# Irfan Pathan, the all-rounder from Baroda is next in at 200,000. Chennai and Bangalore are locked in an intense battle to get him. Bangalore have him at 600,000. Chennai continue to have the bid at $650,000. Punjab enter the bidding for the allrounder they employed in previous seasons at $700,000. Deccan make an entrance at 750,000. Punjab go up to 800,000. Bangalore and Chennai drop out. Deccan have bid $950,000 for Irfan. He had gone for 925,000 in the first auction. Punjab bid a million for Irfan. A new bidder, Delhi at 1.1 million for Irfan. Irfan gets a 1.2 million bid from Punjab but Delhi raise with Usain-Bolt speed. The bid is with Delhi at 1.5 million for Irfan Pathan. These Pathan brothers are raking it in.
Chris Gayle, the King of cool is the next one on sale at 400,000. A mighty striker of the ball and who can single-handedly win a game on his own with his bat. Shockingly and surprisingly he remains unsold.
# Sreesanth, the mercurial paceman from India starts off at 200,000. Delhi and Hyderabad start off. The bid is at 325,000 and it is with Hyderabad. 475,000 say Delhi. 650,000 say Hyderabad. Wonder, why Kochi are not going for him as he is from Kerala. Delhi are leading now with 750,000. Deccan make at $800,000 bid for Sreesanth. Delhi don’t wait much and bid 850,000. Kochi entered the bidding at $900,000 for Sreesanth and made a winning bid.
# Brendon McCullum, the Kolkata man previously is now on sale. His base price is 400,000. Chennai start the bidding for his base price. Mumbai bid for him at 425,000 as the hammer was coming down. Chennai and Mumbai are the only bidders. Mumbai are on the phone. Chennai have him now at 450,000. Kochi enter with 475,000. Kochi gets McCullum for 475,000. On his day he can win a game on his own.
# Dan the Man is on now at 400,000. He was a star for Delhi and is the best left arm spinner in the world. Surprisingly no one look interested and Pune have bid for him at 400,000. Bangalore increase it to 425,000. Pune and Bangalore are in the race to buy him. 500,000 is the price now and it is with Pune. Bangalore come up with 550,000. Bangalore get Vettori for that price – 550,000. A real good pick that from the Bangalore team.
# VVS Laxman is the next. His base price is 400,000. No one seem to be interested. Bangalore had a look and then did not bid for him. Kochi start with 400,000. The delicious Priety Zinta is munching on some French fries and shakes her head. Kochi get Laxman for 400,000.
# Johan Botha is the next player up for sale. Base price is $200,000. Botha, the South African spinner. Bangalore make the opening bid. Chennai raise. Bangalore and Chennai are the early bidders for Botha. The bid with with Bangalore at 260,000. Kochi bids 270,000 for Botha, Bangalore raise. Kochi raise. Repeat. The bid for Botha is at 400,000 with Bangalore. Kochi and Bangalore both really want Botha. Bangalore bid 500,000. Kochi are waiting now and then bid 550,000. Bangalore are quicker to bid 600,000. The price is more than Smith’s bid. Kochi raise further to 650,000. Bangalore go better at 700,000. Johan Botha has been bought … no …Rajasthan enter the bidding at 750,000. Botha has been contracted to them before. Bangalore drop out of the bidding. Vijay Mallya says no. Another new bidder. Pune bids $800,000 for Johan Botha. Rajasthan increase it to 850,000. Kochi and Bangalore are out of the race now. Pune increase to 900,000. Rajasthan raises the bid to 950,000 for Botha. Pune drop out of the race for Botha. Johan Botha lands jackpot with Rajasthan Royals for $950,000.
# Robin Uthappa’s bidding starts at $200,000. Bangalore begins the bidding. Delhi and Bangalore are raising each other at breakneck speed for Uthappa. It about ten seconds, the bid has reached 950,000 for Uthappa with Delhi. Bangalore are waiting … but it’s Kochi that makes the million dollar bid. Delhi raise to 1.1 million. Kochi make a 1.2 million bid for Uthappa. A new bidder, Pune, at 1.3 million for Uthappa. Kochi raise to 1.4 million. Pune go up to 1.5 million dollars for Uthappa. Kochi raise. He’s going to go for more than Yuvraj. Pune’s bid at 1.7 million. Kochi lift the baton and Uthappa’s current price is 1.8 million. Pune raise it to 1.9 million. Kochi makes a 2 million dollar bid for Uthappa. Pune makes a 2.1 million dollar bid. The new franchises are slugging it out for Uthappa. Robin Uthappa sold to Pune for $ 2.1 million.
