Mahela, Dilshan and Sanga sold in IPL auction
January 8, 2011 12:56 pm
Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilshan was bought by Vijay Mallya’s Royal Challengers for $650,000 whereas Kochi team bagged Mahela Jayawardene for $1.5 million in the Indian Premier League auction in Bangalore a short while ago.
Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara was bought by the Deccan Chargers for $700,000 in the auction which still continues in the Indian city with former West Indies captain Brian Lara and a host of England’s Ashes heroes still up for grabs.
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gautam Gambhir for a whopping $2.4 million (the highest purchase so far) as the world’s leading cricket players go under the hammer for the Indian Premier League auction in Bangalore on Saturday and Sunday.
The players’ auction was due to be held in November but was delayed amid confusion about the size and format of this year’s tournament, which will start just six days after the end of the World Cup co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh .
The tournament, to be held from April 8 to May 22, is expected to feature 10 teams after Indian courts overturned the expulsion of the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.
Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara was bought by the Deccan Chargers for $700,000 in the auction which still continues in the Indian city with former West Indies captain Brian Lara and a host of England’s Ashes heroes still up for grabs.
Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gautam Gambhir for a whopping $2.4 million (the highest purchase so far) as the world’s leading cricket players go under the hammer for the Indian Premier League auction in Bangalore on Saturday and Sunday.
The players’ auction was due to be held in November but was delayed amid confusion about the size and format of this year’s tournament, which will start just six days after the end of the World Cup co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh .
The tournament, to be held from April 8 to May 22, is expected to feature 10 teams after Indian courts overturned the expulsion of the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.
