Friday, February 6, 2009

IPL Auction

Round 1

Rajasthan Royals buy Australian bowler Shaun Tait for $375,000.

Mumbai Indians bid $950,000 for South African batsman Jean-Paul Duminy.

Chennai Super Kings bid a record price of $1.55 million for England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.

And the Bangalore Royal Challengers bid $1.55 million for former England captain Kevin Pietersen.

Pietersen and Flintoff have now become the costliest players in the IPL. The previous highest bid was for Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni, who had been bid last year for $1.5 million.

Round 2

Deccan Chargers buy West Indies bowler Fidel Edwards for $ 150,000.

Delhi Dare Devils buy England batsman Owais Shah for $275,000.

Delhi Dare Devils buy former England ODI captain Paul Collingwood for $275,000.

At the end of this round no takers for: Brad Haddin, Stuart Clark, Chamara Kapugedera.

Round 3

Rajasthan Royals buy South African all-rounder Tyron Henderson for $650,000.

King’s XI, Punjab buy England all-rounder Ravi Bopara for $450,000.

Chennai Super Kings bid $140,000 for Sri Lankan bowler Thilan Thusara.

Bangalore Royal Challengers buy New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder for $160,000.

Mumbai Indians buy New Zealand bowler Kyle Mills for $150,000.

At the end of this round no takers for: Phil Jaques, Ashwell Prince, Andre Nel, Luke Wright, Nuwan Kulasekara.

Round 4

Deccan Chargers buy West Indies all-rounder Jerome Taylor for $100,000.

At the end of this round no takers for: Samit Patel, Shakib-Al-Hasan, Morne Wan Vyk, Jerome Taylor, Steven Smith, Ashley Noffke, Mohammad Ashraful and Darren Powell.

Round 5

All players in this pool were unsold.

The list includes: Tamim Iqbal, Bryce McCain, James Franklin, Adrian Blizard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Michael Klinger, S Weeraratne, Prasanna Jayawardene, Dominic Thornely.

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