IPL 4 Auction (2011) LIVE Updates, 09 Jan

# Intense discussions are going on. Lehmann is talking to Gayathri Reddy, while Bevan has a chat with his team management.

# The franchisees are taking their time to give out the list. Who will they go for? Will Ganguly be picked? Or will somebody go for Gayle? We will know soon, when the auction recommences in just a bit.

# Right the franchisees are giving out a list picking whom they would like to want in their side. If more than one franchisee want that player, the player will go back to the auction. Otherwise, the franchisee will get the player. This is for the unsold players.

# Right, the auction is done, there is a break for five minutes. And then there will be a process to buy some of the unsold players.

# Paul James Horton from England at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Faf du Plessis who is playing today for SA, at 20,000. Chennai and Mumbai have started bidding. It increases to 100,000 and Chennai win him for 120,000.

# Ahmed Amla, Hashim’s brother, at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Dean Brownlie from New Zealand, at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Adam Lyth from England at 50,000. No bids at $50,000.

# Craig Thyssen from South Africa at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Andrew Gale from England at 50,000. No bids at $50,000.

# Greg Smith from Australia at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Tom Beaton from England at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# This is the final set of the auction. Adrian Shanker from England at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Floyd Reifer from West Indies at 50,000. No bids at $50,000.

# Cameron Borgas from Australia at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Rhett Lockyear from Australia at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Jonathon Vandiar from South Africa at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Michael Hill from Australia at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Ed Cowan from Australia at 20,000. No bids at $20,000.

# Chris Lynn from Australia at 20,000. Hyderabad have bid for him and they get him for the base price.

# Aiden Blizzard from Australia No bids at $20,000.

# Daniel Harris from Australia No bids at $20,000.

# Two sets of batsmen remaining. Henry Davids from South Africa. No bids at $50,000.

# Trent Copeland from Australia No bids at $20,000.

# Nuwan Pradeep from Sri Lanka at 20,000. Bangalore have bid for him and they have got him for the base price.

# Brendan Drew from Australia No bids at $50,000.

# Jake Haberfield from Australia No bids at $20,000.

# Jack Shantry from England No bids at $50,000.

# Gary Putland from Australia No bids at $20,000.

# Tim Lang from Australia No bids at $20,000.

# Nick Buchanan from Australia No bids at $20,000.

# Ethan O’Reilly from South Africa. No bids at $20,000.

# Fast bowlers: Nathan Rimmington from Australia at 20,000. Unsold.

# Rilee Rossouw, has been sold to Bangalore for 20,000.

# Gihan Rupasinghe from Sri Lanka, at 20,000. Unsold.

# Malinda Warnapura from Sri Lanka, at 20,000. Unsold.

# Travis Birt from Australia at 50,000. Unsold.

# Runako Morton from West Indies, at 50,000. Unsold.

# Rob Quiney, from Australia at 50,000. Unsold.

# Raqibul Hossain from Bangladesh at at 50,000. Unsold.

# Michael Vandort from Sri Lanka at 20,000. Unsold.

# Only four more sets. Thank heavens. Gulam Bodi from South Africa at 20,000. Unsold.

# Lionel Baker from West Indies, at 100,000. Unsold

# Shahadat Islam from Bangladesh at 50,000. Unsold.

# Rubel Hossain from Bangladesh at 20,000. Unsold.

# Shafiul Islam from Bangladesh at 50,000. Unsold.

# Paul Franks from England at 20,000. Unsold.

# Simon Cook from England at 300,000. Unsold

# Mick Lewis from Australia at 50,000. Unsold.

# Tino Best from West Indies, at 50,000. Unsold.

# CJ de Villiers from South Africa at 20,000. Unsold.

# Syed Rasel from Bangladesh at 50,000. Unsold.

# Fast bowlers now: Johaan Louw from South Africa at 50,000. Unsold.

# Doug Bracewell from New Zealand at 20,000. Unsold.

# Noema Barnett from New Zealand at 20,000. Unsold.

# Wes Durston from South Africa at 20,000. Unsold.

# Robert Frylinck from South Africa at 20,000. Unsold.

# Aaron O’Brien from Australia at 20,000. Unsold.

# Steven Croft from England at 20,000. Unsold.

# Andre Russel from West Indies at 20,000. Unsold.

# Richard Cameron from South Africa at 20,000. Unsold.

# Danza Hyatt from West Indies at 20,000. Unsold.

# Angelo Perera from Sri Lanka at 20,000. Unsold.

# Anthony McGrath from England at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Usman Afzal from England at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Rob Nicol from New Zealand at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Tharanga Paranavitana from Sri Lanka at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# George Bailey sold to Chennai for 50,000. They have got him back.

