IPL players auction over atlast

Thirteen Australian cricketers have gone under the hammer in the Indian Premier League actions today, with Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds receiving a monster A$1.47 million bid from the Hyderabad team, hours after indicating he would not be available for the concurrent tour of Pakistan.The auctions, taking place in Mumbai, are still underway and will feature 77 international cricketers, with each of the eight Indian franchises having a cap of $5 million for a maximum of eight marquee players each.The officially sanctioned Indian Premier League (IPL) starts on April 18 and will be played over 44 days in eight cities.The top-seller so far is Indian keeper MS Dhoni, who has pulled in a phenomenal $1.5 million for the tournament.Surprisingly Glenn McGrath and key Pakistani batsman Mohammed Yousuf were pitched back into the player pool after neither was able to reach their reserve price.The players to be auctioned off so far are:

Australia:

Shane Warne
$450,000

To play with Jaipur

Adam Gilchrist
$700,000

To play with Hyderabad

Andrew Symonds
A$1.47 million

To play for Hyderabad

Matthew Hayden
$409,000

To play for Chennai

Ricky Ponting
$436,000

To play for Kolkata

Brett Lee
$982,000

To play for Mohali

India:

MS Dhoni
$1.5 million

To play with Chennai

Harbhajan Singh
A$927,000

To play with Mumbai

Anil Kumble
A$526,000

To play with Bangalore

Sri Lanka:

Mahela Jayawardena
$475,000

To play with Mohali

Muttiah Muralidaran
$600, 000

To play with Chennai

Sanath Jayasuriya
A$1.064 million

To play with Mumbai

Kumar Sangakkara
$764,000

To play with Mohali

PakistanShoaib Akhtar
$425,000

To play with Kolkata