At a glance

R15 million (NZ$312,000): R10m ($208,000): R5m ($104,000): R3m ($62,000): R1m ($20,800): R20 million ($416,000):

Indian Premier League auction, 4.30pm today (NZT); reserve prices for New Zealanders: Trent Boult. Corey Anderson, Grant Elliott. Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Matt Henry, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson. Ish Sodhi, Neil Broom, Tom Bruce, Anton Devcich, Colin de Grandhomme, Jesse Ryder, Ben Wheeler, Nathan McCullum. Glenn Phillips. Highest reserve prices: Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes (England), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Johnson (Australia), Ishant Sharma (India). Boult, Jonny Bairstow (England), Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Jason Holder (West Indies), Brad Haddin, Nathan Lyon (Australia).

R15m ($312,000):

someone has put a value on you. You’re now getting rated against other players with monetary value,’’ Anderson said in January.

‘‘That’s hard when you’re not performing or don’t get enough runs, you get scrutinised pretty quickly over there for those things like not living up to your value.

‘‘It’s part and parcel of the pressure you face in international cricket, but in the IPL because there’s a figure on your head it tends to get looked at more.’’

Current form for the Black Caps, or in Sodhi’s case dazzling spells for Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash, is the best currency.

‘‘Anything you can do for New Zealand is magnified on the bigger stage. I’ve always looked at the IPL as just a bonus of the product of international cricket. It’s great to be a part of, I had a decent run with Mumbai and I loved it. If something like that can happen