# Vaughn van Jaarsveld, from South Africa, $50,000. Unsold.

# Andrew Puttick from South Africa at $50,000. No bidders.

# Kane Williamson from New Zealand at $50,000. No bidders.

# Phil Jaques, from Australia, at $50,000. No bidders.

# Neil Broom from New Zealand, at a base price of 20,000. Remains unsold.

# Batsmen again: Shahriar Nafees, from Bangladesh at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Michael Hogan, from Australia, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Peter George from Australia, at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Alfonso Thomas from South Africa, at a base price of 50,000. Stop the press. We have a bid. Pune are bidding.

# Suranga Lakmal, from Sri Lanka at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Ajmal Shehzad from England, a reverse swing expert, at a base price of 200,000. Remains unsold.

# Tyron Henderson from South Africa, at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Mashrafe Mortaza, the man who played for Kolkata last time at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Pedro Collins who was troubled Sachin in the past, at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Isuru Udana, the slower ball specialist, from Sri Lanka. At a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Fast bowlers now: Yusuf Abdulla at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Tim Armstrong, from Australia, Base price is $20,000. Unsold.

# Dilruwan Perera from Sri Lanka, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# James Faulkner from Australia, at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Colin de Grandhomme from New Zealand, another unknown quantity. is not sold at 20,000.

# Farhan Behardien from South Africa. Who is this guy? I don’t have a clue. is not sold at 20,000.

# Naeem Islam from Bangladesh, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Nathan Reardon from Australia, is not sold at 20,000.

# Darren Stevens from England, at a base price of 200,000. Remains unsold.

# Tom Smith from England, at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# All-rounders again: Glenn Maxwell from Australia is not sold at 20,000.

# Morne van Wyk from South Africa, who played for Kolkata last time at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Mark Cosgrove from Australia, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Joe Denly from England at a base price of 200,000. Remains unsold.

# Junaid Siddique from Bangladesh, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Mahela Udawatte from Sri Lanka, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Imrul Kayes from Bangladesh, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Darren Ganga from West Indies, at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Peter Ingram from New Zealand, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Adrian Barath from West Indies, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# David Miller from South Africa at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# The franchisees seemed to have had a heavy lunch. They are all a bit sleepy.

# Mitchell Starc from Australia at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Ian O’Brien from New Zealand at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Nuwan Zoysa from Sri Lanka at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Rory Kleinveldt from South Africa at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# James Pattinson from Australia at a base price of 100,000. Finally a bid from Kolkata, and sold at that base price.

# Sajid Mahmood from England, at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Dilhara Lokuhettige from Sri Lanka at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Stuart Clark, from Australia at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Daryl Tuffey, from New Zealand at a base price of 100,000. Remains unsold.

# Dammika Prasad from Sri Lanka at a base price of 20,000. Remains unsold.

# Panyangara from Zimbabwe, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Mahmudullah from Bangladesh, at a base price of 50,000. Remains unsold.

# Chintaka Jayasinghe from Sri Lanka, is not sold at 20,000.

# Akalanka Ganegama from Sri Lanka, Base price $50,000. is not sold at 50,000.

# Lee Carseldine from Australia. Base price $20,000. Another one goes unsold.

# Rayad Emrit from the West Indies. Base price $20,000. Goes unsold.

# Muthumudalige Pushpakumara from Sri Lanka. The auctioneer didn’t even try pronouncing the first name. Unsold at $50,000.

# Gayan Wijekoon from Sri Lanka, Base price $50,000. Unsold.

# Hasantha Fernando from Sri Lanka, not too sure about his skills. Unsold at base price of $50,000.

# Chamu Chichibaba, from Zimbabwe, $50,000. “Are you all done,” asks the auctioneer. But the teams are not doing anything! Unsold.

# Hamilton Masakadza, Zimbabwe batsman, base price $50,000. Unsold.

# Mohammad Ashraful, who was with Mumbai at one point, base price $50,000.

# Thilina Kandamby, Sri Lanka middle-order bat, base price $50,000. Another one bites the dust.

# Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indies batsman who was with Punjab, base price $100,000. Unsold.

