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Jayasuriya tops Round 2 of bidding Harish Kotian in Mumbai | February 20, 2008 13:35 IST The Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai franchise made it's presence felt in round two of the Indian Premier League's player auction, with the purchase of Harbhajan Singh [Images] and Sanath Jayasuriya for a total purse of US $18,25,000. Jayasuriya fetched the highest bid in round 2, for $975,000 against his base price of $250,000. Mumbai, which will be led by Sachin Tendulkar [Images], then made another strong bid for Harbhajan, and pocketed him for $850,000 against his base price of $250,000. Sri Lankan wicketkeeping sensation Kumar Sangakkara also fetched a high price of $700,000, bought by Mohali, partly owned by Preity Zinta [Images] and Ness Wadia. Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble [Images], as expected, was snapped up by Vijay Mallya's [Images] Bangalore for $500,000 Earlier, India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] fetched the highest price in round one of the auction. He was bought by Indian Cements, owner of the Chennai franchise, for a whopping 1.5 million US dollars, approximately Rs six crore. The bid results after two rounds:
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