In an auction for players held in a luxury hotel in Bangalore on Saturday and Sunday, Gautam Gambhir became the most expensive player in the IPL history as he was bid for $2.4 m by Kolkata Knight Riders.KKR further bid more the Indian Yusuf Pathan for $2.1 m for the next two years of the lucrative Twenty20 limited-overs competition. In a surprise Sourav Ganguly was not selected on any bid, also no Chris Gayle as well, whereas Anil Kumble opted out of the fourth edition of IPL.
Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene became the highest-earning overseas player, signed on for $1.5m by Kochi. There were also two new franchises for 2011 IPL edition , Kochi and Pune Warriors who also made some substantial bids for the most expensive cricket league in the world. There were few big names who did not commit themselves for this edition including Australian captain Ricky Ponting, Micheal Clarke, Micheal Hussey, and Mitchell Johnson. No Pakistan player were included similarly like as that of previous year as well. Following are the bids made overall by the heavyweight businessmen in the fourth edition of the IPL.
| Player | Country | Bought by Franchise | Price (in USD) |
| Gautam Gambhir | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | $2.4 million |
| Tilakratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $650,000 |
| Zaheer Khan | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $900,000 |
| Ross Taylor | New Zealand | Rajasthan Royals | $100.000 |
| Yusuf Pathan | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | $2.1 million |
| Kevin Pietersen | England | Deccan Chargers | $650,000 |
| Mahela Jayawardane | Sri Lanka | Kochi | $1.5 million |
| Yuvraj Singh | India | Pune Warriors | $1.8 m |
| AB De Villiers | South Africa | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $1.1 million |
| Cameron White | Australia | Deccan Chargers | $1.1 million |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | Kolkata Knight Riders | $1.2 million |
| Rohit Sharma | India | Mumbai Indians | $2.0 million |
| Andrew Symonds | Australia | Mumbai Indians | $850,000 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Deccan Chargersa | $700,000 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Australia | Kings XI Punjab | $900,000 |
| Rahul Dravid | India | Rajasthan Royals | $500,000 |
| Greame Smith | South Africa | Pune Warriors | $500,000 |
| Robin Uthappa | India | Pune Warriors | $2.1 million |
| Johan Botha | South Africa | Rajasthan Royals | $950,000 |
| VVS Laxman | India | Kochi | $400,000 |
| Daniel Vettori | New Zealand | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $500,000 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | Kochi | $475,000 |
| Sreesanth | India | Kochi | $900,000 |
| Irfan Pathan | India | Delhi Dardevils | $1.9 million |
| RP Singh | India | Kochi | $500,000 |
| Michael Hussey | Australia | Chennai Super Kings | $425,000 |
| Sharun Marsh | Australia | Kolkata Knight Riders | $400,000 |
| JP Duminy | South Africa | Deccan Chargers | $300,000 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | Deccan Chargers | $300,000 |
| Saurabh Tiwary | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $1.6 million |
| David Hussey | Australia | Kings XI Punjab | $1.4 million |
| David Warner | Australia | Delhi Daredevils | $750,000 |
| Parthiv Patel | India | Kochi | $290,000 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | India | Chenai Super Kings | $100,000 |
| Dinesh Karthik | India | Kings XI Punjab | $900,000 |
| Naman Ojha | India | Delhi Daredevils | $250,000 |
| Brad Haddin | Australia | Kolkata Knight Riders | $325,000 |
| Tim Paine | Australia | Pune Warriors | $260,000 |
| David Jacobs | South Africa | Mumbai Indians | $190,000 |
| James Hopes | Australia | Delhi Daredevils | $350,000 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | India | Kochi | $950,000 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | Kolkata Knight Riders | $425,000 |
| Stuart Broad | England | Kings XI Punjab | $400,000 |
| Abhiskey Nayyar | India | Kings XI Punjab | $800,000 |
| Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | Pune Warriors | $950,000 |
| Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | Chenai Super Kings | $200,000 |
| Steven Smith | Australia | Kochi | $200,000 |
| James Franklin | New Zealand | Mumbai Indians | $100,000 |
| Ishant Sharma | India | Deccan Chargers | $450,000 |
| Praveen Kumar | India | Kings XI Punjab | $800,000 |
| Ashish Nehra | India | Pune Warriors | $850,000 |
| Bret Lee | Australia | Kolkata Knight Riders | $400,000 |
| Morne Morkel | South Africa | Delhi Daredevils | $475,000 |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa | Deccan Chargers | $1.2 million |
| Ryan Harris | Australia | Kings XI Punjab | $325,000 |
| Dirk Nannes | Australia | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $650,000 |
| Doug Bollinger | Australia | Chennai Super Kings | $700,000 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | Kochi | $1.1 million |
| Piyush Chawla | India | Kings XI Punjab | $900,000 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | India | Chennai Super Kings | $850,000 |
| Pragyan Ojha | India | Deccan Chargers | $500,000 |
| Amit Mishra | India | Deccan Chargers | $300,000 |
| Nathan McCullum | New Zealand | Pune Warriors | $100,000 |
| Ramesh Powar | India | Kochi | $180,000 |
| Aaron Finch | Australia | Delhi Daredevils | $300,000 |
| Eoin Morgan | England | Kolkata Knight Riders | $350,000 |
| Brad Hodge | Australia | Kochi | $425,000 |
| Callum Ferguson | Australia | Pune Warriors | $300,000 |
| Manoj Tiwary | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | $475,000 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $700,000 |
| Subramaniam Badrinath | India | Chennai Super Kings | $800,000 |
| Paul Collingwood | England | Rajasthan Royals | $250,000 |
Courtesy: cricket20.com
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