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IPL Update

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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Thursday, February 21st, 2008

On a history defining day of cricket 77 out of 79 players listed for sale were bought by 8 IPL teams for a whopping $42 million dollar. On an average more than half a million dollar per cricketer.

Here is a summary of the day.

Guys who joined the millionaire club:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – $1.5 million (Chennai)
Andrew Symonds – $1.34 million (Hyderabad)

Other in the club are Icon Players:

Sachin Tendulkar – $1,121,250 (Mumbai)
Saurav Ganguly – $1,092,500 (Kolkata)
Yuvraj Singh – $1,063,750 by (Mohali)
Rahul Dravid – $1,035,000 by (Bangalore)

Most Overvalued players:

$ 950000 – Ishant Sharma
$ 675,000 – Mohammad Kaif

Most Undervalued playes

$400,000 – Ricky Ponting
$375,000 – Matthew Hayden

Strange Deals

Shane Warne – $450,000
Glen McGrath – $350,000

When compared to

David Hussey – $675,000
Cameron White – $500,000
Yusuf Pathan – $475,000

With all the Drama surrounding this event and with so much money on stake one just hopes it lives up to its Hype