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