# Phillip Hughes from Australia, base price $100,000. Unsold.

# Jamie How, from New Zealand, $50,000 base price. No bids.

# Thilan Samaraweera, Sri Lankan batsman, base price $100,000. No bids for him either.

# Lendl Simmons. West Indies batsman. Base price $50,000. He goes unsold.

# Loots Bosman, South African opener, base price $50,000. No takers.

# West Indies batsman Xavier Marshall is up next. No bids at base price of $100,000.

# Ricardo Powell is up for sale at $50,000. No bids.

# Right the draw is over and done with, we’ll have details of that on the site in a while. Back to business then.

# Representatives from each of the franchises are coming up and drawing out whom they will play in what order. It’s not earth shattering stuff so we’ll wait until we have the entire picture of the format.

# And here we go again. But before we get right back into the auction, the IPL is going to conduct its draw.

# The last player of the session is Ravi Rampul from West Indies. Base price $50,000. No bids for him and that should be lunch!

#Shane Harwood, Australian fast bowler, base price $50,000. He gets no bids.

# Fidel Edwards, West Indies fast bowler who was with Deccan. Base price $100,000. He’s also had injury trouble. No bids for him.

# Andy McKay, from New Zeland, is next. Base price $50,000. No bids for him.

# VRV Singh, who played for Punjab, base price $100,000. He’s had severe injury trouble of late and has missed a lot of domestic cricket. That’s probably why he’s the first Indian fast bowler not to attract a bid.

# West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor is next. Base price $100,000. He was with Punjab but didn’t play much because of injury problems. The auctioneer nearly closes the bid before Pune raise their paddle. Pune buy Jerome Taylor at base price.

# Johan van der Wath, South Africa fast bowler, base price $50,000. No bids for him either at first but Bangalore make a late entry. Their coach is Ray Jennings, from South Africa. Bangalore buy van der Wath at base price.

# Ian Butler from New Zealand. Base price $50,000. No bids.

# Andre Nel, former South Africa fast bowler, base price $50,000. No bids.

# Pankaj Singh, Indian fast bowler and a pretty tall bloke, base price $50,000. No bids for him too at first but Pune make a late one. Rajasthan join the bidding. Indian fast bowlers cannot go unsold. They are a rare commodity. Rajasthan have the bid for Pankaj Singh at $95,000. SOLD

# Chris Tremlett, England giant and Ashes hero, base price $100,000. He doesn’t attract any bids.

# Ryan Sidebottom of England. Base price $200,000. Goes unsold.

# Makhaya Ntini, who will be playing his last game for South Africa today, base price $100,000. He was with Chennai previously. He gets no bids.

# Lonwabo Tsotsobe, South Africa fast bowler, base price $50,000. He’s quite fashionable but gets no bids.

# Chanaka Welegedara from Sri Lanka. Base price $50,000. No takers.

# Jeevantha Kulatunga from Sri Lanka. Gets no bids at base price of $50,000.

# Kaushalya Weeraratne, Sri Lanka allrounder, base price $20,000. He goes unsold.

# England allrounder, Graham Napier, bidding starts at $100,000. No one bids.

# Zimbabwe’s Prosper Utseya, base price $50,000. No bids.

# John Hastings, a promising Australian allrounder, base price $20,000. Kochi bid for him. Geoff Lawson is Kochi’s coach. Hastings sold to Kochi at base price.

# Andrew McDonald, Australia allrounder who was with Delhi, base price $50,000. Delhi make the first bid. Bangalore are also bidding. Bangalore don’t match Delhi’s bid at $80,000 and Delhi buy McDonald at that price.

# Jeevan Mendis, Sri Lanka allrounder, base price $50,000. No bids.

# Mitchell Marsh, Australia U-19 World Cup winning captain and allrounder, base price $100,000. Punjab and Pune are bidding for him. Punjab’s bid for Marsh is 200,000. They already have Mitchell’s brother Shaun. Punjab have Marsh at 240 but are raised by Pune … it continues to rise. Pune match Punjab and the spiral rises. Pune buy Mitchell Marsh for $290,000.

# Ryan Ten Doeschate, the Holland international is a good player who has done well in the English domestic scene. Base price of 50,000. Pune start and then Kolkata join the bidding too. The bidding for ten Doeschate has reached 100,000 and is with Pune. Kolkata raise. Pune raise, Kolkata raise 130,000. Pune raise, 140. Kolkata go up to 150. Pune stop bidding. No one else. Kolkata buy Ryan ten Doeschate for $150,000.

