IPL: Top players go under hammer
NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings bagged Badrinath for $800,000 whereas Royal Challengers bought Pujara for $700,000 as the world's leading cricket players go under the hammer for the Indian Premier League in Bangalore on Saturday.
Who got whom | Team Composition | Players to go under hammer
The last bid of the Day 1 of the IPL 4 auction was for England's Paul Collingwood, who was bought by Rajasthan Royals for $250,000.
Chennai Super Kings bagged spinner R Ashwin for $850,000 million whereas Deccan Chargers Ojha bought Pragyan Ojha for $500,000.
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Manoj Tiwary and Eon Morgan for $475,000 and $350,000 respectively. Brad Hodge went to Kochi IPL for $425,000.
Callum Ferguson went to Pune Warriors whereas Finch to Delhi for $300,000 each
Kochi IPL bagged spin wizard Muralitharan for $1.1 million whereas Kings XI Punjab bought Piyush Chawla and Amit Mishra for $900,000 and $300,000 respectively.
Deccan Chargers also bagged South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn for $1.2 million whereas Ashish Nehra went to Pune Warriors for $850,000.
Kings XI Punjab bought Indian pacer Praveen Kumar and Aussie pacer Ryan Harris for $800,000 and $325,000 respectively.
Royal Challengers bagged Dirk Nannes for $650,000 and CSK got Doug Bollinger for $700,000.
Fast bowlers Morne Morkel and Brett Lee are bought by Daredevils and KKR for $475,000 and $400,000 respectively.
Post-tea session also started with two unsold players as Sri Lankan Dilhara Fernando and Ashes hero England's James Anderson got no takers.
Kochi IPL bagged all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for $950,000 whereas Pune Warriors bought Angelo Mathews for the same price before break.
Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians bought Dwaye Bravo and Steven Smith for $200,000 each. Mumbai Indians bagged James Franklin for $100,000 just before the tea break of 30 minutes.
Kings XI Punjab b! ought al l-rounders Stuart Broad and Abhishek Nayar for $400,000 and $800,000 respectively.
Royal Challengers Bangalore bought dashing batsman Saurabh Tiwary for $1.6 million after much drama over Kings XI Punjab's late bid for the batsman.
Kings XI bought the services of wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik for $900,000 after they bagged David Hussey and Shaun Marsh for $1.4 million and $400,000 respectively.
Australian David Warner and James Hopes went to Delhi for $750,000 and $350,000 respectively.
The list of unsold is increasing as time goes by with batting great Brian Lara joining Prior, Boucher, Manau, Ganguly and Gayle.
Wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel went to new team Kochi for $290,000 and Wriddhman Saha for $100,000 to Chennai.
Naman Ojha went to Delhi Daredevils for $270,000 and Brad Haddin to KKR for $325,000. Pune got Tim Paine for $270,000 whereas Mumbai bagged David Jacobs for $190,000.
Chennai Super Kings opened their account with Michael Hussey as they bagged the Australian for $425,000.
Second session of the auction started with Jesse Ryder and Herschelle Gibbs getting no takers. Deccan Chargers bought Shikhar Dhawan and JP Duminy for $300,000 each.
Delhi Daredevils bagged Irfan Pathan for $1.9 million after Pune Warriors bought Robin Uthappa for $2.1 million.
Team Kochi bought their home boy S Sreesanth for $900,000 after bidding VVS Laxman for $400,000.
Mumbai Indians bagged the services of Rohit Sharma for $2 million and Team Kochi bought pacer RP Singh for $500,000.
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan for a whopping $2.4 million and $2.1 million respectively at the beginning of the auction for the fourth season.
Rahul Dravid went to Rajasthan Royals for $500,000 as Kings XI Punjab bought Adam Gilchrist for $900,000.
South African all-rounder Johan Botha outbid his skipper Graeme Smith as Royals bought Botha for $950,000 w! hereas S mith went to Pune for $500,000.
Surprisingly former India and KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly find no takers and went unsold whereas Jacque Kallis was bought by KKR for $1.1 million.
New Zealanders Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum went to Rajasthan and Kochi respectively for $550,000 and $475,000.
After Ganguly, former KKR Chris Gayle got no takers at the auction.
Mumbai also bought Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds for $850,000 as Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara went to Deccan Chargers for $700,000.
Yuvraj Singh was bought by new team Pune Warriors for $1.8 million and Kochi team bagged Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene for $1.5 million.
Vijay Mallya's Royal Challengers bought South African batsman AB de Villiers for $1.1 million, Zaheer Khan for $900,000 and Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilshan for $650,000.
Rajasthan Royals then bought the services of New Zealand's Ross Taylor for $1 million whereas Kevin Pietersen went to Deccan Chargers for $650,000.
Proceedings at a luxury hotel in the IT hub of Bangalore, presided over by a professional auctioneer from Britain, begin both days at 11:00 local time (0530 GMT) and broadcast live on an Indian television channel.
The annual IPL tournament revolutionised the sport when it burst onto the scene in 2008 with a high-octane blend of international star players, Twenty20 matches and Bollywood glamour.
But its fortunes dipped dramatically last year after allegations of massive corruption, money-laundering and tax evasion, as well as secret deals to hide teams' real owners, and even links to India's criminal underworld.
IPL founder Lalit Modi -- whose brash style personified the event -- was thrown out by the BCCI, the sport's governing body in India, over accusations about his conduct and organisers hope this year will be fresh start.
