k Delhi

Mohammad Kaif $250k Kings XI Punjab

Yusuf Abdullah $50k

Thissara Perera $100k

Eoin Morgan $220k Bangalore

Thanx : Telegraph