# Aaron Redmond from New Zealand. Base price $50,000. No bidders.

# Darren Sammy, West Indies captain, base price $100,000. No one is interested. There was talks at the Kolkata table.

# Michael Klinger, base price $20,000. He’s from Australia. Bangalore make a bid, Kochi raise it to 25,000. Kochi have the bid at 35,000 but are raised by Bangalore to 40,000 … and it continues. Kochi buy Michael Klinger for $75,000. Bangalore fell out of the race.

# Neil McKenzie, South Africa batsman, base price $100,000. No bids for him.

# Lou Vincent, former New Zealand batsman, base price $50,000. No bids.

# Owais Shah, England batsman, base price of $200,000. He attracts no bids for a long time before Kochi begins the bidding. No one else bids for Shah. Kochi buy Shah.

# Jehan Mubarak, Sri Lanka batsman, base price $20,000. He too goes unsold.

# Shivnarine Chanderpaul, base price $100,000. He was with Bangalore in the first year, way back in 2008. No bidders for him this time.

# Katich, the Aussie, opener, at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# Martin Guptill, the Kiwi, who played a horror shot to get out today, during their loss to Pak in a test, at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# Jacques Rudolph, the Proteas’ batter, at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# Batsmen up now, Trott from England at a base price of 200,000. He remains unsold.

# Bryce McGain, the Aussie spinner, a leggie, at a base price of 20,000. He remains unsold.

# Suraj Randiv, the Lankan at a base price of 50,000. Chennai start off bidding. Pune too join in. It is at 60,000 and Bangalore enter with 65,000. Sold to Chennai for 80,000.

# Ray Price, the Zimbabwean, at a base price of 50,000. He remains unsold.

# Aaron Heal, at a base price of 50,000. He remains unsold.

# Jason Krejza, at a base price of 50,000. He remains unsold.

# Xavier Doherty, the Aussie spinner at a base price of 100,000. No one seem to be interested. He remains unsold.

# Shuvo, from Bangladesh at a base price of 50,000. He remains unsold.

# We are back after a ten minute break. The spinners are up now. Abdur Razzaq, from Bangladesh at a base price of 50,000. He remains unsold.

# Tim Southee, the Kiwi, at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# Sudeep Tyagi, former Chennai fast bowler, base price $50,000. Rajasthan make a late first bid. Punjab raise. Chennai enter the bidding after Rajasthan drop out but Punjab continue bidding. Chennai and Punjab have taken the bid to 200,000. It’s with Chennai at the moment. Punjab are in talks. And then they raise. Chennai raise again quickly to 220,000. Punjab reply with 230,000. Chennai promptly respond with 240,000. Sold to Chennai for 240,000.

# Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan champion but a bit old at the moment. He was with Deccan. Base price this time is $100,000. No bidders for Vaas.

# Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lanka fast bowler, base price $100,000. No bids for a long time until Chennai finally raise their paddle. They buy him for base price.

# Mithun, the Indian seamer, at a base price of 100,000. Bangalore and Chennai start the bidding. It keeps increasing. Bangalore have him at 200,000. Bangalore want him, they have him at 220,000, till Chennai raise to 230,000. Chennai drop out of the race and Bangalore buy Abhimanyu Mithun for $260,000. This is the first Karnataka player that Bangalore has bought.

# Wayne Parnell, the Proteas’ left-arm seamer, at a base price of 100,000. Pune start the bidding. Delhi follow suit. Both want him. Sold to Pune for 160,000. A good buy that and for a cheap price too.

# Thilan Thushara, the Lankan at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# Kemar Roach, the fiery West Indian seamer, at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# Joginder Sharma, former Chennai bowler, base price $100,000. Bangalore open the bidding. After a year, Rajasthan raise it to 110,000. Chennai want him back and they go for 130,000. Bangalore respond with 140,000. Chennai come back with 150,000. Sold to Chennai for 150,000.

# Manpreet Gony, formerly of Chennai, base price $50,000. Punjab make a bid. They are awake. Deccan join the bidding. Preity Zinta raises Punjab’s bid for Gony to 100,000, against Deccan. Hyderabad increase it to 120,000. Hyderabad respond with 130,000. It is the battle of two beauties, Gayathri v Preity and both are going neck and neck. Deccan bid 150, to top Punjab’s bid of 140. Punjab bid 200,000 for Gony. The bid for Gony is climbing more than I thought it would. It’s at 230,000 with Deccan. Deccan bid 250 after another Punjab raise. Deccan bid 270 after Punjab bid 260. The bid for Gony is now 290,000 with Deccan. They buy him at that price.