The tournament, to be held from April 8 to May 22, is expected to feature 10 teams after Indian courts overturned the ex! pulsion of the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.
Who got whom | Team Composition | Players to go under hammer
The last bid of the Day 1 of the IPL 4 auction was for England's Paul Collingwood, who was bought by Rajasthan Royals for $250,000.
Chennai Super Kings bagged spinner R Ashwin for $850,000 million whereas Deccan Chargers Ojha bought Pragyan Ojha for $500,000.
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Manoj Tiwary and Eon Morgan for $475,000 and $350,000 respectively. Brad Hodge went to Kochi IPL for $425,000.
Callum Ferguson went to Pune Warriors whereas Finch to Delhi for $300,000 each
Kochi IPL bagged spin wizard Muralitharan for $1.1 million whereas Kings XI Punjab bought Piyush Chawla and Amit Mishra for $900,000 and $300,000 respectively.
Deccan Chargers also bagged South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn for $1.2 million whereas Ashish Nehra went to Pune Warriors for $850,000.
Kings XI Punjab bought Indian pacer Praveen Kumar and Aussie pacer Ryan Harris for $800,000 and $325,000 respectively.
Royal Challengers bagged Dirk Nannes for $650,000 and CSK got Doug Bollinger for $700,000.
Fast bowlers Morne Morkel and Brett Lee are bought by Daredevils and KKR for $475,000 and $400,000 respectively.
Post-tea session also started with two unsold players as Sri Lankan Dilhara Fernando and Ashes hero England's James Anderson got no takers.
Kochi IPL bagged all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for $950,000 whereas Pune Warriors bought Angelo Mathews for the same price before break.
Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians bought Dwaye Bravo and Steven Smith for $200,000 each. Mumbai Indians bagged James Franklin for $100,000 just before the tea break of 30 minutes.
Kings XI Punjab b! ought al l-rounders Stuart Broad and Abhishek Nayar for $400,000 and $800,000 respectively.
Royal Challengers Bangalore bought dashing batsman Saurabh Tiwary for $1.6 million after much drama over Kings XI Punjab's late bid for the batsman.
Kings XI bought the services of wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik for $900,000 after they bagged David Hussey and Shaun Marsh for $1.4 million and $400,000 respectively.
Australian David Warner and James Hopes went to Delhi for $750,000 and $350,000 respectively.
The list of unsold is increasing as time goes by with batting great Brian Lara joining Prior, Boucher, Manau, Ganguly and Gayle.
Wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel went to new team Kochi for $290,000 and Wriddhman Saha for $100,000 to Chennai.
Naman Ojha went to Delhi Daredevils for $270,000 and Brad Haddin to KKR for $325,000. Pune got Tim Paine for $270,000 whereas Mumbai bagged David Jacobs for $190,000.
Chennai Super Kings opened their account with Michael Hussey as they bagged the Australian for $425,000.
Second session of the auction started with Jesse Ryder and Herschelle Gibbs getting no takers. Deccan Chargers bought Shikhar Dhawan and JP Duminy for $300,000 each.
Delhi Daredevils bagged Irfan Pathan for $1.9 million after Pune Warriors bought Robin Uthappa for $2.1 million.
Team Kochi bought their home boy S Sreesanth for $900,000 after bidding VVS Laxman for $400,000.
Mumbai Indians bagged the services of Rohit Sharma for $2 million and Team Kochi bought pacer RP Singh for $500,000.
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan for a whopping $2.4 million and $2.1 million respectively at the beginning of the auction for the fourth season.
Rahul Dravid went to Rajasthan Royals for $500,000 as Kings XI Punjab bought Adam Gilchrist for $900,000.
South African all-rounder Johan Botha outbid his skipper Graeme Smith as Royals bought Botha for $950,000 w! hereas S mith went to Pune for $500,000.
Surprisingly former India and KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly find no takers and went unsold whereas Jacque Kallis was bought by KKR for $1.1 million.
New Zealanders Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum went to Rajasthan and Kochi respectively for $550,000 and $475,000.
After Ganguly, former KKR Chris Gayle got no takers at the auction.
Mumbai also bought Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds for $850,000 as Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara went to Deccan Chargers for $700,000.
Yuvraj Singh was bought by new team Pune Warriors for $1.8 million and Kochi team bagged Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene for $1.5 million.
Vijay Mallya's Royal Challengers bought South African batsman AB de Villiers for $1.1 million, Zaheer Khan for $900,000 and Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilshan for $650,000.
Rajasthan Royals then bought the services of New Zealand's Ross Taylor for $1 million whereas Kevin Pietersen went to Deccan Chargers for $650,000.
Proceedings at a luxury hotel in the IT hub of Bangalore, presided over by a professional auctioneer from Britain, begin both days at 11:00 local time (0530 GMT) and broadcast live on an Indian television channel.
The annual IPL tournament revolutionised the sport when it burst onto the scene in 2008 with a high-octane blend of international star players, Twenty20 matches and Bollywood glamour.
But its fortunes dipped dramatically last year after allegations of massive corruption, money-laundering and tax evasion, as well as secret deals to hide teams' real owners, and even links to India's criminal underworld.
IPL founder Lalit Modi -- whose brash style personified the event -- was thrown out by the BCCI, the sport's governing body in India, over accusations about his conduct and organisers hope this year will be fresh start.
The tournament, to be held from April 8 to May 22, is expected to feature 10 teams after Indian courts overturned the ex! pulsion of the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.
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