IPL Auction 2009 – Kevin Pieterson & Andrew Flintoff gets record breaking highest bid of $ 1.55 Million each

Englands Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff won record contracts of $1.55 million each in the 2nd round of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 auction held in Goa yesterday. Pietersen was picked up by Bangalore Royal Challengers and Flintoff by Chennai Super Kings, In the last years  Chennai had bid the highest, $1.5 million, for Indian Captain M S Dhoni.

“I was prepared to pay up to $2 million for Kevin Pietersen,” Vijay Mallya, owner of the Bangalore team, said in Goa today. “It was a conscious decision and we wanted him.” Vijay allya Owner Bangalore Royals

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Unlike last edition this 2nd edition of the league increases the number of overseas players to 10 from 8 in each squad. The teams could spend as much as $2 million and choose from among the 43 available players.

England:

• Kevin Pietersen, $1,550,000 (Base Price – 1,350,000): Bangalore Royal Challengers
• Andrew Flintoff, $1,550,000 (Base Price – 950,000): Chennai Super Kings
• Ravi Bopara, $450,000 (Base Price – 150,000): Kings XI Punjab
• Owais Shah, $275,000 (Base Price – 150,000): Delhi Daredevils
• Paul Collingwood, $275,000 (Base Price – 250,000): Delhi Daredevils

South Africa:

• JP Duminy, $950,000 (Base Price – 300,000): Mumbai Indians
• Tyron Henderson, $650,000 (Base Price – 100,000): Rajasthan Royals

Australia:

• Shaun Tait, $375,000 (Base Price – 250,000): Rajasthan Royals
• George Bailey, $50,000 (Base Price – 50,000): Chennai Super Kings

New Zealand:

• Jesse Ryder, $160,000 (Base Price – 100,000): Bangalore Royal Challengers
• Kyle Mills, $150,000 (Base Price – 150,000): Mumbai Indians

Bangladesh:

• Mohammad Ashraful, $75,000 (Base Price – 75,000): Mumbai Indians
• Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, $600,000 (Base Price – 50,000): Kolkata Knight Riders

West Indies:

• Fidel Edwards, $150,000 (Base Price – 150,000): Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
• Dwayne Smith, $100,000 (Base Price – 100,000): Hyderabad Deccan Chargers
• Jerome Taylor, $150,000 (Base Price – 150,000): Kings XI Punjab

Sri Lanka:

• Thilan Tushara, $140,000 (Base Price – 100,000): Chennai Super Kings

The unsold Players are :

Brad Haddin, Kapugedera, Stuart Clark, Phil Jaques, Ashwell Prince, Luke Wright, Kulasekara, Andrew Neil, Shakib Al Hasan, Morne van Wyk, Steven Smith, Ashley Noffke, Mohammad Ashraful, Gulam Bodi, Jerome Taylor, Daren Powell, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib, Ashraful, Tamim, Jon Moss, Bryce McGain, Aiden Blizzard, James Franklin, Sarwan, Michael Klinger, Weeraratne, P. Jayawardene, Dominic Thornely, Samit Patel, Yusuf Abdullah, Daniel Harris, Kemar Roach, Aaron Bird, Michael Dighton, Michael Hill, Brett Geeves