# Jaidev Unadkat, formerly of Kolkata. He made his Test debut in South Africa. Base price $50,000. Chennai begin the bidding, Kochi are also interested. The bids climb towards 100,000 and past it …Chennai have the bid but only briefly. Kochi 110,000. Chennai are having a discussion and they raise it to 120,000. Kochi are on the phone and they have decided to quit. No, Kochi come back with 150,000. Chennai raise to 160,000. Kochi take a while but they do raise it to 170,000. Chennai raise again. After long talks at the table, Kochi raise to 190,000. Chennai’s turn to deliberate. Chennai bid 200,000. Kochi tap out of the tussle. Chennai buy … not yet. Kolkata come in at 210,000 for their old player. Chennai tap out. Kolkata’s bid at 210 …Rajasthan make a bid of 220,000. Now the fight is between Kolkata and Rajasthan for Unadkat. Kolkata buy Jaidev Unadkat for $250,000. They have got him back.

# Rusty Theron, South Africa fast bowler who played for Punjab, is next. Base price $50,000. No bidders for him too.

# Peter Siddle, Ashes hat-trick hero, is next. Base price is steep at $200,000. No bids for Siddle.

# Ben Hilfenhaus, from Australia, base price $100,000. Chennai begin the bidding after a long silence. Ben Hilfenhaus sold to Chennai at base price of $100,000.

# New Zealand’s Grant Elliott. Base price $50,000. He too goes unsold.

# Moises Henriques, from Australia, base price $50,000. No bids.

# Dillion du Preez, who played for Bangalore and dismissed Tendulkar in his first game, base price $50,000. No bids though.

# Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura is next. Base price $50,000. No takers.

# Scott Styris, formerly with Deccan, base price $100,000. Chennai didn’t bid for Oram but they begin bidding for Styris. Kochi join in. Kochi and Chennai take the bid to 200,000 for Styris. Chennai’s bid. Chennai continue stacking their team with allrounders. They buy Styris for $200,000.

# England’s Samit Patel is next. Base price $50,000. His availability might not be that much of an issue because he doesn’t play for his country. No bids though.

# Vernon Philander, also from South Africa, base price $50,000. He goes unsold.

# Zander de Bruyn, from South Africa, base price $50,000. No bids for him either.

# Justin Ontong, South Africa allrounder, base price $20,000. No bids.

# Wasim Jaffer, formerly of Bangalore, base price $100,000. There are no bids.

# Darren Bravo, young West Indian batting talent, base price $50,000. No bids for him either.

# Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka batsman, base price $100,000. No bids.

# Adam Voges, from Australia, base price $100,000. No bids for him.

# Venu, the former Hyderabad man is at a base price of 100,000. Pune and Kochi are bidding for him. It keeps on increasing. Kochi have the man for now as Pune shake their head. Delhi enter at 180,000. Both want him as the bid increases to 450,000. Kochi are going all out for him. It is going up all the time. Delhi are having a chat after Kochi raise it to 600,000. Kochi raise to 650 after a lot of thinking. Delhi raise to 700,000 in an instant. Venugopal Rao sold to Delhi for $700,000.

# Michael Lumb, at a base price of 50,000 is on now. He remains unsold.

# Colin Ingram, the hard-hitting South African batsman remains unsold at a base price of 100,000.

# Mohammad Kaif, the Indian batter is on at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold at a base price of 100,000.

# Pomersbach, the former Punjab man at a base price of 20,000. Bangalore bid for him. Pune enter the race and it progressively increases to 50,000. Bangalore get Luke for 50,000.

# Ian Bell too remains unsold at a base price of 100,000.

# The batsmen are next up. Chamara Silva is up now at a base price of 100,000 and he remains unsold.

# There will be a ten minute break and then the batsmen list will be up next.

# Stephen O’Keefe at a base price of 20,000. Kochi bid for him. Sold to Kochi at his base price.

# Nikita Miller the West Indian spinner is at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# Malinga Bandara at a base price of 20,000. The Sri Lankan leggie he is. He remains unsold.

