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February 20, 2008 17:02 IST
Dinesh Karthik [Images] topped the bidding in the fifth round of the players' auction in the DLF Indian Premier League after Delhi bought him for US $5,25,000 ahead of South African veteran Mark Boucher [Images]. Dhoni fetches highest price Jayasuriya most valuableSymonds is 2nd million-dollar buy Mallya buys Kallis for US $9,00,000 Warne humbled in biddingBoucher, one of the top wicketkeepers in world cricket and renowned for his hard-hitting batting, was second-best in the fifth round after Bangalore purchased him for US $4,50,000 against his base price of US $2,00,000, the same as Karthik. His compatriot AB de Villiers was taken by Delhi for US $3,00,000. Parthiv Patel, who last played international cricket in October 2004, received a huge boost after India Cements-owned franchise Chennai bought him for US $3,25,000. Pakistan's Kamran Akmal went for his base price of US $1,50,000, but Zimbabwe's pocket-sized keeper Tatenda Taibu had no takers and went into the reserve pool with likes of Glenn McGrath and Michael Hussey. | Player | Country | Bought by Franchise | Price (in USD) | Base Price (USD) | | Round 1 (Report) | | MS Dhoni [Images] | 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 (Report) | | Anil Kumble [Images] | India | Bangalore | 5,00,000 | 2,50,000 | | Harbhajan Singh [Images] | 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 | | Glenn McGrath | Australia | - | No bid | 3,50,000 | | Mohammad Yousuf [Images] | Pakistan | - | No bid | 3,30,000 | | Round 3 (Report) | | Ricky Ponting [Images] | Australia | Kolkata | 4,00,000 | 3,35,000 | | Brett Lee [Images] | Australia | Mohali | 9,00,000 | 3,00,000 | | Andrew Symonds [Images] | Australia | Hyderabad | 1.35m | 2,50,000 | | Michael Hussey | Australia | - | No bid | 2,50,000 | | Daniel Vettori [Images] | New Zealand [Images] | Delhi | 6,25,000 | 2,50,000 | | Matthew Hayden [Images] | Australia | Chennai | 3,75,000 | 2,25,000 | | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | Kolkata | 7,00,000 | 1,75,000 | | Jacob Oram [Images] | New Zealand | Chennai | 6,75,000 | 2,00,000 | | Round 4 (Report) | | Stephen Fleming [Images] | New Zealand | Chennai | 3,50,000 | 3,50,000 | | Graeme Smith [Images] | South Africa | Jaipur | 2,50,000 | 2,50,000 | | Herschelle Gibbs [Images] | South Africa | Hyderabad | 5,75,000 | 2,50,000 | | Chris Gayle | West Indies [Images] | Kolkata | 8,00,000 | 2,50,000 | | Shoaib Malik [Images] | Pakistan | Delhi | 5,00,000 | 3,00,000 | | Shahid Afridi [Images] | Pakistan | Hyderabad | 6,75,000 | 2,25,000 | | Younis Khan | Pakistan | Jaipur | 2,25,000 | 2,25,000 | | Mohammad Asif [Images] | Pakistan | Delhi | 6,50,000 | 2,25,000 | | Jacques Kallis [Images] | South Africa | Bangalore | 9,00,000 | 2,25,000 | | Zaheer Khan [Images] | India | Bangalore | 4,50,000 | 2,00,000 | | S Sreesanth [Images] | India | Mohali | 6,25,000 | 2,00,000 | | Round 5 | | Dinesh Karthik | India | Delhi | 5,25,000 | 2,00,000 | | AB de Villiers | South Africa | Delhi | 3,00,000 | 2,00,000 | | Mark Boucher | South Africa | Bangalore | 4,50,000 | 2,00,000 | | Parthiv Patel | India | Chennai | 3,25,000 | 1,50,000 | | Kamran Akmal | Pakistan | Jaipur | 1,50,000 | 1,50,000 | | Tatenda Taibu | Zimbabwe | - | No bid | 1,25,000 |
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