Dhoni, who led India to a tremendous triumph in the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa last year, was picked by Chennai Superkings for a whopping $ 1.5 million (Rs 6 crore). The surprise of the day though was Symonds, who was bought by Hyderabad for $ 1.35 million (Rs 5.4 crore) despite being unpopular in the country because of his recent spat with Indian players.
Dhoni, the only top Indian player not to figure among the icon players (who are not up for bids and will play for their home teams) was a prime property and was lapped up in what was the highest bid in the first list of players and gave the team the big Indian name they missed owing to the absence of an icon player.
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