by ESPNcricinfo
For the second successive year, Yuvraj Singh attracted a record bid in the IPL auction, this time from Delhi Daredevils who purchased the allrounder for Rs 16 crore (approx. $2.67 million).
In the 2014 auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore had purchased Yuvraj for Rs. 14 crore (approx. $2.33million) and the franchise was involved in a bidding contest with Daredevils that pushed the bid for the allrounder past the Rs 10-crore mark. Incidentally, Yuvraj was one of the players released by Royal Challengers before the auction.
Only two other players – Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Karthik – attracted million-dollar bids in the marquee round of the auction in Bangalore. Mathews was purchased by Daredevils for Rs 7.5 crore (approx. $1.25 million), while Karthik was signed by Royal Challengers for Rs 10.5 crore (approx. $1.75 million). In last year’s auction, Karthik was purchased by Daredevils for 12.5 crore (approx. $2.08 million).
Sunrisers Hyderabad purchased Kevin Pietersen for his base price of Rs 2 crore ($0.33 milion) and Eoin Morgan for Rs 1.5 crore (0.25 million). Sunrisers also purchased New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson for Rs 60 lakh ($100,000).
Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and South Africa Test captain Hashim Amla were unsold in the first round of the marquee-player auction.
Player auction: a snapshot
Player and team | Price (in Rs.) |
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Murali Vijay – Kings XI Punjab | 3 crore |
Angelo Mathews – Delhi Daredevils | 7.5 crore |
Kane Williamson – Sunrisers Hyderabad | 60 lakh |
Yuvraj Singh – Delhi Daredevil | 16 crore |
Kevin Pietersen – Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2 crore |
Dinesh Karthik – Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10.5 crore |
Aaron Finch – Mumbai Indians | 3.2 crore |
Eoin Morgan – Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1.5 crore |
Michael Hussey – Chennai Super Kings | 1.5 crore |
S. Badrinath – Royal Challengers Bangalore | 30 lakh |
James Neesham – Kolkata Knight Riders | 50 lakh |
Ravi Bopara – Sunrisers Hyderabad | 1 crore |
Praveen Kumar – Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2.2. crore |
Trent Boult – Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3.8 crore |
Jaydev Unadkat – Delhi Daredevils | 1.1 crore |
Sean Abbott – Royal Challengers Bangalore | 1 crore |
Adam Milne – Royal Challengers Bangalore | 70 lakh |
Pragyan Ojha – Royal Challengers Bangalore | 50 lakh |
Rahul Sharma – Chennai Super Kings | 30 lakh |
Brad Hogg – Kolkata Knight Riders | 50 lakh |
David Wiese – Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2.2 crore |