Royal Challengers Bangalore pay Rs 14 crore for Yuvraj Singh
Dinesh Karthik a surprise pick by Delhi Daredevils, for Rs 12.5 crore
The opening day of the 2014 Indian Premier League players' auction in Bangalore, on Wednesday, saw a lot of action, with the teams going all out for the marquee players.
India's batting ace Yuvraj Singh commanded the highest price, Royal Challengers Bangalore paying a massive Rs 14 crore for him, while Dinesh Karthik was a surprise pick at Rs 12.5 crore by Delhi Daredevils.
Delhi also did well to retain the services of Kevin Pietersen, after using the 'Right to Match' card, for Rs 9 crore, while Australia's Ashes hero Mitchell Johnson was snapped up by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 6.5 crore.
The Kings also managed to snatch hard-hitting Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for Rs 6 crore.
SOLD PLAYERS
| Faf Du Plessis | Batsman | ₹4,75,00,000 |
| Dwayne Smith | Batsman | ₹4,50,00,000 |
| Brendon McCullum | Wicket Keeper | ₹3,25,00,000 |
| Ashish Nehra | Bowler | ₹2,00,00,000 |
| Mohit Sharma | Bowler | ₹2,00,00,000 |
| Ishwar Chandra Pandey | Bowler | ₹1,50,00,000 |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | Bowler | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| John Hastings | All-Rounder | ₹50,00,000 |
| Samuel Badree | Bowler | ₹30,00,000 |
| Matt Henry | Bowler | ₹30,00,000 |
| Mithun Manhas | All-Rounder | ₹30,00,000 |
| Vijay Shankar | All-Rounder | ₹10,00,000 |
| Ronit More | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Baba Aparajith | Batsman | ₹10,00,000 |
| Pawan Negi | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Dinesh Karthik | Wicket Keeper | ₹12,50,00,000 |
| Kevin Pietersen | Batsman | ₹9,00,00,000 |
| Murali Vijay | Batsman | ₹5,00,00,000 |
| Mohammad Shami | Bowler | ₹4,25,00,000 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | Bowler | ₹4,25,00,000 |
| Quinton De Kock | Wicket Keeper | ₹3,50,00,000 |
| Manoj Tiwary | Batsman | ₹2,80,00,000 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Bowler | ₹2,80,00,000 |
| Jean-Paul Duminy | Batsman | ₹2,20,00,000 |
| Ross Taylor | Batsman | ₹2,00,00,000 |
| Kedar Jadhav | Batsman | ₹2,00,00,000 |
| Rahul Sharma | Bowler | ₹1,90,00,000 |
| Mayank Agarwal | Batsman | ₹1,60,00,000 |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | All-Rounder | ₹1,50,00,000 |
| James Neesham | All-Rounder | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Wayne Parnell | Bowler | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Shahbaz Nadeem | Bowler | ₹85,00,000 |
| Saurabh Tiwary | Batsman | ₹70,00,000 |
| Siddarth Kaul | Bowler | ₹45,00,000 |
| Rahul Shukla | Bowler | ₹40,00,000 |
| Jayant Yadav | All-Rounder | ₹10,00,000 |
| HS Sharath | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Milind Kumar | Batsman | ₹10,00,000 |
| Mitchell Johnson | All-Rounder | ₹6,50,00,000 |
| Glenn Maxwell | All-Rounder | ₹6,00,00,000 |
| George Bailey | Batsman | ₹3,25,00,000 |
| Virender Sehwag | Batsman | ₹3,20,00,000 |
| Rishi Dhawan | All-Rounder | ₹3,00,00,000 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | Wicket Keeper | ₹2,20,00,000 |
| Shaun Marsh | Batsman | ₹2,20,00,000 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Batsman | ₹1,90,00,000 |
| Beuran Hendricks | Bowler | ₹1,80,00,000 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | Bowler | ₹1,80,00,000 |
| Thisara Perera | All-Rounder | ₹1,60,00,000 |
| Gurkirat Singh Mann | Batsman | ₹1,30,00,000 |
| Murali Kartik | Bowler | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Sandeep Sharma | Bowler | ₹85,00,000 |
| Mandeep Hardev Singh | All-Rounder | ₹80,00,000 |
| Akshar Rajesh Patel | All-Rounder | ₹75,00,000 |
| Parvinder Awana | Bowler | ₹65,00,000 |
| Shardul Narendra Thakur | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Anureet Singh | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Shivam Sharma | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Karanveer Singh | All-Rounder | ₹10,00,000 |
| Jacques Kallis | All-Rounder | ₹5,50,00,000 |
| Robin Uthappa | Batsman | ₹5,00,00,000 |
| Piyush Chawla | Bowler | ₹4,25,00,000 |
| Yusuf Pathan | All-Rounder | ₹3,25,00,000 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | All-Rounder | ₹2,80,00,000 |
| Morne Morkel | Bowler | ₹2,80,00,000 |
| Ranganath Vinay Kumar | Bowler | ₹2,80,00,000 |
| Umesh Yadav | Bowler | ₹2,60,00,000 |
| Manish Pandey | Batsman | ₹1,70,00,000 |
