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Jayasuriya tops Round 2 of bidding

By Harish Kotian in Mumbai
February 20, 2008 13:35 IST
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The Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai franchise made it's presence felt in round two of the Indian Premier League's player auction, with the purchase of Harbhajan Singh and Sanath Jayasuriya for a total purse of US $18,25,000.

Jayasuriya fetched the highest bid in round 2, for $975,000 against his base price of $250,000.

Mumbai, which will be led by Sachin Tendulkar, then made another strong bid for Harbhajan, and pocketed him for $850,000 against his base price of $250,000.

Sri Lankan wicketkeeping sensation Kumar Sangakkara also fetched a high price of $700,000, bought by Mohali, partly owned by Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia.

Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble, as expected, was snapped up by Vijay Mallya's Bangalore for $500,000

Earlier, India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni fetched the highest price in round one of the auction. He was bought by Indian Cements, owner of the Chennai franchise, for a whopping 1.5 million US dollars, approximately Rs six crore.

The bid results after two rounds:

Player

Country

Bought by Franchise

Price (in USD)

Base Price (USD)

Round 1

MS Dhoni

India

Chennai

1.5 m

4,00,000

Adam Gilchrist

Australia

Hyderabad

7,00,000

3,00,000

M Muralitharan

Sri Lanka

Chennai

6,00,000

2,50,000

M Jayawardene

Sri Lanka

Mohali

4,75,000

2,50,000

Shane Warne

Australia

Jaipur

4,50,000

4,50,000

Shoaib Akhtar

Pakistan

Kolkata

4,25,000

2,50,000

Round 2

Anil Kumble

India

Bangalore

5,00,000

2,50,000

Harbhajan Singh

India

Mumbai

8,50,000

2,50,000

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka

Mumbai

9,75,000

2,50,000

Kumar Sangakkara

Sri Lanka

Mohali

7,00,000

2,50,000

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