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IPL player list at 2013 auction


IPL 6 - Player Auction 2013
Player Name Country IPL Team Cost (USD)
Abhishek Nayar India Pune Warriors 675000
Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka Pune Warriors 725000
Akila Dananjaya Sri Lanka Chennai Super Kings 20000
Ben Laughlin Australia Chennai Super Kings 20000
Chris Morris South Africa Chennai Super Kings 625000
Christopher Barnwell West Indies Royal Challengers Bangalore 50000
Clint McKay Australia Sunrisers Hyderabad 100000
Dan Christian Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore 100000
Darren Sammy West Indies Sunrisers Hyderabad 425000
Dirk Nannes Australia Chennai Super Kings 600000
Fidel Edwards West Indies Rajasthan Royals 210000
Glenn Maxwell Australia Mumbai Indians 1000000
Jacob Oram New Zealand Mumbai Indians 50000
James Faulkner Australia Rajasthan Royals 400000
Jason Holder West Indies Chennai Super Kings 20000
Jaydev Unadkat India Royal Challengers Bangalore 525000
Jeevan Mendis Sri Lanka Delhi Daredevils 50000
Jesse Ryder New Zealand Delhi Daredevils 260000
Johan Botha South Africa Delhi Daredevils 450000
Kane Richardson Australia Pune Warriors 700000
Kushal Perera Sri Lanka Rajasthan Royals 20000
Luke Pomersbach Australia Kings XI Punjab 300000
Manpreet Gony India Kings XI Punjab 500000
Michael Clarke Australia Pune Warriors 400000
Moises Henriques Australia Royal Challengers Bangalore 300000
Nathan Coulter-Nile Australia Mumbai Indians 450000
Nathan McCullum New Zealand Sunrisers Hyderabad 100000
Pankaj Singh India Royal Challengers Bangalore 150000
Phillip Hughes Australia Mumbai Indians 100000
Quinton de Kock South Africa Sunrisers Hyderabad 20000
Ravi Rampaul West Indies Royal Challengers Bangalore 290000
Ricky Ponting Australia Mumbai Indians 400000
RP Singh India Royal Challengers Bangalore 400000
Ryan McLaren South Africa Kolkata Knight Riders 50000
Sachithra Senanayake Sri Lanka Kolkata Knight Riders 625000
Sudeep Tyagi India Sunrisers Hyderabad 100000
Thisara Perera Sri Lanka Sunrisers Hyderabad 675000

NewZealand beat India by 1 run in T20 match

Brendon McCullum lifted New Zealand from 2 for 2 with a calculated 91 that highlighted his importance to his side, especially in Twenty20s. McCullum had support from Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, but he was almost single-handedly responsible for New Zealand reaching a competitive score with a knock that began watchfully, and then exploded into a frenzy of powerful hits over extra cover, down the ground and over midwicket.
McCullum often begins a Test innings with a charge down the track and it was probably the two early wickets that made him play with some caution initially. Rob Nicol and Martin Guptill came out swinging but were bowled by incoming deliveries from Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan, and New Zealand were 2 for 2 in the second over.
McCullum broke free in the fifth over, flicking and cutting Zaheer for boundaries. L Balaji, making his T20I debut and playing his first game for India since February 2009, was inside-edged past short fine leg and sliced over point for boundaries in the next over.
Williamson, a calm man under pressure usually, ensured he gave the strike to McCullum, who was now in control enough to ward off his usual self-destructing tendencies.
Sweeps, reverse-sweeps and scoops were kept away. The one time he tried a reverse-sweep, on 38, he got away with a close lbw shout against R Ashwin, with the umpire ruling there was an inside edge when replays indicated there wasn't any. McCullum's one good innings during the Test series against India was ended when the umpire did not spot an inside edge. It was his turn to benefit today.
McCullum went after Ashwin, lofting him over extra cover for boundaries and down the ground for sixes. Ashwin, the lone spinner playing ahead of the recalled Harbhajan Singh, went for 34 in three overs.
There was not much help for the spinner, though, and MS Dhoni's selection of three medium-pacers in the XI worked on the pitch with some grass cover. Zaheer was sharp, Irfan productive, and Balaji an efficient third seamer. Yuvraj Singh bowled two tidy overs of slow left-arm on his comeback from cancer and was alert in the field.
McCullum was hard to control, though, and was only nine short of what would have been his second T20I hundred when he was eventually bowled after missing a sweep off a slow cutter from Irfan Pathan in the 17th over. Taylor and Jacob Oram were around to take New Zealand to a respectable score on a pitch where the ball came on at decent pace.
With the injured Virender Sehwag missing this game, it will be interesting to see who opens the India innings with Gautam Gambhir.