List of 2008 Indian Premier League auctions and personnel signings

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This is a list of all auctions and personnel signings for the 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Team Auction

The auctions for team ownership were held on 24 January 2008. The base price of each team was set at US$50 million. The auction fetched a total amount of US$723.59 million against the combined base price of US$400 million. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over US$111.9 million. The auction also led to controversy regarding the conflict of interest with then BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan holding a stake in the Chennai team.[1][2]

Team City Franchise Owner(s) Cost
(in US$ millions)
Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Vijay Mallya's United Spirits 111.60
Chennai Super Kings Chennai India Cements 91.00
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi GMR Group 84.00
Deccan Chargers Hyderabad Deccan Chronicle 107.00
Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Emerging Media-led consortium 67.00
Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment 75.09
Kings XI Punjab
Mohali Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Dabur's Mohit Burman 76.00
Mumbai Indians Mumbai Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries 111.90

Player's Auction

Icon players

Icon player was a status given to five players of 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.

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]

No. Category Name Nationality Speciality Base Price
(in US$ thousands)
Team Auctioned Price
(in US$ thousands)
1 A Shane Warne Australia Australia Bowler 450 Rajasthan Royals 450
2 A
MS Dhoni
India India
Wicketkeeper
400 Chennai Super Kings 1500
3 A Adam Gilchrist Australia Australia Wicket keeper 300 Deccan Chargers 700
4 A Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan Pakistan Bowler 250 Kolkata Knight Riders 425
5 A Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Batsman 250
Kings XI Punjab
475
6 A Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Bowler 250 Chennai Super Kings 600
7 B Anil Kumble India India Bowler 250 Royal Challengers Bangalore 500
8 B Glenn McGrath[REC] Australia Australia Bowler 350
Delhi Daredevils
350
9 B
Mohammed Yousuf[REC]
Pakistan Pakistan Batsman 350 Unsold
10 B Harbhajan Singh India India Bowler 250 Mumbai Indians 850
11 B Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Allrounder 250 Mumbai Indians 975
12 B Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Wicketkeeper-batsman 250
Kings XI Punjab
700
13 C Ricky Ponting Australia Australia Batsman 335 Kolkata Knight Riders 400
14 C Brett Lee Australia Australia Bowler 300
Kings XI Punjab
900
15 C Andrew Symonds Australia Australia Allrounder 250 Deccan Chargers 1350
16 C Michael Hussey[REC] Australia Australia Batsman 250 Chennai Super Kings 250
17 C Daniel Vettori New Zealand New Zealand Bowler 250
Delhi Daredevils
625
18 C Matthew Hayden Australia Australia Batsman 225 Chennai Super Kings 375
19 C Brendon McCullum New Zealand New Zealand Wicketkeeper 175 Kolkata Knight Riders 700
20 C Jacob Oram New Zealand New Zealand Allrounder 200 Chennai Super Kings 675
21 D Stephen Fleming New Zealand New Zealand Batsman 350 Chennai Super Kings 350
22 D Graeme Smith South Africa South Africa Batsman 250 Rajasthan Royals 250
23 D Herschelle Gibbs South Africa South Africa Batsman 250 Deccan Chargers 575
24 D Chris Gayle Jamaica West Indies Allrounder 250 Kolkata Knight Riders 800
25 D Shoaib Malik Pakistan Pakistan Allrounder 300
Delhi Daredevils
500
26 D Shahid Afridi Pakistan Pakistan Allrounder 225 Deccan Chargers 675
27 D Younis Khan Pakistan Pakistan Batsman 225 Rajasthan Royals 225
28 D Mohammad Asif Pakistan Pakistan Bowler 225
Delhi Daredevils
650
