IPL 6 Auction: As it happened...

Australian captain Michael Clarke and former skipper Ricky Ponting are likely to attract most attention when the nine franchises sit for the players` auction of the Indian Premier League 6 here on Sunday.

Zeenews Sports Bureau

# Matt Prior (England) unsold. This concludes the proceedings. # Kushal Janith Perera sold to Rajasthan for USD 20,000. # Aaron Finch, John Hastings also fail to find any takers. # Ryan McLaren (SA) sold to Kolkata for USD 50,000. # Jason Holder (WI) sold to Chennai for USD 20,000 (BP). # No takers for Adam Voges (Aus), Rory Kleinveldt (SA), Ben Cutting (Aus) and Dinesh Chandimal (SL). # Clint McKay (Aus) sold to Sunrisers for USD 100,000. # Akila Dananjaya (SL) sold to Chennai for USD 20, 000 (BP). # Rangana Herath (SL), Matthew Wade (Aus), Stephen O'Keefe (Aus), Josh Hazlewood (Aus), Doug Bollinger (Aus), Martin Guptill (NZ) remain unsold. # Dan Christian (Aus) sold to Bangalore for USD 100,000. # Ravi Bopara (Eng) still unsold. # Jacob Oram (NZ) sold to Mumbai Indians for USD 50,000 (Base Price). # 22 players have been selected from the pool of unsold. They'll now go under hammer. ==================================================================================== # The session has ended. Now, those unsold will be up for grabs. # Kane Richardson of Australia bought by Pune Warriors for a whopping USD 700,000! # Ben Laughlin sold to Chennai for USD 20,000. # Rory Kleinveldt (SA), Jason Holder (WI) remain unsold. # Australian pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile sold to Mumbai Indians for USD 450,000. There was quite a bidding war between Nita Ambani and Shilpa Shetty for the unheralded Australian pacer! # Kevin O'Brien of Ireland unsold! This one too is a shocker! Jacob Oram of New Zealand also goes unsold. # Christopher Barnwell of West Indies bought by Bangalore for USD 50,000. # Travis Birt (Aus), Henry Davids (SA), Ben Rohrer (Aus), Rilee Rossouw (SA) unsold. # Scott Styris (NZ), Ben Cutting (Aus), Josh Hazlewood (Aus), Clint McKay (Aus) unsold. # Sachithra Senanayake (BP: USD 50,000) of Sri Lanka sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for USD 625,000. # Chris Morris of South Africa (BP: USD 20,000) sold to Chennai for USD 625,000! Another shocker!!! # Jeevan Mendis (SL) sold to Delhi Daredevils for his base price of USD 50,000. # Farveez Maharoof of Sri Lanka (BP USD 50,000) is unsold. # And we're underway. 20 players have been shortlisted for the second session of auction. ==================================================================================== # Time for lunch! The auction resumes at 2:15 pm (IST). # No bids for Paul Harris, Akila Dananjaya, Rangana Herath, Sulieman Benn and Aaron Phangiso! # Ajantha Mendis (SL) sold to Pune for USD 725,000. # Devendra Bishoo (WI), Stephen O' Keefe (Aus)unsold. # Nathan McCullum (NZ) sold to Sunrisers. # Cameron Boyce (Aus), Veerasammy Permaul (WI), Suraj Randiv (SL) unsold. # Dirk Nannes sold to Chennai Superkings for USD 6,00,000. Next up spin bowlers. # Sudeep Tyagi sold to Sunrisers for USD 1,00,000. # No takers for Australian Doug Bollinger. # West Indies' Fidel Edwards bought by Rajasthan Royals for USD 210,000. #Manpreet Singh Gony sold to KXIP for USD 500,000. # West Indies' pacer Ravi Rampaul's IPL team is RCB. He has been bought for USD 290,000. # No takers for South African Vernon Philander! He goes unsold. # Pankaj Singh bought by RCB for USD 150,000 # Jaydev Unadkat sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for USD 525,000. We're back after the short break. First up are fast bowlers! ==================================================================================== First session comes to an end! # West Indies captain Darren Sammy sold to Sunrisers for USD 425,000. # New Zealand's Jesse Ryder bought by Delhi Daredevils for USD 260,000! # Sri Lankan Thisara Perera sold to Hyderabad Sunrisers for USD 675,000. He becomes the first player to be bought by Sunrisers in the IPL auction. #Abhishek Nayar of India sold to Pune Warriors for USD 675,000. # Moises Henriques sold to RCB for USD 300,000. # Australia's Daniel Christian goes unsold! # It's getting hot in here! After an intense bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Hyderabad Sunrisers, Glenn Maxwell (Australia) has been bought by Mumbai for a whopping USD 1 million!!!! # James Faulkner (Australia) has been sold to Rajasthan Royals for USD 400,000. # We are on the allounder's list now. First up is Ravi Bopara of England (BP: USD 100,000) and he goes unsold. # Quinton de Kock (SA), Denesh Ramdin (SL), Dane Vilas (SA), Dinesh Chandimal (SL) all (wicketkeppers) go unsold. Feel bad for the wicketkeepers! Nobody wants them! # Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene, Kushal Perera, and Kaushal Silva fail to attract any buyer. They all go unsold. #Matthew Wade, Tim Paine, Matt Prior go unsold. # Phil Hughes of Australia sold to Mumbai Indians for USD 100,000. # Adam Voges of Australia goes unsold. # After an intense bidding war, Luke Pomersbach has been bought by Kings XI Punjab for USD 300,000. # Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa also goes unsold! # Aaron Finch (Australia), Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka), Martin Guptull (New Zealand) and Darren Bravo (West Indies) are unsold! # Michael Clarke of Australia has been sold to Pune Warriors for USD 400,000 (Rs 2.1 crore). #Johan Botha of South Africa has been sold to Delhi Daredevils for USD 450,000 (2.5 crores). #RP Singh has been bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for USD 400,000 (Rs 2.1 crore). #Ricky Ponting is signed by Mumbai Indians for his base price of USD 400,000.