Ponting urges teammates to take final call on IPL

8220;We might only be able to play the last two weeks and a lot of the franchises we play for might have no chance of making the finals. There8217;s all those sorts of things that need to be taken into consideration and worked out between the player and the franchises I guess,8221; he was quoted as saying by 8216;The Australian8217;.

The paper also said vice-captain Michael Clarke is still undecided about whether to enter the IPL auction on February 6 as his manager was busy working out some outstanding contractual problems.

Clarke,who did not participate last year because of personal issues,has a reserve price of USD one million for the auction should he enter. Australia8217;s most expensive signing remains Andrew Symonds at USD 1.47 million. With Stuart Clark making a slower-than-expected recovery from elbow surgery,which has ruled him out of next month8217;s South African tour,the pacer believes the IPL could provide a good platform to him to prepare for the England tour.

8220;I still need to play some cricket and that might be one of the options. At a guess if my arm is good I will go in the auction,yes.8221;