IPL Team's Player List and thier Prices

Here are the list of players won by each team of Indian Premier League (IPL) and thier bid. Each team has spent heavily to grab thier favorite players. Highiest bid was for Indian ODI and Twent 20 captain Mahendar Singh Dhoni in Rs 6 crore ($1.5 million) by Chennai team.

The IPL placed icon status on few marquee Indian players such as Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar,Yuvraj Singh and lastly Virender Sehwag. This ensures that these players will play only for their respective city sides--a strategy used to increase fan support and interest amongst locals.

Mumbai - Owned by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited

Players They Won:

Sachin Tendulkar * - Icon Player

Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 3.9 Crore ($975,000)

Harbhajan Singh (India) - Rs. 3.4 crore ($850,000)

Robin Uthappa (India) - Rs. 3.2 crore ($800,000)

Shaun Pollock (South Africa) - Rs. 2.2 crore ($550,000)

Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 1.4 crore ($350,000)

Loots Bosman (South Africa) - Rs. 70 Lacs ($175,000)

Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 19.885 Crores ($4,971,250)


Delhi - Owened by GMR Group

Players They Won:

Virender Sehwag * - Icon Player

Gautam Gambhir (India) - Rs. 2.9 crore ($725,000)

Manoj Tiwary (India) - Rs. 2.7 crore ($675,000)

Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) - Rs. 2.6 crore ($650,000)

Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) - Rs. 2.5 crore ($625,000)

Dinesh Karthik (India) - Rs. 2.1 crore ($525,000)

Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) - Rs. 2.0 crore ($500,000)

Glenn McGrath (Australia) - Rs. 1.4 crore ($350,000)

AB de Villiers (South Africa) - Rs. 1.2 crore ($300,000)

Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 1.0 crore ($250,000)

Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 22.635 Crores ($5,572,500)


Kolkata - Owened by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment

Players They Won:

Sourav Ganguly * - Icon Player

Ishant Sharma (India) - Rs. 3.8 Crore ($950,000)

Chris Gayle (West Indies) - Rs. 3.2 Crore ($800,000)

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) - Rs. 2.8 Crore ($700,000)

David Hussey (Australia) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($625,000)

Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) - Rs. 1.7 Crore ($425,000)

Murali Kartik (India) - Rs. 1.7 Crore ($425,000)

Ricky Ponting (Australia) - Rs. 1.6 Crore ($400,000)

Ajit Agarkar (India) - Rs. 1.32 Crore ($330,000)

Umar Gul (Pakistan) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe) - Rs. 30 Lacs ($125,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 24.79 Crores ($6,022,500)


Chennai - Owened by India Cements / N Srinivasan

Players They Won:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) - Rs. 6.0 Crore ($1,500,000)

Jacob Oram (New Zealand) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Albie Morkel (South Africa) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Suresh Raina (India) - Rs. 2.6 Crore ($650,000)

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 2.4 Crore ($600,000)

Matthew Hayden (Australia) - Rs. 1.5 Crore ($375,000)

Michael Hussey (Australia) - Rs. 1.4 Crore ($350,000)

Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) - Rs. 1.4 Crore ($350,000)

Parthiv Patel (India) - Rs. 1.3 Crore ($325,000)

Joginder Sharma (India) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) - Rs. 44 Lacs ($200,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 23.70 Crores ($5,925,000)


Bangalore - Owened by Vijay Mallya / UB group

Players They Won:

Rahul Dravid * - Icon Player

Jacques Kallis (South Africa) - Rs. 3.6 Crore ($1,350,000)

Anil Kumble (India) - Rs. 2.0 Crore ($500,000)

Cameron White (Australia) - Rs. 2.0 Crore ($500,000)

Zaheer Khan (India) - Rs. 1.8 Crore ($450,000)

Mark Boucher (South Africa) - Rs. 1.8 Crore ($450,000)

Nathan Bracken (Australia) - Rs. 1.3 Crore ($325,000)

Dale Steyn (South Africa) - Rs. 1.3 Crore ($325,000)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul(West Indies)- Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Wasim Jaffer (India) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 19.34 Crores ($4,835,000)


Hyderabad - Owened by Deccan Chronicle

Players They Won:

Andrew Symonds (Australia) - Rs. 5.4 Crore ($1,350,000)

R.P.Singh (India) - Rs. 3.5 Crore ($875,000)

Rohit Sharma (India) - Rs. 3.0 Crore ($750,000)

Adam Gilchrist (Australia) - Rs. 2.8 Crore ($700,000)

Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) - Rs. 2.3 Crore ($575,000)

V. V. S. Laxman (India) - Rs. 1.5 Crore ($375,000)

Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Scott Styris (New Zealand) - Rs. 70 Lacs ($175,000)

Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 44 Lacs ($110,000)

Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 40 Lacs ($100,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 23.54 Crores ($5,885,000)


Mohali - Owened by Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing)

Players They Won:

Yuvraj Singh * - Icon Player

Irfan Pathan (India) - Rs. 3.7 Crore ($925,000)

Brett Lee (Australia) - Rs. 3.6 Crore ($900,000)

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 2.8 Crore ($700,000)

S.Sreesanth (India) - Rs. 2.5 Crore ($625,000)

