IPL 4 Auction : Bargain Buys

Naman Ojha who is a wicketkeeper and played for Rajasthan last year

The auction of the 4th edition of the IPL saw a lot of drama and interesting action. Gautham Gambhir became the record highest paid player at 11.5 crores. Teams changed their lineups and some players shockingly went unsold. Amidst all this commotion, a few teams kept their cool and bought some very good players for very good prices. Let us have a look at IPL4 bargain buys. Did your team make a smart choice? You will know when you finish reading this.

Bargain Indian Players:

Indian Players are more important when it comes to a team in the IPL. Even if you can buy a lot of cheap foreign stars, you will not be able to play them all at the same time. So, the Indian players cost a bit more than their foreign counter parts and bargain players are not easy to find in this category Ramesh Powar – $180,000 – Kochi Ajit Agarkar – $210,000 – Delhi Daredevils (both provide cheap bowling and some batting) Naman Ojha – $270,000 -Delhi Daredevils Shikhar Dhawan – $300,000 -Deccan Chargers Pragyan Ojha – $500,000 -Deccan Chargers (Piyush Chawla went for $900,000)

Bargain Foreign Players:

A lot of foreign players were grabbed by teams for cheap or very reasonable prices. Some teams chose not to buy more than 4 or 5 foreign players so that they could save up more money for the Indian stars. The following signings are all very good purchases.

Kumar Sangakkara, great buy at $700,000

Suraj Randiv – $80,000 – Chennai Super Kings

Andrew McDonald – $80,000 – Delhi Daredevils

Nathan McCullum – $100,000 – Pune Warriors

Jerome Taylor – $100,000 – Pune Warriors

Nuwan Kulasekara – $100,000 – Chennai Super Kings

Ben Hilfenhaus – $100,000 – Chennai Super Kings

Clint McKay – $110,000 – Mumbai Indians

Jesse Ryder – $150,000 – Pune Warriors

Davy Jacobs – $190,000 – Mumbai Indians

Scott Styris – $200,000 – Chennai Super Kings

Dwayne Bravo – $200,000 – Chennai Super Kings

Shaun Tait – $300,000 – Rajasthan Royals

JP Duminy – $300,000 – Deccan Chargers

Aaron Finch – $300,000 – Delhi Daredevils

Brad Haddin – $325,000 – Kolkata Knight Riders

Ryan Harris – $325,000 – Kings XI Punjab

Shaun Marsh – $400,000 – Kings XI Punjab

Shakib Al Hasan – $425,000 – Kolkata Knight Riders

Michael Hussey – $425,000 – Chennai Super Kings

Brendon McCullum – $475,000 – Kochi

Kumar Sangakkara – $700,000 – Deccan Chargers

More players can be added to this list. If you have a few names of your own, please do leave a comment and share your thoughts with us.