List of 2008 Indian Premier League auctions and personnel signings


This is a list of all auctions and personnel signings for the 2008 Indian Premier League.

Team Auction

The auctions for team ownership was held on 24 January 2008. The base price of team was set at 50 million. The auction fetched a total amount of 723.59 million against the combined base price of 400 million. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over 111.9 million. The auction also led to controversy regarding the conflict of interest with then BCCI chairman N. Srinivasan holding a stake in the Chennai team.
TeamCityFranchise OwnerCost
Royal Challengers BangaloreBangaloreVijay Mallya's United Breweries Group111.60
Chennai Super KingsChennaiIndia Cements91.00
Delhi DaredevilsDelhiGMR Group84.00
Deccan ChargersHyderabadDeccan Chronicle107.00
Rajasthan RoyalsJaipurEmerging Media-led consortium67.00
Kolkata Knight RidersKolkataShah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment75.09
Kings XI PunjabMohaliPreity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Dabur's Mohit Burman76.00
Mumbai IndiansMumbaiMukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries111.90

Player's Auction

Icon players

Icon player was a status given to five players of the Indian Premier League to ensure that top draw players will represent their respective home city sides, which was important for the league to increase fan support and interest among the locals. The icon players received 15% percent more money than the highest paid player of the team bought in the auction. Initially four icon players were designated but later on the request of Delhi Daredevils, Virender Sehwag's name was added to the list. Deccan Chargers also asked for Icon Player status to be given to VVS Laxman, but he declined the offer in order to allow the franchise to spend more money on other players and still not breach the US$5 million salary cap.
NameTeamHighest bid by the team
Salary
Sachin TendulkarMumbai Indians9751121
Sourav GangulyKolkata Knight Riders9501093
Rahul DravidRoyal Challengers Bangalore9001035
Yuvraj SinghKings XI Punjab9251064
Virender SehwagDelhi Daredevils725834

