Jadeja, Vinay fetch whooping amounts

Indian all rounder Ravinder Jadeja created ripples in the Indian Premiere League (IPL) auction for the season five as he was sold for a whopping $ 2 million to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), here on Saturday.

The IPL auction is currently underway at Mysore Hall of the ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel in Bangalore.

Jadeja was clinched by CSK in a tie-breaker with Deccan Chargers. His base price was $100,000.

Indian fast bowler Vinay Kumar was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for a significant amount of $1 million. His base price was $100,000.

New Zealand wicket keeper-batsman Brendon McCullum fetched $ 900,000 from the Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR).

He had started his IPL career with KKR and had even led the side in the second edition of the tournament in South Africa.

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's KKR also picked up West Indies cricketer Sunil Narine for $700,000.

Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for $ 1.4 mn. The Delhi outfit also picked up West Indies all-rounder Andy Russel for $450,000.

Iconic Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was sold to the Royal Challenges Bangalore (RCB) for $ 2,20,000.

Australian batsman Brad Hodge was picked up by the Rajasthan Royals for $ 4,75,000.

Experienced South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs was bought by Mumbai Indians for $50,000.

Indian wicket keeper P Patel was picked up by the Deccan Chargers for $650,000. His base price was $200,000.

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was bought by Mumbai Indians for $300,000. His base price was also $300,000.

Sri Lankan Dinesh Chandimal went to the Rajasthan Royals for $50,000.

The Rajasthan Royals bought senior Australian spinner B. Hogg for $180,000. Hogg bowled well during the two T20 clashes against India in Australia. The franchise also took Indian speed star S Sreesanth for $400,000.

RP Singh on the other hand went to the Mumbai Indians for $600,000.

Interestingly, off-spinner Indian Ramesh Powar was sold to the KingsXI Punjab for $160,000.

English fast bowler J Anderson remained unsold with a base price of $300,000. Even Indian batsman VVS Laxman was not picked up by any of the franchise.

Irish all-rounder Kevin O´Brien and Bangladeshi batsman T Iqbal remained unsold.

The IPL Player Auction 2012 proceedings started at 11:00 am.

The auction is being conducted by Richard Madley, a professional auctioneer from England who has conducted each of the previous IPL player auctions.

A total of 144 players, 136 foreigners, are going under the hammer.

The opening match of IPL 2012 will take place on April 4 this year in Chennai.

Bollywood biggies like Shahrukh Khan, who owns Kolkata Knight Riders, and other top guns glammed up the event.