IPL Auction 2011

IPL 4 is all set to kick start with the re-opening of the Great Indian Cricket bazaar in Bangalore on Saturday. The event is once again conducted by Richard Madley, a professional auctioneer from England at the Mysore Hall, Royal Gardenia in Bangalore on Jan 8th & Jan 9th 2011. For the ones at home, you can watch live action of the complete IPL 2011 Auction on Set Max.

All franchises, much better prepared than before are set to Grab the best players to make the best possible team for the upcoming Indian Premier League Season 4. Apart from the Franchise owners, Top film stars, industrialists and big cricket brains are expected for the event.
The addition of the 2 New IPL Teams (Sahara Pune Warriors & Kochi) will add to the excitement of the Auction. Each team has a max cap of $9 million for the bidding, some of which have already been spent on the retained players (a total of 12 players have been retained) by some franchises.

12 Retained Players by the respective IPL Teams are shown below;

Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne and Shane Watson
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag
Deccan Chargers: None
Kolkata Knight Riders: None
Kings XI Punjab: None

IPL 4 Auction Best Picks

IPL 2011 Auction Best Picks

Here are my picks for the best among the IPL 2011 Auction.

Adam Gilchrist (Former Australian Wicket Keeper) previously led Deccan Chargers (DC) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $400000.
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand Wicket Keeper) previously a part of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $400000.
Chris Gayle (West Indies Opener) previously a part of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $400000.
Dale Steyn (South African Pace Bowler) previously a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $200000.
Kevin Pietersen (England Batsman) previously a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $400000.
Rahul Dravid (Former Indian Captain) previously a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $400000.
Jacques Kallis (South African All Rounder) previously a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $300000.
Yusuf Pathan (Indian All Rounder) previously a part of Rajasthan Royals (RR) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $300000.
Gautam Gambhir (Indian Batsman) previously a part of Delhi Daredevils (DD) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $200000.
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lankan Spin Bowler) previously a part of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is up for grabs with a Reserve price: $300000.

Besides the above 10 bigs names of the IPL Auction, below are some other known players I can think of as Good picks at the IPL Auction 2011;

Reserve Price $400000: Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy, Yuvraj Singh, Daniel Vettori, Ross Taylor, Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Brian Lara, Sourav Ganguly.

Reserve Price $300000: Zaheer Khan, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews.

Reserve Price $200000: Michael Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Dirk Nannes, Eoin Morgan, Robin Uthappa, Sanath Jayasuriya.

Reserve Price $100000: Tamim Iqbal, R Ashwin, Morne Morkel, Ben Hilfenhaus