IPL 8 auction: Yuvraj Singh hits jackpot, teams ignore Amla, Sangakkara
Bengaluru: On a day his father left him in a spot of bother, Yuvraj Singh still managed to attract a lot of attention for his cricketing ability and earned Rs. 16 crore at the IPL 8 auction in Bangalore on Monday.
Here is how the action unfolded.
Hashim Amla, Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Alex Hales, Ross Taylor, Marlon Samuels, Dilshan, Cameron White, Ronchi, Ramdin, Wade - unsold.
Updates from part 1:
Murali Vijay sold for Rs. 3 crore to Kings XI Punjab.
Kane Williamson sold for Rs. 60 lakh to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Angelo Mathews sold for Rs. 7.5 crore to Delhi Daredevils.
Yuvraj Singh sold for Rs. 16 crore to Delhi Daredevils.
Kevin Pietersen sold for Rs. 2 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Amit MIshra sold for Rs. 3.5 crore to Delhi Daredevils.
Dinesh Karthik sold for Rs. 10.5 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Aaron FInch sold for Rs. 3.2 crore to Mumbai Indians.
Eoin Morgan sold for Rs. 1.5 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Here is how the scene is at the end of part 1 of IPL Auction:
At the end of part-1 of #IPLAuction DD: Yuvraj, A Mathews, A Mishra KXIP: M Vijay MI: A Finch RCB: D Karthik SRH: KP, Morgan, Williamson
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 16, 2015Updates from part 2:
Michael Hussey sold for Rs. 1.5 crore to Chennai Super Kings.
Badrinath sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Jimmy Neesham sold for Rs. 50 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Chris Morris sold for Rs. 1.4 crore to Rajasthan Royals.
Darren Sammy sold for Rs. 2.8 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Ravi Bopara sold for Rs.1 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Chris Morris sold for Rs. 1.4 crore to Rajasthan Royals.
Praveen Kumar sold for Rs. 2.2 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Laxmi Ratan Shukla sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Trent Boult sold for Rs. 3.8 crore to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Jaydev Unadkat sold for Rs. 1.1 crore to Delhi Daredevils.
Sean Abbott sold for Rs. 1 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Pragyan Ojha sold for Rs. 50 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Rahul Sharma sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Chennai Super Kings.
Brad Hogg sold for Rs. 40 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Updates from part 3:
David Wiese sold for Rs. 2.8 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Kyle Abbott sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Chennai Super Kings.
Mitchell McClenaghan sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Gurinder Sandhu sold for Rs. 1.7 crore to Delhi Daredevils.
Updates from part 4:
Shreyas Iyer sold for Rs. 2.6 crore to Delhi Daredevils.
Nikhil Naik sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Kings XI Punjab.
Jalaj Saxena sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Sarfaraz Khan sold for Rs. 50 lakh to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Aditya Garhwal sold for Rs. 25 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Sumit Narwa sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Nikhil Naik sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Kings XI Punjab.
Hanuma Vihari sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
CM Gautam sold for Rs. 20 lakh to Delhi Daredevils.
Domnic Muthuswamy sold for Rs. 75 lakh to Delhi Daredevils.
Akshay Wakhari sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
KC Cariappa sold for Rs. 2.4 crore to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Updates from part 5:
Sheldon Jackson sold for Rs. 50 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Ankush Bains sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Chennai Super Kings.
Shishir Bhavane sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Travis Head sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Delhi Daredevils.
Irfan Pathan sold for Rs. 1.5 crore to Chennai Super Kings.
Albie Morkel sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Delhi Daredevils.
Nitish Rana sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Pradeep Sahu sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Rajasthan Royals.
Siddhesh Lad sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Vaibhav Rawal sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Marcus Stoinis sold for Rs. 25 lakh to Delhi Daredevils.
J Suchith sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
P Padmanabham sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Dinesh Salunkhe sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Rajasthan Royals.
Hardik Pandya sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Yogesh Gowalkar sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Kings XI Punjab.
Pratyush Singh sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Chennai Super Kings.
Zaheer Khan sold for Rs. 4 crore to Delhi Daredevils.
Abhimanyu Mithun sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Siddarth Kaul sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Andrew Tye sold for Rs. 20 lakh to Chennai Super Kings.
KK Jiyaz sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Delhi Daredevils.
B Singh Saran sold for Rs.10 lakh to Rajasthan Royals.
Juan Theron sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Rajasthan Royals.
Aiden Blizzard sold for Rs. 30 lakh to Mumbai Indians.
Eklavya Dwivedi sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Chennai Super Kings.
S V Trivedi sold for Rs. 10 lakh to Rajasthan Royals.
In this year's IPL auction 67 players were sold including 23 overseas players.
That concludes the 2015 #IPLAuction. 67 players sold including 23 overseas players. #PepsiIPL
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 16, 2015The auction was conducted by Richard Madley, a professional auctioneer from England who has been conducting the player auctions since the inaugural IPL season in 2008.
This year, the franchises had a salary purse of Rs.63 crore, five per cent increase over last season.
Here's the list of funds for each #PepsiIPL team at #IPLauction http://t.co/QPLvYSCKyb pic.twitter.com/6SYYgLBgtH
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 15, 2015The tournament will get underway on April 8.
