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The IPL auction for 2011 is underway. http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/content/story/495878.html

Gambhir to Kolkata for 2.4 million (not sure of currency, I assume it is USD)
Tillakeratne Dilshan to Bangalore for 650k
Zaheer Khan to Bangalore for 900k
Ross Taylor to Rajasthan for 1m
Pathan to Kolkata 2.1m
Kevin Pietersen to Deccan for 650k
Jayawardene to Kochi for 1.5m (475k previous auction)
Yuvraj Singh to Pune 1.8m
AB De Villiers to Bangalore for 1.1m
Ganguly passed in at 400k
Cameron White to Deccan for 1.1m
Kallis to Kolkata for 1.1m
Sharma to Mumbai for 2m
Symonds to Mumbai for 850k
Sangakkara to Deccan for 700k
Gilchrist to Punjab for 900k
Dravid to Rajasthan for 500k
Smith to Pune for 500k
Uthappa to Pune for 2.1m
Botha to Rajasthan for 950k
VVS to Kochi for 400k
Vettori to Bangalore for 550k (bargain)
B McCullum to Kochi for 475k
Sreesanth to Kochi 900k
Gayle no bids
Irfan Pathan to Delhi for 1.9m
RP Singh to Kochi for 500k

Chris says "How is gautam gambhir worth more than twice as much as jacques kallis? do they know something we don't?"


thats from cricinfo

came up during the commentary of tonights 20/20 sa v vic

i find it hard to beileve Kallis went that cheap

B McCullum for 475?
Gayle no bids?

... wow.

Gayle no bids, that is a shock, surely thats the form of cricket that suits him

Dogmatic wrote:Cameron White to Deccan for 1.1m
Kallis to Kolkata for 1.1m

... and people try to tell me the IPL is fair dinkum cricket.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:

Dogmatic wrote:Cameron White to Deccan for 1.1m
Kallis to Kolkata for 1.1m

... and people try to tell me the IPL is fair dinkum cricket.

I've seen a bit of Kallis playing for Bangalore and he's not much of a T20 player. Refuses to smack it around too much and prefers to chip it around and hang around forcing the guy at the other end to smak em ala Brad Hodge.

Some of the prices may have been influenced by the amount of games they can play.
West Indies have a series in April.

Player Name Country IPL Team Cost (USD)