| Chris Lynn | Batsman | ₹1,30,00,000 |
| Patrick Cummins | Bowler | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Ryan Ten Doeschate | All-Rounder | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Batsman | ₹70,00,000 |
| Andre Russell | All-Rounder | ₹60,00,000 |
| Manvinder Bisla | Wicket Keeper | ₹60,00,000 |
| Veer Pratap Singh | Bowler | ₹40,00,000 |
| Kuldeep Singh Yadav | Bowler | ₹40,00,000 |
| Debabrata Das | Wicket Keeper | ₹20,00,000 |
| Sayan Sekhar Mandal | All-Rounder | ₹10,00,000 |
| Michael Hussey | Batsman | ₹5,00,00,000 |
| Corey Anderson | All-Rounder | ₹4,50,00,000 |
| Pragyan Ojha | Bowler | ₹3,25,00,000 |
| Zaheer Khan | Bowler | ₹2,60,00,000 |
| Aditya Tare | Wicket Keeper | ₹1,60,00,000 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler | ₹1,20,00,000 |
| Jalaj Saxena | All-Rounder | ₹90,00,000 |
| Josh Hazlewood | Bowler | ₹50,00,000 |
| Marchant De Lange | Bowler | ₹30,00,000 |
| Krismar Santokie | Bowler | ₹30,00,000 |
| Ben Dunk | Wicket Keeper | ₹20,00,000 |
| C.M. Gautam | Wicket Keeper | ₹20,00,000 |
| Apoorv Vijay Wankhade | Batsman | ₹10,00,000 |
| Pawan Suyal | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Sushant Marathe | Wicket Keeper | ₹10,00,000 |
| Shreyas Gopal | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Steven Smith | All-Rounder | ₹4,00,00,000 |
| Brad Hodge | Batsman | ₹2,40,00,000 |
| Rajat Bhatia | All-Rounder | ₹1,70,00,000 |
| Tim Southee | Bowler | ₹1,20,00,000 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | Bowler | ₹1,10,00,000 |
| Abhishek Nayar | All-Rounder | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Kane Richardson | Bowler | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Ben Cutting | Bowler | ₹80,00,000 |
| Karun Nair | Batsman | ₹75,00,000 |
| Unmukt Chand | Batsman | ₹65,00,000 |
| Iqbal Abdullah | All-Rounder | ₹65,00,000 |
| Deepak Hooda | Bowler | ₹40,00,000 |
| Dishant Yagnik | Wicket Keeper | ₹30,00,000 |
| Kevon Cooper | All-Rounder | ₹30,00,000 |
| Vikramjeet Malik | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Ankit Nagendra Sharma | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Rahul Tewatia | All-Rounder | ₹10,00,000 |
| Ankush Bains | Wicket Keeper | ₹10,00,000 |
| Amit Mishra | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Pravin Tambe | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Yuvraj Singh | All-Rounder | ₹14,00,00,000 |
| Mitchell Starc | Bowler | ₹5,00,00,000 |
| Albie Morkel | All-Rounder | ₹2,40,00,000 |
| Varun Aaron | Bowler | ₹2,00,00,000 |
| Ashok Dinda | Bowler | ₹1,50,00,000 |
| Parthiv Patel | Wicket Keeper | ₹1,40,00,000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Bowler | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Ravi Rampaul | Bowler | ₹90,00,000 |
| Nic Maddinson | Batsman | ₹50,00,000 |
| Harshal Patel | Bowler | ₹40,00,000 |
| Vijay Zol | Batsman | ₹30,00,000 |
| Abu Nechim Ahmed | Bowler | ₹30,00,000 |
| Sachin Rana | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Shadab Jakati | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Sandeep Warrier | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Tanmay Mishra | Batsman | ₹10,00,000 |
| Yogesh Takawale | Wicket Keeper | ₹10,00,000 |
| Yuzvendra Singh Chahal | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| David Warner | Batsman | ₹5,50,00,000 |
| Amit Mishra | Bowler | ₹4,75,00,000 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Bowler | ₹4,25,00,000 |
| Aaron Finch | Batsman | ₹4,00,00,000 |
| Karn Sharma | Bowler | ₹3,75,00,000 |
| Darren Sammy | All-Rounder | ₹3,50,00,000 |
| Ishant Sharma | Bowler | ₹2,60,00,000 |
| Irfan Pathan | All-Rounder | ₹2,40,00,000 |
| Moises Henriques | All-Rounder | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| KL Rahul | Batsman | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| Parveez Rasool | All-Rounder | ₹95,00,000 |
| Jason Holder | Bowler | ₹75,00,000 |
| Venugopal Rao | Batsman | ₹55,00,000 |
| Naman Ojha | Wicket Keeper | ₹50,00,000 |
| Brendan Taylor | Wicket Keeper | ₹30,00,000 |
| Prasanth Parameswaran | Bowler | ₹30,00,000 |
| Amit Paunikar | Wicket Keeper | ₹20,00,000 |
| Ashish Reddy | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| Srikkanth Anirudha | Batsman | ₹20,00,000 |
| Ricky Bhui | Batsman | ₹10,00,000 |
| Chama Milind | Bowler | ₹10,00,000 |
| Manprit Juneja | Batsman | ₹10,00,000 |
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