by Posted by Sidharth Monga
The first hard news out - and it's big news. India's captain, Mahendra
Singh Dhoni, has been bought by the Chennai franchise for US$1.5
million. The other first picks: Adam Gilchrist has gone to Hyderabad
for US$700,000, Muttiah Muralitharan to Chennai for US$600,000, Shane
Warne to Jaipur for US$450,000 and Shoaib Akhtar to Kolkata for US
$425,000. So Chennai has already spent US$2.1 million and grabbed two
big names. It is unlikely that anyone will beat Dhoni's figure but in
these times anything is possible.
From http://blogs.cricinfo.com/breakingnews/archives/ipl/