All the 10 teams participating in IPL 2011 Season 4 including the two new entrants Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala have announced their final list of players in their respective teams. Out of the teams, Sahara Pune Warriors is the only team to have registered their full quota of 30 players in the squad. Delhi Daredevils were also close behind with 29 players while Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals named 27 players each in their final squads. Royal Challengers Bangalore listed 25 players and Kings XI Punjab 23 players. Kolkata Knight Riders named the least number of players amongst all the franchisees as they went ahead with only 20 players including 7 foreign players.

In terms of spending, Mumbai Indians were left with only $1739 from their $9 million purse after all their player purchases. Rajasthan Royals were the only franchisee to exhaust their full purse while Deccan Chargers had the maximum amount left of $1.49 million after their player purchases followed by KXIP who had $1.46 million (approx) left.

Here are the full squads of the various IPL teams for IPL 4:

Chennai Super Kings (24): Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramanium Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Abhinav Mukund, Aniruddha Shrikant, Ganapathi Vignesh, K Vasudevdas, Shadb Jakati, Vijaykumar Yomahesh, (Foreign) Albie Morkel, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, Scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey, Faf du Plessis

Mumbai Indians (23): Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Aditya Tare, Ali Murtuza, Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pawan Suyal, Rajagopal Sathish, Surul Kanwar, Surya Kumar Yadav, T Suman, Yazvendra Singh Chahal (Foreign) Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Andrew Symonds, Davy Jacobs, James FRanklin, Moises Henriques, Alden Blizzard, Dilhara Fernando

Kolkata Knight Riders (20): Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Iqbal Abdulla, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manvinder Singh Bisla, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Sarabjit Ladda, Shami Ahmed, Shreevats Goswami (Foreign) Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hassan, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Pattinson.

Sahara Pune Warriors (30): Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra, Murali Kartik, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Dheeraj Jadhav, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Ganesh Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Harshad Khadiwale, Kamran Khan, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish MIshra, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Rana, Shrikant Wagh, Shrikant Mundhe, Imtiyaz Ahmed (Foreign) Graeme Smith, Tim Paine, Angelo Mathews, Nathan McCullum, Callum Ferguson, Wayne Parnell, Mitchell Marsh, Jerome Taylor, Alfonso Thomas, Jesse Ryder

Kochi Tuskers Kerala (27): VVS Laxman, S Sreesanth, RP Singh, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ramesh Powar, R Vinay Kumar, B Akhil, Chandan Madan, Deepak Chowghule, Kedar Jadhav, Raiphi Gomez, Sushant Marathe, Tanmay Srivastava, Y Gnanswara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Prashant Padmanabahan, (Foreign) Mahela Jayawardene, Brendon McCullum, Steven Smith, Muttiah Muralitharan, Brad Hodge, Thisara Perera, Steve O’Keefe, Owais Shah, Michael Klinger, John Hastings

Royal Challengers Bangalore (25): Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammed Kaif, Arun Karthik, CM Gautham, Abrar Kazi, Mayank Agarwal, Bharath Narayan, Raju Bhatkal, Sreenath Aravind, Ryan Ninan, Asad Khan Pathan, (Foreign) Tillekratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Dirk Nannes, Charl Langeveldt, LUke Pomersbach, Johan van der Wath, Rilee Rossouw, Nuwan Pradeep, Jonathan Vandiar

Rajasthan Royals (27): Rahul Dravid, Pankaj Singh, Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Raut, Aditya Dole, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Paunikar, Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar, Dishant Yagnik, Faiz Fazal, Nayan Doshi, Pinal Shah, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Amit Singh, Dinesh Salunkhe, Swapnil Asnodkar, Sumit Narwal, Ankeet Chavan (Foreign) Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Johan BOtha, Paul Collingwood, Shaun Tait

Deccan Chargers (27): Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Manpreet Gony, Akash Bhandari, Anand Rajan, Ankit Nagendra, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Bharat Chipli, DB Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Ishank Jaggi, Ishan Malhotra, Jaydev Shah, Kedar Devdhar, Sunny Sohal (Foreign) Kevin Pietersen, Cameron White, Kumar Sangakkara, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, Chris Lynn, Juan Theron, Michael Lumb

Kings XI Punjab (23): Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Love Ablish, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Paul Valthaty, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Amit Yadav (Foreign) Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Stuart Broad, Ryan Harris, Dimitri Masceranhas, Nathan Remington.

