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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

IPL showers money on cricket players


As expected, IPL showered billion dollars on the cricket players today. Even the Board of Control for Cricket in India and IPL officials were surprised at the huge amount showered by owners of different teams to get their favorite players in their team. Yuvraj Singh, are the icon players who will not be available for the auction. They will play for their home team and they will be paid 15% more than the highest paid player in their team. Following is the summary of the IPL auction.

Player

Country

Bought by Franchise

Price (in USD)

Base Price (USD)

MS Dhoni

India

Chennai

1.5 m

4,00,000

Adam Gilchrist

Australia

Hyderabad

7,00,000

3,00,000

M Muralitharan

Sri Lanka

Chennai

6,00,000

2,50,000

M Jayawardene

Sri Lanka

Mohali

4,75,000

2,50,000

Shane Warne

Australia

Jaipur

4,50,000

4,50,000

Shoaib Akhtar

Pakistan

Kolkata

4,25,000

2,50,000

Anil Kumble

India

Bangalore

5,00,000

2,50,000

Harbhajan Singh

India

Mumbai

8,50,000

2,50,000

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka

Mumbai

9,75,000

2,50,000

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka

Mohali

7,00,000

2,50,000

Glenn McGrath

Australia

-

No bid

3,50,000

Mohammad Yousuf

Pakistan

-

No bid

3,30,000

Ricky Ponting

Australia

Kolkata

4,00,000

3,35,000

Brett Lee

Australia

Mohali

9,00,000

3,00,000

Andrew Symonds

Australia

Hyderabad

1.35m

2,50,000

Michael Hussey

Australia

-

No bid

2,50,000

Daniel Vettori

New Zealand

Delhi

6,25,000

2,50,000

Matthew Hayden

Australia

Chennai

3,75,000

2,25,000

Brendon McCullum

New Zealand

Kolkata

7,00,000

1,75,000

Jacob Oram

New Zealand

Chennai

6,75,000

2,00,000

Stephen Fleming

New Zealand

Chennai

3,50,000

3,50,000

Graeme Smith

South Africa

Jaipur

2,50,000

2,50,000

Herschelle Gibbs

South Africa

Hyderabad

5,75,000

2,50,000

Chris Gayle

West Indies

Kolkata

8,00,000

2,50,000

Shoaib Malik

Pakistan

Delhi

5,00,000

3,00,000

Shahid Afridi

Pakistan

Hyderabad

6,75,000

2,25,000

Younis Khan

Pakistan

Jaipur

2,25,000

2,25,000

Mohammad Asif

Pakistan

Delhi

6,50,000

2,25,000

Jacques Kallis

South Africa

Bangalore

9,00,000

2,25,000

Zaheer Khan

India

Bangalore

4,50,000

2,00,000

S Sreesanth

India

Mohali

6,25,000

2,00,000

Dinesh Karthik

India

Delhi

5,25,000

2,00,000

AB de Villiers

South Africa

Delhi

3,00,000

2,00,000

Mark Boucher

South Africa

Bangalore

4,50,000

2,00,000

Parthiv Patel

India

Chennai

3,25,000

1,50,000

Kamran Akmal

Pakistan

Jaipur

1,50,000

1,50,000

Tatenda Taibu

Zimbabwe

----

No bid

1,25,000

Albie Morkel

South Africa

Chennai

6,75,000

2,25,000

Ajit Agarkar

India

Kolkata

3,50,000

2,00,000

Shaun Pollock

South Africa

Mumbai

5,50,000

2,00,000

Irfan Pathan

India

Mohali

9,25,000

2,00,000

Scott Styris

New Zealand

Hyderabad

1,75,000

1,75,000

Fervez Maharoof

Sri Lanka

Delhi

2,25,000

1,50,000

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Sri Lanka

Delhi

2,50,000

1,50,000

Cameron White

Australia

Bangalore

5,00,000

1,00,000

Yusuf Pathan

India

Jaipur

4,75,000

1,00,000

Joginder Sharma

India

Chennai

2,25,000

1,00,000

Ramnaresh Sarwan

West Indies

--

unsold

2,25,000

Simon Katich

Australia

--

unsold

2,00,000

Justin Langer

Australia

--

unsold

2,00,000

Gautam Gambhir

India

Delhi

7,25,000

2,20,000

Robin Uthappa

India

Mumbai

8,00,000

2,00,000

S Chanderpaul

West Indies

--

unsold

2,00,000

Ashwell Prince

West Indies

--

unsold

1,75,000

VVS Laxman

India

Hyderabad

3,75,000

1,50,000

Wasim Jaffer

India

Bangalore

1,50,000

1,50,000

Rohit Sharma

India

Hyderabad

7,50,000

1,50,000

Loots Bosman

South Africa

--

unsold

1,50,000

Mohammad Kaif

India

Jaipur

6,75,000

1,25,000

Suresh Raina

India

Chennai

6,50,000

1,25,000

Manoj Tiwary

India

Delhi

6,75,000

1,00,000

Chamara Silva

Sri Lanka

Hyderabad

1,00,000

1,00,000

David Hussey

Australia

Kolkata

6,25,000

1,00,000

Ramnaresh Sarwan

West Indies

--

unsold

2,25,000

Simon Katich

Australia

--

unsold

2,00,000

Justin Langer

Australia

--

unsold

2,00,000

Gautam Gambhir

India

Delhi

7,25,000

2,20,000

Robin Uthappa

India

Mumbai

8,00,000

2,00,000

S Chanderpaul

West Indies

--

unsold

2,00,000

Ashwell Prince

West Indies

--

unsold

1,75,000

VVS Laxman

India

Hyderabad

3,75,000

1,50,000

Wasim Jaffer

India

Bangalore

1,50,000

1,50,000

Rohit Sharma

India

Hyderabad

7,50,000

1,50,000

Loots Bosman

South Africa

--

unsold

1,50,000

Mohammad Kaif

India

Jaipur

6,75,000

1,25,000

Suresh Raina

India

Chennai

6,50,000

1,25,000

Manoj Tiwary

India

Delhi

6,75,000

1,00,000

Chamara Silva

Sri Lanka

Hyderabad

1,00,000

1,00,000

David Hussey

Australia

Kolkata

6,25,000

1,00,000

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