Bangalore, Feb 4: Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was the star of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction here as he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for $2 million. The next highest bid was for Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene with $1.4 million.
Here is the final list of players who were sold. 25 cricketers were bought (17 in the morning auction and 8 later after teams submitted their wishlists) out of the 144 on offer. After the completion of the morning session, IPL announced that the rest of the players will have to asked for by the franchises. If there is not more than one bidder for the same player, that team will get that player for the base price. However, if there are two more more teams interested, then they have to go for bidding.
List of the 25 sold players out of 144 (in the order of highest bid)
1. Ravindra Jadeja (India): $2 million, Chennai Super Kings. Both Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers bid for a maximum price of $2 million. It went to a tie-breaker. Chennai Super Kings bought for an undisclosed amount. That blind cheque will go to BCCI.
2. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka): $1.4 million, Delhi Daredevils
3. Vinay Kumar (India): $1 million, Royal Challengers Bangalore
4. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand): $900,000, Kolkata Knight Riders
5. Sunil Narine (West Indies): $700,000, Kolkata Knight Riders
6. Parthiv Patel (India): $650,000, Deccan Chargers
7. Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka): $650,000, Mumbai Indians
8. RP Singh (India): $600,000, Mumbai Indians
9. Brad Hodge (Australia): $475,000, Rajasthan Royals
10. Andre Russell (West Indies): $450,000, Delhi Daredevils
11. Sreesanth (India): $400,000, Rajasthan Royals
12. Mitchell Johnson (Australia): $300,000, Mumbai Indians
13. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka): $220,000, Royal Challengers Bangalore
14. Azhar Mahmood (England): $200,000, Kings XI Punjab
15. James Faulkner (Australia): $190,000, Kings XI Punjab
16. Brad Hogg (Australia): $180,000, Rajasthan Royals
17. Ramesh Powar (India): $160,000, Kings XI Punjab
18. Robin Peterson (South Africa): $100,000, Mumbai Indians
19. Darren Bravo (West Indies): $100,000, Deccan Chargers
20. Daniel Harris (Australia): $70,000, Deccan Chargers
21. Marchant de Lange (South Africa): $50,000, Kolkata Knight Riders
22. Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa): $50,000, Mumbai Indians
23. Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka): $50,000, Rajasthan Royals
24. Doug Bracewell (New Zealand): $50,000, Delhi Daredevils
25. Kevon Cooper (West Indies): $50,000, Rajasthan Royals
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