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 1.9 Crore ($475,000)

Piyush Chawla (India) - Rs. 1.6 Crore ($400,000)

Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Simon Katich (Australia) - Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Ramesh Powar (India) - Rs. 68 Lacs ($170,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 22.735 Crores ($5,683,750)


Jaipur - Owened by Emerging Media

Players They Won:

Mohammad Kaif (India) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Yusuf Pathan (India) - Rs. 1.9 Crore ($475,000)

Graeme Smith (South Africa) - Rs. 1.9 Crore ($475,000)

Shane Warne (Australia) - Rs. 1.8 Crore ($450,000)

Munaf Patel (India) - Rs. 1.1 Crore ($275,000)

Younis Khan (Pakistan) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Justin Langer (Australia) - Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 11.70 Crores ($2,925,000)

* Denotes Icon Player who will be paid at least 15% more than the next highest earner within their respective franchise.

Indian Captain MS Dhoni top IPL auction with Rs 6 crore ($1.5 million)

The auctions for the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) were held at the Oberoi Hilton in Mumbai and after the first six rounds there have been many players who have been laughing all the way to the bank while some are still waiting for their suitors.

Young Indian players and all rounders ruled the roost with MS Dhoni and Andrew Symonds being the two most expensive players bought at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction on Wednesday.

India Cements, which has the Chennai franchisee, bid the maximum amount for India’s One-Day International and Twenty20 skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Rs 6 crore ($1.5 million). Muttiah Muralitharan, who was bought for Rs 2.4 crore ($600,000), in the Chennai team.

Rohit Sharma was auctioned off to the Hyderabad team for Rs 3 crore ($ 750,000), Uthappa was sold to Mumbai for Rs 3.2 crore ($ 800,000). Considering that Ishant Sharma's base price was only a modest Rs 60 lakh ($ 150,000), he became the second highest paid Indian at Rs 3.8 crore ($ 950,000), the amount paid for him by the Sourav Ganguly-led Kolkata team was a clear indication of the meteoric rise of the 19-year-old Delhi-born fast bowler, who often touched the 150-km mark during the ongoing tour Down Under.

Surprisingly Ricky Ponting, one of the top Test and ODI players in the world, was available for only Rs 1.6 crore ($ 400,000) the Kolkata team being the beneficiaries, while Stephen Fleming was roped in by Chennai for Rs 1.4 crore ($ 350,000).

Irfan Pathan's base price for the bidding was only 80 lakh ($ 200,000) but he went for 3.7 crores ( $ 925,000) to Mohali. Clearly all rounders are much sought after for this version of the game.

The ever popular Brett Lee is not only the best one-day bopwler in the world right now, he could also double up and sing the theme song for Mohali... his 3.6 crore ( $ 900,000) making him the fifth most expensive player.

Controversial Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar will join Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata team for Rs 1.82 crore ($455,000). Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene will be joining the Mohali/Chandigarh team for Rs 1.9 crore ($475,000). Sri Lankan wicketkeeper/batsman Kumar Sangakkara will play for the Mohali/Chandigarh team for Rs 2.8 crore ($700,000).

Reliance Industries owner of the Mumbai team and with star batsman Sachin Tendulkar as their ‘Icon’ also dug deep to get Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya and Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for Rs 3.9 crore ($975,000) and Rs 3.4 crore ($850,000) respectively.

After the eight rounds, there was a final round for reserve players who had not been picked up in the earlier rounds. Glenn McGrath (Delhi), Michael Hussey (Chennai) and Ramnaresh Sarawan (Mohali) were among the key purchases.

The team will pay the winning bid to the player annually. The contracts are for a three-year period and are guaranteed by the Indian cricket board.

Introduction to IPL - Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League (IPL), created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC), is a Twenty20 format cricket competition. It was announced after the BCCI declined permission to allow BCCI-contracted players to play in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).

BCCI launched the Indian Premier League (IPL) on September 14, 2007. Based on the lines of the English Premier League (EPL) and the National Basketball League (NBA).

The IPL is said to be the brainchild of BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi. The idea was first floated in 1996 but was shot down as the board felt it would go against the zonal system of domestic cricket. The project moved into top gear when the Zee group launched a rival Indian Cricket League on similar lines in April 2007.

The league is scheduled to start in April 2008 and will last for 44 days, involving 59 matches. The prize money for the league will be around Rs.13 crore (US $3million).

The governing council of IPL consists of Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi, Sunil Gavaskar, MAK Pataudi and Ravi Shastri, Rajiv Shukla, Chirayu Amin, Inderjit Singh Bindra and Arun Jaitley.

IPL is going to be a franchise system. The franchisees will own the eight teams in the fray. They can run them in their own styles, bring their own sponsors and even name the team according to their choice. They will even be free to list their teams on the stock exchange.

The BCCI has already signed up 80 International players who will also be put for auction soon.

IPL matches will be played nder lights, on a home and away basis, in the cities that have formed the teams.

Sony Entertainment, a division of Japan’s Sony Corp, and the Asia-based World Sports Group (WSG) won the broadcast rights for ten years, worth more than a whopping US $1 billion. TV rights are worth $918 million, with $100 million set aside for promotion.