Delhi Daredevils (29): Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Umesh Yadav, Venugopal Rao, Aavishkar Salvi, Prashant Naik, Rajesh Pawar, Robin Bist, S Sriram, Tejashwi Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron, Vikash Mishra, Vivek Yadav, Yogesh Nagar, Shahbaz Nadeem (Foreign) David Warner, James Hopes, Morne Morkel, Aaron Finch, Mathew Wade, Roloef van der Merwe, Andrew McDonald, Travis Birt, Collin Ingram, Robert Frylinck.

Delhi Daredevils

Irfan Pathan to Delhi Daredevils for $1.9 million.
Virender Sehwag retained by Delhi Daredevils for 1.8 million.
Umesh Yadav to Delhi for $750,000.
David Warner to Delhi Daredevils for $750,000.
Venugopal Rao to Delhi Daredevils for $700,000.
Morne Morkel to Delhi Daredevils for $475,000.
Ashok Dinda to Delhi Daredevils for $375,000.
James Hopes to Delhi Daredevils for $350,000.
Aaron Finch to Delhi Daredevils for $300,000.
Naman Ojha to Delhi Daredevils for $270,000.
Ajit Agarkar to Delhi Daredvils for $210,000.
Matthew Wade to Delhi Daredevils for $100,000.
Colin Ingram to Delhi Daredevils for $100,000.
Andrew McDonald to Delhi Daredevils for $80,000.
Roelof van der Merwe to Delhi Daredevils for $50,000.
Travis Birt to Delhi Daredevils for $20,000.
Robert Frylinck to Delhi Daredevils for $20,000.

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma to Mumbai Indians for $2 million.
Sachin Tendulkar retained by Mumbai Indians for $1.8 million.
Harbhajan Singh retained by Mumbai Indians for $1.3 million.
Kieron Pollard retained by Mumbai Indians for $900,000.
Andrew Symonds to Mumbai Indians for $850,000.
Munaf Patel to Mumbai Indians for $700,000.
Lasith Malinga retained by Mumbai Indians for $500,000.
Davy Jacobs to Mumbai Indians for $190,000.
Clint McKay to Mumbai Indians for $110,000.
James Franklin to Mumbai Indians for $100,000.
Moises Henriques to Mumbai Indians for $50,000.
Aiden Blizzard to Mumbai Indians for $20,000.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Gautam Gambhir sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for a record $2.4 million.
Yusuf Pathan to Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.1 million.
Jacques Kallis to Kolkata Knight Riders for $1.1 million.
Lakshmipathy Balaji to Kolkata Knight Riders for $500,000.
Manoj Tiwary to Kolkata Knight Riders for $475,000.
Shakib al Hasan to Kolkata Knight Riders for $425,000.
Brett Lee to Kolkata Knight Riders for $400,000.
Eoin Morgan to Kolkata Knight Riders for $350,000.
Brad Haddin goes to Kolkata Knight Riders for $325,000.
Jaidev Unadkat to Kolkata Knight Riders for $250,000.
Ryan ten Doeschate to Kolkata Knight Riders for $150,000.
James Pattinson to Kolkata Knight Riders for $100,000.

Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni retained by Chennai Super Kings for $1.8 million.
Suresh Raina retained by Chennai Super Kings for $1.3 million.
M Vijay retained by Chennai Super Kings for $900,000.
R Ashwin to Chennai Super Kings for $850,000.
S Badrinath to Chennai Super Kings for $800,000.
Doug Bollinger to Chennai Super Kings for $700,000.
Albie Morkel retained by Chennai Super Kings for $500,000.
Michael Hussey to Chennai Super Kings for $425,000.
Sudeep Tyagi to Chennai Super Kings for $240,000.
Scott Styris to Chennai Super Kings for $200,000.
Dwayne Bravo to Chennai Super Kings at $200,000.
Joginder Sharma to Chennai Super Kings for $150,000.
Faf du Plessis to Chennai Super Kings for $120,000.
Nuwan Kulasekara to Chennai Super Kings for $100,000
Ben Hilfenhaus to Chennai Super Kings for $100,000.
Wriddhiman Saha to Chennai Super Kings for $100,000.
Suraj Randiv to Chennai Super Kings for $80,000.
George Bailey to Chennai Super Kings for $50,000.

