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 |
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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 |