IPL-4 Audction (Day 1): Indian Players Grab The Maximum Amount of Auction - - Gautam Gambhir Broke The Record With Whopping $2.4 Million Offered by KKR

As the costliest cricket league, DLF IPL-4 has enticed a lot of interest from major Indian corporate and film stars, brushing aside various controversies and allegations it had got sucked into during the past year.

Day one of the IPL-4 auction clearly belongs to Indian players; as different players sold at more than $2 million, which is also a first in the IPL, include Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma and Uthappa. They are all from India.

On the first day of the Indian Premier League, season four auctions, Indian cricketers were the real match winners in Bangalore today. Gautam Gambhir hit the jackpot with Kolkata Knight Riders’ record $ 2.4 million buy. At the end of day one, about $53 million was spent on 72 players by 10 franchisees.

Gambhir’s deal broke the previous record of English players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, who were knocked off for a staggering $1.55 million during the second season of IPL in 2009. Gambhir was bought at a price which was 12 times more than his base auction price of $200,000 and four teams — Mumbai Indians, Kochi and Pune — battled for him until KKR emerged from behind to be the winner.