England players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff fetched $1.55 million each at the Indian Premier League player auction Friday, setting a record for the highest amount paid for a player in the Twenty20 competition.
Flintoff was snapped up by Chennai Super Kings, which last year set the previous record of 1.5 million for Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Bangalore's Royal Challengers secured Pietersen.
Bangalore's owner Vijay Mallya said he was prepared to pay more for Pietersen.
``It was a very worthwhile investment,'' Mallya told reporters after the first round of bidding.``Team balance was important and Kevin was certainly important in maintaining that balance.''
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