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The Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai franchise made it's presence felt in round two of the Indian Premier League's player auction, with the purchase of Harbhajan Singh [Images] and Sanath Jayasuriya for a total purse of US $18,25,000.
Jayasuriya fetched the highest bid in round 2, for $975,000 against his base price of $250,000.
Mumbai, which will be led by Sachin Tendulkar [Images], then made another strong bid for Harbhajan, and pocketed him for $850,000 against his base price of $250,000.
Sri Lankan wicketkeeping sensation Kumar Sangakkara also fetched a high price of $700,000, bought by Mohali, partly owned by Preity Zinta [Images] and Ness Wadia.
Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble [Images], as expected, was snapped up by Vijay Mallya's [Images] Bangalore for $500,000
Earlier, India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] fetched the highest price in round one of the auction. He was bought by Indian Cements, owner of the Chennai franchise, for a whopping 1.5 million US dollars, approximately Rs six crore.
The bid results after two rounds:
Player | Country | Bought by Franchise | Price (in USD) | Base Price (USD) |
Round 1 | ||||
MS Dhoni | India | Chennai | 1.5 m | 4,00,000 |
Adam Gilchrist [Images] | Australia | Hyderabad | 7,00,000 | 3,00,000 |
M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka [Images] | Chennai | 6,00,000 | 2,50,000 |
M Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | Mohali | 4,75,000 | 2,50,000 |
Shane Warne [Images] | Australia | Jaipur | 4,50,000 | 4,50,000 |
Shoaib Akhtar [Images] | Pakistan | Kolkata | 4,25,000 | 2,50,000 |
Round 2 | ||||
Anil Kumble | India | Bangalore | 5,00,000 | 2,50,000 |
Harbhajan Singh | India | Mumbai | 8,50,000 | 2,50,000 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 9,75,000 | 2,50,000 |
Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Mohali | 7,00,000 | 2,50,000 |
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