**England’s Graeme Swann is one of three players priced at the top mark of $250,000 (£153,000) for Tuesday’s 2010 Indian Premier League auction.**Swann, Australia’s Brad Haddin and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi top the list.
England’s new one-day star Eoin Morgan is one of seven to attract a base price of $200,000, along with Surrey and former England star Mark Ramprakash.
IPL III starts on 12 March and ends on 25 April. England play two Tests in Bangladesh from 12-24 March.
While that may affect teams keen to sign Swann, a member of England’s Test squad, such considerations do not affect any of the franchises looking to take advantage of the exciting batting of Morgan and the wealth of experience provided by Ramprakash, 40.
Only four non-Indians are permitted to feature in each playing XI, with eight in each squad.
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In all, 66 overseas players are vying for only 12 spots - though that could rise as some teams are in the process of buying out some of the contracts of existing overseas players in their squads.
An overall spending cap of $750,000 applies to Tuesday’s auction.
Jonathan Trott and Tim Bresnan (both $100,000), Anthony McGrath, Monty Panesar and Rob Key (all $50,000) complete the list of English players up for auction.
England bowlers Stuart Broad, 23, and James Anderson, 27, opted out of participating in the tournament.
Australian Adam Gilchrist steered Deccan Chargers to victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs in last year’s IPL final in Johannesburg, staged in South Africa because of security concerns.
But this year’s tournament returns to India, where it was won in its inaugural year by the unfancied Rajasthan Royals.
All the players bought from Tuesday auction in Mumbai will be given a one-year contract valid until 31 December which will also cover a Champions League Twenty20 tournament later this year.
Full overseas IPL player auction list:
England: Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan, Robert Key, Anthony McGrath, Monty Panesar, Mark Ramprakash, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott
Australia: Brad Haddin, Philip Hughes, Doug Bollinger, Ashley Noffke, Adam Voges, Luke Pomersbach, Clint McKay, Graham Manou, Ben Laughlin, Jason Krejza, Damien Martyn
**Pakistan: **Shahid Afridi, Misbah ul-Haq, Umar Gul, Imran Nazir, Rana Naved, Mohammad Aamer, Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir
South Africa: Zander de Bruyn, Wayne Parnell, Tyron Henderson, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Rory Kleinveldt, Yusuf Abdulla, Vernon Philander, Johan van der Wath, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Morne van Vyk, Justin Kemp
Sri Lanka: Nuwan Kulasekara, Nuwan Zoysa, Upul Tharanga, Thissara Perera, Thilina Kandamby, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Chamara Welegedara, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Chamara Silva
West Indies: Kieron Pollard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Daren Ganga, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Wavell Hinds, Kemar Roach, Sulieman Benn
New Zealand: Grant Elliott, Lou Vincent, Shane Bond, Nathan McCullum
Zimbabwe: Murray Goodwin
**Bangladesh: **Shakib Al Hasan
Canada: Rizwan Cheema
Netherlands: Ryan ten Doeschate