Flamboyant all-rounder Yuvraj Singh drew the biggest bid after the first four rounds of the Indian Premier League players’ (IPL 7) auction with Royal Challengers Bangalore clinching his services for a whopping Rs 14 crore in Bangalore. Here’s a look at the players who were auctioned in the first few rounds:
* Indian batsman Murali Vijay bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 5 crore in the IPL auction
* Sri Lanka veteran Mahela Jayawardene goes unsold in IPL auction
* England batsman Kevin Pietersen bought by Delhi Daredevils for Rs 9 crore
* Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 14 crore
* South Africa veteran batsman Jacques Kallis bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5.5 crore
* India opener Virender Sehwag bought by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3.2 crore
* Australia’s David Warner bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 5.5 crore
* Virender Sehwag sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3.20 crore
* David Warner of Australia sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 5.50 crore
* Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 6.50 crore
* George Bailey of Australia sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3.25 crore
Darren Sammy of West Indies (Base price: Rs 1 crore) sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 3.50 crore
* Faf du Pessis of South Africa sold Chennai Super Kings for Rs 4.75 crore
* Tamil Nadu wicket-keeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 12.50 crore
* Brandan McCullum ofNew Zealand (Base price Rs 2 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 3.25 crore
* Mike Hussey of Australia sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 5 crore
* Indian spinner Amit Mishra sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4.75 crore
* Zaheer Khan sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2.60 crore
* Aaron Finch of Australia sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4 crore
* Cheteshwar Pujara sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 1.9 crore
* JP Duminy of South Africa sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2.30 crore
* Robin Uthappa sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5 crore
* Australia wicket-keeper Brad Hodge sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 2.4 crore
* Shaun Marsh retained by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2.2 crore
* Manoj Tiwary sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2 crore
* Dwayne Smith – West Indies (Base price Rs 1.5 crore) sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 4.5 crore
* Quinton de Kock of South Africa sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 3.5 crore
* Wriddhiman Saha sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2.2 crore
* Wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.4 crore
* Steve Smith of Australia sold to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 4 crore
* Yousuf Pathan retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.25 crore
* Thisara Perera of Sri Lanka sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 1.6 crore
* Albie Morkel of South Africa sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2.4 crore
Irfan Pathan sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.4 crore
Unsold: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Ross Taylor (New Zealand), Naman Ojha (India), Matthew Wade (Australia), Craig Kieswetter (England), David Hussey (Australia), Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)