Indian Premium League

Tremendous amounts of money were raised when the 8 ipl teams were auctioned off through a closed bidding process. Industrialists and bollywood celebrities, businessmen and companies spent millions acquiring these city franchises. In the process the BCCI became a billion dollars rich.

Next, the rights to the telecast the matches were sold off for another billion dollars for the next 10 years.

About 10 days ago the players auction was held which netted another 40 million dollars for the players.

The Indian premium league has been a money spinner from day one and has made a lot of people very rich.

Here's a list of players bought by the various teams and the amounts they earned in brackets.

IPL Jaipur

Mohammad Kaif (US$675,000)
Yusuf Pathan (US$475,000)
Graeme Smith (US$475,000)
Shane Warne (US$450,000)
Munaf Patel (US$275,000)
Younis Khan (US$225,000)
Justin Langer (US$200,000 - will not play in first year),
Kamran Akmal (US$150,000)

IPL Chennai

Mahendra Dhoni (US$1.5 million)
Albie Morkel (US$675,000)
Jacob Oram (US$675,000)
Suresh Raina (US$650,000)
Muttiah Muralitharan (US$600,000)
Matthew Hayden (US$375,000)
Stephen Fleming (US$350,000)
Michael Hussey (US$350,000)
Parthiv Patel (US$325,000)
Joginder Sharma (US$225,000)
Makhaya Ntini (US$200,000).

IPL Mumbai

Sachin Tendulkar (icon)
Sanath Jayasuriya (US$975,000)
Harbhajan Singh (US$850,000)
Robin Uthappa (US$800,000)
Shaun Pollock (US$550,000)
Lasith Malinga (US$350,000)
Loots Bosman (US$175,000)
Dilhara Fernando (US$150,000).

IPL Bangalore

Rahul Dravid (icon)
Jacques Kallis (US$900,000)
Anil Kumble (US$500,000),
Cameron White (US$500,000),
Zaheer Khan (US$450,000),
Mark Boucher (US$450,000),
Dale Steyn (US$325,000),
Nathan Bracken (US$325,000),
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (US$200,000),
Wasim Jaffer (US$150,000).

IPL Hyderabad

Andrew Symonds (US$1.35 million),
RP Singh (US$875,000),
Rohit Sharma (US$750,000),
Adam Gilchrist (US$700,000),
Shahid Afridi (US$675,000),
Herschelle Gibbs (US$575,000),
VVS Laxman (US$375,000),
Chaminda Vaas (US$200,000),
Scott Styris (US$175,000),
Nuwan Zoysa (US$110,000),
Chamara Silva (US$100,000).

Mohali
Yuvraj Singh (icon),
Irfan Pathan (US$925,000),
Brett Lee (US$900,000),
Kumar Sangakkara (US$700,000),
Sreesanth (US$625,000),
Mahela Jayawardene (US$475,000),
Piyush Chawla (US$400,000),
Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$225,000),
Simon Katich (US$200,000),
Ramesh Powar (US$170,000).

Kolkata
Sourav Ganguly (icon),
Ishant Sharma (US$950,000),
Chris Gayle (US$800,000),
Brendon McCullum (US$700,000),
David Hussey (US$625,000),
Shoaib Akhtar (US$425,000),
Murali Kartik (US$425,000),
Ricky Ponting (US$400,000),
Ajit Agarkar (US$330,000),
Umar Gul (US$150,000),
Tatenda Taibu (US$125,000).

Delhi
Virender Sehwag (icon),
Gautam Gambhir (US$725,000),
Manoj Tiwary (US$675,000),
Mohammad Asif (US$650,000),
Daniel Vettori (US$625,000),
Dinesh Karthik (US$525,000),
Shoaib Malik (US$500,000),
Glenn McGrath (US$350,000),
AB de Villiers (US$300,000),
Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$250,000),
Farveez Maharoof (US$225,000).