Glenn Maxwell, the only million-doller buy in IPL-6 player auction

Glenn Maxwell, the off-spinning all-rounder from Victoria, was the biggest buy in the Pepsi-Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction here on Sunday. Auctions have thrown up surprises in the IPL and Maxwell, who began with a base price of $200,000, was finally bought by Mumbai Indians for a whopping $1 million.

The 24-year-old Maxwell has had modest success at international level — he has 197 runs in nine ODIs at 28.14 and four wickets at 58.50. And in nine twenty20 internationals, he has 47 runs at 15.66 and five scalps at 25.60.

He has, however, gained a reputation for being a hard striker of the ball and a handy off-spinner in domestic cricket.

 “He is an upcoming youngster. Maxwell can bat and bowl his off-spin well. He is also a tremendous fielder and we needed such a cricketer in the side,” said Nita Ambani of Mumbai Indians.

In contrast two marquee players — Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke — did not fetch more than their base price of $ 400,000. Mumbai Indians was pleased with two batting legends Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting being in the same side while Pune Warriors was contemplating making the quick-thinking Clarke the captain.

IPL 6 - Player Auction 2013
Player Name	Country	IPL Team	Cost (USD)
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	Mumbai Indians	1000000
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	Pune Warriors	725000
Kane Richardson	Australia	Pune Warriors	700000
Abhishek Nayar	India	Pune Warriors	675000
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	Sunrisers Hyderabad	675000
Chris Morris	South Africa	Chennai Super Kings	625000
Sachithra Senanayake	Sri Lanka	Kolkata Knight Riders	625000
Dirk Nannes	Australia	Chennai Super Kings	600000
Jaydev Unadkat	India	Royal Challengers Bangalore	525000
Manpreet Gony	India	Kings XI Punjab	500000
Johan Botha	South Africa	Delhi Daredevils	450000
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	Mumbai Indians	450000
Darren Sammy	West Indies	Sunrisers Hyderabad	425000
Ricky Ponting	Australia	Mumbai Indians	400000
RP Singh	India	Royal Challengers Bangalore	400000
Michael Clarke	Australia	Pune Warriors	400000
James Faulkner	Australia	Rajasthan Royals	400000
Luke Pomersbach	Australia	Kings XI Punjab	300000
Moises Henriques	Australia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	300000
Ravi Rampaul	West Indies	Royal Challengers Bangalore	290000
Jesse Ryder	New Zealand	Delhi Daredevils	260000
Fidel Edwards	West Indies	Rajasthan Royals	210000
Pankaj Singh	India	Royal Challengers Bangalore	150000
Phillip Hughes	Australia	Mumbai Indians	100000
Sudeep Tyagi	India	Sunrisers Hyderabad	100000
Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	Sunrisers Hyderabad	100000
Dan Christian	Australia	Royal Challengers Bangalore	100000
Clint McKay	Australia	Sunrisers Hyderabad	100000
Jeevan Mendis	Sri Lanka	Delhi Daredevils	50000
Christopher Barnwell	West Indies	Royal Challengers Bangalore	50000
Jacob Oram	New Zealand	Mumbai Indians	50000
Ryan McLaren	South Africa	Kolkata Knight Riders	50000
Ben Laughlin	Australia	Chennai Super Kings	20000
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	Sunrisers Hyderabad	20000
Akila Dananjaya	Sri Lanka	Chennai Super Kings	20000
Jason Holder	West Indies	Chennai Super Kings	20000
Kushal Perera	Sri Lanka	Rajasthan Royals	20000

Unsold  
Aaron Finch - base price $200,000  
Upul Tharanga - base price $100,000  
Martin Guptill - base price $100,000  
Darren Bravo - base price $100,000  
Herschelle Gibbs - base price $200,000  
Adam Voges - base price $100,000  
Matthew Wade - base price $200,000  
Tim Paine - base price $100,000  
Matt Prior - base price $200,000  
Kaushal Silva - base price $20,000  
Prasanna Jayawardene - base price $50,000  
Dane Vilas - base price $20,000  
Denesh Ramdin - base price $50,000  
Dinesh Chandimal - base price $100,000  
Ravi Bopara - base price $100,000  
James Hopes - base price $100,000  
Vernon Philander - base price $100,000  
Doug Bollinger - base price $200,000  
Cameron Boyce - base price $20,000  
Veerasammy Permaul - base price $20,000  
Suraj Randiv - base price $50,000
  Devendra Bishoo - base price $50,000  
Steve O'Keefe - base price $100,000  
Paul Harris - base price $20,000  
Rangana Herath - base price $100,000  
Sulieman Benn - base price $20,000  
Aaron Phangiso - base price $20,000  
Farveez Maharoof - base price $50,000
 Scott Styris - base price $100,000  
Ben Cutting - base price $100,000
 Josh Hazlewood - base price $100,000
 Travis Birt - base price $100,000  
Henry Davids - base price $20,000  
Ben Rohrer - base price $50,000  
Rilee Rossouw - base price $20,000
 Kevin O'Brien - base price $50,000  
Rory Kleinveldt - base price $50,000