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Afridi, Gayle light up auction

Sports Reporter
The usual suspects among the foreign cricketers hogged the limelight in the players' auction of the Bangladesh Premier League yesterday, though there was the fair share of surprises.
Twenty20 superstars Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi drew the longest bidding wars with the Pakistan all-rounder being called at $500,000 by five of the franchises. In the end, Dhaka won the battle with $700,000 after Khulna and Chittagong put in revised offers. Gayle too had forced a tie with Barisal and Rajshahi claiming the big Jamaican for the $500,000 ceiling, with the former clinching the battle with $551,000.
But both players will be available for a few matches and hence paid a fraction of the $500,000; Gayle is to play for the Dolphins in South Africa's domestic T20 series from February 15 while Afridi will be on national duty in Pakistan's ODI series against England from February 10-27. Also, the extra $200,000 (Afridi) and $51,000 (Gayle) will go to the Bangladesh CricketBoard'scoffers.
The other West Indian big-hitters -- Marlon Samuels and Kieron Pollard — were bought by Rajshahi and Dhaka for $360,000 and $300,000 respectively. Samuels, who set alight Bangladesh grounds with his luminous strokeplay on West Indies' recent tour here, was in high demand as Rajshahi had to fight off Chittagong, raising the batsman's worth from $50,000 to more than seven times his base price. West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was snapped up for $ 150,000 by Chittagong.
It was a good day for Pakistanis as well with Shoaib Malik bought by Chittagong for $150,000, Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal by Sylhet for $100,000, and Rana Navedul Hasan by Dhaka also for $100,000 - all bought for $50,000 above their base prices. Forgotten stars like Imran Nazir ($85,000) and Mohammad Sami ($70,000) were bought by Dhaka and Rajshahi respectively. But perhaps the biggest surprise came for Nasir Jamshed, who has just played 12 GDIs for Pakistan, being bought for $100,000 by Chittagong. On the other hand, Saeed Ajmal was bought for just $100,000, a steal considering his stature in world cricket.
Some grade A players like Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Kemar Roach and Dirk Nannes were left on the shelf leading to a few raised eyebrows.
Retired players like Muttiah Muralidaran ($100,000) and Sanath Jayasuriya ($110,000) will have a chance to showcase their waning skills once again after being bought by Dhaka and Khulna respectively.
Players from ICC Associate Nations like Niall O'Brien from Ireland was bought by Khulna for $80,000, Dutch batsman Alexei Kervezee was bought by Dhaka for $35,000, Afghanistan paceman Hamid Hassan was sold for $40,000 to Barisal, while Canadian big-hitter Rizwan Cheema fetched $25,000 from Rajshahi.
TEAMS LIST
Dhaka Gladiators: Shahid Afridi ($700,000), Saeed Ajmal ($100,000), Kieron Pollard ($300,000), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ($45,000), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan ($100,000), Nazimuddin ($85,000), Elias Sunny ($75,000), Nazmul Hossain ($45,000), Stuart MacGill ($50,000), Darren Ian Steven ($25,000), Imran Nazir ($85,000), Mosharraf Hossain Rubel
($65,000), Dhiman Ghosh ($20,000), Anamul Haque Bijoy ($20,000), Tanvir Haider ($20,000), Aftab Ahmed ($20,000).
Chittagong Kings: Shoaib Malik ($150,000), Muttiah Muralitharan ($100,000), Dwayne Bravo ($150,000), Mahmudullah Riyad ($110,000), Forhad Reza ($65,000), Jahurul Islam ($110,000), Alexei Kervezee ($35,000), Nasir Jamshed ($100,000), Kyle Coetzer ($25,000), Kevin Cooper ($25,000), Lendl Simmons ($25,000), Faisal Hossain Dickens ($20,000), Enamul Haque Jr. ($55,000), Ziaur Rahman ($40,000), Sanjamul Islam ($40,000), Shamsur Rahman ($45,000), Jerome Taylor ($50,000).
Duronto Rajshahi: Abdul Razzak ($100,000), Junaed Siddiqui ($70,000), Imran Tahir ($50,000), Marlon Samuels ($360,000), Rizwan Bin Cheema ($25,000), Mohammad Sami ($70,000), Kaiser Abbas ($25,000), Sabbir Rahman ($40,000), Muktar Ali ($20,000), Syed Rasel ($20,000), Ariful Haque ($20,000), Mizanur Rahman ($20,000), Saqlain Sajib ($35,000), Soumya Sarkar ($20,000), Fawad Alam ($45,000), Sean Ervine ($25,000), Asif Ahmed Ratul ($20,000).
Khulna Royal Bengals: Abdur Razzak ($85,000), Nasir Hossain ($2,00,000), Andre Russel ($85,000), Sanath Jayasuriya ($110,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul
($25,000), Niall O'Brien ($80,000), Fidel Edwards ($60,000), Shafiul Islam ($65,000), Jos Buttler ($25,000), Nazmul Hossain Milon ($35,000), Dollar Mahmud ($20,000), Marshal Ayub ($20,000), Mysukur Rahman ($20,000), Sagir Hossain Pavel ($20,000), Herschelle Gibbs ($100,000), Dwayne Smith ($50,000).
Barisal Burners: Chris Gayle ($551,000), Brad Hodge ($140,000), Yasir Arafat ($80,000), Ahmed Shehzad ($50,000), Sohrawardi Shuvo ($45,000), Mohammad Mithun ($80,000), Hamid Hassan ($40,000), Ramiz Raja Jr. ($25,000), Farhad Hossain ($20,000), Mominul Haque ($20,000), Shohag Gazi ($20,000), Nazmul Hossain Apu ($50,000), Al Amin ($20,000), Alauddin Babu ($65,000), Kamrul Islam Rabbi ($20,000).
Sylhet Royals: Imrul Kayes ($50,000), Peter Trego ($75,000), Darren Sammy ($55,000), Brad Hogg ($50,000), Sohail Tanvir ($100,000), Kamran Akmal ($100,000), Rubel Hossain ($70,000), Naeem Islam ($90,000), Freddie Kruger ($25,000), Faisal Iqbal ($25,000), Nadif Chowdhury ($30,000), Nur Hossain Munna ($20,000), Arafat Salahuddin ($20,000), Talha Jubair ($20,000), Shuvogoto Hom ($80,000), Nabil Samad ($20,000), Gary Keedy ($25,000).