Mumbai Auction and Bidding of Indian premier league twenty20 league

War of salaries and lucrative contracts continues ... IPL vs ICL

Here is the lowdown of the auction and the bidding for players held in Mumbai. For IPL Cricket league.

1.5 million dollars for India's Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
100,000 dollars for Sri Lankan youngster Chamara Silva
675,000 dollars for MAnoj Tewari for Delhi team
4,00,000 dollars for Ricky Ponting for Kolkata
1.35 million dollars for Andrew Symonds
David Hussey for $675,000 and
$500,000and Cameron White $500,000

Here is what Lalit Modi Said "Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya and movie stars Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, will get handsome returns for their combined investments of around 800 million dollars"When you go out to set up a business, it takes you a few years to plan the same," said Modi. "The franchisees have bought a team, which is an asset for life. If they build it correctly, the sky's the limit."eight IPL franchise owners spent $36.6 million on buying 75 players at the auction in Mumbai on Wednesday

ICl it seems lost out on the first mover advantange .. the icl vs bcci and zee vs bcci war goes on with battles being won by IPL