IPL bids

Set

Name of the player

Availability

Bidding Price

Team





A

MS Dhoni (Ind)

Entire tournament

$1.5 million

Chennai
A

Shane Warne (Aus)

Entire tournament

$450,000

Jaipur
A

Adam Gilchrist (Aus)

Entire tournament

$700,000

Hyderabad
A

Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)

From April 27

$425,000

Kolkata
A

Mahela Jayawardena (SL)

Entire tournament

$475,000

Mohali
A

Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)

Entire tournament

$600, 000

Chennai





B

Anil Kumble (Ind)

Entire tournament

$500,000

Bangalore
B

Glenn McGrath (Aus)

Entire tournament

$350,000

Delhi
B

Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)

Withdrawn

-

-
B

Harbhajan Singh (Ind)

Entire tournament

$850,000

Mumbai
B

Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

Entire tournament

$975,000

Mumbai
B

Kumar Sangakarra (SL)

Entire tournament

$700,000

Mohali





-
C

Ricky Ponting (Aus)

Not in ’08

$400,000

Kolkatta
C

Brett Lee (Aus)

Not in ’08

$900,000

Mohali
C

Andrew Symonds (Aus)

Not in ’08

$1.35 Million

Hyderabad
C

Michael Hussey (Aus)

Not in ’08

$350,000

Chennai
C

Daniel Vettori (NZ)

Until May 5

$625,000

Delhi
C

Matthew Hayden (Aus)

Not in ’08

$375,000

Chennai
C

Brendan McCullum (NZ)

Until May 5

$700,000

Kolkata
C

Jacob Oram (NZ)

Until May 5

$675,000

Chennai





D

Stephen Fleming (NZ)

Entire tournament

$350,000

Chennai
D

Graeme Smith (SA)

Entire tournament

$475,000

Jaipur
D

Herschelle Gibbs (SA)

Entire tournament

$575,000

Hyderabad
D

Chris Gayle (WI)

Until May 16

$800,000

Kolkata
D

Shoaib Malik (Pak)

From April 27

$500,000

Delhi
D

Shahid Afridi (Pak)

From April 27

$675,000

Hyderabad
D

Younis Khan (Pak)

From April 27

$225,000

Jaipur
D

Mohammad Asif (Pak)

From April 27

$650,000

Delhi
D

Jacques Kallis (SA)

Entire tournament

$900,000

Bangalore
D

Zaheer Khan (Ind)

Entire tournament

$450,000

Bangalore
D

S Sreesanth (Ind)

Entire tournament

$625,000

Mohali





E

Dinesh Karthik (Ind)

Entire tournament

$525,000

Delhi
E

A B deVilliers (SA)

Entire tournament

$300,000

Delhi
E

Mark Boucher (SA)

Entire tournament

$450,000

Bangalore
E

Parthiv Patel (Ind)

Entire tournament

$325,000

Chennai
E

Kamran Akmal (Pak)

From April 27

$150,000

Jaipur
E

Tatenda Taibu (Zim)

Entire tournament

$125,000

Kolkata





F

Albie Morkel (SA)

Entire tournament

$675,000

Chennai
F

Ajit Agarkar (Ind)

Entire tournament

$350,000

Kolkata
F

Shaun Pollock (SA)

Entire tournament

$550,000

Mumbai
F

Irfan Pathan (Ind)

Entire tournament

$925,000

Mohali
F

Scott Styris (NZ)

Entire tournament

$175,000

Hyderabad
F

Farveez Maharoof (SL)

Entire tournament

$225,000

Delhi
F

Tillakeratne Dilshan (SL)

Entire tournament

$250,000

Delhi
F

Cameron White (Aus)

Entire tournament

$500,000

Bangalore
F

Yusuf Pathan (Ind)

Entire tournament

$475,000

Jaipur
F

Joginder Sharma (Ind)

Entire tournament

$225,000

Chennai





G

Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI)

Until May 16

$225,000

Mohali
G

Simon Katich (Aus)

Entire tournament

$200,000

Mohali
G

Justin Langer (Aus)

Not in 08

$200,000

Jaipur
G

Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

Entire tournament

$750,000

Delhi
G

Robin Uthappa (Ind)

Entire tournament

$800,000

Mumbai
G

S Chanderpaul (WI)

Until May 16

$200,000

Bangalore
G

Ashwell Prince (SA)

Withdrawn

-

-
G

VVS Laxman (Ind)

