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Symonds is second million-dollar player

By Harish Kotian in Mumbai
February 20, 2008 15:26 IST
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Australia's Andrew Symonds became the most expensive foreign player after round three in the Indian Premier League players' auction after Deccan Chronicle's Hyderabad franchise bought the all-rounder for US $1.35 million.

India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most expensive purchase in the IPL, after being grabbed by Chennai for US $1.5m. But the controversial Symonds went close, registering a huge jump on his base opening price of US $2,50,000.

Purchasing Symonds for such a huge amount was interesting, as he was at the centre of the 'racial abuse' controversy involving India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. He was seen as a villain in India after he lodged a complaint against Harbhajan during the Test series last month, alleging that the Indian offie had called him a 'monkey'.

The second most expensive player in round three was Australia pacer Brett Lee, who was taken by the Mohali franchise for US $9,00,000.

Interestingly, Australia captain Ricky Ponting fetched a far lower price at US $4,00,000, bought by Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata franchise.

Also shocking was that Australia's Michael Hussey, regarded as one of the best batsmen in one-day cricket, was not picked by any team and went into the reserve pool which will be auctioned later.

GMR Holding's Delhi franchise finally opened its account with the purchase of New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori for US $6,25,000.

Two other New Zealand players registered good prices. All-rounder Jacob Oram was bought by Chennai for US $6,75,000 against his base price of US $2,00,000, while explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum was taken by Kolkata for US $7,00,000 after his bid started at US $1,75,000.

Player auction results:

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

6,25,000

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

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