Player's Auction
Icon players
Icon player was a status given to five players of the Indian Premier League to ensure that top drawer 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$5 million salary cap. [3] [4] [5]
| Name | Team | Highest bid by the team (in US$ thousands) | Salary (in US$ thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians | 975 | 1121 |
| Sourav Ganguly | Kolkata Knight Riders | 950 | 1093 |
| Rahul Dravid | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 900 | 1035 |
| Yuvraj Singh | Kings XI Punjab | 925 | 1064 |
| Virender Sehwag | Delhi Daredevils | 725 | 834 |
Auction-1
The first auction was held on 20 February 2008. The total salary cap was set at US$5 million with a minimum of US$ 3.3 million to be spend. Players were divided into categories 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. [6] [7] 75 players were auctioned with Mohammed Yousuf and Ashwell Prince remaining unsold. MS Dhoni was the costliest player at US$1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was the most costly foreign player. The unsold players were paid their base price by the BCCI. [5] [8] Jaipur was fined for not reaching the minimum spending of US$3 million. [9]
- REC REC: Players unsold originally but were brought back.
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 US$50,000. [10] [11] 14 players were sold in the auction. James Hopes was the costliest player at US$300,000. Dimitri Mascarenhas became the first English player to sign up for IPL. Mohammed Yousuf again remained unsold in 2nd auction due to continuing dispute with Indian Cricket League. [12] [13] IPL allowed teams to cross 8 foreign players limit. Players sold lower than their signed up price were paid the remaining amount by IPL. [14] [15] [16]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Speciality | Team | Auctioned Price (in US$ thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammed Yousuf |  Pakistan | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 2 | Morne Morkel |  South Africa | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | 60 |
| 3 | Ashwell Prince | South Africa | Batsman | Mumbai Indians | 175 |
| 4 | Kyle Mills |  New Zealand | Bowler | Kings XI Punjab | 150 |
| 5 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | All-rounder | Kolkata Knight Riders | 100 |
| 6 | Ross Taylor | New Zealand | Batsman | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 100 |
| 7 | Peter Fulton | New Zealand | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 8 | Jamie How | New Zealand | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 9 | Jeetan Patel | New Zealand | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 10 | Chris Martin | New Zealand | Bowler | Unsold | |
| 11 | James Franklin | New Zealand | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 12 | Brad Hodge |  Australia | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 13 | Shane Watson | Australia | Allrounder | Rajasthan Royals | 125 |
| 14 | Phil Jaques | Australia | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 15 | James Hopes | Australia | Allrounder | Kings XI Punjab | 300 |
| 16 | Brett Geeves | Australia | Bowler | Delhi Daredevils | 50 |
| 17 | Luke Pomersbach | Australia | Batsman | Kings XI Punjab | 50 |
| 18 | Prasanna Jayawardene |  Sri Lanka | Wicketkeeper | Unsold | |
| 19 | Mohammad Ashraful |  Bangladesh | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 20 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 21 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan | Batsman | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 125 |
| 22 | Salman Butt | Pakistan | Batsman | Kolkata Knight Riders | 100 |
| 23 | Yasir Hameed | Pakistan | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 24 | Dimitri Mascarenhas |  England | Allrounder | Rajasthan Royals | 100 |
| 25 | Sohail Tanvir | Pakistan | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | 100 |
| 26 | Abdur Razzak | Bangladesh | Bowler | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 50 |
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 draft 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. [17] 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 US$ 50,000 and remaining US$ 30,000. [18] [14] [16]
| Name | Team | Salary (in US$ thousands) |
|---|---|---|
| Pradeep Sangwan | Delhi Daredevils | 50 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 50 |
| Saurabh Tiwary | Mumbai Indians | 50 |
| Taruwar Kohli | Rajasthan Royals | 30 |
| Siddarth Kaul | Kolkata Knight Riders | 50 |
| Tanmay Srivastava | Kings XI Punjab | 50 |
| Abhinav Mukund | Chennai Super Kings | 50 |
| Napoleon Einstein | Chennai Super Kings | 30 |
| Ajitesh Argal | Kings XI Punjab | 50 |
| Iqbal Abdulla | Kolkata Knight Riders | 30 |
| R Jadeja | Rajasthan Royals | 50 |
| Manish Pandey | Mumbai Indians | 30 |
| Shreevats Goswami | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 30 |
| Perry Goyal | Unsold | |
| Siva Kumar | Unsold | |
| Viraj Kadbe | Chennai Super Kings | 30 |