Auction-1

The first auction was held on 20 February 2008. The total salary cap was set at 5 million with a minimum of 3.3 million to be spend. Players were divided into categoreies with Category-A, B, C and D representing prominent players. Remaining Wicket-keepers, All-rounders, Batsmen and Bowlers were kept in category-E, F, G and H respectively. 77 players signed up for auction including 48 foreign players. 75 players were auctioned with Mohammed Yousuf and Ashwell Prince remaining unsold. MS Dhoni was the costliest player at 1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was the most costly foreign player. The unsold players were paid their base price by the BCCI. Jaipur was fined for not reaching the minimum spending of 3 million.
No.CategoryNameNationalitySpecialityBase Price
TeamAuctioned Price
1AShane Warne AustraliaBowler450Rajasthan Royals450
2AMahendra Singh Dhoni IndiaWicketkeeper400Chennai Super Kings1500
3AAdam Gilchrist AustraliaWicket keeper300Deccan Chargers700
4AShoaib Akhtar PakistanBowler250Kolkata Knight Riders425
5AMahela Jayawardene Sri LankaBatsman250Kings XI Punjab475
6AMuttiah Muralitharan Sri LankaBowler250Chennai Super Kings600
7BAnil Kumble IndiaBowler250Royal Challengers Bangalore500
8BGlenn McGrath AustraliaBowler350Delhi Daredevils350
9BMohammed Yousuf PakistanBatsman350Unsold
10BHarbhajan Singh IndiaBowler250Mumbai Indians850
11BSanath Jayasuriya Sri LankaAllrounder250Mumbai Indians975
12BKumar Sangakkara Sri LankaWicketkeeper-batsman250Kings XI Punjab700
13CRicky Ponting AustraliaBatsman335Kolkata Knight Riders400
14CBrett Lee AustraliaBowler300Kings XI Punjab900
15CAndrew Symonds AustraliaAllrounder250Deccan Chargers1350
16CMichael Hussey AustraliaBatsman250Chennai Super Kings250
17CDaniel Vettori New ZealandBowler250Delhi Daredevils625
18CMatthew Hayden AustraliaBatsman225Chennai Super Kings375
19CBrendon McCullum New ZealandWicketkeeper175Kolkata Knight Riders700
20CJacob Oram New ZealandAllrounder200Chennai Super Kings675
21DStephen Fleming New ZealandBatsman350Chennai Super Kings350
22DGraeme Smith South AfricaBatsman250Rajasthan Royals250
23DHerschelle Gibbs South AfricaBatsman250Deccan Chargers575
24DChris Gayle West IndiesAllrounder250Kolkata Knight Riders800
25DShoaib Malik PakistanAllrounder300Delhi Daredevils500
26DShahid Afridi PakistanAllrounder225Deccan Chargers675
27DYounis Khan PakistanBatsman225Rajasthan Royals225
28DMohammad Asif PakistanBowler225Delhi Daredevils650
29DJacques Kallis South AfricaAllrounder225Royal Challengers Bangalore900
30DZaheer Khan IndiaBowler200Royal Challengers Bangalore450
31DSreesanth IndiaBowler200Kings XI Punjab625
32EDinesh Karthik IndiaWicketkeeper200Delhi Daredevils525
33EAB de Villiers South AfricaWicketkeeper200Delhi Daredevils300
34EMark Boucher South AfricaWicketkeeper200Royal Challengers Bangalore450
35EParthiv Patel IndiaWicketkeeper150Chennai Super Kings325
36EKamran Akmal PakistanWicketkeeper150Rajasthan Royals150
37ETatenda Taibu ZimbabweWicketkeeper125Kolkata Knight Riders125
38FAlbie Morkel South AfricaAllrounder225Chennai Super Kings675
39FAjit Agarkar IndiaAllrounder200Kolkata Knight Riders350
40FShaun Pollock South AfricaAllrounder200Mumbai Indians550
41FIrfan Pathan IndiaAllrounder200Kings XI Punjab925
42FScott Styris New ZealandAllrounder175Deccan Chargers175
43FFarveez Maharoof Sri LankaAllrounder150Delhi Daredevils225
44FTillakaratne Dilshan Sri LankaAllrounder152Delhi Daredevils250
45FCameron White AustraliaAllrounder100Royal Challengers Bangalore500
46FYusuf Pathan IndiaAllrounder100Rajasthan Royals475
47FJoginder Sharma IndiaAllrounder100Chennai Super Kings225
48GRamnaresh Sarwan West IndiesBatsman225Kings XI Punjab225
49GSimon Katich AustraliaBatsman200Kings XI Punjab200
50GJustin Langer AustraliaBatsman200Rajasthan Royals200
51GGautam Gambhir IndiaBatsman220Delhi Daredevils725
52GRobin Uthappa IndiaBatsman200Mumbai Indians800
53GShivnarine Chanderpaul West IndiesBatsman200Royal Challengers Bangalore200
54GAshwell Prince South AfricaBatsman175Unsold
55GVVS Laxman IndiaBatsman150Deccan Chargers375
56GWasim Jaffer IndiaBatsman150Royal Challengers Bangalore150
57GRohit Sharma IndiaBatsman150Deccan Chargers750
58GLoots Bosman South AfricaBatsman150Mumbai Indians175
59GMohammad Kaif IndiaBatsman125Rajasthan Royals675
60GSuresh Raina IndiaBatsman125Chennai Super Kings650
61GManoj Tiwary IndiaBatsman100Delhi Daredevils675
62GChamara Silva Sri LankaBatsman100Deccan Chargers100
63GDavid Hussey AustraliaBatsman100Kolkata Knight Riders625
64HNathan Bracken AustraliaBowler225Royal Challengers Bangalore325
65HR P Singh IndiaBowler200Deccan Chargers875
66HMurali Kartik IndiaBowler200Kolkata Knight Riders425
67HMakhaya Ntini South AfricaBowler200Chennai Super Kings200
68HLasith Malinga Sri LankaBowler200Mumbai Indians350
69HChaminda Vaas Sri LankaBowler200Deccan Chargers200
70HRamesh Powar IndiaBowler150Kings XI Punjab170
71HUmar Gul PakistanBowler150Kolkata Knight Riders150
72HDale Steyn South AfricaBowler150Royal Challengers Bangalore325
73HDilhara Fernando Sri LankaBowler150Mumbai Indians150
74HIshant Sharma IndiaBowler150Kolkata Knight Riders950
75HPiyush Chawla IndiaBowler125Kings XI Punjab400
76HMunaf Patel IndiaBowler100Rajasthan Royals275
77HNuwan Zoysa Sri LankaBowler100Deccan Chargers110