29 D Jacques Kallis South Africa South Africa Allrounder 225 Royal Challengers Bangalore 900
30 D Zaheer Khan India India Bowler 200 Royal Challengers Bangalore 450
31 D
Sreesanth
India India Bowler 200
Kings XI Punjab
625
32 E Dinesh Karthik India India Wicketkeeper 200
Delhi Daredevils
525
33 E AB de Villiers South Africa South Africa Wicketkeeper 200
Delhi Daredevils
300
34 E Mark Boucher South Africa South Africa Wicketkeeper 200 Royal Challengers Bangalore 450
35 E Parthiv Patel India India Wicketkeeper 150 Chennai Super Kings 325
36 E Kamran Akmal Pakistan Pakistan Wicketkeeper 150 Rajasthan Royals 150
37 E Tatenda Taibu[REC] Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Wicketkeeper 125 Kolkata Knight Riders 125
38 F Albie Morkel South Africa South Africa Allrounder 225 Chennai Super Kings 675
39 F Ajit Agarkar India India Allrounder 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 350
40 F Shaun Pollock South Africa South Africa Allrounder 200 Mumbai Indians 550
41 F Irfan Pathan India India Allrounder 200
Kings XI Punjab
925
42 F Scott Styris New Zealand New Zealand Allrounder 175 Deccan Chargers 175
43 F Farveez Maharoof Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Allrounder 150
Delhi Daredevils
225
44 F Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Allrounder 152
Delhi Daredevils
250
45 F Cameron White Australia Australia Allrounder 100 Royal Challengers Bangalore 500
46 F Yusuf Pathan India India Allrounder 100 Rajasthan Royals 475
47 F Joginder Sharma India India Allrounder 100 Chennai Super Kings 225
48 G Ramnaresh Sarwan[REC] Guyana West Indies Batsman 225
Kings XI Punjab
225
49 G Simon Katich[REC] Australia Australia Batsman 200
Kings XI Punjab
200
50 G Justin Langer[REC] Australia Australia Batsman 200 Rajasthan Royals 200
51 G Gautam Gambhir India India Batsman 220
Delhi Daredevils
725
52 G Robin Uthappa India India Batsman 200 Mumbai Indians 800
53 G Shivnarine Chanderpaul[REC] Guyana West Indies Batsman 200 Royal Challengers Bangalore 200
54 G Ashwell Prince[REC] South Africa South Africa Batsman 175 Unsold
55 G VVS Laxman India India Batsman 150 Deccan Chargers 375
56 G Wasim Jaffer India India Batsman 150 Royal Challengers Bangalore 150
57 G Rohit Sharma India India Batsman 150 Deccan Chargers 750
58 G Loots Bosman[REC] South Africa South Africa Batsman 150 Mumbai Indians 175
59 G Mohammad Kaif India India Batsman 125 Rajasthan Royals 675
60 G Suresh Raina India India Batsman 125 Chennai Super Kings 650
61 G Manoj Tiwary India India Batsman 100
Delhi Daredevils
675
62 G Chamara Silva Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Batsman 100 Deccan Chargers 100
63 G David Hussey Australia Australia Batsman 100 Kolkata Knight Riders 625
64 H Nathan Bracken Australia Australia Bowler 225 Royal Challengers Bangalore 325
65 H
R P Singh
India India Bowler 200 Deccan Chargers 875
66 H Murali Kartik India India Bowler 200 Kolkata Knight Riders 425
67 H Makhaya Ntini South Africa South Africa Bowler 200 Chennai Super Kings 200
68 H Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Bowler 200 Mumbai Indians 350
69 H Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Bowler 200 Deccan Chargers 200
70 H Ramesh Powar India India Bowler 150
Kings XI Punjab
170
71 H Umar Gul Pakistan Pakistan Bowler 150 Kolkata Knight Riders 150
72 H Dale Steyn South Africa South Africa Bowler 150 Royal Challengers Bangalore 325
73 H Dilhara Fernando Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Bowler 150 Mumbai Indians 150
74 H Ishant Sharma India India Bowler 150 Kolkata Knight Riders 950
75 H Piyush Chawla India India Bowler 125
Kings XI Punjab
400
76 H Munaf Patel India India Bowler 100 Rajasthan Royals 275
77 H Nuwan Zoysa Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Bowler 100 Deccan Chargers 110
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.

