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NEW DELHI: Dashing wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum was the first to be auctioned as he was bought for $900,000 by Kolkata Knight Riders followed by the Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was clinched by Chennai Super Kings for whopping $2 million in the tie-breaker.
Who got whom | Batsmen | Bowlers | All-rounders | Wicket-keepers
Meanwhile, KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan tweeted: Feel shy sitting on auction table with all the bigwigs...so waiting outside and enjoying a cuppa coffee & brendon return to team...
Royal Challengers Bangalore bought seamer R Vinay Kumar, who had a base price $100,000, for $1 million.
Fast bowler RP Singh, who had a base price of $200,000, was bought by Mumbai Indians for $600,000.
Jadeja, who had a base price of $100,000, was bagged in a tie-breaker between Super Kings and Deccan Chargers.
The $2 million budget cap for the auction means Super Kings have spent all their money on a single player and cannot participate in the auction any more.
Delhi Daredevils bought all-rounder Andre Russel, who had a base price of $50,000, for $450,000 while Mitchell Johnson was bought at his base price by the Mumbai Indians for $300,000.
Deccan Chargers bought Parthiv Patel, who had a base price of $200,000, for $650,000 after quite a fight with the other franchises.
Rajasthan Royal bought Bradley Hodge for $475,000. Sri Lankan master batsman Mahela Jayawardene has been bought by Delhi Daredevils for $1.4 million.
Mumbai Indians bought Herschelle Gibbs for $50,000 while Dinesh Chandimal bought by Rajasthan Royals for $50,000. Both the players have been bought on their base prices.
Muttiah Muralitharan was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for $200,000 while England's paceman James Anderson was the first to go unsold in the IPL 5 auction.
Darren Bravo, Ian Bell, Upul Tharanga, Adrian Barath, Tamim Iqbal and VVS Laxman went unsold at the IPL 5 auction.
A total of 146 players will be auctioned for the available 29 slots as the auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League got underway in Bangalore.
The auction got a big twist just hours before the players' auction after Sahara India pulled out from the ownership of IPL franchise Pune Warriors.
Sahara India has been denied replacement for injured Yuvraj Singh for the upcoming fifth edition of Indian Premier League.
"It was an emotional decision for us to start this sponsorship but our emotions were never appreciated and many genuine situations were not given due consideration at all," Sahara said.
Sahara India also requested BCCI to pass on Pune Warriors team to some other interested party immediately.
The franchises have a maximum of $2 million to spend at the auction as they bid to strengthen their line-ups ahead of the tournament which will be played between April 4 and May 27.
The exceptions are Bangalore and Pune, which have already spent some money retaining their respective 'replacements', Chris Gayle and Sourav Ganguly.
The auction will be conducted by Richard Madley, a professional auctioneer from England who has conducted each of the previous IPL player auctions.
The 2012 auction happens to be the cheapest of the five so far. The purse has been tightened keeping the cricketers and vacancies in mind.
Who got whom | Batsmen | Bowlers | All-rounders | Wicket-keepers
Meanwhile, KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan tweeted: Feel shy sitting on auction table with all the bigwigs...so waiting outside and enjoying a cuppa coffee & brendon return to team...
Royal Challengers Bangalore bought seamer R Vinay Kumar, who had a base price $100,000, for $1 million.
Fast bowler RP Singh, who had a base price of $200,000, was bought by Mumbai Indians for $600,000.
Jadeja, who had a base price of $100,000, was bagged in a tie-breaker between Super Kings and Deccan Chargers.
The $2 million budget cap for the auction means Super Kings have spent all their money on a single player and cannot participate in the auction any more.
Delhi Daredevils bought all-rounder Andre Russel, who had a base price of $50,000, for $450,000 while Mitchell Johnson was bought at his base price by the Mumbai Indians for $300,000.
Deccan Chargers bought Parthiv Patel, who had a base price of $200,000, for $650,000 after quite a fight with the other franchises.
Rajasthan Royal bought Bradley Hodge for $475,000. Sri Lankan master batsman Mahela Jayawardene has been bought by Delhi Daredevils for $1.4 million.
Mumbai Indians bought Herschelle Gibbs for $50,000 while Dinesh Chandimal bought by Rajasthan Royals for $50,000. Both the players have been bought on their base prices.
Muttiah Muralitharan was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for $200,000 while England's paceman James Anderson was the first to go unsold in the IPL 5 auction.
Darren Bravo, Ian Bell, Upul Tharanga, Adrian Barath, Tamim Iqbal and VVS Laxman went unsold at the IPL 5 auction.
A total of 146 players will be auctioned for the available 29 slots as the auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League got underway in Bangalore.
The auction got a big twist just hours before the players' auction after Sahara India pulled out from the ownership of IPL franchise Pune Warriors.
Sahara India has been denied replacement for injured Yuvraj Singh for the upcoming fifth edition of Indian Premier League.
"It was an emotional decision for us to start this sponsorship but our emotions were never appreciated and many genuine situations were not given due consideration at all," Sahara said.
Sahara India also requested BCCI to pass on Pune Warriors team to some other interested party immediately.
The franchises have a maximum of $2 million to spend at the auction as they bid to strengthen their line-ups ahead of the tournament which will be played between April 4 and May 27.
The exceptions are Bangalore and Pune, which have already spent some money retaining their respective 'replacements', Chris Gayle and Sourav Ganguly.
The auction will be conducted by Richard Madley, a professional auctioneer from England who has conducted each of the previous IPL player auctions.
The 2012 auction happens to be the cheapest of the five so far. The purse has been tightened keeping the cricketers and vacancies in mind.
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