Sahara Pune Warriors get Uthappa

India's Robin Uthappa enjoyed a massive windfall at the IPL Players' Auction when he was purchased by for $2.1 million.

He becomes the fourth player to cross the $2million dollar mark after Gautam Gambhir ($2.4m), Yusuf Pathan ($2.1m) and Rohit Sharma ($2m)

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils had a keen tussle for the dashing batsman before newcomers Kochi IPL and Sahara Pune Warriors also joined in the battle to take the player past the two million-dollar mark.

Uthappa, who started with a reserve price of $200,000, played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous three editions.