IPL auction: A star-studded affair

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(Fromn left to right) Ratnakar Shetty , CEO IPL , Amrit Thomas, Director RCB , Rajeev Shukla , Chairman IPL and Raghu Iyer , Pune Franchice during the VIVO IPL Players Auction at Bengaluru

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Preity Zinta, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab, arriving at the VIVO IPL Players Auction

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Former Indian batsman VVS Lakshman at the IPL player auctions

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Gautam Gambhir of Kolkata Knight Riders

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Akash Ambani and Ricky Ponting of Mumbai Indians

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Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming

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