# Graeme Smith is up next at $400,000 opening bid. He was with Rajasthan in previous seasons. Pune makes the first bid at 400,000. With the hammer, Kochi enter and Richard Madeley explains it to Pune how the process works. Pune have him at 450,000. 475,000 say Kochi. Pune and Kochi are locked in a battle to win the Proteas’ skipper. Pune make it 500,000. Kochi stops bidding for Smith for the moment. Pune buy Graeme Smith at $500,000.
# Rahul Dravid is on now at 400,000. His base price is that. The Bangalore camp are having a discussion and finally Rajasthan start off bidding. Punjab bid 425,000 for Dravid. Still no movement from Bangalore. Rajasthan raise to 450,000. Pune enter the bidding at 475,000 for Dravid. Rajasthan are thinking hard and then bid 500,000 for Dravid. Rahul Dravid joins Shane Warne at Rajasthan Royals for $500,000. Bangalore did not make a bid for him.
# Adam Gilchrist, the retired Aussie great is on now at 400,000. Punjab enter bidding for his base price. No one apart from Punjab seem to be interested. Pune enter with 425,000. The bid is now at 600,000 and it is with Punjab. Pune increase it to 650,000. Pune and Punjab are the only ones fighting it out. 800,000 and Punjab have him for now. Pune ramp it up to 850,000. Punjab are having a conference, 900,000 they say now. Punjab make their first buy, Adam Gilchrist for $900,000.
# Kumar Sangakkara is up next, wicketkeeper-batsman. Bidding starts at $300,000. Deccan begin the bidding and Chennai join in …325 … 350 ..375 … The bid is with Chennai. Deccan raise to 400 but Chennai go up to 425 immediately. Chennai is raising Deccan’s bid’s extremely quickly. Deccan hold the bid though, at 600,000 for Sangakkara. Chennai pause, and then make a 650,000 bid for Sanga. Deccan raise again to 700,000 with some vigor. Kumar Sangakkara sold for $700,000 to Deccan Chargers.
# Andrew Symonds is in at 300,000 and Chennai have bid for him. Hyderabad bid with 325,000. Chennai have it at 475,000. Chennai are in with 500,000. Mumbai enter with 550,000. Chennai fall out of the bidding for Symonds but Pune make a 600,000 bid. Mumbai raise to 650,000. Game on again. The bid for Symonds has reached 800,000 with Pune but it doesn’t stop there. Mumbai bid 850,000. Andrew Symonds sold for $850,000 to Mumbai Indians.
# Rohit Sharma at 200,000. Intense bidding as Punjab and Pune start off. Pune with 400,000. Priety says 425,000. The bid is now at 550,000 and it is with Punjab. Only Pune and Punjab are in the race now. 900,000 say Punjab and it is now increased to a million. Punjab with 1.1 million. Hyderabad with 1.2 million.Pune increase it to 1.3 million. Mumbai are now in with 1.4 million. It has now gone over the roof. Mumbai have the bid at 2 million right now. Rohit to Mumbai for 2 million
# Jacques Kallis is going under the hammer. His bids starts at 300,000 nd his former employers starts the bidding. Bangalore. The bid races away and touches 500,000 in no time. It’s still with Bangalore, against Kolkata. Chennai enter the bidding at 550,000. Bangalore raise to 600,000. Chennai go up to 650. Bangalore bid 700. Chennai are persistent and make a 750,000 bid.Bangalore want Kallis back so raise to 800,000. Mumbai wanted to bid but KKR were quicker and make a 850,000 bid. Bangalore raise to 900,000. Kallis was sold for aroudn this much last time. KKR make a 950,000 bid. Bangalore touch 1 million dollars. Kolkata buy Kallis for 1.1 million dollars. This is Kolkata’s third buy for more than a million dollars.
