No Pakistani featured in a list of 416 players whose services will be auctioned in Bangalore on Jan. 8-9 for the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament, which is to be held in April and May.
Pakistani cricketers took part in the inaugural IPL in 2008, but were forced out of the 2009 edition due to security concerns in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, and were then ignored for the 2010 tournament.
An IPL official said the Pakistan Cricket Board had not forwarded any names for the January auction.
Some top stars from other countries opted out. The Australian trio of captain Ricky Ponting, his deputy Michael Clarke and fast bowler Mitchell Johnson chose to give the event a miss.
Other notable absentees include former Australian stars Matthew Hayden and Glenn McGrath. The former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who signed for $1.55 million with the Chennai Super Kings in 2009, has retired.
But ex-West Indian captain Brian Lara, 41, who was not part of the first three editions, has thrown his hat in the ring despite bowing out of international cricket in April 2007.
Other first-timers include England's Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Michael Yardy and Luke Wright.
The eight founder franchizes will be joined by two new teams from Kochi and Pune for the auction.
Twelve players who were retained by their franchises will not feature in the auction.
Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, West Indian Kieron Pollard and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka were retained by the Mumbai Indians.
Reigning champions Chennai Super Kings kept Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and South African all-rounder Albie Morkel.
The Aussie duo of Shane Warne and Shane Watson were retained by Rajasthan Royals, while Delhi Daredevils kept Virender Sehwag and Bangalore Royal Challengers retained Virat Kohli.
The tournament, due to run from April 8 to May 22, will be the first without the IPL's chief architect Lalit Modi, who was thrown out by the Indian board over accusations about his conduct.
The Indian board has registered a criminal case against him for the misappropriation of 4.68 billion rupees ($106 million) and he also faces a government probe over alleged financial irregularities.
Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar returns for his first One-Day Internationals in 10 months against South Africa in January in a full-strength India squad also preparing for the World Cup.
India co-hosting the World Cup from February, its best players have made themselves available for its last series before the tournament.
India will play five one-dayers and a Twenty20 in South Africa from Jan. 9, after the ongoing three-Test series.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yusuf Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
In Melbourne, Cricket Australia believes the Melbourne Cricket Ground will host a world record crowd of 91,000 on Sunday's opening day of the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England.
The record crowd for a cricket Test of 90,800 was set at the ground in 1961 during a Test between Australia and the West Indies. The opening day of the 2006 Ashes Test on the ground four years ago drew 89,155 fans despite cold conditions.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said Tuesday that with the current series tied at 1-1 "the cricket gods are smiling on us all" and circumstances were ideal for a record crowd.
He expected 300,000 people to attend the match over five days.
Meanwhile, England coach Andy Flower and vice-captain Alastair Cook say they are unconcerned Australia may influence the MCG staff into preparing a pitch that suits the home team.
English media reported that two pitches had been prepared for the Test and it was likely the faster and bouncier of the two would be chosen for the game, as it would benefit the pace bowlers who led Australia to a series-leveling win in the third Test at Perth.
Cricket Australia rejected the reports, saying pitch preparation was left to local groundsmen.
England can seal a successful Ashes defense by winning at the MCG, but a loss would leave the tourists having to win the final Test in Sydney to hold onto the urn.
Despite the high stakes, Cook was fatalistic about any pitch switch.
"That's the beauty of home conditions isn't it? You can prepare a pitch to hopefully suit the home side," Cook said.
"That's what we try and do in England in certain cases and there's no reason why I would expect Australia not to do it.
"If you went to India, they played three spinners and produced a green seamer you'd be wondering what's going on, so that is what home advantage is and you'd expect everyone to do it." Cook acknowledged he would prefer the MCG pitch to be less pacy than the one in Perth.
"As a batter you'd much rather it flatter," he said.
"We obviously got outplayed a little bit in Perth, but our record on bouncy wickets is good back at home and at Old Trafford.
"Conditions change from week to week and it's how you adapt to those that determines how successful you are." England played state team Victoria at the MCG immediately before the Perth Test and found the pitch relatively slow and flat.
"When we were there for the three-day game they were preparing two pitches," Flower said. "One looked barer than the other, and they were debating then which they wanted to use.
"They weren't that happy with the look of the slightly barer one, so more than likely they'll go with the one with more grass cover." Australia coach Tim Nielsen said Ricky Ponting was still the best man to bat at No. 3 for Australia, despite lean recent form.
Ponting has a fractured left little finger but is expected to play in the Melbourne Test.
"His best place for us to bat is No.3, for two reasons, one because that's where he plays his best and secondly he's the best No.3 we've got," Nielsen said.
"It was only a month ago that he got three 70s in a row in India and got run out twice, so he's finding ways of getting out." Uncapped New South Wales batsman Usman Khawaja has been placed on standby in case Ponting cannot play but chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said he was confident the captain would be fit.
The 24-year-old left-hander was also on standby when Michael Clarke was in doubt for the first Test with a sore back.
"While the NSP (National Selection Panel) are confident Ricky Ponting will be available for the Boxing Day Test, through an abundance of caution we have named Usman Khawaja as the standby player," Hilditch said.
"Usman richly deserves this opportunity following his excellent form at domestic level last season and continuing on this season."
West Indian off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for his illegal action, the sport's world governing body said on Tuesday.
His action was found to be illegal following an independent analysis performed by Bruce Elliott, a member of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) panel of Human Movement Specialists.
"A comprehensive analysis revealed that his elbow extension was 17 degrees, which is above the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the relevant regulations," the ICC said in a statement.
"Should he choose to appeal, he must lodge a written notification with the ICC within 14 days of receiving the report." Shillingford, reported for a suspected action by match officials after the opening Test against Sri Lanka in Galle last month, can now apply for reassessment of his action after he has modified it.
The umpires' report had then cited concern over the straightening of the spinner's arm while bowling some deliveries to the degree that may constitute an illegal action.
Shillingford has so far taken 14 wickets in five Tests.