Deccan Chargers

Dale Steyn goes to Deccan Chargers for $1.2 million.
Cameron White to Deccan Chargers for $1.1 million.
Dan Christian to Deccan Chargers for $900,000.
Kumar Sangakkara to Deccan Chargers for $700,000.
Kevin Pietersen to Deccan Chargers for $650,000.
Pragyan Ojha to Deccan Chargers for $500,000.
Ishant Sharma to Deccan Chargers for $450,000.
Amit Mishra to Deccan Chargers for $300,000.
Shikhar Dhawan to Deccan Chargers for $300,000.
JP Duminy to Deccan Chargers for $300,000.
Manpreet Gony to Deccan Chargers for $290,000.
Rusty Theron to Deccan Charges for $85,000.
Michael Lumb to Deccan Chargers for $80,000.
Chris Lynn to Deccan Chargers for $20,000.

Sahara Pune Warriors

Robin Uthappa to Pune for $2.1 million.
Yuvraj Singh to Pune for $1.8 million.
Angelo Mathews to Pune for $950,000.
Ashish Nehra to Pune for $850,000.
Graeme Smith to Pune for $500,000.
Murli Kartik to Pune for $400,000.
Callum Ferguson to Pune for $300,000.
Mitchell Marsh to Pune for $290,000.
Tim Paine to Pune for $270,000.
Wayne Parnell to Pune for $160,000.
Jesse Ryder to Pune for $150,000.
Jerome Taylor to Pune for $100,000.
Alfonso Thomas to Pune for $100,000.
Nathan McCullum to Pune for $100,000.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for $1.8 million.
Saurabh Tiwary to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $1.6 million.
AB de Villiers to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $1.1 million.
Zaheer Khan to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $900,000.
Cheteswar Pujara to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $700,000.
Dirk Nannes to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $650,000.
Tillakaratne Dilshan to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $650,000.
Daniel Vettori to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $550,000.
Abhimanyu Mithun to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $260,000.
Charl Langeveldt to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $140,000.
Mohammad Kaif to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $130,000.
Johan van der Wath to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $50,000.
Luke Pomersbach to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $50,000.
Rilee Rossouw to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $20,000.
Nuwan Pradeep to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $20,000.
Jonathan Vandiar to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $20,000.

Rajasthan Royals

Shane Warne retained by Rajasthan Royals for $1.8 million.
Shane Watson retained by Rajasthan Royals for $1.3 million.
Ross Taylor to Rajasthan Royals for $1 million.
Johan Botha to Rajasthan Royals for $950,000.
Rahul Dravid to Rajasthan Royals for $500,000.
Shaun Tait to Rajasthan Royals for $300,000.
Paul Collingwood to Rajasthan Royals for $250,000.
Pankaj Singh to Rajasthan Royals for $95,000.

Kings XI Punjab

David Hussey to Kings XI Punjab for $1.4 million
Dinesh Karthik to Kings XI Punjab for $900,000.
Piyush Chawla to Kings XI Punjab for $900,000.
Adam Gilchrist to Kings XI Punjab for $900,000.
Praveen Kumar to Kings XI Punjab for $800,000.
Abhishek Nayar to Kings XI Punjab for $800,000.
Stuart Broad to Kings XI Punjab for $400,000.
Ryan Harris to Kings XI Punjab for $325,000.
Dimitri Mascarenhas to Kings XI Punjab for $100,000.
Nathan Rimmington to Kings XI Punjab for $20,000.

Kochi

Mahela Jayawardene to Kochi for $1.5 million.
Muttiah Muralitharan to Kochi for $1.1 million.
Ravindra Jadeja to Kochi for $950,000.
Sreesanth to Kochi for $900,000.
RP Singh to Kochi for $500,000.
R Vinay Kumar to Kochi for $475,000.
Brendon McCullum to Kochi for $475,000.
Brad Hodge to Kochi for $425,000.
VVS Laxman to Kochi for $400,000.
Parthiv Patel to Kochi for $290,000.
Owais Shah to Kochi for $200,000.
Steven Smith to Kochi for $200,000.
Ramesh Powar to Kochi for $180,000.
Thisara Perera to Kochi for $80,000.
Michael Klinger to Kochi for $75,000.
Steven O’Keefe to Kochi for $20,000

NOTE: This is the not the final team compositions of the IPL teams and there is no auction for uncapped Indian domestic players like Manish Pandey and Ambati Rayudu who would be contracted later on.