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 Pakistan Batsman Unsold
2
Morne Morkel
South Africa South Africa Bowler Rajasthan Royals 60
3 Ashwell Prince South Africa South Africa Batsman Mumbai Indians 175
4 Kyle Mills New Zealand New Zealand Bowler
Kings XI Punjab
150
5 Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan Pakistan All-rounder Kolkata Knight Riders 100
6 Ross Taylor New Zealand New Zealand Batsman Royal Challengers Bangalore 100
7 Peter Fulton New Zealand New Zealand Batsman Unsold
8 Jamie How New Zealand New Zealand Batsman Unsold
9 Jeetan Patel New Zealand New Zealand Allrounder Unsold
10 Chris Martin New Zealand New Zealand Bowler Unsold
11 James Franklin New Zealand New Zealand Allrounder Unsold
12 Brad Hodge Australia Australia Allrounder Unsold
13 Shane Watson Australia Australia Allrounder Rajasthan Royals 125
14 Phil Jaques Australia Australia Batsman Unsold
15 James Hopes Australia Australia Allrounder
Kings XI Punjab
300
16 Brett Geeves Australia Australia Bowler
Delhi Daredevils
50
17 Luke Pomersbach Australia Australia Batsman
Kings XI Punjab
50
18 Prasanna Jayawardene Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Wicketkeeper Unsold
19 Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh Bangladesh Batsman Unsold
20 Mashrafe Mortaza Bangladesh Bangladesh Allrounder Unsold
21 Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan Pakistan Batsman Royal Challengers Bangalore 125
22 Salman Butt Pakistan Pakistan Batsman Kolkata Knight Riders 100
23 Yasir Hameed Pakistan Pakistan Batsman Unsold
24 Dimitri Mascarenhas England England Allrounder Rajasthan Royals 100
25 Sohail Tanvir Pakistan Pakistan Bowler Rajasthan Royals 100
26 Abdur Razzak Bangladesh Bangladesh Bowler Royal Challengers Bangalore 50

Under-19 Draft

Along with 2nd Auction, the 15 players from winners of

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

Player's Signing

IPL franchise could sign Indian players at any time.[19] The base price for was fixed at $50,000 for the Ranji Trophy players and $20,000 for those having not played the Ranji Trophy. Franchises had to pick minimum four under-22 Indian players from their designated catchment area in their squad. Praveen Kumar was claimed to be signed by both Delhi and Bangalore franchise, with the player later confirming that he had joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore.[20] The following players were signed before the tournament.

