That's all from the auction room from Bangalore here today. Mumbai has the players to make a mark in this edition's IPL. They will go out there with all guns blazing and go for glory. Let the games begin!
Here's a list of players that Mumbai picked up in the auctions today: Nicholas Pooran for 30 lakhs INR Mitchell Johnson for 2 crores INR K Gowtham for 2 crores INR Karn Sharma for 3.2 crores INR Saurabh Tiwary for 30 lakhs INR Asela Gunaratne for 30 lakhs INR Kulwant Khejroliya for 10 lakhs INR
The teams can now ask for a set of three players that they desire to be reintroduced into the auction. We're into the final phase of the auction right here now.
No one counters the bid and Mumbai pocket Gunarathana for a mere 30L. That's surely a bargain buy as he's won the past 3 games for Sri Lanka on his own.
Mohammed Siraj has triggered another bidding war here. Bangalore and Hyderabad are after him. Mohammed Siraj is sold to Hyderabad for a whopping 2.60 Crore.
Here's the list of players that Mumbai have picked up in the auction so far: Nicholas Pooran to Mumbai Indians for 30 lakhs INR Mitchell Johnson to Mumbai Indians for 2 crores INR K Gowtham to Mumbai Indians for 2 crores INR Karn Sharma to Mumbai Indians for 3.2 crores INR
33 players have now been sold in the morning session so far. T Mills, Rashid Khan, Aniket Choudhary and Natarajan were the highlight buys from this session.
There was an intense back and forth war right there between Sehwag and the owners of Gujarat for Varun Aaron. Punjab finally won the bidding war for Aaron at 2.80Crore.