Michael Klinger (Australia) $20,000 (Big Bash winning team South Australia opener and captain with S/R of 156.23; also in great form right now in this year’s ongoing KFC Big Bash T20) [Highly Recommended]

Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) $100,000 (a real steal for that price and good opener though unsold today) [Highly Recommended]

Dimitri Mascarenhas (England) $100,000 (again a real steal for that price and great T20 allrounder) [Highly Recommended]

Phillip Hughes (Australia) $100,000 (a powerful hitter and good opener)
Moises Henriques (Australia) $50,000
Andrew McDonald (Australia) $50,000
Michael Lumb (England) $50,000 (good opener)
Scott Styris (New Zealand) $100,000 (very good allrounder)
Justin Kemp (South Africa) $100,000 (handy allrounder)
Loots Bosman (South Africa) $50,000 (powerful hitter)
Roelof Van Der Merwe (South Africa) $50,000 (handy allrounder who can hit big too)
Paul Harris (South Africa) $50,000 (good purchase for that price)
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) $100,000 (good bowler and can also bat a bit; steal for that price)
Suraj Randiv (Sri Lanka) $50,000 (good spinner for that price)
Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka) $50,000 (good allrounder and almost a steal for that price)
George Bailey (Australia) $50,000
Robert Quiney (Australia) $50,000
Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands) $50,000 (Very good allrounder from a small team)
Cornelius de Villiers (South Africa) $20,000 (fast bowler and a steal for that price)
Juan “Rusty” Theron (South Africa) $50,000 (fast bowler and a steal for that price)
Colin Ingram (South Africa) $100,000
Morne Van Wyk (South Africa) $50,000

And below are list of relatively higher priced players but still great value for money considering their talent.

Graeme Swann (England) $400,000 (one of the best spinners in the world today who can also bat)
Jacob Oram (New Zealand) $200,000 (very good allrounder for that price)
Murali Kartik (India) $200,000 (he went unsold today but is a very good containing bowler for that price)
Mark Boucher (South Africa) $200,000 (wicketkeeper batsman and a great hitter; steal for that price)

The auction starts with a lottery by Chirayu Amin who picks up Gautam Gambhir as the first player to be auctioned.

The bidding is intense and it has already reached 2.2 million dollars now for Gambhir. Phew. Finally Gautam Gambhir sold for 2.4 million dollars by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Second auction is for Dilshan. $600,000 bid till now and bidding again going on aggressively. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases Dilshan for $650,000. That seems to be a good pick.

Zaheer Khan is the next auctions. Bidding going on aggressively again. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases him for $900,000 USD.

Ross Taylor enters the auctions now. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases him for $1 million.

Yusuf Pathan enters the auction now. He is bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.1 million.

Kevin Pietersen enters the auction now. Deccan Chargers purchases him for $650,000.

Mahela Jayawardena enters the auction now. Kochi purchases Jayawardena for $1.5 million.

Yuvi enters the auction now. Auction becomes very aggressive again. 1 million already for Yuvi till now and bidding going on aggressively. Yuvraj Singh goes for 1.8 million to Sahara Pune Warriors. Their first purchase and a good purchase at that.

A B De Villiers enters the auction now. A B De Villiers goes to RCB for 1.1 million. Royal Challengers Bangalore seems to on a buying spree and have made most of the purchases in the first session.

There is a 15 minutes break now.

Break over. Ganguly enters the bidding now. Nobody bids for Dada and he goes unsold.

Cameron White enters the auction now. The new Australian T20 captain is also getting some aggressive bidding. Deccan Chargers purchases Cameron White for $1.1 million.

Jacques Kallis enters the auction now. Kolkata Knight Riders purchases Kallis for $1.1 million.

Rohit Sharma enters the auction now. Bidding going on aggressively and it has already reached 1.1 million. Mumbai Indians purchases Rohit Sharma for 2 million. That might have been too aggressive.

Andrew Symonds enters the auction now. Symonds seeing some aggressive bidding between Mumbai and Pune. Mumbai Indians purchases Andrew Symonds for $800,000.

Kumar Sangakkara enters the auction now. Deccan Chargers purchases Sangakkara for $700,000.