Entire tournament

$375,000

Hyderabad
G

Wasim Jaffer (Ind)

Entire tournament

$150,000

Bangalore
G

Rohit Sharma (Ind)

Entire tournament

$750,000

Hyderabad
G

Loots Bosman (SA)

Entire tournament

$175,000

Mumbai
G

Mohammad Kaif (Ind)

Entire tournament

$675,000

Jaipur
G

Suresh Raina (Ind)

Entire tournament

$650,000

Chennai
G

Manoj Tiwary (Ind)

Entire tournament

$675,000

Delhi
G

Chamara Silva (SL)

Entire tournament

$100,000

Hyderabad
G

David Hussey (Aus)

Entire tournament

$625,000

Kolkata





H

Nathan Bracken (Aus)

Entire tournament

$325,000

Bangalore
H

RP Singh (Ind)

Entire tournament

$875,000

Hyderabad
H

Murali Kartik (Ind)

Entire tournament

$425,000

Kolkata
H

Makhaya Ntini (SA)

Entire tournament

$200,000

Chennai
H

Lasith Malinga (SL)

Entire tournament

$350,000

Mumbai
H

Chaminda Vaas (SL)

Entire tournament

$200,000

Hyderabad
H

Ramesh Powar (Ind)

Entire tournament

$170,000

Mohali
H

Umar Gul (Pak)

From April 27

$150,000

Kolkata
H

Dale Steyn (SA)

Entire tournament

$325,000

Bangalore
H

Dilhara Fernando (SL)

Entire tournament

$150,000

Mumbai
H

Ishant Sharma (Ind)

Entire tournament

$950,000

Kolkata
H

Piyush Chawla (Ind)

Entire tournament

$400,000

Mohali
H

Munaf Patel (Ind)

Entire tournament

$275,000

Jaipur
H

Nuwan Zoysa (SL)

Entire tournament

$110,000

Hyderabad

Note:
SETs A to D: Marquee players based on their skills, recent performance and availability
SET E: Wicketkeepers
SET F: All-rounder
SET G: Batsmen
SET H: Bowlers

Lenovo's ThinkPad X300 vs Apple mac book AIR

The new ultrathin laptop from Lenovo could become the first major competitor to Apple's MacBook Air.

In a sneak preview by The Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg, the ThinkPad X300 has a 13-inch-wide screen, a full keyboard, and a 64GB solid-state drive (SSD). Apple has touted a 13.3-inch-wide screen and a full keyboard as among the highlights of the Air.

Built-In DVD, Removable Battery: But the Air, launched last month during Steve Jobs' keynote address at MacWorld, has been criticized as skimpy on some features.

For instance, the Air lacks a built-in DVD drive, and instead offers wireless access to an external drive. Its battery cannot be removed by the user, and the machine offers only one USB port.

The X300, on the other hand, has a built-in DVD drive, a removable battery, three USB ports, and an Ethernet networking jack. It can also be customized with a cell-phone modem or GPS. And it has an advantage among new Windows computers -- it can be ordered with either Windows XP or Vista.

Heaver than traditional notebooks: Unlike the Air, Mossberg noted, the X300 is "a bit heavier than the three-pound weight that traditionally denotes a subnotebook." It is 3.12 pounds with the standard battery and DVD drive, but he added that it "still feels very light to carry around."

While Mossberg and others are comparing the X300 to the Air, IDC's Doug Bell said it isn't a direct competitor because Lenovo is geared toward the enterprise market and Apple, while making some inroads into businesses, is still primarily consumer-oriented.

The X300 has features important to the road warrior, Bell noted. The most important, he said, is the removable battery, but he also cited the built-in DVD drive and extra USB ports. The option of choosing XP is also appealing to business users not prepared to move to Vista, he said.

But Bell noted that the price, expected to be $2,500-2,800, "is a drawback." That is higher than average for this kind of device, he said, and was likely driven by the more expensive SSD instead of a less-pricey hard drive. The X300 reportedly will only be available with the 64GB SSD. The entry-level Air, by contrast, is offered with a 80-GB hard drive for about $1,800, and with a 64-GB solid-state drive and slightly faster processor, it's $3000. The Air also offers a trackpad with the multi-touch interface made famous by Apple's iPhone.

Bell also pointed out that buyers have options among other ultra-portables, although the X300 and Air are distinguished by their thinness, weight, screen size and full keyboard. But he was confident that, in the not-too-distant future, "you'll be seeing this form factor from all the major vendors."