The countdown to cricketing bonanza IPL-7 begins with the completion of auction of players in 2 days at Bangalore, India. The totals of 154 players were sold in 2 days of auction out of the 511 players who went under the hammer. After the jackpot of Yuvraj and Karthik on day 1, it was the day of uncapped players Karan Sharma and Rishi Dhawan who fetched Rs. 3.75 Cr. & Rs.3 Cr. respectively. New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor also found bidder in Delhi-Daredevils on day 2 of IPL auction.
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| Karn Sharma : Highest Earner on day 2 of IPL-2014 auction |
The second day of the auction was for uncapped players and also for the return leg for unsold cricketers of Day 1. As most of the teams invested most of their money already on top players so they tried to invest their money very wisely to complete the squad. Young Indian bowler Ishwar Pandey went to Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 Cr while Kedhar Jadhav received Rs. 2 Cr bid from Delhi Daredevils.
The teams are lined-up for the Pepsi IPL 2014 and this time there will only 8 teams like the previous 3 seasons of IPL. Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Kartihk are the most expensive players of IPL-7 auction. Indian Premier League is supposed to be organized from 9th April 2014 to 3rd June 2014 in India. As general elections are supposed to take place in India at that time so IPL-7 may be relocated to either South Africa or UAE.
This is how the teams of all 8 franchise looks after the auctions:
Delhi Daredevils :
Dinesh Karthik
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Murali Vijay
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Ross Tayor
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Kevin Pieterson
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M Shami
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Coutler Nile
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Q de Kock
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JP Duminy
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Manoj Tiwary
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J Unadkat
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K Jadhav
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Rahul Sharma
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LR Shukla
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M Agarwal
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Wayne Parnell
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Saurabh Tiwary
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S Nadeem
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James Neesham
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Siddhartha Kaul
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Rahul Shukla
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Jayant Yadav
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Milind Kumar
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HS Sarath
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Kings XI Punjab :
David Miller
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Manan Vohra
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Mitchell Johnson
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Sandeep Singh
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George Bailey
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Glen Maxwell
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Rishi Dhawan
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W Saha
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Virendra Sehwag
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Gurkirat Singh
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Shaun Marsh
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Beuran Hendricks
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Murli Kartik
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C Pujara
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Tishara Parera
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Mandeep Singh
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L Balaji
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Shivam Sharma
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SN Thakur
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P Awana
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Karanveer Singh
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Anurret Singh
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Akshar Patel
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Kolkata Knight Riders:
Gautam Gambhi
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Sunil Narnie
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Robin Uthappa
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Morne Morkel
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Jacques Kallis
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Piyush Chawla
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Vinay Kumar
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Yusuf Pathan
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Shakib Al Hasan
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Manish Pandey
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Chris Lynn
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Ryan Doeschate
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Pattrick Cummins
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Umesh Yadav
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Andre Russell
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Kulddep Singh Yadav
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S Yadav
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Veer Pratap Singh
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Debabrata Das
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M Bisla
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SS Mandal
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Royal Challebgers Bangalore:
Virat Kohli
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Chris Gayle
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AB De Villiers
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Mitchell Starc
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Yuvraj Singh
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Nic Maddinson
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Albie Morkel
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Vijay Zol
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Abu Nechim
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Parthiv Patel
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Ashok Dinda
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Sachin Rana
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M Muralitharan
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Varun Aaron
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Shadab Jakati
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Ravi Rampal
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Harshal Patel
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Sandeep Warrier
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Yogesh Takawale
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YS Chahal
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Tanmay Mishra
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Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Shikhar Dhawan
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Dale Steyn
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Parveez Rasool
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Ishant Sharma
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Amit Mishra
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Venugopal Rao
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Darren Sammy
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Aaron Finch
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P Parameswaran
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Moises Henriques
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Karn Sharma
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Amit Paunikar
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Naman Ojha
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Irfan Pathan
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S Anirudha
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Brendan Taylor
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KL Rahul
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Ricky Bhui
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Ashish Reddy
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Jason Holder
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Chama Milind
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Manprit Juneja
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B Kumar
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Rajasthan Royals :
Shane Watson
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Stuart Binny
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James Faulkner
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Ajinkya Rahane
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Bradge Hodge
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Sanju Samson
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Kane Richardson
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Steven Smith
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Dhawal Kulkarni
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Ben Cutting
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Rajat Bhatia
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Abhishek Nayar
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Karun Nair
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Tim Southee
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Iqbal Abdullah
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Kevon Cooper
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Unmukt Chand
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Deepak Hooda
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Rahul Tewatiya
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V Malik
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Dishant Yagnik
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Ankush Bains
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Amit Mishra
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Pravin Tambe
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Mumbai Indians:
Rohit Sharma
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Lasith Malinga
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Harbhajan Singh
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Mike Hussey
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Ben Dunk
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Ambati Rayudu
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Kieron Pollard
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Zaheer Khan
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Pragyan Ojha
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Corey Anderson
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Aditya Tare
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Jasprit Bumrah
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Pawan Suyal
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CM Gautam
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Josh Hazlewood
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AV Wankhade
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Shreyas Gopal
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MD Lange
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Sushant Marathe
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K Santokie
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Kalaj Saxena
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Chennai Super Kings:
MS Dhoni
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R Jadeja
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Dwayne Bravo
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Suresh Raina
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R Ashwin
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Dwayne Smith
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Faf Du Plesis
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B McCullum
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Ashish Nehra
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Ishwar Pandey
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Mohit Sharma
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Matt Henry
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Ben Hilfenhaus
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John Hastings
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Samuel Badree
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Mithun Manhas
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Ronit More
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Vijay Shanka
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Baba Aparajith
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Pawan Negi
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Now the question arises, which franchises has succeed to build the strongest team ?
Are we going to see a new winner in IPL-7 ?
Please share your views and thoughts through the comment box !
Rajasthan Royals looks quite formidable side. Smart buying by the management team of Rajasthan Royals.
ReplyDeleteRajasthan Royals look quite a T20 team and a lot of the Aussie players are there. RR management have succeeded in making a good team spending lowest sum of money in comparison of their opponents.
DeleteYuvraj for Rs.14 Cr. ha ha ha !
ReplyDeleteMaybe Yuvraj got couple of Crores more than what he was expected to get still he a great asset for any T20 team. I hope he does justice to his bidders.
DeleteDinesh Kartick and Karn Sharma have certainly hit the jackpot !
ReplyDeleteI totally agree to you @anonymous. The amount paid to these players have certainly surprised me. Karn Sharma got higher price than those who are playing in current Indian team. This is a bit strange but hope they play well according to their values.
DeleteMumbai Indians under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma is favorite to win the IPL-7 trophy ! what is your though on this @Admin ?
ReplyDeleteMumbai Indians are defending champions and have good bunch of players. So they are good team on paper and certainly in the list of top 3 contenders.
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