IPL auction: Gambhir bought for $2.4 mn

Nine marquee players went under the hammer for a total of $11.2 million  by the end of the first break on the first day of auctions at the bidding for IPL 4 which will be held during April 20 - May 8.

Kolkata Knight Riders buys Gautam Gambhir for a whopping $2.4 million (approximately Rs 11.04 cr) in the opening round of IPL auctions. He was the first player to be bought.

The other successful bids are the following:

Royal Challengers Bangalore buys Zaheer Khan for $900,000.

Kolkata Knight Riders buys Yusuf Pathan for $2.1 million (9.66 cr).

New IPL team Kochi opens their account, buys Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka for $1.5 million.

AB De Villiers was sold for $1.1 mn to Royal Challengers Bangalore

New IPL team Pune Warriors buys Yuvraj Singh for $1.8 mn.

Deccan Chargers bought Kevin Pietersen for $650,000.

Ross Taylor sold to Rajasthan Royals for $1 million.

Tillakaratne Dilshan sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $650,000.