Auction-2

The second IPL auction for foreign players took place in Mumbai on 11 March 2008. 26 players including unsold players from auction-1 signed up for the auction. The base price was set at 50,000. 14 players were sold in the auction. James Hopes was the costliest player at 300,000. Dimitri Mascarenhas became the first English player to sign up for IPL. Mohammed Yousuf again remained unsold in 2nd auction due to continuing dispute with Indian Cricket League. IPL allowed teams to cross 8 foreign players limit. Players sold lower than their signed up price were paid remaining amount by IPL.
No.NameNationalitySpecialityTeamAuctioned Price
1Mohammed Yousuf PakistanBatsmanUnsold
2Morne Morkel South AfricaBowlerRajasthan Royals60
3Ashwell Prince South AfricaBatsmanMumbai Indians175
4Kyle Mills New ZealandBowlerKings XI Punjab150
5Mohammad Hafeez PakistanAll-rounderKolkata Knight Riders100
6Ross Taylor New ZealandBatsmanRoyal Challengers Bangalore100
7Peter Fulton New ZealandBatsmanUnsold
8Jamie How New ZealandBatsmanUnsold
9Jeetan Patel New ZealandAllrounderUnsold
10Chris Martin New ZealandBowlerUnsold
11James Franklin New ZealandAllrounderUnsold
12Brad Hodge AustraliaAllrounderUnsold
13Shane Watson AustraliaAllrounderRajasthan Royals125
14Phil Jaques AustraliaBatsmanUnsold
15James Hopes AustraliaAllrounderKings XI Punjab300
16Brett Geeves AustraliaBowlerDelhi Daredevils50
17Luke Pomersbach AustraliaBatsmanKings XI Punjab50
18Prasanna Jayawardene Sri LankaWicketkeeperUnsold
19Mohammad Ashraful BangladeshBatsmanUnsold
20Mashrafe Mortaza BangladeshAllrounderUnsold
21Misbah-ul-Haq PakistanBatsmanRoyal Challengers Bangalore125
22Salman Butt PakistanBatsmanKolkata Knight Riders100
23Yasir Hameed PakistanBatsmanUnsold
24Dimitri Mascarenhas EnglandAllrounderRajasthan Royals100
25Sohail Tanvir PakistanBowlerRajasthan Royals100
26Abdur Razzak BangladeshBowlerRoyal Challengers Bangalore50

Under-19 Draft

Along with 2nd Auction, the 15 players from winners of 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup along with Viraj Kadbe were picked upon draf system based upon US National Football League. The franchises were randomly allotted numbers from 1 to 8. The franchise assigned the number 1 got the choice of picking player first and then the second franchise and so on. After eight players were picked, the order of the bidding reversed. Delhi was the first team and chose Pradeep Sangwan. Deccan Chargers passed on both of their drafts. Delhi Daredevils also picked only one of the draft while Chennai Super Kings picked three players. The players with Ranji experience were paid 50,000 and remaining 30,000.
NameTeamSalary
Pradeep SangwanDelhi Daredevils50
Virat KohliRoyal Challengers Bangalore50
Saurabh TiwaryMumbai Indians50
Taruwar KohliRajasthan Royals30
Siddarth KaulKolkata Knight Riders50
Tanmay SrivastavaKings XI Punjab50
Abhinav MukundChennai Super Kings50
Napoleon EinsteinChennai Super Kings30
Ajitesh ArgalKings XI Punjab50
Iqbal AbdullaKolkata Knight Riders30
R JadejaRajasthan Royals50
Manish PandeyMumbai Indians30
Shreevats GoswamiRoyal Challengers Bangalore30
Perry GoyalUnsold
Siva KumarUnsold
Viraj KadbeChennai Super Kings30

