Panaji: Star England players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff on Friday became the most expensive players of the Indian Premier League after being sold for a whopping USD 1.55 million (appr Rs 7.35 crore) in the second edition, getting Rs 1.35 crore more than what Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni got in the first edition.

 

 

Kings XI stake-holder Preity Zinta said she desperately wanted Mortaza.”Mortaza is a great player, an all-rounder and we wanted him. But you win soe, you lose some,” the Bollywood star said.Rajasthan Royals stake-holder Shilpa Shetty was, on the other hand, was happy to have to got the players her team wanted.”We got what we wanted,” she said after Royals acquired Aussie pacer Shaun Tait and big-hitting South African all-rounder Tyron Henderson. Among other players first to be auctioned, Australia’s Shuan Tait was purchased by title holders of the inaugural edition Rajasthan Royals for USD 375,000 while upcoming South African batsman Jean Paul Duminy went to Mumbai Indians for USD 950,000.

West Indian paceman Fidel Edwards was bought for his base price of USD 150,000 by Deccan Chargers. England’s Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood were bought by Delhi Daredevils for USD 275,000 each. New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder was bought for USD 160,000 by Bangalore Royal Challengers while another Kiwis cricketer Kyle Mills was taken by Mumbai Indians for USD 150,000. South African paceman Andre Nel went unsold. Sri Lankan paceman Nuwan Kulasekara also failed to make much of an impact with no team showing any interest on him.

With a total of USD 13.59 million in their pocket, the eight Indian Premier League franchisees have the option of buying 17 players from a pool of 50.W.In the auction, 18 players from Australia, seven from England, five from Sri Lanka, three from New Zealand, seven from South Africa, six from West Indies and four from Bangladesh were up for grabs.

Chennai Super Kings have a spending limit of upto USD two million for two slots, the Deccan Chargers USD 1.9 million for two, the Knight Riders USD 1.21 for one, the Kings’ XI Punjab USD 1.45 million for two, Mumbai Indians USD 1.76 million for three players, Rajasthan Royals USD 1.875 million for two and Bangalore Royal Challengers USD 1.945 for two slots. 

 

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Australia
Aaron Bird	$45,000
Ashley Noffke	$ 100,000
Alden Blizzard	$ 75,000
Brett Geeves	$45,000
Brad Haddin	$ 250,000
Bryce McGain	$50,000
Daniel Harris	$50,000
Dominic Thornley	$50,000
George Bailey	$50,000	$50, 000	Chennai Super Kings
Jon Moss	$50,000
Michael Klinger	$ 75,000
Michael Dighton	$85,000
Michael Hill	$50,000
Phil Jaques	$100,000
Shane Harwood	$75,000
Shaun Tait	$250,000	$375,000	Rajasthan Royals
Steven Smith	$75,000
Stuart Clark	$250,000
England
Kevin Pietersen	$1,350,000	$1, 550, 000	Bangalore Royal Challengers
Andrew Flintoff	$950,000	$1, 550, 000	Chennai Super Kings
Luke Wright	$150,000
Owais Shah	$150,000	$275,000	Delhi Daredevils
Paul Collingwood	$250,000	$275,000	Delhi Daredevils
Ravi Bopara	$150,000	$450, 000	Kings XI Punjab
Samit Patel	$100,000
Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan	$75,000
Mohammad Ashraful	$75,000	$75, 000	Mumbai Indians
Mashrafe Mortaza	$50,000	$600,000	Kolkata Knight Riders
Tamim Iqbal	$50,000
New Zealand
James Franklin	$50,000
Jesse Ryder	$100,000	$160,000	Bangalore Royal Challengers
Kyle Mills	$150,000	$150,000	Mumbai Indians
South Africa
Ashwell Prince	$ 150,000
Andrew Neil	$ 100,000
Gulam Bodi	$100,000
JP Duminy	$300,000	$950,000	Mumbai Indians
Morne van Wyk	$100,000
Tyron Henderson	$100,000	$650,000	Rajasthan Royals
Yusuf Abdullah	$25,000
Sri Lanka
Thilan Thushara	$100,000	$140,000	Chennai Super Kings
Nuwan Kulasekara	$100,000
Kaushalya Weeraratne	$50,000
Chamara Kapugedera	$150,000
Prasanna Jayawardene	$ 100,000
West Indies
Darren Powell	$ 100,000
Dwayne Smith	($tbc)	$100, 000	Deccan Chargers
Fidel Edwards	$150,000	$150, 000	Deccan Chargers
Kemar Roach	$50,000
Kieron Pollard	$60,000
Jerome Taylor	($tbc)	$150, 000	Kings XI Punjab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Cricketnirvana.com

 

Rajasthan Royals
Shuan Tait ($375K) and Tyron Henderson ($650K); 

Chennai Super Kings
George Bailey (50K), Thilan Thushara ($140K) and Andrew Flintoff ($1.55m)

Delhi Daredevils
Owais Shah ($275K) and Paul Collingwood ($275K)

Kings XI Punjab
Ravi Bopara ($450K) and Jerome Taylor ($150K)

Bangalore Royal Challengers
Kevin Pietersen ($1.55 m) and Jesse Ryder ($160K); 

Mumbai Indians
Mohammad Ashraful ($75K), Kyle Mills ($150K) and JP Duminy ($950K)

Deccan Chargers
Dwayne Smith ($100K) and Fidel Edwards ($150K)

Kolkata Knight Riders
Mashrafe Mortaza ($600K)

Each team can have a maximum of ten foreign players. Mumbai and Punjab have to submit the names of two or three players, whom they wish to buy, and they will be up for sale again.

Mashrafe Mortaza became the first Bangladeshi player to be sold in the auction. He was roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping 600,000 US Dollars.  Mortaza’s base price was $50,000 and he went for $600,000 – it was clearly the biggest shock of the auction on Friday. 

New Zealand all-rounder Jesse Ryder went for 160,000 dollars to Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Surprisingly Shaun Tait and George Bailey were only Australians to have been sold – from a pool of players to choose from. Hard-hitting wicketkeeper batsman Brad Haddin, opener Phil Jaques and fast bowler Stuart Clark remain unsold.

Shaun Tait become first player to be bought in this years’ auction by Rajasthan Royals for $375,000. Royals, the inaugural champions, picked up the express fast bowler.  Surprisingly he was the only Australian to be snapped up during the first round of the auction. 

England’s Paul Collingwood and Owais Shah were both picked up by Delhi Daredevils – last year’s semi-finalists for 275,000 dollars each.

Posted on February 6th, 2009 by admin
Filed under: Indian Premier League