# Lokuarachchi remains unsold at a base price of 100,000.

# Benn remains unsold at a base price of 100,000.

# Robin Peterson, at a base price of 100,000. He remains unsold.

# van der Merwe, at a base price of 50,000. No one seem to be interested. Delhi have bid for him and looks like they may get him. Sold to Delhi at his base price.

# Paul Harris, the Proteas’ spinner at a base price of 50,000. He too remains unsold.

# Rangana Herath at a base price of 50,000. He too remains unsold.

# The spinners are next. Monty Panesar is on at a base price of 50,000 and he remains unsold.

The last player in this list. Balaji at a base price of 100,000. Hyderabad bid for him. As expected, Chennai bid for him. Only Chennai and Hyderabad are in the race. The bidding is now on at 270,000. Kolkata enter with 280,000. Chennai want him, they raise it to 290,000. It keeps increasing, Kolkata keep raising it to 450,000. Chennai are having a discussion. They bid 475,000. Kolkata raise it to 500,000. Chennai are out. Kolkata get him for 500,000.

# Clint McKay, the Victorian slower ball expert is on now. Base price of 100,000. Bangalore have bid for him and just one bidder. Mumbai come in now at 110,000. Bangalore seem to have given up. Mumbai get him for 110,000.

# Umesh Yadav, starting off at 50,000. Delhi and Hyderabad are bidding for him. Bangalore have entered now. The bids keep increasing steadily. It is at 270,000. Delhi and Hyderabad do not seem to give up. Both the camps are sporting huge smiles. They want Yadav at any cost. Kolkata come in at 700,000. Delhi raise to 750,000. Delhi get him for 750,000.

# Shaun Tait, starting off at 300,000. A former Rajasthan man and they have bid for him. Rajasthan get him again for his base price.

# Kyle Mills starting off at 200,000. A former Mumbai man he is. He remains unsold.

# Munaf Patel at a base price of 100,000. Bangalore and Delhi are fighting for him. The bid is on now. It is steadily increasing. Delhi have him at 425,000. Mumbai enter at 450,000. Delhi increase it to 475,000. Mumbai have pocketed Munna for 700,000.

# Farveez Maharoof at a base price of 100,000 and he is unsold.

# Ashok Dinda at a base price of 100,000. Rajasthan and Kolkata start off the bidding. Delhi increase it to 325,000 and finally get him for 375,000.

# Vinay Kumar, base price of 100,000. Bangalore and Kochi are in the race. Kochi fought for him and get him for 475,000. A good pick as Vinay has bowled well in the shortest format of the game.

# Charl Langeveldt, at a base price of 100,000. Rajasthan and Bangalore bid for him. Bangalore get him for 140,000.

# Ryan McLaren at a base price of 100,000 and he is unsold.

# The next set is the bowlers. Agarkar, at a base price of 100,000. Delhi and Rajasthan are fighting for him. Delhi finally get him for 210,000.

# Dmitri Masacarenhas at a base price of 100,000 and he is unsold.

# Justin Kemp at a base price of 100,000 and he is unsold.

# Jacob Oram, base price of 200,000 and he is unsold.

# Dwayne Smith, base price of 100,000 and he is unsold.

# Ravi Bopara, base price of 200,000 and he is unsold.

# Thissara Perera, a base price of 50,000 and sold to Kochi for 80,000.

# Daniel Christian, base price of 50,000. Kochi and Hyderabad are the bidders. It progressively increases to 300,000. Kochi raise it to 375,000. Finally Hyderabad buy him for 900,000.

# Tim Bresnan, the English all-rounder, base price of 200,000 and he finds no takers.

# Sanath Jayasuriya and his base price is 200,000 and he too finds no takers.

# The next set is the all-rounders. Michael Yardy is on at a base price of 400,000 and he finds no takers.

# Luke Ronchi also remains unsold at a price of 50,000.

# Niall O’Brien remains unsold at a price of 100,000.

# Dinesh Chandimal remains unsold at a price of 100,000.

# Brendan Taylor remains unsold at a price of 50,000.

# Gareth Hopkins remains unsold at a price of 50,000.

# Mathew Wade sold to Delhi for a price of 100,000.

# Chris Hartley also remains unsold at a price of 20,000.

# Tatenda Taibu also remains unsold at a price of 50,000.

# Denesh Ramdin is on at a price of 50,000. He is unsold.

# Indike de Saram is on at a price of 20,000. He is unsold.

# We are just minutes away from the start. Today there will be 264 players auctioned. Phew!