Kolkata Knight Riders have sparked the IPL Auction as they have spent a hefty amount on the Indian team opener Gautam Gambhir who has been bought for $2.4 million when a team can only spend upto $9 million dollars. There are 10 teams who are bidding for the total of 353 players, the auction process would last for around 16 hours and $75 million would be spent.Followed by Gambhir, Dilshan was bought for $650,000 by Bangalore, Zaheer Khan wa sold for $300,000 to Bangalore. SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders trying to bring in as strong players as it can as they have bought Yusuf Pathan for $ 2.1 Million. Rajasthan Royals filled up the Pathan spot with Ross Taylor for $1 million.
Deccan Chargers bring Kevin Pietersen for just $ 650,000 which can prove to be a best buy whereas Jayawardene sold to Kochi for $ 1.5 million. Big hitter Yuvraj Singh has been bought by Pune for $ 1.8 million and Bangalore brings home AB de Villers for $ 1.1 million.
Stay tuned as rest of the proceedings would be updated shortly.
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