In an exciting day of IPL player auctions, Yuvraj Singh fetched an astonishing and also the highest price of Rs 14 crores paid by Royal Challengers Banglore today. England Team discard Kevin Pietersen went for a handsome Rs 9 crores to Delhi Daredevils which also fetched Murli Vijay at 5 crores. Australian pacer Michele Jonson was grabbed by Kings Eleven Punjab for 6.5 crore rupees. South African all rounder Jacque Kallies went to Kolkata Night Riders for 5.5 crore rupees and Robin Uthapa for 5 crore rupees to the same franchise. West Indies batmans Dwain Smith was grabbed by Chennai Super Kings for 4.5 crore rupees, Amit Mishra by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 4.25 crore rupees and Arone Finch by the same outfit for 4 crore rupees. Today four rounds were held . During next two days 514 players will be auctioned, out of which 318 are Indians. Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jaywadne former New Zealand captain Ross Taylor, Australia wicket keeper Methew Wade and batsman David Hussey went without any bid. West Indian speedster Kemar Roach is up next with a base price of Rs 1 crore while New Zealand's Kyle Mills and England's Jade Dernbach are up next at Rs 50 Lakh but no bids for them either. The players up for grabs for 30 Lakh are Sri Lanka's Isuru Udana ,Indian pacer Aavishkar Salvi , New Zealand's Ian Butler, Shamiga Eranga,England veteran Simon Jones, Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara, a former CSK bowler,Former DC and KXIP player Juan Theron is up next. Base price of Rs 30 Lakh, West Indian Jerome Taylor is up next at Rs 30 Lakh base price,West Indian pacer Tino Best , New Zealand's Matt Henry ,Ben Laughlin from Australia ,New Zealand's Mitchell McClenaghan , South Africa's medium pacer Merchant de Lange comes up,India's VRV Singh,South Africa's Lonwabo Tsotsobe . It will be interesting to see how the action pans out tomorrow with a lot of young, uncapped Indian players up for grabs. How the franchises plan out their remaining budget and approach will be the deciding factor for their squad. CSK have Rs 3.20 crore, DD – Rs 8.60 crore, KXIP – Rs 14.20 crore, MI – Rs 5.15 crore, RR – Rs 12.10 crore, RCB – Rs 1.80 crore, SRH – Rs 8.40 crore, KKR – Rs 9 crore.
News On AIR | February 12, 2014 7:36 PM
IPL auction: RCB buy Yuvraj Singh for Rs 14 crores