Mallya buys Kallis for US $9,00,000
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis [ Images ] stole the show in Round 4 of the DLF Indian Premier League [ Images ] players' auction with a winning bid of US $9,00,000 by billionaire Vijay Mallya's [ Images ] Bangalore franchise.
Kallis, who was priced at US $2,25,000, beat West Indies' [ Images ] dashing opener Chris Gayle [ Images ], who was bought by Kolkata [ Images ] for US $8,00,000.
Pakistan's hard-hitting batsman Shahid Afridi [ Images ] also raked in the moolah after being pouched by Hyderabad for US $6,75,000, while Delhi got hold of pacer Mohammad Asif [ Images ] for US $6,50,000.
India speedster S Sreesanth [ Images ], known for his antics on the field, also got a good deal after Preity Zinta's [ Images ] Mohali team purchased him for US $6,25,000.
Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan [ Images ], however, finished much lower on US $4,50,000 in Bangalore's second purchase of the fourth round.
South Africa's [ Images ] Herschelle Gibbs [ Images ] was bought by Hyderabad for US $5,75,000 against his base price of US $2,50,000, but his captain Graeme Smith [ Images ], surprisingly, went for the base offer of US $2,50,000.
Younis Khan [ Images ] also failed to impress the bidders and Jaipur [ Images ] bought him for his base price of US $2,25,000, while Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] |
India |
Chennai |
1.5 m |
4,00,000 |
|
Adam Gilchrist [ Images ] |
Australia [ Images ] |
Hyderabad |
7,00,000 |
3,00,000 |
|
M Muralitharan [ Images ] |
Sri Lanka [ Images ] |
Chennai |
6,00,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
M Jayawardene [ Images ] |
Sri Lanka |
Mohali |
4,75,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Shane Warne [ Images ] |
Australia |
Jaipur |
4,50,000 |
4,50,000 |
|
Shoaib Akhtar [ Images ] |
Pakistan |
Kolkata |
4,25,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Round 2 | ||||
|
Anil Kumble [ Images ] |
India |
Bangalore |
5,00,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] |
India |
Mumbai [ Images ] |
8,50,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] |
Sri Lanka |
Mumbai |
9,75,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ] |
Sri Lanka |
Mohali |
7,00,000 |
2,50,000 |
|
Glenn McGrath [ Images ] |
Australia |
- |
No bid |
3,50,000 |
|
Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ] |
Pakistan |
- |
No bid |
3,30,000 |
|
Round 3 | ||||
|
Ricky Ponting [ Images ] |
Australia |
Kolkata |
4,00,000 |
3,35,000 |
|
Brett Lee [ Images ] |
Australia |
Mohali |
9,00,000 |
3,00,000 |
|
Andrew Symonds [ Images ] |
Australia |
Hyderabad |
1.35m |
2,50,000 |
|
Michael Hussey [ Images ] |
Australia |
- |
No bid |
2,50,000 |
|
Daniel Vettori [ Images ] |
New Zealand [ Images ] |
Delhi |
s |
2,50,000 |
|
Matthew Hayden [ Images ] |
Australia |
Chennai |
3,75,000 |
2,25,000 |
|
Brendon McCullum [ Images ] |
New Zealand |
Kolkata |
7,00,000 |
1,75,000 |
|
Jacob Oram [ Images ] |
New Zealand |
Chennai |
6,75,000 |
2,00,000 |
|
Round 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stephen Fleming [ Images ] |
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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