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Mallya buys Kallis for US $9,00,000

By Harish Kotian in Mumbai
February 20, 2008 15:47 IST
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South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis stole the show in Round 4 of the DLF Indian Premier League players' auction with a winning bid of US $9,00,000 by billionaire Vijay Mallya's Bangalore franchise.

Kallis, who was priced at US $2,25,000, beat West Indies' dashing opener Chris Gayle, who was bought by Kolkata for US $8,00,000.

Pakistan's hard-hitting batsman Shahid Afridi also raked in the moolah after being pouched by Hyderabad for US $6,75,000, while Delhi got hold of pacer Mohammad Asif for US $6,50,000.

India speedster S Sreesanth, known for his antics on the field, also got a good deal after Preity Zinta's Mohali team purchased him for US $6,25,000.

Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan, however, finished much lower on US $4,50,000 in Bangalore's second purchase of the fourth round.

South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs was bought by Hyderabad for US $5,75,000 against his base price of US $2,50,000, but his captain Graeme Smith, surprisingly, went for the base offer of US $2,50,000.

Younis Khan also failed to impress the bidders and Jaipur bought him for his base price of US $2,25,000, while Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik got US $5,00,000 against his base price of 3,00,000.

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

Glenn McGrath

Australia

-

No bid

3,50,000

Mohammad Yousuf

Pakistan

-

No bid

3,30,000

Round 3

Ricky Ponting

Australia

Kolkata

4,00,000

3,35,000

Brett Lee

Australia

Mohali

9,00,000

3,00,000

Andrew Symonds

Australia

Hyderabad

1.35m

2,50,000

Michael Hussey

Australia

-

No bid

2,50,000

Daniel Vettori

New Zealand

Delhi

s

2,50,000

Matthew Hayden

Australia

Chennai

3,75,000

2,25,000

Brendon McCullum

New Zealand

Kolkata

7,00,000

1,75,000

Jacob Oram

New Zealand

Chennai

6,75,000

2,00,000

Round 4

 

 

 

 

Stephen Fleming

New Zealand

Chennai

3,50,000

3,50,000

Graeme Smith

South Africa

Jaipur

2,50,000

2,50,000

Herschelle Gibbs

South Africa

Hyderabad

5,75,000

2,50,000

Chris Gayle

West Indies

Kolkata

8,00,000

2,50,000

Shoaib Malik

Pakistan

Delhi

5,00,000

3,00,000

Shahid Afridi

Pakistan

Hyderabad

6,75,000

2,25,000

Younis Khan

Pakistan

Jaipur

2,25,000

2,25,000

Mohammad Asif

Pakistan

Delhi

6,50,000

2,25,000

Jacques Kallis

South Africa

Bangalore

9,00,000

2,25,000

Zaheer Khan

India

Bangalore

4,50,000

2,00,000

S Sreesanth

India

Mohali

6,25,000

2,00,000

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