Blackcaps quick Trent Boult is among the 10 designated 'marquee' players at next month's Indian Premier League auction.
Boult will be one of the first names to go under the hammer in the elite opening group for the 15th edition of the lucrativeTwenty20 league on February 13, putting him in line for a big payday.
The 32-year-old's reserve will be set at the maximum mark of 20 million rupees (NZ$403,000).
Other marquee players include Australians batsman David Warner and Pat Cummins, India spinner Ravi Ashwin, and South African Quinton de Kock.
Boult's fellow Blackcaps fast boeler Lockie Ferguson has also been set with the maximum reserve price, after starring for Kolkata Knight Riders last season.
Meanwhile, there's no place for breakout Blackcaps star Kyle Jamieson.
Last year, the towering seamer fetched a monster NZ$ 2.86 million for Royal Challengers Bangalore - the highest price ever for a New Zealander and the fourth highest in the competition's history - but does not feature among the list of 24 Blackcaps players in this year's auction.
Jamieson only featured in nine matches for RCB in his debut IPL season, taking nine wickets at a low economy rate of 9.60 runs.
Kiwis Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips and Tim Southee have been assigned a base price of approximately $NZ300,000, while Devon Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner have a base price of $NZ200,000.
Kane Williamson is the only New Zealand player to be retained, with Sunrisers Hyderabad paying the Blackcaps captain NZ $2,729,186 to keep him aboard next season.
A total of 24 New Zealand players have made themselves available for auction amid a total pool of 590 players - including 220 who are overseas-based - for the 10 franchises to choose from, including newcomers Lucknow Super Giants and Team Ahmedabad.
This year's competition will begin in March, although exact dates have yet to be announced.
New Zealanders at IPL auction:
- Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson (NZ$ 400,000 reserve)
- James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Colin Munro (NZ$ 300,000)
- Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme (NZ$ 200,000)
- Todd Astle, Martin Guptill, Scott Kuggeleijn (NZ$ 150,000)
- Ish Sodhi, Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Seifert, Neil Wagner, Hamish Bennett, Blair Tickner, Anaru Kitchen (NZ$ 100,000)
