INDIAN PREMIER : Auctioneer Richard Madley could not have imagined the impact of his words on the glittering gathering at the plush Hilton Towers here on Wednesday. Neither could his vast experience at running auctions have prepared him for the frenzy that was to follow his announcement that India one-day skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had raked in a cool $1.5 million (Rs 6 crore) to top the charts at the auction of players for the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League. For more info, please visit @ Bharatstudent.com
Hyderabad
DECCAN CHRONICLE
Andrew Sym-onds $1.35 m.
R.P. Singh $875,000
Rohit Sharma $750,000
Adam Gilchrist $700,000
Shahid Afridi $675,000
Herschelle Gibbs $575,000
V V S Laxman $375,000
Chaminda Vaas $200,000
Scott Styris $175,000
Chamara Silva $100,000
Nuwan Zoysa $110,000
Chennai
INDIA CEMENTS
M.S. Dhoni$1.5 million
Jacob Oram $675,000
Albie Morkel $675,000
Suresh Raina $650,000
Muralitharan $600,000
Matthew Hayden $375,000
Stephen Fleming $350,000
Parthiv Patel $325,000
J. Sharma $225,000
Makhaya Ntini $200,000
Bangalore
KINGFISHER
Jacques Kallis $900,000
Anil Kumble $500,000
Cameron White $500,000
Zaheer Khan $450,000
Mark Boucher $450,000
Nathan Bracken $325,000
Dale Steyn $325,000
Wasim Jaffer $150,000
Icon: Rahul Dravid
Jaipur
EMERGING MEDIA
Mohd Kaif $675,000
Yousuf Pathan $475,000
Graeme Smith $475,000
Shane Warne $450,000
Munaf Patel $275,000
Younis Khan $225,000
Kamran Akmal $150,000
Delhi
GMR GROUP
Gautam Gambhir $725,000
Manoj Tiwary $675,000
Mohammed Asif $650,000
Daniel Vettori $625,000
Dinesh Karthik $525,000
Shoaib Malik $500,000
Glenn McGrath $350,000
A B de Villiers $300,000
T. Dilshan $250,000
Farveez Mahroof $225,000
Icon: Virender Sehwag
Mohali
PREITY ZINTA
Irfan Pathan $925,000
Brett Lee $900,000
K. Sangakkara $700,000
S. Sreesanth $625,000
M. Jayawardene $475,000
Piyush Chawla $400,000
Ramesh Powar $170,000
Icon: Yuvraj Singh
Mumbai
MUKESH AMBANI
Sanath Jayasuriya $975,000
Harbhajan Singh $850,000
Robin Uthappa $800,000
Shaun Pollock $550,000
Lasith Malinga $350,000
Dilhara Fernando $150,000
Icon: Sachin Tendulkar
Kolkata
Shah Rukh Khan
Ishant Sharma $950,000
Chris Gayle $800,000
B. McCullum $700,000
David Hussey $625,000
Murali Kartik $425,000
Shoaib Akhtar $425,000
Ricky Ponting $400,000
Ajit Agarkar $350,000
Umar Gul $150,000
Icon: Sourav Ganguly