Adam Gilchrist enters the auction now. Nobody was bidding initially and it almost seemed he will go unsold. Bidding gradually picking up. Kings XI Punjab purchases him for $900,000.

Rahul Dravid enters the auction now. Another long silence and no bidding till now for Dravid. Rajasthan Royals starts with base price of $400,000. Rajasthan Royals purchases Rahul Dravid for $500,000.

Graeme Smith enters the auction now. After a long wait at last a starting bid from Pune with base price of $400K for Smith. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Graeme Smith for $500,000.

Robin Uthappa enters the auction now. Aggressive bidding going now and already reaches $1.2 million. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Robin Uthappa for $2.1 million. Phew. That was huge.

Johan Botha enters the auction now. Rajasthan Royals purchases Johan Botha for $950,000.

VVS Laxman enters the auction now. After a long wait Kochi finally bids base price of $400,000. Kochi purchases VVS Laxman for $400,000.

Daniel Vettori enters the auction now. Again a long wait. Surprising as Vettori is a valuable player and an allrounder. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases Daniel Vettori for $550,000.

Brendon McCullum enters the auction now. Kochi purchases Brendon McCullum for $475,000. A good pick for sure.

Sreesanth enters the auction now. Very aggressive bidding. Kochi purchases their local boy Sreesanth for $900,000.

Chris Gayle enters the auction now. Again a surprising and long wait for a quality T20 batsman. Chris Gayle goes unsold.

Irfan Pathan enters the auction now. Aggressive bidding for Irfan too. Deccan and Punjab in the final bidding wars after CSK left. Delhi enters the fray at $1.1 million. Delhi Daredevils purchases Irfan Pathan for $1.9 million.

R P Singh enters the auction now. Kochi purchases R P Singh for $500,000.

Lunch Break now.

Lunch Break over now. The auction will start in a few minutes.

Jesse Ryder enters the auction now. Ryder goes unsold.

Herschelle Gibbs enters the auction and also goes unsold.

Michael Hussey enters the auction now. Chennai Superkings purchase him for $425,000.

Shaun Marsh enters the auction now. Kings XI Punjab purchases him for $400,000.

J P Duminy enters the auction now. Deccan Chargers purchases J P Duminy for $300,000.

Shikhar Dhawan enters the auction now. Deccan Chargers purchases Shikhar Dhawan for $300,000.

Saurabh Tiwary enters the auction now. Aggressive bidding going for Tiwary. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases Saurabh Tiwary for $1.6 million. A bid of controversy there as Mallya was not happy with the auction getting reopened.

David Hussey enters the auction. King XI Punjab purchases David Hussey for $1.4 million.

David Warner enters the auction and Delhi Daredevil purchases him for $750,000.

Brian Lara goes unsold.

Graham Manou enters the auction and goes unsold too.

Parthiv Patel enters the auction and Kochi purchases him for $290,000.

Wriddhiman Saha goes to Chennai Superkings at base price of $100,000.

Dinesh Karthik enters the auction and Kings XI Punjab purchases him for $900,000.

Naman Ojha enters the auction and Delhi Daredevils purchases him for $250,000.

Brad Haddin enters the auction now. Kolkata Knight Riders purchases Brad Haddin for $325,000.

Tim Paine enters the auction. Another wicketkeeper and all the wicketkeeper seems to be in good demand. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Tim Paine for $270,000.

Another wicketkeeper Matt Prior enters the auction now. Matt Prior remains unsold.

Mark Boucher enters the auction now. Mark Boucher remains unsold and it is very surprising indeed.

South African wicketkeeper David Jacobs enters the auction now. Mumbai Indians purchases him for $190,000.

That is the end of wicketkeepers.

James Hopes enters the auction now. Delhi Daredevils purchases him for $350,000 after some aggressive bidding involving Mumbai Indians.

Ravindra Jadeja enters the auction now. Kochi purchases Ravindra Jadeja for $950,000.

Bangladesh captain and all rounder Shakib Al Hasan enters the auction now. Some aggressive bidding going on for him too between KKR and Pune. Kolkata Knight Riders purchases him for $425,000. A very good pick for sure.

Stuart Broad enters the auction now. Kings XI Punjab purchases him for $400,000.

Abhishek Nayyar enters the auction now. King XI Punjab purchases Nayyar for $800,000.

Angelo Matthews enters the auction now. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases him for $950,000.

