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IPL AUCTION 2013:

'I have never in my life seen this much money'

In ten minutes at the IPL auction, South Africa allrounder Chris Morris went from a franchise cricketer on a decent contract to rich beyond his dreams

Chris Morris was in the Kimberley dressing room with his Lions team-mates on Sunday morning. Little did he know he was sitting on a diamond mine.

IPL AUCTION 2013

Across the Indian Ocean, the IPL auction was taking place. Morris was one of the outsiders, with a base price of just US$20,000. That is the equivalent of R177,000 - which can buy a mid-level new car in South Africa.

IPL AUCTION 2013 Players

Who was sold to whom

Bought

Ricky Ponting - $400,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $400,000)
RP Singh - $400,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $100,000)
Johan Botha - $450,000 to Delhi Daredevils (base price $300,000)
Michael Clarke - $400,000 to Pune Warriors (base price $400,000)
Luke Pomersbach - $300,000 to Kings XI Punjab (base price $50,000)
Phillip Hughes - $100,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $100,000)
James Faulkner - $400,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price $100,000)
Glenn Maxwell - $1,000,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $200,000)
Moises Henriques - $300,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $100,000)
Abhishek Nayar - $675,000 to Pune Warriors (base price $100,000)
Thisara Perera - $675,000 to Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price $50,000)
Jesse Ryder - $260,000 to Delhi Daredevils (base price $100,000)
Darren Sammy - $425,000 to Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price $100,000)
Jaydev Unadkat - $525,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $100,000)
Pankaj Singh - $150,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $50,000)
Ravi Rampaul - $290,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $50,000)
Manpreet Gony - $500,000 to Kings XI Punjab (base price $200,000)
Fidel Edwards - $210,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price $100,000)
Sudeep Tyagi - $100,000 to Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price $100,000)
Dirk Nannes - $600,000 to Chennai Super Kings (base price $200,000)
Nathan McCullum - $100,000 to Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price $100,000)
Ajantha Mendis - $725,000 to Pune Warriors (base price $50,000)
Jeevan Mendis - $50,000 to Delhi Daredevils (base price $50,000)
Chris Morris - $625,000 to Chennai Super Kings (base price $20,000)
Sachithra Senanayake - $625,000 to Kolkata Knight Riders (base price $50,000)
Christopher Barnwell - $50,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price 50,000)
Nathan Coulter-Nile - $450,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $100,000)
Ben Laughlin - $20,000 to Chennai Super Kings (base price $20,000)
Kane Richardson - $700,000 to Pune Warriors (base price $100,000)
Jacob Oram - $50,000 to Mumbai Indians (base price $50,000)
Quinton de Kock - $20,000 to Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price $20,000)
Dan Christian - $100,000 to Royal Challengers Bangalore (base price $100,000)
Akila Dananjaya - $20,000 to Chennai Super Kings (base price $20,000)
Clint McKay - $100,000 to Sunrisers Hyderabad (base price $100,000)
Jason Holder - $20,000 to Chennai Super Kings (base price $20,000)
Ryan McLaren - $50,000 to Kolkata Knight Riders (base pirce $50,000)
Kushal Perera - $20,000 to Rajasthan Royals (base price $20,000)

IPL AUCTION 2013 Players

Unsold

Aaron Finch - base price $200,000
Upul Tharanga - base price $100,000
Martin Guptill - base price $100,000
Darren Bravo - base price $100,000
Herschelle Gibbs - base price $200,000
Adam Voges - base price $100,000
Matthew Wade - base price $200,000
Tim Paine - base price $100,000
Matt Prior - base price $200,000
Kaushal Silva - base price $20,000
Prasanna Jayawardene - base price $50,000
Dane Vilas - base price $20,000
Denesh Ramdin - base price $50,000
Dinesh Chandimal - base price $100,000
Ravi Bopara - base price $100,000
James Hopes - base price $100,000
Vernon Philander - base price $100,000
Doug Bollinger - base price $200,000
Cameron Boyce - base price $20,000
Veerasammy Permaul - base price $20,000
Suraj Randiv - base price $50,000
Devendra Bishoo - base price $50,000
Steve O'Keefe - base price $100,000
Paul Harris - base price $20,000
Rangana Herath - base price $100,000
Sulieman Benn - base price $20,000
Aaron Phangiso - base price $20,000
Farveez Maharoof - base price $50,000
Scott Styris - base price $100,000
Ben Cutting - base price $100,000
Josh Hazlewood - base price $100,000
Travis Birt - base price $100,000
Henry Davids - base price $20,000
Ben Rohrer - base price $50,000
Rilee Rossouw - base price $20,000
Kevin O'Brien - base price $50,000
Rory Kleinveldt - base price $50,000

Glenn Maxwell was Sold for 5.3 Cr ($1,000,000) to Mumbai Indians

Interested to see if he would be picked up by any team, Morris and some of his team-mates turned on an iPad and watched the action unfold live on this website. Three franchises bid for Morris - the Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Super Kings' bid reached US$95,000 and then Mumbai upped to US$100,000. Gordon Parsons, the Lions bowling coach, "grabbed the iPad away from me and saw that it was up to 100,000," Morris told ESPNcricinfo. "He said, 'Good going, that's a fair amount of money.'" But that was not all.

Mumbai soon doubled the amount, then Chennai raised, and so the ping-pong went. Morris' head was spinning. "Neil McKenzie had a little joke with me when it got to 450,000 but nobody could really believe what was happening," he said.

Eventually the hammer was hit when Super Kings put $625,000 on the table. That was more than 31 times the amount Morris was initially up for. In rands, he will now earn R5.5 million which can buy anything from a luxury home to a massive investment. "I have never in my life seen this much money," he admitted. In the space of ten minutes, Morris went from a franchise cricketer on a decent contract to a multi-millionaire.

The first thing his team-mates wanted to know was what he was going to do with his riches. "I honestly don't know," he said, before giving it a little more thought. "I suppose one of the things I'd like to do is give my parents anything they should like and spoil them a little bit."

Willie Morris, Chris' father, is a former Northern Transvaal first-class cricketer, so the sporting genes in the family are strong. It took Morris junior a few years before he was recognised after going through the academy structures. He was only contracted by a franchise two seasons ago, but since then his stocks have risen steadily.

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