IPL-4: Ganguly, Gayle unsold; Gambhir fetches record price
January 8th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 8 (IANS) India’s opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was bought for a record $2.4 million by Kolkata Knight Riders during the players’ auction for the Indian Premier League season four here Saturday.However, former Knight Riders skippers Sourav Ganguly and Chrish Gayle went unsold.
Following are the first 27 players, who were auctioned in the first two sessions at ITC Royal Gardenia:
Gautam Gambhir (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.4 million
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka): Royal Challengers Bangalore $6,50,000
Zaheer Khan (India): Royal Challenger Bangalore, $900,000
Ross Taylor (New Zealand): Rajasthan Royal, $1 million
Yusuf Pathan (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.1 million
Kevin Pietersen (England): Deccan Chargers, $6,50,000,
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka): Team Kochi, $1.5 million
Yuvraj Singh (India): Pune Warriors, $1.8 million
Ab de Villiers (South Africa), Royal Challengers Bangalore, $1.1 million
Sourav Ganguly (India): unsold
Cameron White (Australia): Deccan Chargers, $1.1 million
Jacques Kallis (South Africa): Kolkata Knight Riders, $1.1 million
Rohit Sharma (India): Mumbai Indians, $2 million
Andrew Symonds (Australia): Mumbai Indians, $8,50,000
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka): Deccan Chargers, $7,00,000
Adam Gilchrist (Australia): Kings XI Punjab, $9,00,000
Rahul Dravid (India): Rajasthan Royal, $500,000
Graeme Smith (South Africa), Pune Warriors, $500,000
Robin Uthappa (India): Pune Warriors, 2.1 million
Johan Botha (South Africa): Rajasthan Royals, $9,50,000
V.V.S. Laxman (India): $4,00,000, Team Kochi
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand): Royal Challengers Bangalore, $550,000
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand): Team Kochi, $4,75,000
S.Sreesanth (India): Team Kochi, $9,00,000
Chris Gayle (West Indies): unsold
Irfan Pathan (India): Delhi Daredevils, $1.9 million
R.P. Singh (India): $5,00,000, Team Kochi
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