Dwayne Bravo enters the auction now. Chennai Superkings purchases Dwayne Bravo at base price of $200,000.

Steven Smith enters the auction. Kochi purchases Steven Smith for $200,000.

James Franklin up next. Mumbai Indians purchases him at base price of $100,000.

30 minutes tea break now.

Break over. Bowlers to be auctioned now.

Dilhara Fernando enters the auction but goes unsold.

James Anderson enters the auction now. James Anderson also goes unsold.

Ishant Sharma enters the auction now. Ishant Sharma gets sold to Deccan Chargers for $450,000.

Praveen Kumar enters the auction. King XI Punjab purchases Praveen Kumar for $800,000.

Ashish Nehra up next. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Ashish Nehra for $850,000.

Brett Lee up next. Kolkata Knight Riders purchases Brett Lee at the base price of $400,000.

Morne Morkel up next. Delhi and Deccan are bidding for him aggressively. Royal Challengers also enters into the bidding and now its Delhi vs RCB. Delhi Daredevils finally purchases Morne Morkel for $475,000.

Dale Steyn up next. Aggressive bidding going on for Steyn as expected. Deccan Chargers purchases Dale Steyn for $1.2 million. The most expensive specialist bowler till now including all Indian bowlers.

Ryan Harris up next. Kings XI Punjab purchases Ryan Harris for $325,000.

IPL hero for Daredevils Dirk Nannes up next. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases Dirk Nannes for $650,000.

Doug Bollingers enters the auction now. Aggressive bidding between CSK and Kochi for Nannes. Doug Bollinger will play for Chennai Superkings once again as he is picked up by them for $700,000.

Spin bowlers up next.

The master of spin Mutiah Muralitharan enters the auction. Bidding war going between Chennai and Pune for Muralitharan. Kochi also enters the fray. The bidding was has now shifted to CSK vs Kochi and it has already crossed 1 million. Kochi purchases Mutiah Muralitharan for $1.1 million.

Grame Swann goes unsold. Another surprise though it might have to do with availability.

Piyush Chawla up next. Bidding war goes off again and has crossed 700K already. Piyush Chawla will play for Kings XI Punjab this year too as they grab him for $900,000.

R Ashwin enters the auction and aggressive bidding already reaches 600K within seconds. Chennai Superkings purchases Ashwin for $850,000 and he will play for them again.

Ajantha Mendis up next. Mendis goes unsold.

Pragyan Ojha up next. Deccan Chargers involved in bidding wars at first with CSK and then with Delhi to get him back in team colors. Deccan Charges purchases Pragyan Ojha for $500,000.

Murali Karthik up next. No bids and Murali Kartik goes unsold which is quite surprising.

Amit Mishra enters the auction now. Bidding war between Deccan and Mallya for Mishra. Pune enters the fray at 290K. Deccan Chargers finally grabs Amit Mishra for $300,000.

The other McCullum brother Nathan McCullum up next. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Nathan McCullum at the base price of $100,000 and that is almost a steal at that price for a good allrounder.

Ramesh Powar up next and the last in this set. Kochi purchases Romesh Powar for $180,000.

Kapugedera up next. No bids and he goes unsold.

Aaron Finch up next. Delhi Daredevils pick up Aaron Finch for $300,000.

Eoin Morgan up next. Kolkata Knight Riders purchases Eoin Morgan for $350,000.

Brad Hodge enters the auction now. Kochi purchases Hodge for $425,000.

Tanim Iqbal up next but goes unsold.

Callum Ferguson up next. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Callum Ferguson for $300,000.

Manoj Tiwary up next. Kolkata Knight Riders retain him in team colors as they pick Manoj Tiwary for $475,000.

Cheteswar Pujara up next. Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases Cheteswar Pujara for $700,000.

Subramanium Badrinath enters the auction now. Aggressive bidding on its way already. Chennai Superkings purchases Badrinath for $800,000 and retain him in team colors.

Paul Collingwood up next. Rajasthan Royals purchases Paul Collingwood for $250,000.

Dan Christian to Deccan Chargers for $900,000

Alfonso Thomas to Pune for $100,000

Rilee Rossouw sold to Bangalore at $20,000

Bangalore buy Nuwan Pradeep at base price of $20,000

Deccan Chargers buy Chris Lynn at base price of $20,000.

Chennai Super Kings buy Faf du Plessis at $120,000

Now the wishlist of unsold players are being submitted.

