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Kolkata Knight Riders broke their losing streak in the last two matches as they defeated Delhi Daredevils by 17 runs. Delhi captain Sehwag won the toss and put KKR to bat. Kolkata reached a competitive total of 148/7 in their 20 overs mainly due to Manoj Tiwary’s knock of 61 runs off 47 balls. Umesh Yadav took 2 wickets for DD. In reply, DD never got any partnership along and ended up with only 131/9 in their 20 overs to post their fifth loss in IPL Season 4 2011. Iqbal Abdulla took three wickets for 25 runs while Balaji took 2 wickets. Manoj Tiwary was awarded the Man of the Match for his crucial knock.

Mumbai Indians thrashed Delhi Daredevils as they won by 8 wickets with 3.1 overs to spare. Delhi Darevils skipper Virender Sehwag won the toss and decided to bat. But they lost wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 95 runs in 19.5 overs aided by brilliant bowling by Lasith Malinga as he scalped 5 wickets for 13 runs in 3.4 overs. Sehwag, Naman Ojha and Venugopal Rao top scored for DD with scores of 19, 29 and 26 respectively while Harbhajan chipped in with a couple of wickets. Mumbai Indians played steadily in reply though they lost two early wickets due to a brilliant initial pace attack by Delhi bowlers. But Sachin Tendulkar (46 runs off 50 balls) and Rohit Sharma (27 runs off 30 balls) steadied the chase and they finished off the target in 16.5 overs as they scored 99/2. Lastith Malinga was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant spell.

We are listing the players bought in IPL 4 auctions segregated by IPL teams. This list also includes the players retained by their franchisees and is the total list of players bought by the respective teams till now. The list has been segregated both by teams as well as the prices of the players in descending order.

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.

Less than two weeks to go now for IPL to start which will be played in South Africa this year, maybe not as big as it was last year, but still it holds a lot of promise for Indian cricket, as we hope that new faces will get the nod and emerge as new stars like first edition where we saw number of youngsters performed really well, but those were mostly batsmen, but now this year we are looking forward to see some new young fast bowlers to show their talent and go ahead. Few young rookie fast bowlers who I am looking forward to see this time around are:

Rahil Sheikh: Rahil is a left arm fast bowler and will play for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He made his first class debut in this Ranji season for Mumbai, played three matches took 9 wickets, but the biggest thing which impressed everybody about him was his pace and bounce. He is tall around 6 foot 4 inches, still raw, and working on his bowling under the eyes of Shaun Pollock in Mumbai Indians. He impressed Sachin Tendulkar in IPL last year when he was bowling in the nets to him and then he was signed by Mumbai Indians. I hope he will get to play in the guidance of Zaheer Khan and learn some trick from him.

Umesh Yadav: This guy was the most impressive fast bowler in the just concluded first class season as he progressed very similar to his bowling which is very quick. He first started playing U-22 matches for Vidarbha and after only two matches he was drafted in the ranji side and played 4 matches took 20 wickets, and then Duleep trophy where he took 5 wickets in the first innings including the wickets of VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid. This year he will play for Delhi Daredevils under the eyes of TA Shekher and Glenn McGrath. His biggest asset is his pace and incoming deliveries by which he trapped Dravid into shortleg which is very unusual for Dravid to get out against a fast bowler. He bowled over 140 Ks in that Duleep Trophy match and he is now a big hope of Indian cricket.

Sudeep Tyagi: This will be a long awaited debut for Sudeep Tyagi if he makes it as he was signed last season but could not play because of a serious back injury in a Devdhar Trophy match and he had to sit on the sidelines for a long time. He will play for Chennai Superkings and I hope he will make full use of the opportunities given to him. He emerged on the scene in 2007 Ranji trophy when from no where Mohmmad Kaif picked him during the ranji trials as he was impressed of his pace and bounce being a tall man and he immediately played his first ranji match and created history after taking 10 wickets on debut and at the end of the season he emerged as the highest wicket taker, but an unfortunate injury haunted his progress and he had sit out for 6 months before he was picked for India A against Australia A where he again showed whey he was rated so high by his captain. In a four day game, he destroyed Australia A batting line up with his pace and reverse swing which had players like Simon Katich, Philip Hughes, Adam Voges, Marcus North, Luke Rhonchi and all these players have played for Australia. Even Australia A captain Katich and coach were impressed with his pace and reverse swing.

Anureet Singh: He plays for Railways in ranji and will play for Knight Riders in this IPL. He is a tall fast bowler who is talked about a lot in the domestic circuit and then went in KKR trials camp and selected to play fro KKR. Lets hope he delivers what he is selected for.