# Cameron White, the Victorian is on now at 300,000. Bangalore start off. Delhi increase it to 325,000. Frenetic again. Delhi and Bangalore are bidding for him. 700,000 say Bangalore. Hyderabad come in with 750,000. Bangalore are having a chat, they decide to quit. Punjab enter with 800,000. It is between Hyderabad and Punjab. Now at 900,000 and with Punjab. So White is now at a million and it is with Punjab. say Hyderabad. Punjab have a chat and seem to have given up. White for Hyderabad at 1.1 million.
# The auction will recommence and the second group is up for sale. Ganguly is the first man on sale. His base price is 400,000. No seem to be interested. And he remains unsold.
# A break now. Phew, I needed that. The auction will recommence in fifteen minutes.
# AB de Villiers is now up for sale. Frenetic stuff again. $1 million say Bangalore. AB has been sold to $1.1 million for Bangalore.
# Yuvraj Singh is in now and Priety Zinta flashes a huge smile, with her dimples in full view and bids for him. Intense bidding is on between Punjab and Hyderabad. The bid is now at a million dollars and it is with Punjab. Mumbai enter with a million and a hundred thousand. It is on between Punjab and Mumbai. It is at $one million and six hundred thousand and with Hyderabad. The Punjab side have given up. Mumbai increase it to a million and a seven hundred thousand. Pune enter with a $million and eight hundred thousand. This is crazy stuff. Mumbai don’t seem interested. Yuvraj to Pune for a $million and eight hundred thousand.
# Mahela Jayawardene, the stylish Sri Lankan who played for Punjab last time is the next man. His base price is $400,000 and Bangalore open the bidding. Kochi and Bangalore are involved in an intense race. The bid is now at $900,000 and it is with Bangalore. Kochi increase it to $950,000 and Bangalore have quit. Punjab a new bidder enter with a $million dollars. Kochi are on the phone and have increased it to a $million and five hundred thousand. Punjab too are interested, but it will be Mahela to Kochi for a $million and five hundred thousand.. He could be their skipper too. We will have to wait and see for that.
# Kevin Pietersen is now in. Delhi have bid for him at $400,000. Kochi have increased it to $425,000. Delhi say $450,000. Kochi increase it to $550,000. Delhi have opted out. Pune come in with at $600,000. Kochi have opted out. Pune win Pietersen for $600,000. No, Hyderabad enter with $650,000. So looks like and it will be Pietersen for Hyderabad for $650,000.
# The Baroda Bomber, Yusuf Pathan is next. There is a mad rush for this blaster. Sorry, I’m not able to track the frenetic pace. Pune and Chennai are bidding for him. Kochi enter with $700,000. Hyderabad raise it to $750,000. Kochi increase it to $900,000. Kolkata come in with a $million and a hundred thousand. Kochi and Kolkata are the only two in the race now. The bid is at a $million and a six hundred thousand dollars and it is with Kochi. Kolkata raise it to a $million and a seven hundred thousand. Right now Kolkata have him at a $million and nine hundred thousand. We have a $two million bid by Kochi. $Two million and one hundred thousand say Kolkata and Kochi have pulled out. Kolkata win Yusuf for $Two million and one hundred thousand. They are pumped up and are very happy with their buy.
# Ross Taylor, the Kiwi is next. His base price is $400,000. No one is willing to bid for him, till Kochi start off with the base price. Hyderabad go for $425,000. Chennai are in with $450,000. Hyderabad go for $475,000. Bangalore enter with $500,000. Mumbai increase it to 650,000, while Bangalore hit back with $700,000. Now only Mumbai and Bangalore are involved. The bid is now at $850,000 and with Bangalore. Looks like Taylor is being picked up by Bangalore, when Rajasthan enter with $900,000. Rajasthan increase it to a $million and Bangalore have quit. So Taylor has been sold to Rajasthan for a million dollars.
# Zaheer is next on the list. Delhi enter with $325,000. Mumbai increase it to $375,000. Delhi suddenly have ramped it up to $550,000. A bidding war as both Mumbai and Delhi are involved in a fierce battle to get the Indian seamer. Mumbai now with $700,000. Delhi increase it to $750,000. Mumbai go for $800,000. Delhi do not seem to give up, it is now at $850,000. Bangalore are now in, they bid for $900,000. Delhi have quit. Mumbai too have given up. So, Zaheer has been sold to Bangalore for $900,000.