Sachin Tendulkar (retained) India Mumbai Indians 1800000
Harbhajan Singh (retained) India Mumbai Indians 1300000
Kieron Pollard (retained) West Indies Mumbai Indians 900000
Lasith Malinga (retained) Sri Lanka Mumbai Indians 500000
MS Dhoni (retained) India Chennai Super Kings 1800000
Suresh Raina (retained) India Chennai Super Kings 1300000
M Vijay (retained) India Chennai Super Kings 900000
Albie Morkel (retained) South Africa Chennai Super Kings 500000
Shane Warne (retained) Australia Rajasthan Royals 1800000
Shane Watson (retained) Australia Rajasthan Royals 1300000
Virender Sehwag (retained) India Delhi Daredevils 1800000
Virat Kohli (retained) India Royal Challengers Bangalore 1800000
Gautam Gambhir India Kolkata Knight Riders 2400000
Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka Royal Challengers Bangalore 650000
Yusuf Pathan India Kolkata Knight Riders 2100000
Zaheer Khan India Royal Challengers Bangalore 900000
AB de Villiers South Africa Royal Challengers Bangalore 1100000
Ross Taylor New Zealand Rajasthan Royals 1000000
Kevin Pietersen England Deccan Chargers 650000
Yuvraj Singh India Pune Warriors 1800000
Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka Kochi 1500000
Daniel Vettori New Zealand Royal Challengers Bangalore 550000
Adam Gilchrist Australia Kings XI Punjab 900000
Jacques Kallis South Africa Kolkata Knight Riders 1100000
Irfan Pathan India Delhi Daredevils 1900000
Rahul Dravid India Rajasthan Royals 500000
Johan Botha South Africa Rajasthan Royals 950000
Rohit Sharma India Mumbai Indians 2000000
Andrew Symonds Australia Mumbai Indians 850000
Cameron White Australia Deccan Chargers 1100000
Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka Deccan Chargers 700000
Graeme Smith South Africa Pune Warriors 500000
Robin Uthappa India Pune Warriors 2100000
VVS Laxman India Kochi 400000
Brendon McCullum New Zealand Kochi 475000
Sreesanth India Kochi 900000
RP Singh India Kochi 500000
Michael Hussey Australia Chennai Super Kings 425000
Shaun Marsh Australia Kings XI Punjab 400000
JP Duminy South Africa Deccan Chargers 300000
Shikhar Dhawan India Deccan Chargers 300000
Saurabh Tiwary India Royal Challengers Bangalore 1600000
David Hussey Australia Kings XI Punjab 1400000
David Warner Australia Delhi Daredevils 750000
Parthiv Patel India Kochi 290000
Wriddhiman Saha India Chennai Super Kings 100000
Dinesh Karthik India Kings XI Punjab 900000
Naman Ojha India Delhi Daredevils 270000
Brad Haddin Australia Kolkata Knight Riders 325000
Tim Paine Australia Pune Warriors 270000
Davy Jacobs South Africa Mumbai Indians 190000
James Hopes Australia Delhi Daredevils 350000
Ravindra Jadeja India Kochi 950000
Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh Kolkata Knight Riders 425000
Stuart Broad England Kings XI Punjab 400000
Abhishek Nayar India Kings XI Punjab 800000
Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka Pune Warriors 950000
Dwayne Bravo West Indies Chennai Super Kings 200000
Steven Smith Australia Kochi 200000
James Franklin New Zealand Mumbai Indians 100000
Ishant Sharma India Deccan Chargers 450000
Praveen Kumar India Kings XI Punjab 800000
Ashish Nehra India Pune Warriors 850000
Brett Lee Australia Kolkata Knight Riders 400000
Morne Morkel South Africa Delhi Daredevils 475000
Dale Steyn South Africa Deccan Chargers 1200000
Ryan Harris Australia Kings XI Punjab 325000
Dirk Nannes Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore 650000
Doug Bollinger Australia Chennai Super Kings 700000
Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka Kochi 1100000
Piyush Chawla India Kings XI Punjab 900000
R Ashwin India Chennai Super Kings 850000
Pragyan Ojha India Deccan Chargers 500000
Amit Mishra India Deccan Chargers 300000
Nathan McCullum New Zealand Pune Warriors 100000
Ramesh Powar India Kochi 180000
Aaron Finch Australia Delhi Daredevils 300000
Eoin Morgan England Kolkata Knight Riders 350000
Brad Hodge Australia Kochi 425000
Callum Ferguson Australia Pune Warriors 300000
Manoj Tiwary India Kolkata Knight Riders 475000
Cheteshwar Pujara India Royal Challengers Bangalore 700000
S Badrinath India Chennai Super Kings 850000
Paul Collingwood England Rajasthan Royals 250000

seriously 4 indian players going for over $2m

you are kidding me

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:seriously 4 indian players going for over $2m

you are kidding me

Marketing factor?

So in terms of the Aussies so far we've got:

David Hussey-Punjab $1.4m
Cameron White-Deccan $1.1m
Adam Gilchrist-Punjab $900K
Andrew Symonds-Mumbai $850K (he and Pollard are now teammates!)
David Warner-Delhi $750K
Doug Bollinger-Chennai $700K
Dirk Nannes-Bangalore $650K
Brad Hodge-Kochi $425K
Michael Hussey-Chennai $425K
Brett Lee-Kolkata $400K
James Hopes-Delhi $350K
Ryan Harris-Punjab $325K
Brad Haddin-Kolkata $325K
Callum Ferguson-Pune $300K
Aaron Finch-Delhi $300K
Tim Paine-Pune $270K
Steve Smith-Kochi $200K

Unsold: Graham Manou

No takers for Graeme Swann despite the pedigree © Getty Images

Why was there such little interest in England players - including Graeme Swann, the world's best spinner, and James Anderson, one of the matchwinners for England in the Ashes?
One main reason is that the franchises felt some of the England players had overpriced base prices. The other reason was the question mark over the availability for longer periods - England's domestic season begins soon after the IPL, and the first round of home international matches would overlap with the IPL's title run-in. Swann has the pedigree, form and charisma (the last characteristic especially synchronous with the IPL brand) but there's one factor going against him: the trend for Indian franchises to not opt for an offspinner on the flat pitches across shortened grounds. "Unless he has a doosra or a carrom ball like R Ashwin has it is difficult to think of including an offspinner, especially because it is easy to hit an offie," one franchise official said. Of course, it helps to be Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowls economically and has shown in previous IPLs that he can keep batsmen on edge. "And franchises normally avoid foreign spinners on Indian tracks as they need to field seven Indians, so they'd be loath to waste a spot for a specialist spinner from abroad."

