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IPL has the recognition of ICC.The earnings for the players r very very huge.The agreement with the players is for three years.IPL has 79 matches to b played in 44 days with 8 teams.The earnings of different players r amazing.Indian one-day captain Mahendra Dhoni was in the Chennai team on Wednesday in a player auction for India's new money based cricket tournament. Dhoni was the costliest purchase, going for $1600,000, his base price is$400,000. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan went to Chennai for $600,000. His base price was $250,000.Australian 'keeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist, who last month retired from test cricket, went to the Hyderabad franchise for $700,000.Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was bought up by the Mohali franchise for $475,000, fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar went to Kolkata for $425,000. Akhtar's base price was $250,000. bowler Brett Lee was picked by Mohali for $900,000 while Australia captain Ricky Ponting was bought by Kolkata for $400,000.Ishant Sharma was bought by Kolkata for $950,000 and r Rudra Pratap Singh fetched $875,000 and was bought by Hyderabad.Sreesanth was bought by Mohali for $625,000. Mohali also bought India all-rounder Irfan Pathan for $925,000.