2014 THIS DAY, THAT YEAR

Over 500 players went under the hammer in the IPL's biggest auction till then, in Bangalore. There were five million-dollar buys - Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Kevin Pietersen, Mitchell Johnson and Glenn Maxwell - but the overall mood was less dramatic than in previous auctions, with the franchises looking at teambuilding over branding. Seventy players were bought for a total of Rs 212.35 crores (approx. US$35 million).