Jesse Ryder of New Zealand first player to out from unsold list. Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Jesse Ryder for $150,000.

Sahara Pune Warriors purchases Murali Kartik for $400,000 after a bidding war with Rajasthan Royals.

Juan Rusty Theron sold to Deccan Chargers for $85,000.

Travis Birt sold to Delhi Daredevils for $20,000.

Dmitri Mascarenhas sold to Kings XI Punjab for $100,000.

Jonathan Vandair sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $20,000.

Moises Henriques purchased by Mumbai Indians for $50,000

Delhi Daredevils purchases Colin Ingram for $100,000.

Deccan Chargers purchases Michael Lumb for $80,000.

Kings XI Punjab purchases Nathan Rimmington for $20,000.

Mumbai Indians purchases Adrian Blizzard for $20,000.

Delhi Daredevils purchases Robert Frylinck for $20,000.

Royal Challengers Bangalore purchases Mohammed Kaif for $130,000.

That is all in the auctions.

That is all for today. Quite a lot of surprises as well as good picks for the day and hope that it will be more interesting tomorrow when the auction continues at 11 AM Indian time.

350 players will go under the hammer in IPL auctions on Saturday and Sunday at Bangalore. All the 10 teams including the two new IPL teams Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi will try to grab the players. Each team has been allotted a total of 9 million dollars for spending on the players auctions as well as uncapped domestic players. Chennai Superkings have retained M S Dhoni, M Vijay, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel (South Africa) while Mumbai Indians have also retained all the four players Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) and Kieron Pollard (West Indies). So, these teams will effectively have only 4.5 million dollars left in their purse. Rajasthan Royals has retained Shane Warne (Australia) and Shane Watson (Australia) leaving them with USD 5.9 million available to spend. Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained only player in Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli respectively enabling them to have a balance of 7.2 million dollars available. Deccan Chargers, Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab have not retained any players and will have the complete 9 million available for purchase alongwith the two new franchisees. Many new faces including cricketing legends such as Brian Lara would be available for purchase at the auction which will be conducted by professional auctioneer Richard Madley, from England, who has conducted each of the previous IPL player auctions too. However, a few players like Matthew Hayden, Glenn McGrath, Shane Bond and Anil Kumble who played previous editions of IPL has decided to give the auctions a miss due to personal reasons. The first round of auctions would be for the players with the highest base price of $400,000 followed by second round with players with base price of $300,000 and then with $200,000 and $100,000 base price and so on. The two day auction would start at 10 A.M. Indian time tomorrow and will be broadcast live on Set Max.

Players with base price of $400,000 are:

Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle.

Players with base price of $300,000 are:

Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman, Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Andrew Symonds, Cameron White, David Hussey, Shaun Tait, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Simon James Cook and Steven Davies.

Players with base price of $200,000 are:

Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, RP Singh, Robin Uthappa, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Murali Karthik, Pragyan Ojha, Shakib Al Hasan, Michael Hussey, James Hopes, Brad Haddin, Brad Hodge, Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson, Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, David Warner, Steven Smith, Dirk Nannes, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Matt Prior, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Ryan Sidebottom, Jonathan Trott, Joe Denly, Ajmal Shahzad, Tim Bresnan, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Herschelle Gibbs, Mark Boucher, J P Duminy, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ajantha Mendis, Dwayne Bravo and Darren Stevens.

Some Prominent Players with base price of $100,000 are:

Tamim Iqbal, Mortaza, R Ashwin, Morne Morkel, Dwayne Smith, Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Vaas, Fernando, Tharanga, Maharoof, Morne Morkel, Charl Langeveldt, Ntini, Kemp, Wayne Parnell, Ryan McLaren, Nathan McCullum, Time Southee, Scott Styris, Surabh Tiwary, Pujara, Vinay Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan, Badrinath, Parthiv Patel, Amit Mishra, Ravindra Jadeja, Munaf Patel, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Ian Bell, Sajid Mahmood, Ben Hilfenhaus, Philip Hughes, Adam Voges, Simon Katich and Tim Paine.

To view the complete list of players with base prices and details check this pdf.

NOTE: Domestic Indian uncapped players are not in the auction as they will be be available only after the IPL instructs them later. The domestic players have been broken down in to three categories, depending on how much first-class cricket they have played. The lowest tier of players can sign for Rs 10 lakhs (US$21,500) per year, the middle tier for Rs 20 lakhs ($43,000) and the top tier – those who have played at least five seasons of Ranji Trophy – will be paid Rs 30 lakhs ($64,500) per year.

