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IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore have released their priced catch of the last IPL auction Yuvraj Singh. He was bought fr a big price of 14 crore rupees.

Yuvraj Singh

In a similar news, Delhi Daredevil have released the second highest pick of the last IPL auction Dinesh Kartik. He was bought at the price of Rs. 12.5 crore.

Kings XI Punjab also released Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Kartik and L.Balaji. They have gained Rs.4.67 crores which they can use in the upcoming IPL 2015 auction.

December 12 was the last date for the IPL franchisees to send their list of players who they wished to release. The date was also the last date for transfers.

Below are the list of players who were transferred from different teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore acquired Iqbal Abdulla from Rajasthan Royals and Manvinder Bisla from Kolkata Knight Riders.

Mumbai Indians released Michael Hussey and Praveen Kumar. They acquired Unmukt Chand from Rajasthan Royals and R.Vinay Kumar from KKR.

IPL 2016 will be played between April 8 and May 29.

Article contributed by: Jatin Sharma

Twitter: @jatinnsharma

Kolkata reach finals of IPL 7 after defeating Punjab (The Nation)

Kolkata Knight Riders books a place in IPL 7 final after they defeated Kings XI Punjab by 28 runs in Qualifier 1 at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav and Morne Morkel get most of the credit for their spectacular performances as 2012 champions won comfortably by a big margin.

Defending 164 on a slow surface that remained under cover for three days, Yadav (3 for 13) and Morkel (2 for 23) shared five wickets between them, while Piyush Chawla also bowled smartly to restrict Punjab to 135 for 8 in 20 overs and hand KKR a record eighth victory on the trot.

Virender Sehwag was the first man to fall for KXIP as his crips shot found Shakib at point. Vohra and Wriddhiman Saha then scored some quick runs and kept up with the par score according to the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method. But KKR bounced back to dismiss Vohra when Morkel had the opener in the next over to make the D/L equation in the home team's favour.