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February 21, 2008: The much-hyped IPL (India Premier
League) Auction, is finally over and several familiar
names have come out big winners. Among those attracting big
bids was West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle whose bid
was $US 800,000. Out of the 79 players available for
auction, only two were withdrawn - Mohammad Yousuf and
Ashley Prince. Some key players like Mike Hussey, McGrath
and Justin Langer were retained at their reserve price,
after they found no takers in the initial bid. Fellow
West Indians Chanderpaul and Sarwan fetched $US200,000
and $US225,000 each respectively. All three will be
competing against each other in the 59 match tournament
scheduled for April 18 to June 1.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, currently captaining the Indian
international side, topped the chart with a bid by
team Chennai of $1.5m
This multi-million dollar, International Cricket
Council-sanctioned tournament will feature eight city
franchises - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Jaipur,
Chennai, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. Each franchise will pay
the winning bid to the player annually and each player's
contract has been guaranteed for a three-year period by the
Indian cricket board (BCCI).
Below is the final list of players for the respective teams:
Bangalore
Rahul Dravid (capt), Jacques Kallis (SA): $ 900,000, Anil
Kumble (Ind): $500,000, Cameron White (Aus): $500,000,
Zaheer Khan (Ind): $450,000, Mark Boucher (SA): $450,000,
Nathan Bracken (Aus): $325,000, Dale Steyn (SA): $325,000,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI $200,000, Wasim Jaffer (Ind):
$150,000.
Chennai
MS Dhoni (US$1.5 million), Albie Morkel (US$675,000), Jacob
Oram (US$675,000), Suresh Raina (US$650,000), Muttiah
Muralitharan (US$600,000), Matthew Hayden (US$375,000),
Stephen Fleming (US$350,000), Michael Hussey (US$350,000),
Parthiv Patel (US$325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$225,000),
Makhaya Ntini (US$200,000).
Mumbai
Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$975,000),
Harbhajan Singh (US$850,000), Robin Uthappa (US$800,000),
Shaun Pollock (US$550,000), Lasith Malinga (US$350,000),
Loots Bosman (US$175,000), Dilhara Fernando (US$150,000).
Hyderabad
Andrew Symonds (US$1.35 million), RP Singh (US$875,000),
Adam Gilchrist (US$700,000), Rohit Sharma (US$750,000),
Shahid Afridi (US$675,000), Herschelle Gibbs (US$575,000),
VVS Laxman (US$375,000), Chaminda Vaas (US$200,000), Scott
Styris (US$175,000), Nuwan Zoysa (US$110,000), Chamara Silva
(US$100,000).
Jaipur
Mohammad Kaif (US$675,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$475,000),
Graeme Smith (US$475,000), Shane Warne (US$450,000), Munaf
Patel (US$275,000), Younis Khan (US$225,000), Kamran Akmal
(US$150,000), Justin Langer (US$200,000).
Mohali
Yuvraj Singh (icon), Irfan Pathan (US$925,000), Brett Lee
(US$900,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$700,000), Sreesanth
(US$625,000), Mahela Jayawardene (US$475,000), Piyush Chawla
(US$400,000), Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$225,000), Simon
Katich (US$200,000), Ramesh Powar (US$170,000).
Kolkata
Sourav Ganguly (icon), Ishant Sharma (US$950,000), Chris
Gayle (US$800,000), Brendon McCullum (US$700,000), David
Hussey (US$675,000), Shoaib Akhtar (US$425,000), Murali
Kartik (US$425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$400,000), Ajit
Agarkar (US$330,000), Umar Gul (US$150,000), Tatenda Taibu
(US$125,000).
Delhi
Virender Sehwag (icon), Gautam Gambhir (US$725,000), Manoj
Tiwary (US$675,000), Mohammad Asif (US$650,000), Daniel
Vettori (US$625,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$525,000), Shoaib
Malik (US$500,000), Glenn McGrath (US$350,000), AB de
Villiers (US$300,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$250,000),
Farveez Maharoof (US$225,000). |
