IPL 2014 auction Paycut for Pathan brothers; Yuvraj, Karthik hit jackpot Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik were the two most expensive buys at half time on the first day of the seventh IPL auction in Bangalore, while the value of the Pathan brothers - Yusuf and Irfan - recorded a steep decline from 2011. Both Yuvraj and Karthik, who were part of the 16-player marquee lot that kicked off the auction,... were fiercely contested by three franchises. Royal Challengers Bangalore made a successful bid for Yuvraj at Rs 14 crores ($2.33 million), while Delhi Daredevils bought Karthik for Rs 12.5 crores ($2.08 million) Kevin Pietersen, the former England batsman whose international career was recently brought to an abrupt end by the ECB, remained a favourite in the IPL with Delhi Daredevils, his previous employers, becoming the first franchise to exercise the right-to-match card to buy him at Rs 9 crores ($1.5 million)
Posted on: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:40:55 +0000
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