Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Dhoni Tops Indian Auction Bidding

Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni have attracted the largest bid on the bidding at the Indian Premier League's inaugural auction. Dhoni received 1m USD of bid from Chennai when Australia's Adam GilChrist received $700,000 and Shane Warne received $450,000. Players will be paid annually by eight city by Eight city franchises. The players contract is secured for 3 years by BCCI. Here is the list of other players and their team.
Mahendra Dhoni: $1.5m (Chennai)
Andrew Symonds: $1.35m (Hyderabad)
Sanath Jayasuriya: $975,000 (Mumbai)
Ishant Sharma: $950,000 (Kolkata)
Irfan Pathan: $925,000 (Mohali)
Brett Lee : $900,000 (Mohali)
Jacques Kallis: $900,000 (Bangalore)
RP Singh: $875,000 (Hyderabad)
Harbhajan Singh: $850,000 (Mumbai)
Chris Gayle: $800,000 (Kolkata)

MS Dhoni was bought by Indian Cements where, Indian former captain Sourav Ganguly was bought by kolkata franchise which is backed by bollywood superstar Shar Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh's Kolkata franchise also bought Pakistan's troubled fast bowler shoiab Akhtar.

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