So why did Rajasthan Royals spend so much on Johan Botha?
The South African offspinner was picked up for $950,000 after a four-way fight that saw his value spiralling from his base price of $200,000. Rajasthan joined the bidding very very late but held on to get their man. "He is a fantastic offspinner, a superb fielder," said Raghu Iyer, Rajasthan's chief marketing officer. "He has been part of the team before, brings in the commitment. He is the current South Africa Twenty20 captain. People might feel it's a large price to pay for someone like him but I don't agree. We had our strategy and we probably paid no more than an extra $100,000 for him."

Chris Gayle went unsold, which was a shock for many. Why did franchises turn a blind eye to a mercurial, proven match-winner?
Easy one - it's due mainly to his unavailability this year. West Indies are busy during the next two IPL seasons. They'll be hosting Pakistan this year and play Australia at home and England away in 2012. And his base price of $400,000 worked against him - he would not be a bargain punt, as some others could be.

And what about Tamim Iqbal, the aggressive Bangladesh opener who seems made for Twenty20?
Two reasons. First, the numbers: though he has had a good Test season in 2010, his ODI and Twenty20 form last year was far from impressive. In 23 matches, he made 776 runs at 33.73 with one century while in two Twenty20s, he only managed 33 runs. He's also been battling a wrist injury, for which he's undergone surgery.

The other reason franchises did not bid for him was his international commitments: according to the ICC's Future Tours Programme, Bangladesh are busy during March and April so Tamim would have to miss a healthy part of the next IPL.

Why did an experienced spinner like Murali Kartik go unsold when far less experienced slow bowlers like Piyush Chawla fetched nearly a million?
It could be viewed as an anomaly in one way or just the trend of franchises to go for younger spinners. One franchise official said that with many young options on the domestic uncapped circuit, teams wouldn't have bothered to pick somebody like Kartik, who is 30-plus and not even an allrounder. To make space for a specialist spinner is really difficult, an official said.
Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo

Unsold players:

Sourav Ganguly, base price $400,000

Brian Lara, base price $400,000

Chris Gayle, base price $400,000

Luke Wright, base price $400,000

James Anderson, base price $400,000

Graeme Swann, base price $400,000

Herschelle Gibbs, base price $200,000

Matt Prior, base price $200,000

Mark Boucher, base price $200,000

Murali Kartik, base price $200,000

Ajantha Mendis, base price, $200,000

Jesse Ryder, base price $100,000

Dilharo Fernando, base price $100,000

Chamara Kapugedera, base price $100,000, unsold

Tamim Iqbal, base price $100,000, unsold

Graham Manou, base price $50,000

Tim Paine absolute bargain.
James Hopes very good value aswell

Andrew Symonds went to harbahjans side I do believe?? Interesting to see how that goes

CoverKing wrote:Andrew Symonds went to harbahjans side I do believe?? Interesting to see how that goes

Can see the monkey chants already.
All they need is shreesanth in that side aswell. Would be comedy in changeroom

So is the $ at the auction actually go into the players pocket? How does it work?

Dutchy wrote:So is the $ at the auction actually go into the players pocket? How does it work?

Here are some rules Dutchy. It looks to me that the final bid price is divided into match payments therefore, if they play every game possible they receive their bid price.



Salary Cap: Each franchise has a total sum of US $9 Million available to spend on player fees, both for auction players and uncapped Indian players.

This has been reduced for five of the franchises, who have retained players in advance of the auction.

Player contract period: The IPL player contract is for seasons 2011 and 2012 with the franchises having the option to renew a player's contract for the 2013 season on the same terms and conditions.

IPL squad rules: The franchises are entitled to register up to an aggregate of 10 overseas players in each season. As has been the case in the last three seasons, a maximum of four overseas players can play in the Playing11.
Each franchise is also required to register at least four local players in it's squad.
The playing squads for each franchise will be a minimum of16 players and a maximum of 30 players during the season

The auction will be a private auction and will be conducted by Richard Madley. Each player will be presented individually for auction.

The bidding will commence at the reserve price for that player contained the in player register.

The maker of the highest bid for each player will secure the player at that price.

The price will bid will be the player's fee for each IPL season, including the Champions League T20 tournament if the team qualifies.

The franchises cannot make bids which would take them beyond the remaining balance of their salary cap.

The players will be grouped into sets with the marquee players being auctioned first.

A random draw will take place to determine the order in which players are auctioned within set.

Any player who is not bid for when presented for auction may be re-presented at the discretion of IPL once the initial sets have been concluded.

This procedure may be varied by IPL when the auction reaches the stage at which the number of franchises with resources left to bid has significantly reduced.

Silly me, I thought the tournament was about cricket ...