Former Australian Batsman Michael Bevan has been appointed as the new coach of Kings XI Punjab while his fellow countryman and former fast bowler Geoff Lawson has been appointed as the head coach of Kochi IPL team. Bevan replaces another Australian Tom Moody as the coach of the Kings XI team. Punjab finished at the bottom of the league last year and would hope a change of fortunes with the new coach. Kochi would hope that Lawson can provide them the required expertise and help them a mark in their first year itself at the Indian Premier League. Both the coaches are expected to be physically presented in the auction to be held in Bangalore on Saturday and Sunday.

As per reports, the IPL Management has also set tougher conditions for applying for the two new teams. One of the major conditions is that the bidder has to have at least $1 billion (Rs.4,580 crores) and if a group makes a bid, it must contain an individual or a single party with that amount of money. As per the IPL’s tender condition, the bidders should submit a Rs 460-crore bank guarantee to participate in the bidding process. The IPL has set a base price of US $ 225 million per franchise. Many are also speculating that Ahmedabad might be one of the strongest contenders for an IPL team. The Ahmedabad based billionaire Gautam Adani-owned Adani Group has also submitted its bid for a new franchisee.

Videocon Industries-led team called P Sports Vision is supposed to have placed bid for Pune franchisee. There are also reports that the guardians of the laws of cricket, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is also supposed to be running for the Pune franchisee. The other prominent bidders might include Sahara Group, Jaypee Group and ICICI Ventures. Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel is also speculated to have placed bid for either Pune or Nagpur franchisee. Bollywood stars like Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgn had also showed interest though there is no confirmation if any film stars have bid for any team this time round. There have been 11 bids supposed to have been submitted till now for the two new teams.

The winning bids for the two new franchisees would be revealed on Sunday, March 7 at 1200 IST. Many are speculating that Pune and Ahmedabad might have good chances of hosting the two new teams though everything would be revealed only this Sunday.

The IPL 3 Auction took place on January 19, 2010 and it was a comparatively low profile auction compared to the two previous years. It was also due to the fact that the IPL franchisees had just 750,000 dollars each as the maximum limit to spend on the auction. However, there was a also a new rule this year where the franchisees could make secret ‘silent tiebreaker bids’ in case there was a tie. But the excess money from the secret bid went to IPL instead of the players who could receive only the maximum bid at 750,000 dollars. There were secret bids for two players who were Keiron Pollard and Shane Bond. They were officially sold at 750,000 dollars each but as per sources, Mumbai Indians had supposedly made secret bid of more than 2 million dollars to bag Keiron Pollard while Kolkata Knight Riders had supposedly made secret bid of more than a millon dollars for Shane Bond. The other two high priced puchases and hot bids in IPL season 3 auctions were Kemar Roach and Wayne Parnell who were bagged by Delhi Daredevils for 720,000 dollars and 610,000 dollars respectively. Others won in the auction included Mohammad Kaif (Punjab, 250,000), Eoin Morgan (Bangalore, 220,000), Damien Martyn (Rajasthan, 100,000), Justin Kemp (Chennai, 100,000), Thissara Perera (Chennai, 50,000), Adam Voges (Rajasthan, 50,000) and Yusuf Abdulla (Punjab, 50,000).

There were 66 overseas players in the final IPL 3 auction list and only 10 overseas player and one Indian player were sold. The players who were sold are as follows:

Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians, $750,000)
Shane Bond (Kolkata Knight Riders, $750,000)
Kemar Roach (Deccan Chargers, $720,000)
Wayne Parnell (Delhi Dardevils, $610,000)
Mohammad Kaif (Kings XI Punjab, $250,000)
Eoin Morgan (Royal Challengers Bangalore, $220,000)
Damien Martyn (Rajasthan Royals, $100,000)
Justin Kemp (Chennai Super Kings, $100,000)
Thissara Perera (Chennai Super Kings, $50,000)
Adam Voges (Rajasthan Royals, $50,000)
Yusuf Abdulla (Kings XI Punjab, $50,000)

Here are two videos of the new White Mischief Gals

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And here is a picture of the last year’s Red Skin cheerleaders

So, whom do you like more of the two