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Maxwell hits million-dollar jackpot at IPL auction

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Chennai: Rising Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell stole the thunder from his illustrious compatriots, fetching a whopping USD one million (Rs. 5.3 crore), while Abhishek Nayar and R.P. Singh also

Chahar, Rahane sign up with Rajasthan Royals

Jan. 12: The two-day hectic bidding for the players in the Indian Premier League auction might be over but a scramble to grab the uncapped players has begun between the 10 franchises. The Rajasthan Ro

10-team IPL jigs first round

Jan. 10: With the IPL-4 having 10 teams, there was a fear that teams would end up playing more matches than in the past. But the IPL Governing Council has stuck to the 14-match formula, albeit with a

Wanted young team: Mallya

Jan. 9: Having opted to overlook Rahul Dravid, Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya pr-ovided an insight into their strategy saying they were focussing on a ‘young team’. Dravid didn’t have

Super Sunday for Christian

Jan. 9: With the marquee players and top picks having been roped in on the opening day, the excitement at the IPL-4 auctions was understandably lower on the second day; it was a more a time of consoli

Chargers, crack unit

Jan. 9: Money well spent. Those three words best describe the Deccan Chargers approach to the IPL auction that concluded on Sunday. Assembling a line-up that can annihilate the opposition at a decent

Dan the man gets the charge

Jan. 9: If the first auction in 2008 was all about foreign flavour and beefing up the squads with an array of international stars, the 2011 event has been all about Indians. Of course, established per

The great Indian show

Jan. 9: By and large there were long moments of boredom as auctioneer Richard Madley read out the names with not even an iota of interest from the ten tables. It brings into question the IPL's decisio

IPL auction: Teams and list of players

The following is the list of IPL franchisees, players and their bid price auctioned at IPL-4.

Deccan Chargers
Dale Steyn: $1.2 million (200,000)
Cameron White: $1.1 million (300,000)
Kumar Sang

End of the road for Dada

Jan. 9: The most stunning aspect of the IPL-4 auctions was that it witnessed the end of a few cricketing careers. The re-auction of the unsold players was the last ray of hope for the likes of Sourav

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