Name Nationality Team Signing date Ref
Praveen Kumar India India Royal Challengers Bangalore 23 February 2008 [20]
Yo Mahesh India India
Delhi Daredevils
Up to 10 March 2008 [10]
Shikhar Dhawan India India [10]
Mithun Manhas India India [10]
Rajat Bhatia India India [10]
Mayank Tehlan India India [10]
Sunil Joshi India India Royal Challengers Bangalore Up to 10 March 2008 [10]
Balachandra Akhil India India [10]
Vinay Kumar India India [10]
Bharat Chipli India India [10]
J. Arunkumar India India [10]
KP Appanna
India India [10]
Devraj Patil India India [10]
Shadab Jakati India India Chennai Super Kings Up to 10 March 2008 [10]
Sudeep Tyagi India India [10]
R Ashwin
India India [10]
Srikkanth Anirudha
India India [10]
S Badrinath
India India [10]
Pinal Shah India India Mumbai Indians Up to 10 March 2008 [10]
Abhishek Nayar India India [10]
Ajinkya Rahane India India [10]
Yogesh Takawale India India [10]
Sanjay Bangar India India Deccan Chargers Up to 10 March 2008 [10]
Venugopal Rao
India India [10]
Arjun Yadav India India [10]
Dwaraka Ravi Teja India India [10]
Pragyan Ojha India India [10]
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna India India [10]
P Vijay Kumar India India [10]
Sarvesh Kumar[N-RAN] India India [10]
Halhadar Das India India [10]
VRV Singh
India India
Kings XI Punjab
Up to 10 March 2008 [10]
Karan Goel India India [10]
Uday Kaul India India [10]
Pankaj Singh India India Rajasthan Royals Up to 10 March 2008 [10]
Anup Revandkar[N-RAN] India India [10]
Dinesh Salunkhe[N-RAN] India India [10]
Wriddhiman Saha India India Kolkata Knight Riders 11 March 2008 [21]
Laxmi Ratan Shukla India India [21]
Rohan Banerjee[N-RAN] India India [21]
Saurasish Lahiri India India [21]
Aakash Chopra India India Kolkata Knight Riders 13 March 2008 [22]
Cheteshwar Pujara India India [22]
Ashish Nehra India India Mumbai Indians 14 March 2008 [23]
Amit Mishra India India
Delhi Daredevils
[23]
Luke Ronchi New Zealand New Zealand Mumbai Indians 26 March 2008 [24]
Lakshmipathy Balaji India India Chennai Super Kings 29 March 2008 [25]
Shaun Marsh Australia Australia
Kings XI Punjab
9 April 2008 [26]
Dominic Thornely Australia Australia Mumbai Indians [26]
Darren Lehmann Australia Australia Rajasthan Royals 15 April 2008 [27]
Neravanda Aiyappa India India Royal Challengers Bangalore Up to 15 April 2008 [28]
Palani Amarnath India India Chennai Super Kings Up to 15 April 2008 [29]
Arun Karthik[N-RAN] India India [29]
Manpreet Gony India India [29]
Suresh Kumar India India [29]
Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan India India [29]
Yogesh Nagar[N-RAN] India India
Delhi Daredevils
Up to 15 April 2008 [30]
Tejashwi Yadav[N-RAN] India India [30]
Pankaj Dharmani India India
Kings XI Punjab
Up to 15 April 2008 [31]
Rishi Dhawan[N-RAN] India India [31]
Gagandeep Singh India India [31]
Sahil Kukreja India India [31]
Wilkin Mota India India [31]
Nitin Saini India India [31]
Sunny Sohal India India [31]
Ashoke Dinda
India India Kolkata Knight Riders Up to 15 April 2008 [32]
Debabrata Das[N-RAN] India India [32]
Ranadeb Bose India India [32]
Yashpal Singh India India [32]
Ankeet Chavan[N-RAN] India India Mumbai Indians Up to 15 April 2008 [33]
Gaurav Dhiman India India [33]
Siddharth Chitnis[N-RAN] India India [33]
Rajesh Pawar India India [33]
Rohan Raje[N-RAN] India India [33]
Vikrant Yeligati[N-RAN] India India [33]
Musavir Khote India India [33]
Dhawal Kulkarni[N-RAN] India India [33]
Swapnil Singh India India [33]
Niraj Patel India India Rajasthan Royals Up to 15 April 2008 [34]
Jaydev Shah India India [34]
Mahesh Rawat India India [34]
Aditya Angle India India [34]
Sumit Khatri India India [34]
Parag More India India [34]
Siddharth Trivedi India India [34]
Swapnil Asnodkar India India [34]
N-RAN N-RAN: Players having not played Ranji Trophy at the time of tournament.4

Withdrawn and Replacement players

Players were signed as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.[35] The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.

