Pollard, 22, will join the Mumbai Indians team after attracting an undisclosed winning fee, far exceeding his price of $750,000, while the Kolkata Knight Riders won the won New Zealand paceman Shane Bond for $750,000. West Indies test allrounder Kemar Roach, 21, was bought by the Deccan Chargers for $730,000, while lefthanded South African allrounder Wayne Parnell was picked up by the Delhi Daredevils for $610,000. Eoin Morgan became the first England player to be bought Tuesday. Irish-born Morgan, a left-handed batsman who has represented England in limited-overs internationals, was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for $220,000. Former Australia test batsman Damien Martyn joined the Shane Warne-led Rajasthan Royals for $100,000. The Royals also bought Australian one-day and T20 batsman Adam Voges for $50,000. The Chennai Super Kings paid $100,000 for South African test allrounder Justin Kemp and $50,000 for Sri Lankan bowler Thissara Perera. Former test batsman Mohammad Kaif, the only Indian on auction, was bought by the Kings XI Punjab for 250,000, while paying $50,000 for South African left-arm bowler Yusuf Abdulla. England's Graeme Swann and Australian Brad Haddin were unsold, as were all 11 of the Pakistan players who nominated for the auction. A total of eleven players of the available 67 were sold. Pollard and Bond's purchases were decided by the newly introduced tiebreaker rule. Pollard attracted $750,000 bids from four franchises _ Mumbai, Chennai, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata. The four bidders were asked to make silent bids on paper within five minutes. IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi received the bids and made announced the winner. Kolkata went into a tiebreak with the Deccan for Bond. The silent bid amount exceeding the base price is not disclosed. The excess money _ more than the franchisees limit of $750,000 spending _ goes to IPL and not the player. Trinidad & Tobago-born Pollard drew attention as an allrounder during last year's Champions League Twenty20 tournament . Bond was associated with the rebel Indian Cricket League and returned to the IPL fold only recently. Three India Under-19 players were also distributed. Bangalore got team captain and left-hand batsman Ashok Menaria, while the Chargers took spinner Harmeet Singh and Mumbai picked allrounder Harshal Patel.West Indian all-rounder Kieron Adrian Pollard became the first, and perhaps most expensive, purchase of the Indian Premier League player auction Tuesday.
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