Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) India Cements owned Chennai Super Kings have shelled out a whopping $1.5 million to bag India’s One-Day and Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction here Wednesday.
While Dhoni commanded the highest price at the auction, the Chennai team spent $4 million in all, cornering other heavyweights like Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka and Australian opener Matthew Hayden for $600,000 and $375,000 respectively.
By the end of the sixth round of auction, the Mohali team had spent $4 million, Mumbai $3.5 million, Bangalore $3.18 million, Kolkata $2.5 million, Delhi and Hyderabad $2.3 million each and Jaipur $1.7 million. Each team is allowed to spend a maximum of $5 million.
The following is the list of cricketers auctioned so far. The players have been put in their respective teams.
Player Price (in $) Team
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) 1.5 million Chennai
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 600,000 Chennai
Matthew Hayden (Aus) 375,000 Chennai
Jacob Oram (NZ) 675,000 Chennai
Stephen Fleming (NZ) 333,000 Chennai
Joginder Sharma (Ind) 225,000 Chennai
Parthiv Patel (Ind) 325,000 Chennai
Albie Morkel (SA) 650,000 Chennai
Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 700,000 Hyderabad
Andrew Symonds (Aus) 1.35 million Hyderabad
Herschelle Gibbs (SA) 575,000 Hyderabad
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 675,000 Hyderabad
Scott Styris (NZ) 175,000 Hyderabad
Yousuf Pathan (Ind) 475,000 Jaipur
Shane Warne (Aus) 450,000 Jaipur
Graeme Smith (SA) 475,000 Jaipur
Mohammed Younis (Pak) 225,000 Jaipur
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 150,000 Jaipur
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) 475,000 Mohali
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 700,000 Mohali
Sreesath (Ind) 625,000 Mohali
Irfan Pathan (Ind) 925,000 Mohali
Brett Lee (Aus) 900,000 Mohali
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 425,000 Kolkata
Ricky Ponting (Aus) 400,000 Kolkata
Chris Gayle (WI) 800,000 Kolkata
Ajit Agarkar (Ind) 350,000 Kolkata
Brendon McCullum (NZ) 700,000 Kolkata
Shaun Pollock (SA) 550,000 Mumbai
Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 850,000 Mumbai
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) 975,000 Mumbai
Shoaib Malik (Pak) 500,000 Delhi
Mohammed Asif (Pak) 650,000 Delhi
Farveez Maharoof (SL) 225,000 Delhi
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) 250,000 Delhi
Dinesh Karthik (Ind) 525,000 Delhi
Daniel Vettori (NZ) 625,000 Delhi
Jacques Kallis (SA) 900,000 Bangalore
Zaheer Khan (Ind) 400,000 Bangalore
Anil Kumble (Ind) 500,000 Bangalore
Cameroon White (Aus) 500,000 Bangalore
Mark Boucher (SA) 450,000 Bangalore