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English duo of Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff attracted largest bids going for identical USD 1,550,000 each to at the auction for the second season of Indian Premier League at Goa on Friday.
Vijay Mallya’s Royal Challengers made the successful bid for Pietersen while Flintoff joins Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Chennai Super Kings.
They also overtook Dhoni as most expensive players in the IPL. He had fetched $ 1.5 million at Chennai last year.
Meanwhile Mumbai Indians made a successful bid for South African JP Duminy at USD 950,000 while Australian tear-way pacer Shaun Tait was lapped up by defending champions Rajasthan Royals for USD 375,000.
Mallya, whose fondness for Pietersen is no secret was understandably elated.
"I was always keen to get Pietersen,” he said.
“He would be a superb addition to the team. We had a list of players before the auction and KP topped that list. We needed to strengthen our batting and I was prepared to pay more for him."
"It is a worthwhile investment and ensure the balance that we wanted in our team", he said.
Mallya also refused to comment on speculations that Rahul Dravid would be stripped of captaincy in favour of Pietersen.
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