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Goa: Fourth round was marked by intense fight for Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza between Kolkata Knight Riders’ Juhi Chawla and Kings’ XI Punjab’s Priety Zinta, which was regarded the longest bidding in the Indian Premier League history.
Mortaza started with base price of $50,000 and finally was bought by KKR for a whopping $600,000. Kings XI got West Indian fast bowler Jerome Taylor for $150,000 after losing Mortaza to Kolkata.
In this round, Deccan Chargers bagged West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Smith for $100,000 and Chennai Super Kings bagged Australian George Bailey for $50,000.
In the third round, Rajasthan Royals bagged South African T20 specialist and fast bowler Tyron Henderson for $650,000. Bangalore Royal Challengers bought kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder for $160,000 and Mumbai Indians bagged bowling all-rounder Kyle Mills for $150,000 (base price).
Chennai Super Kings got Sri Lankan all-rounder Thilan Thushara for $140,000 whereas English all-rounder Ravi Bopara went to Kings’ XI Punjab for $450,000.
Five more players got no takers in this round. They are: Australian Phil Jaques, England’s Luke Wright, South African Ashley Prince and Andre Nel and Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara.
In the second phase of the auction, Deccan Chargers bought West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards on his base price of $150,000.
Delhi Daredevils bagged both middle-order English batsmen Owais Shah and Paul Collinwood for $275,000 each.
Three players did not get any takers in the second round. They are Australian wicket-keeper batsman Brad Haddin, pacer Stuart Clark and Sri Lankan batsman Chamara Kapugedera.
Second auction of the Indian Premier League started in Goa on Friday. Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait became the first player to be bought in this years’ auction by Rajasthan Royals for $375,000.
Then the bid started for the top players of this summers’ auction, with Mumbai Indians bagging South African batsman JP Duminy for $950,000.
The prize catch of flamboyant batsman Kevin Pietersen was $1.55 million and won by Vijay Mallya’s Bangalore Royal Challengers. His compatriot all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was bought for the same amount by Chennai Super Kings.
Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff have surpassed Dhoni as the most expensive player in the cash-rich Indian Premier League.
Chennai Super Kings out bid their fellow franchise this year also as they purchased all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for $1.55 m. The IPL runner up of 2008 had bagged India skipper MS Dhoni for record price of $ 1.5 m. So far three rounds of IPL bid has taken place in which - 12 players have been sold while there were no takers of 8 players.
