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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.

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.

Rajasthan Royals had a warm up match against Cape Cobras today named “Clash of the Champions” . Cape Cobras are the South African domestic T20 champions and Rajasthan Royals were the winners of IPL season 1 and so it was marketed as the clash of the the winners. The match started interestingly with Cape Cobras winning the toss and deciding to bat. The Rajasthan Royals team was mainly filled with the Indian domestic players of Rajasthan Royals. The Indian pacers of Rajasthan Royals started out well with Amit Singh, Trivedi and Kamran Khan. Kamran Khan was more prominent of the lot although he bowled only a single over giving only one run and taking a wicket. His pace was good and he was also extracting good swing from the wicket. The Cobras struggled against the Indian pacers and were 65/5 after 11.5 overs. But then their batsmen started hitting well and the Cobras ended at a respectable score of 142/8 in their allotted 20 overs.

The Rajasthan Royals batsmen were quite impressive initially with Victorian batsman Rob Quiney (34 off 22 balls) hitting the Cobras for fours and sixes. But then the rest of the Royals batsmen got out cheaply with some very good bowling and fielding performance by the Cobras. Shane Warne (21 off 19 balls) tried to save the innings but it was too late. At last they got all out in 19 overs for 115 runs and the Cobras won the match by 27 runs.

However, the positives of the game for Rajasthan Royals was that their international players looked in good from with Quiney, Warne and Henderson looking good. The other good thing was the Indian bowlers in RR squad bowled some good spells too especially Kamran Khan and Amit Singh.

The Rajasthan Royals squad are looking a good unit though they do not look as powerful as the other squads and I doubt if they would be able to retain their title this year. Let us hope that the Rajasthan Royals squad performs well when they play their full side in the IPL T20 season 2.

There were doubts about the success of IPL T20 season 2 after its shift to South Africa due to clash with the general elections in India. But Lalit Modi and BCCI has been trying their best to make this edition of the IPL T20 a huge success too. They are supposed to have introduced two five-minutes strategy break in the matches to increase the advertising revenue. Bollywood and Hollywood stars will also attend the IPL opener if reports are to be believed. And the results have been quite successful with the tickets for the IPL opener being sold out in two hours.

Now, IPL management and Lalit Modi has decided to introduce a carnival before the start of the Indian Premier League. This will be perhaps the first carnival in cricket and it would take place at 12 noon on April 16. All the players participating in the IPL and various Bollywood celebrities will take part in the carnival. It will be a grand parade on the streets of Cape Town with all the IPL teams with their own floats and there would be music, Bollywood celebrities and cricketers in this great extravaganza. Lalit Modi said that this will be a unique experience where all the 200 top cricketers from the world would be present in the parade at the same time.

It seems that IPL T20 season 2 has been marketed very well in South Africa and hope that it turns out to a huge success again as the last year. Cricket and Entertainment seems to be mixed very well in this year’s IPL extravaganza too. The ticket sales have also been quite good till now and it seems that Lalit Modi will again have the last laugh.