# Dilshan is the next man. The bid starts at $400,000. Kochi start off the bidding. Bangalore have bid $475,000. Kochi increase it to $500,000. Bangalore ramp it up to $550,000. Kochi increase it further to $600,000. Bangalore bid $650,000. Kochi have opted out and Dilshan has been sold to Bangalore for $650,000.
# Gambhir is the first player to be out of the list. Kochi begins the bidding at $200,000, Pune raises it to $210,000. Mumbai have increased it to $290,000. Pune have suddenly ramped it up to $450,000. Mumbai take it further to $550,000. There is a war going on between Mumbai and Pune. Both of them want Gauti. Pune have increased it to $800,000. Kochi throw their hats into the ring with $850,000. Mumbai and Pune suddenly seem disinterested. Oh! Now Bangalore enter the race with $900,000. Kochi go up to $950,000. Bangalore increase it to a $million. Now Kochi and Bangalore are in a race. The bid is now at a $million and 900,000 and Bangalore have opted out. This is crazy, now the Kolkata team enter with $two million just when he was about to be sold. Kochi have bid $two million and three hundred thousand. Kolkata have increased it to $two million and four hundred thousand. Kochi have opted out now. Right, Gambhir has been sold to Kolkata for $two million and four hundred thousand.
Hello and welcome to the IPL auctions. As many as 350 players are up for grabs in this brand new auction. Here are some of the important points relating to the auction before it gets underway at 11:00 AM IST.
# 353 players are up for grabs.
# These are the players that have been retained by the franchisees
# Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard and Lasith Malinga.
# Chennai: MS Dhoni, M Vijay, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel.
# Rajasthan: Shane Warne and Shane Watson.
# Delhi: V Sehwag.
# Bangalore: V Kohli.
# Each franchisee will have a maximum of $9 million, since Mumbai and Chennai have retained 4 of their players, they will have only $4.5 million. Rajasthan have $3.9 million, while Bangalore and Delhi have $7.2 million. The other franchisees all have their $9 million to spend.
# A total of 10 franchisees are bidding for the 350 players. The new franchisees this time are the Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi.
# The contract is for two years 2011-2012 (extendable by one year).
# A franchisee can have a maximum of 30 players and a minimum of 16. Only 10 overseas players can be bought, while a maximum of 4 can play in the final eleven.
# It’s expected that the marquee players will be auctioned first.
The players are: AB de Villiers, Tillkaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Mahela Jayawardene, Zaheer Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Kevin Pietersen, Yuvraj Singh, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara, Rohit Sharma, Graeme Smith, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, Johan Botha, Chris Gayle, VVS Laxman, Brendon McCullum, Irfan Pathan, RP Singh, Sreesanth, Robin Uthappa and Daniel Vettori.
# The big name that is in the auction is the former West Indian great, Brian Charles Lara. His base price is $400,000 but it looks unlikely that any franchisee will pay such a high price for him. Whether he will be bought remains to be seen.
# The hot picks are Yusuf Pathan, Davey Jacobs and the hard hitting Victorian opener Aaron Finch. The Bangladesh duo of Shakib and Tamim will be much sought after too for they are the ideal picks considering their utility value. Shakib is an all-rounder, while Tamim is a fine opening bat.
# According to me, the Sri Lankan all-rounder, Thissara Perera is a fine pick. He is a hard-hitter and bowls some useful medium pace. Another good pick would be the pace bowlers – Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor, Shaun Tait and Co. With their express pace, they can knock a few over early on and give their side a huge advantage.
# The new names in this year’s auction are: Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Peter Siddle. Nathan McCullum too is there. Brendon McCullum, the brother of Nathan played for Kolkata last time, this time who will he play for? We will know in just a bit.
# Any Indian domestic player who has not played for India, will not be up for sale in this auction. So players like Manish Pandey, Ambati Rayudu and R Satish will have to wait to know which side they will be playing for this time.
# Some of the big news missing from the auction this time are Hayden, McGrath, Kumble – who pulled out citing his business and administrative commitments and Flintoff.
# Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson have opted out of the IPL auctions this time.
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