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Uthappa gets highest bid

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Uthappa was snapped up by Bangalore Brigaders for Rs. 3.25 lakh

Bangalore: Robin Uthappa was the marquee cricketer for the Karnataka Premier League as he was snapped up by Bangalore Brigaders (urban) for Rs. 3.25 lakh in the player-auction at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday.

The amount might be modest in comparison to the crores bandied around in the Indian Premier League but for a tournament that is smaller in scale and restricted to players from Karnataka, the opener walked away with a lion’s share of the combined budgetary cap of Rs. 7 lakh ear-marked for each zonal team to buy a group of six players from the top-tier of 48.

Surprise

Surprisingly all-rounder Stuart Binny, who has just returned from the Indian Cricket League after the Board of Control for Cricket in India granted amnesty, was the second-most expensive player, coming in at a price of Rs. 3.20 lakh for Gulbarga’s Bijapur Bulls.

All-rounder B. Akhil was next in line with a Rs. 3 lakh bid coming from Bangalore Provident, the team representing Bangalore Rural.

Lower price

Surprisingly the experienced Sunil Joshi and the up-coming star Manish Pandey went at a lower price — Rs. 2.05 and Rs. 2.55 lakhs respectively — as the bidding progressed and the budgets shrunk.

The eight zonal teams now have an additional budget of Rs. 4 lakh to select another eight players or more to finalise their squads ahead of the KPL here from September 9 to 23.

The player-list (read as team, player, price (in lakh)):

Bangalore Brigaders (urban): Robin Uthappa, 3.25; Deepak Chougule, 1.80; David Mathias, 0.35; K.L. Rahul, 1; Mansur Ali Khan, 0.40; C.B. Karthik, 0.20.

Bangalore Provident (rural): B. Akhil, 3; Thilak Naidu, 1.1; N.C. Aiyappa, 0.80; Amit Verma, 1.35; Aniruddha Joshi, 0.45; M.R. Darshan, 0.30.

Mangalore: Udit Patel, 0.90; Bharat Chipli, 2.35; S. Arvind, 1.25; Karun Nair, 0.40; Abdul Khadir, 0.30; R. Jonathan, 1.80.

Belgaavi Panthers (Belgaum): Vinay Kumar, 2.50; David Johnson, 0.35; Manish Pandey, 2.55; Suraj Sampath, 0.30; Vinay Uthappa, 0.30; P. Yogesh, 0.45.

Shamanur Davangere Diamonds (Hubli-Dharwad): C.M. Gautham, 1.40; Sunil Raju, 1.30; Sunil Joshi, 2.05; Pawan Deshpande, 0.30; Raghavendra Rao, 0.20; Mayank Agarwal, 1.

Bijapur Bulls (Gulbarga): Stuart Binny, 3.20; Devraj Patil, 1.70; Sudhindra Shinde, 0.95; D.V. Anish, 0.30; Mohammad Arif, 0.40; Mithun Beerala, 0.30.

Mysore Maharajas: K.B. Pawan, 1.85; C. Raghu, 1.60; Chetan William, 1.05; Abrar Kazi, 0.55; Aditya Sagar, 1.0; C. Raghavendra, 0.45.

Malnad Gladiators (Shimoga): K.P. Appanna, 1.45; Ganest Satish, 1.30; Raju Bhatkal, 2.10; A. Mithun, 1.50; S.L. Akshay, 0.40; Kunal Kapoor, 0.25.

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