Players Nationality Team Reason Announcement date Replacement Player Nationality Signing date Ref
Justin Langer Australia Australia Rajasthan Royals Pre-existing contract with Somerset County 23 February 2008 [36]
Morne Morkel
South Africa South Africa Rajasthan Royals Pre-existing contract with Yorkshire County 14 March 2008 [37]
Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan Pakistan Kolkata Knight Riders Banned due to disciplinary reasons by PCB 3 April 2008 Allowed to play back on 4 May after suspension of Ban [38][39]
Sudeep Tyagi India India Chennai Super Kings Stress Fracture in the Back [40]
Nathan Bracken Australia Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore Knee Surgery Recovery 14 April 2008 Ashley Noffke Australia Australia 14 April 2008 [41]
Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Mumbai Indians Knee Injury 19 April 2008 Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago West Indies 19 April 2008 [42]
Brendon McCullum New Zealand New Zealand Kolkata Knight Riders Replacement for players on International duty Brad Hodge Australia Australia 26 April 2008 [43]
Ricky Ponting Australia Australia
Brett Lee Australia Australia Kings XI Punjab International Duty 28 April 2008 [44]
Simon Katich Australia Australia [44]
Kyle Mills New Zealand New Zealand International Duty 28 April 2008 [44]
Harbhajan Singh India India Mumbai Indians Banned after slapping Sreesanth 28 April 2008 [45]
Chris Gayle Jamaica West Indies Kolkata Knight Riders Groin Injury and International Duty 29 April 2008 [46][44]
Daniel Vettori New Zealand New Zealand Delhi Daredevils International Duty 30 April 2008 [44]
Brendon McCullum New Zealand New Zealand Kolkata Knight Riders [44]
Jacob Oram New Zealand New Zealand Chennai Super Kings [44]
Ross Taylor New Zealand New Zealand Royal Challengers Bangalore 1 May 2008 [44]
Ricky Ponting Australia Australia Kolkata Knight Riders International Duty 1 May 2008 [44]
Matthew Hayden Australia Australia Chennai Super Kings [44]
Michael Hussey Australia Australia [44]
Andrew Symonds Australia Australia Deccan Chargers [44]
Ashley Noffke Australia Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore [44]
Brad Hodge Australia Australia Kolkata Knight Riders International Duty 9 May 2008 [47]
Dimitri Mascarenhas England England Rajasthan Royals County duty with Hampshire 12 May 2008 [48]
Makhaya Ntini South Africa South Africa Chennai Super Kings Replacement for players on International duty Chamara Kapugedera Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 8 May 2008 [49]
V. V. S. Laxman
India India Deccan Chargers Hairline Fracture 12 May 2008 [50]
Cheteshwar Pujara India India Kolkata Knight Riders Withdrawn by the team 13 May 2008 [51]
Ranadeb Bose India India [51]
Yashpal Singh India India [51]
Saurasish Lahiri India India [51]
Rohan Banerjee India India [51]
Shivnarine Chanderpaul Guyana West Indies Royal Challengers Bangalore International Duty 15 May 2008 [44]
Ramnaresh Sarwan Guyana West Indies Kings XI Punjab [52]
Dwayne Bravo Trinidad and Tobago West Indies Mumbai Indians International Duty 17 May 2008
Andre Nel
South Africa South Africa 17 May 2008 [53]
Dwayne Smith Barbados West Indies 19 May 2008 [54]
Kolkata Knight Riders Replacement for players on International duty Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 18 May 2008 [55]
Stephen Fleming New Zealand New Zealand Chennai Super Kings Birth of his child 29 May 2008 [56]
Graeme Smith South Africa South Africa Rajasthan Royals Hamstring Injury 31 May 2008 [57]

Support staff appointments

Staff Nationality Team Role Announcement date Ref
Greg Shipperd Australia Australia Delhi Daredevils Coach 19 February 2008 [58]
Tom Moody Australia Australia Kings XI Punjab Coach 18 February 2008 [59]
John Buchanan Australia Australia Kolkata Knight Riders Coach 20 February 2008 [60]
Robin Singh India India Deccan Chargers Coach 21 February 2008 [61]
Kepler Wessels South Africa South Africa Chennai Super Kings Coach 27 February 2008 [62]
Shane Warne Australia Australia Rajasthan Royals Coach 28 February 2008 [63]
Venkatesh Prasad India India Royal Challengers Bangalore Coach 13 March 2008 [64]
Martin Crowe New Zealand New Zealand Royal Challengers Bangalore Chief Cricket Officer 13 March 2008 [64]
Charu Sharma India India Royal Challengers Bangalore CEO 13 March 2008 [64]
Neil Maxwell Australia Australia Kings XI Punjab CEO 18 March 2008 [65]
Jeremy Snape England England Rajasthan Royals Performance Coach 8 April 2008 [66]
Lalchand Rajput India India Mumbai Indians Coach 8 April 2008 [67]
Harsha Bhogle India India Mumbai Indians Team Advisor 8 April 2008 [67]
Dennis Lillee Australia Australia Delhi Daredevils Bowling consultant 17 April 2008 [68]

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