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After 8 rounds of bidding in Mumbai Indian players ruled the roost as Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the way with 1.5 Millions US$ most expensive player in the market and shocking to see Andrew Symonds the most hated by indian fans a month ago turns out to be the 2nd most expensive player with 1.35 Million US$ ahead of 37 year old Sri Lankan All rounder Sanath Jayasuriya who has just been dropped from Odi squad against West Indies were the top 3 gainers apart from Iconic players who were Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh & Virender Sehwag representing their home clubs.
Young Indian cricketers like Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, Ishant Sharma, Robin Uthappa, R.P.Singh, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth and much forgotten Mohammad Kaif Bagged more Dollers than some great International players like Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting, Mathew Hayden, Anil Kumble, Chaminda Vass & VVS Laxman this shows the players were purchased according to their Off-feild value rather then their On-feild values. Their were no takers for Glenn Mcgrath, Micheal Hussey, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Justin Langer, Simon Katich & Loots Bosman initially and had to wait for the reserve round. Mohammad Yousuf & Ashwell Prince were the only 2 players went unsold & were withdrawn from the auctions.
This is the way teams have lined up so far:
Jaipur: Shane Warne (US$450,000), Graeme Smith (US$475,000), Younis Khan (US$225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$150,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$475,000), Mohammad Kaif (US$675,000), Munaf Patel (US$275,000), Justin Langer (US$200,000)
Chennai: MS Dhoni (US$1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$600,000), Matthew Hayden (US$375,000), Jacob Oram (US$675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$350,000), Parthiv Patel (US$325,000), Joginder Sharma (US$225,000), Albie Morkel (US$675,000), Suresh Raina (US$650,000), Makhaya Ntini (US$200,000), Michael Hussey (US$350,000)
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$850,000), Shaun Pollock (US$550,000), Robin Uthappa (US$800,000), Lasith Malinga (US$350,000), Dilhara Fernando (US$150,000), Loots Bosman (US$175,000)
Bangalore: Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$450,000), Mark Boucher (US$450,000), Cameron White (US$500,000), Wasim Jaffer (US$150,000), Dale Steyn (US$325,000), Nathan Bracken (US$325,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (US$200,000)
Hyderabad: Adam Gilchrist (US$700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$675,000), Scott Styris (US$175,000), VVS Laxman (US$375,000), Rohit Sharma (US$750,000), Chamara Silva (US$100,000), RP Singh (US$875,000), Chaminda Vaas (US$200,000), Nuwan Zoysa (US$110,000)
Mohali: Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$700,000), Brett Lee (US$900,000), Sreesanth (US$625,000), Irfan Pathan (US$925,000), Ramesh Powar (US$170,000), Piyush Chawla (US$400,000), Simon Katich (US$200,000), Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$225,000)
Kolkata: Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$700,000), Chris Gayle (US$800,000), Ajit Agarkar (US$330,000), David Hussey (US$675,000), Ishant Sharma (US$950,000), Murali Kartik (US$425,000), Umar Gul (US$150,000), Tatenda Taibu (US$125,000)
Delhi: Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$650,000), AB de Villiers (US$300,000), Dinesh Karthik (US$525,000), Farveez Maharoof (US$225,000), Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$250,000), Manoj Tiwary (US$675,000), Gautam Gambhir (US$725,000), Glenn McGrath (US$350,000).
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