Player's Signing

IPL franchise could sign Indian players at any time. The base price for was fixed at $50,000 for the Ranji Trophy players and $20,000 for those having not played the Ranji Trophy. Franchises had to pick minimum four under-22 Indian players from their designated catchment area in their squad.Praveen Kumar was claimed to be signed by both Delhi and Bangalore franchise, with the player later confirming that he had joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The following players were signed before the tournament.
NameNationalityTeamSigning dateRef
Praveen Kumar IndiaRoyal Challengers Bangalore23 February 2008
Yo Mahesh IndiaDelhi DaredevilsUp to 10 March 2008
Shikhar Dhawan IndiaDelhi DaredevilsUp to 10 March 2008
Mithun Manhas IndiaDelhi DaredevilsUp to 10 March 2008
Rajat Bhatia IndiaDelhi DaredevilsUp to 10 March 2008
Mayank Tehlan IndiaDelhi DaredevilsUp to 10 March 2008
Sunil Joshi IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 10 March 2008
Balachandra Akhil IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 10 March 2008
Vinay Kumar IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 10 March 2008
Bharat Chipli IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 10 March 2008
J. Arunkumar IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 10 March 2008
KP Appanna IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 10 March 2008
Devraj Patil IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 10 March 2008
Shadab Jakati IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 10 March 2008
Sudeep Tyagi IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 10 March 2008
R Ashwin IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 10 March 2008
Srikkanth Anirudha IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 10 March 2008
S Badrinath IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 10 March 2008
Pinal Shah IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 10 March 2008
Abhishek Nayar IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 10 March 2008
Ajinkya Rahane IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 10 March 2008
Yogesh Takawale IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 10 March 2008
Sanjay Bangar IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
Venugopal Rao IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
Arjun Yadav IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
Dwaraka Ravi Teja IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
Pragyan Ojha IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
P Vijay Kumar IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
Sarvesh Kumar IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
Halhadar Das IndiaDeccan ChargersUp to 10 March 2008
VRV Singh IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 10 March 2008
Karan Goel IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 10 March 2008
Uday Kaul IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 10 March 2008
Pankaj Singh IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 10 March 2008
Anup Revandkar IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 10 March 2008
Dinesh Salunkhe IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 10 March 2008
Wriddhiman Saha IndiaKolkata Knight Riders11 March 2008
Laxmi Ratan Shukla IndiaKolkata Knight Riders11 March 2008
Rohan Banerjee IndiaKolkata Knight Riders11 March 2008
Saurasish Lahiri IndiaKolkata Knight Riders11 March 2008
Aakash Chopra IndiaKolkata Knight Riders13 March 2008
Cheteshwar Pujara IndiaKolkata Knight Riders13 March 2008
Ashish Nehra IndiaMumbai Indians14 March 2008
Amit Mishra IndiaDelhi Daredevils14 March 2008
Luke Ronchi New ZealandMumbai Indians26 March 2008
Lakshmipathy Balaji IndiaChennai Super Kings29 March 2008
Shaun Marsh AustraliaKings XI Punjab9 April 2008
Dominic Thornely AustraliaMumbai Indians9 April 2008
Darren Lehmann AustraliaRajasthan Royals15 April 2008
Neravanda Aiyappa IndiaRoyal Challengers BangaloreUp to 15 April 2008
Palani Amarnath IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 15 April 2008
Arun Karthik IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 15 April 2008
Manpreet Gony IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 15 April 2008
Suresh Kumar IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 15 April 2008
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan IndiaChennai Super KingsUp to 15 April 2008
Yogesh Nagar IndiaDelhi DaredevilsUp to 15 April 2008
Tejashwi Yadav IndiaDelhi DaredevilsUp to 15 April 2008
Pankaj Dharmani IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 15 April 2008
Rishi Dhawan IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 15 April 2008
Gagandeep Singh IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 15 April 2008
Sahil Kukreja IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 15 April 2008
Wilkin Mota IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 15 April 2008
Nitin Saini IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 15 April 2008
Sunny Sohal IndiaKings XI PunjabUp to 15 April 2008
Ashoke Dinda IndiaKolkata Knight RidersUp to 15 April 2008
Debabrata Das IndiaKolkata Knight RidersUp to 15 April 2008
Ranadeb Bose IndiaKolkata Knight RidersUp to 15 April 2008
Yashpal Singh IndiaKolkata Knight RidersUp to 15 April 2008
Ankeet Chavan IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Gaurav Dhiman IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Siddharth Chitnis IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Rajesh Pawar IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Rohan Raje IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Vikrant Yeligati IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Musavir Khote IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Dhawal Kulkarni IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Swapnil Singh IndiaMumbai IndiansUp to 15 April 2008
Niraj Patel IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008
Jaydev Shah IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008
Mahesh Rawat IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008
Aditya Angle IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008
Sumit Khatri IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008
Parag More IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008
Siddharth Trivedi IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008
Swapnil Asnodkar IndiaRajasthan RoyalsUp to 15 April 2008

Withdrawn and Replacement players

Players were signed as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less. The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.

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