Kolkata Knight Riders bid $ 6 lakh for Bangladeshi allrounder Mashrafe Bin Mortaza to get him in the team for Indian Premiere League, the official Twenty20 league of India.
Mashrafe was the first player up for sale from Pool F, according to cricinfo.com.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians bought Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful for $ 75,000.
With Kolkata bidding with the base price of $50,000 for Mashrafe, Kings XI Punjab entered the race and the bids spiralled slowly towards $400,000 and the auctioneer asked Punjab if they want to go $410,000.
As Kolkata touched the $500,000 mark, Punjab went further at $550,000. Kolkata was the first to bid $600,000 for Mortaza at which point Punjab bowed out of the race.
It was the longest lot in the auction.
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