Paul Valthaty

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.

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.

Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st match

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings

Batsman Kolkata Knight Riders(161/4 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
M Tiwary c R Sharma & b C Vaas 0 1 0 0 0
B Hodge c H Gibbs & b J Singh 13 9 1 1 144.44
S Ganguly(c) c V Laxman & b C Vaas 0 3 0 0 0
C Pujara c P Ojha & b R Singh 10 16 2 0 62.5
O Shah Not out 58 46 3 3 126.09
A Mathews Not out 65 46 5 4 141.3
W Saha(wk) dnB 0 0 0 0 0.00
L Shukla dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
M Kartik dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
C Langeveldt dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
I Sharma dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00

Extras b – 0, lb – 8, w – 6, nb – 1, Total – 15

Total:(161 for 4 in 20 overs) 161 Run Rate: 8.05

Fall Of Wickets
1/0 (Manoj Tiwary, 0.1 ov.), 2/0 (Sourav Ganguly, 0.4 ov.), 3/31 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 4.4 ov.), 4/31 (Brad Hodge, 5.1 ov.)

Bowler 0 M R W Nb Wd ER
Chaminda Vaas 3 1 22 2 0 0 7.33
RP Singh 4 0 35 1 0 3 8.75
Jaskaran Singh 4 0 35 1 0 1 8.75
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 19 0 0 0 4.75
Andrew Symonds 4 0 26 0 0 2 6.5
T Suman 1 0 16 0 1 0 16

Deccan Chargers Innings
Batsman Deccan Chargers(150/7 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR
A Gilchrist(c) c M Tiwary & b B Hodge 54 35 3 3 154.29
VVS Laxman c & b M Kartik 22 14 2 1 157.14
H Gibbs c A Mathews & b C Langeveldt 19 24 2 0 79.17
A Symonds c S Ganguly & b I Sharma 5 9 0 0 55.56
R Sharma c B Hodge & b A Mathews 13 12 2 0 108.33
A Singh c & b L Shukla 14 14 1 0 100
T Suman Not out 7 9 1 0 77.78
C Vaas b C Langeveldt 0 1 0 0 0
J Singh Not out 4 4 0 0 100
RP Singh dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00
P Ojha dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00

Extras b – 4, lb – 1, w – 5, nb – 2, Total – 12

Total:(150 for 7 in 20 overs) 150 Run Rate: 7.5

Fall Of Wickets
1/61 (VVS Laxman, 5.5 ov.), 2/99 (Adam Gilchrist, 11.1 ov.), 3/102 (Herschelle Gibbs, 12.2 ov.), 4/116 (Andrew Symonds, 14.1 ov.), 5/128 (Rohit Sharma, 16.2 ov.), 6/141 (Anirudh Singh, 17.6 ov.), 7/142 (Chaminda Vaas, 18.3 ov.)

Bowler 0 M R W Nb Wd ER
Charl Langeveldt 4 0 26 2 0 3 6.5
Ishant Sharma 4 0 31 1 1 1 7.75
Laxmi Shukla 3 0 30 1 0 0 10
Murali Kartik 3 0 17 1 0 0 5.67
Angelo Mathews 4 0 27 1 1 1 6.75
Brad Hodge 2 0 14 1 0 0 7