Gambhir top grosser; No takers for Lara, Ganguly

Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir fetched a staggering $2.4 million even as cricketing legend Brian Lara and former India captain Sourav Ganguly went unsold on the first day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction here Saturday.

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Published: Sun 9 Jan 2011, 12:12 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 6:30 PM

The top five money grossers on the first day were all Indians with Gambhir leading the chart followed by Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.1 million), Robin Uthappa (Pune Warriors, $2.1mn), Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians, $2mn) and Irfan Pathan (Delhi Daredevils $1.9mn)

Among foreigners, Sri Lankan star Mahela Jayawerdena was bought for $1.5mn by Kochi while South African veteran Jacques Kallis fetched $1.1mn (Knight Riders) and speedster Dale Steyn $1.2mn (Deccan Chargers).

Following are the players auctioned on the first day.

Gautam Gambhir (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.4 million
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka): Royal Challengers Bangalore $650,000
Zaheer Khan (India): Royal Challenger Bangalore, $900,000
Ross Taylor (New Zealand): Rajasthan Royal, $1 million
Yusuf Pathan (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.1 million
Kevin Pietersen (England): Deccan Chargers, $650,000,
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka): Team Kochi, $1.5 million
Yuvraj Singh (India): Pune Warriors, $1.8 million
AB de Villiers (South Africa), Royal Challengers Bangalore, $1.1 million
Sourav Ganguly (India): unsold
Cameron White (Australia): Deccan Chargers, $1.1 million
Jacques Kallis (South Africa): Kolkata Knight Riders, $1.1 million
Rohit Sharma (India): Mumbai Indians, $2 million
Andrew Symonds (Australia): Mumbai Indians, $850,000
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka): Deccan Chargers, $700,000
Adam Gilchrist (Australia): Kings XI Punjab, $900,000
Rahul Dravid (India): Rajasthan Royal, $500,000
Graeme Smith (South Africa), Pune Warriors, $500,000
Robin Uthappa (India): Pune Warriors, 2.1 million
Johan Botha (South Africa): Rajasthan Royals, $950,000
V.V.S. Laxman (India): $400,000, Team Kochi
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand): Royal Challengers Bangalore, $550,000
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand): Team Kochi, $475,000
S. Sreesanth (India): Team Kochi, $900,000
Chris Gayle (West Indies): unsold
Irfan Pathan (India): Delhi Daredevils, $1.9 million
R.P. Singh (India): Team Kochi, $500,000,
Jesse Ryder (New Zealand): unsold
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa): unsold
Michael Hussey (Australia): Chennai Super Kings, 425,000
JP Duminy (South Africa): Deccan Chargers, $300,000
Shaun Marsh (Australia): Kings XI Punjab, $400,000
Shikhar Dhawan (India): Deccan Chargers, $300,000
Saurabh Tiwary (India): Royal Challengers Bangalore, $1.6 million
David Hussey (Australia): Kings XI Punjab, $1.4 million
Dave Warner (Australia): Delhi Daredevil, $750,000
Graham Manou (Australia): unsold
Wriddhiman Saha (India): Chennai Super King, $100,000
Parthiv Patel (India): Team Kochi, $290,000
Brian Lara (West Indies): unsold
Dinesh Karthik India): Kings XI Punjab $900,000
Naman Ojha (India): Delhi Daredvil, $270,000
Brad Haddin (Australia): Kolkata Knight Riders, $325,000
Tim Paine (Australia): Pune Warriors, $270,000,
Matt Prior (England): unsold
Mark Boucher (South Africa): unsold
David Jacobs (South Africa): $190,000, Mumbai Indians
James Hopes (Australia): Delhi Daredevils, $350,000
Ravindra Jadeja (India): Team Kochi, $950,000
Luke Wright (England): unsold
Shakeeb Al Hasan (Bangladesh): Kolkata Knight Riders, $425,000
Stuart Broad (England): Kings XI Punjab, $400,000
Abhishek Nayar (India): Kings XI Punjab, $800,000
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka): Pune Warriors, $950,000
Dwayne Bravo (West Indies): Chennai Super Kings, $200,000
Steven Smith (Australia): Team Kochi, $200,000
James Franklin (New Zealand): Mumbai Indians, $100,000
Dilhara Fernando (Sri lanka): unsold
James Anderson (England): unsold
Ishant Sharma (India): Deccan Chargers, $450,000
Praveen Kumar (India): Kings XI Punjab, $800,000
Ashish Nehra (India) : Pune Warriors, $850,000
Brett Lee (Australia): Kolkata Knight Riders, $400,000
Morne Morkel (South Africa): Delhi Daredevils, $475,000
Dale Steyn (South Africa): Deccan Chargers, $1.2 million
Ryan Harris (Australia): Kings XI Punjab, $325,000
Dirn Nannes (Australia): Royal Challengers, $650,000
Doug Bollinger (Australia): Chennai Super Kings, $700,000
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka): Kochi, $1.1m
Piyush Chawla (India): Kings XI Punjab, $900,000
Ravichandran Ashwin (India): Chennai Super Kings, $850,00
Graeme Swann: unsold
Ajantha Mendis: unsold
Pragyan Ojha (India): Deccan Chargers, $500,000
Murali Kartik: unsold
Amit Mishra (India): Deccan Chargers, $300,000
Nathan McCullum (New Zealand): Pune Warriors, $100,000
Romesh Pawar (India): Kochi, $180,000
Chamara Kapugedera (Sri Lanka): unsold
Aaron Finch (Australia): Delhi Daredevils, $300,000
Eoin Morgan(England): Kolkata Knight Riders, $350,000
Brad Hodge (Australia): Kochi, 425,000
Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh): unsold
Callum Ferguson (Australia): Pune Warriors, $300,000
Manoj Tiwary (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $475,000
Cheteshwar Pujara (India): Royal Challengers Bangalore, $700,000
Subramaniam Badrinath (India): Chennai Super Kings, $800,000
Paul Collingwood (England): Rajasthan Royals, 250,000

($1 million = Rs.4.5 crore)


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