2009 IPL auction result - Pietersen & Flintoff highest paid $1.55m
Friday, February 6, 2009
Images of Pietersen & Flintoff, the Highest Paid Player for 2009 IPL Auction :
Auction Result of 2009’s IPL - Pietersen & Flintoff Set Record Breaking Highest Bid $1.55 Million :
What a welcome for English players in DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009! Two most popular England cricketers Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen start their debut as record breaking highest paid players in season II IPL happened on 6th February 2009, Friday.
With a mere nine weeks to go, all the eight franchisees utilized distinct strategies to pick up the players that formed a tactical fit for the playing squads. The highlight of the auction though was the historic bids for the two Englishmen at US $ 1.55 million for all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and batsman Kevin Pietersen from the Chennai Super Kings and the Bangalore Royal Challengers which should make them the highest paid players in the League.
Another player that saw multiple bidding and a distinctly higher final auction price of US $ 950,000 compared to his reserve price was South African batsman Jean Paul Duminy, who will now turn out for the Mumbai Indians.
Bangladeshi pace bowler Mashrafe Bin Mortaza though was the surprise package at the auction going for a final bid of US $ 600,000 to the ShahRukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders.
Season II will see 5 Englishmen, 2 South Africans, 2 Bangladeshi’s, 2 Australians, 2 New Zealanders, 3 West Indians and 1 Sri Lankan make their debuts in the DLF Indian Premier League in 2009. A grand total of US $ 7.65 million was bid for the 17 new Indian Premier League debutants as below…
With a mere nine weeks to go, all the eight franchisees utilized distinct strategies to pick up the players that formed a tactical fit for the playing squads. The highlight of the auction though was the historic bids for the two Englishmen at US $ 1.55 million for all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and batsman Kevin Pietersen from the Chennai Super Kings and the Bangalore Royal Challengers which should make them the highest paid players in the League.
Another player that saw multiple bidding and a distinctly higher final auction price of US $ 950,000 compared to his reserve price was South African batsman Jean Paul Duminy, who will now turn out for the Mumbai Indians.
Bangladeshi pace bowler Mashrafe Bin Mortaza though was the surprise package at the auction going for a final bid of US $ 600,000 to the ShahRukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders.
Season II will see 5 Englishmen, 2 South Africans, 2 Bangladeshi’s, 2 Australians, 2 New Zealanders, 3 West Indians and 1 Sri Lankan make their debuts in the DLF Indian Premier League in 2009. A grand total of US $ 7.65 million was bid for the 17 new Indian Premier League debutants as below…
Season II IPL : 17 Debutant | |||||
| Sr No. | Player Name with Specialty | Nationality | Base Price (in US $) | Winning Bid (in US $) | Winning Franchise with Owner's Name |
| 01 | Kevin Pietersen (Batsman) | England | 1,350,000 | 1,550,000 | Bangalore Royal Challengers (Vijay Mallya) |
| 02 | Andrew Flintoff (All rounder) | England | 950,000 | 1,550,000 | Chennai Super Kings (India Cement) |
| 03 | J P Duminy (Batsman) | South Africa | 300,000 | 950,000 | Mumbai Indians (Mukesh Ambani) |
| 04 | Tyron Henderson (All rounder) | South Africa | 100,000 | 650,000 | Rajasthan Royals (Emerging Media) |
| 05 | Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Bowler) | Bangladesh | 50,000 | 600,000 | Kolkata Knight Riders (Shah Rukh Khan & Juhi Chawla) |
| 06 | Ravi Bopara (All rounder) | England | 150,000 | 450,000 | Kings XI Punjab (Preity Zinta & Ness. Wadia) |
| 07 | Shaun Tait (Bowler) | Australia | 250,000 | 375,000 | Rajasthan Royals (Emerging Media) |
| 08 | Paul Collingwood (All rounder) | England | 250,000 | 275,000 | Delhi Daredevils (GMR Holdings) |
| 09 | Owais Shah (Batsman) | England | 150,000 | 275,000 | Delhi Daredevils (GMR Holdings) |
| 10 | Jesse Ryder (Batsman) | New Zealand | 100,000 | 160,000 | Bangalore Royal Challengers (Vijay Mallya) |
| 11 | Kyle Mills (Bowler) | New Zealand | 150,000 | 150,000 | Mumbai Indians (Mukesh Ambani) |
| 12 | Fidel Edwards (Bowler) | West Indies | 150,000 | 150,000 | Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Deccan Chronicle) |
| 13 | Jerome Taylor (Bowler) | West Indies | 150,000 | 150,000 | Kings XI Punjab (Preity Zinta & Ness. Wadia) |
| 14 | Thilan Thushara (All rounder) | Sri Lanka | 100,000 | 140,000 | Chennai Super Kings (India Cement) |
| 15 | Dwayne Smith (All rounder) | West Indies | 100,000 | 100,000 | Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (Deccan Chronicle) |
| 16 | Mohammad Ashraful (Batsman) | Bangladesh | 75,000 | 75,000 | Mumbai Indians (Mukesh Ambani) |
| 17 | George Bailey (Batsman) | Australia | 50,000 | 50,000 | Chennai Super Kings (India Cement) |
Grand Total for 17 New | |||||
0 comments:
Post a Comment