NEW DELHI: Dashing wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum was the first to be auctioned as he was bought for $900,000 by Kolkata Knight Riders followed by the Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was clinched by Chennai Super Kings for whopping $2 million in the tie-breaker of IPL 5 auction in Bangalore on Saturday.

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Former Pakistan player Azhar Mahmood, who now has a British passport, has been sold to Kings XI Punjab for $200,000. He started with a base price of $100,000.

Australia’s James Faulkner was also grabbed by Kings XI Punjab for $190,000.

Darren Bravo, who went unsold in the first time, has been bought on his base price by Deccan Chargers for $100,000 while Owais Shah remained unsold in the second time too at a base price of $200,000.

New Zealand all-rounder Doug Bracewell got lucky at the second time after Delhi Daredevils bought him for $50,000.

South African seamer Marchant de Lange, who took a seven-for on Test debut, has been bought for $50,000 by Kolkata Knight Riders.

South Australia batsman Daniel Harris, who had a base price $50,000, sold to Deccan Chargers for $70,000.

Kevon Cooper, the Trinidad Tobago all-rounder, has been bought by Rajasthan Royals on base price of $50,000. West Indies opener Lendl Simmons couldn’t attract any buyer.

Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera, who had a base

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India has voted and chosen the Times 50 Most Desirable Women of 2011.The 3.74 lakh votes received online on www.itimes.com/polls along with our vote decided the winners.

Kareena Kapoor tops the list. Bebo, who is currently in London holidaying with sister Karisma Kapur, tells TOI what her most desirable quotient is and why Saif Ali Khan is the most desirable man for her.

You are the Most Desirable Woman today. How does it feel to have topped the list?
It’s a matter of taste, and people’s tastes change from year to year. It’s like food – sometimes you like Indian, sometimes Chinese, sometimes Continental. I’m thrilled that this year I’ve topped the Most Desirable list. People have been kind to vote for me. My co-stars should feel excited to be working with me now, as they will be working with the Most Desirable Woman!

What are your most desirable qualities?
I am fun and spunky, and have always lived life on my own terms. I am a modern girl, and being bold means being elegant, beautiful and yourself.

And your desirable quotient?
My eyes.

What are the most desirable qualities a woman should possess?
Beauty, elegance, dignity and sex appeal. I think what helped my desirability quotient was that even though I wore saris in Chammak Challo (RA.One) and Teri Meri Prem Kahani (Bodyguard), I still looked sexy. One can be fully covered and still be

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NEW DELHI: A paraplegic interior designer claimed to have murdered his wife and four-year-old son, and was found lying next to the bodies when the police broke into their bedroom in Rohini, northwest Delhi, in the early hours of Friday.

Nitin Maini (30) also tried to injure himself using a pair of scissors, police said. Nitin told the cops who arrested him that he suspected his wife of being unfaithful. But both families – Nitin’s and his wife’s – said the wheelchair-bound man couldn’t possibly have committed the murders as he could hardly move without help.

The victims, Shweta Maini (24) and Garv appeared to have been strangled, police said. Shweta’s father has alleged the hand of Nitin’s family in the killings.

Nitin, who became paralysed waist down in a bike accident three years ago, was to shortly receive compensation of Rs 21 lakh.

Shweta and Nitin Maini had defied their families to get married six years ago. “They had to marry in Patiala House courts, and I backed Nitin during their courtship. He loved Shweta immensely and could not have killed her. When he could not even move without help, how could he have committed two murders and then tried to kill himself?” said a friend who did not wish to be named.

The double murder has devastated Nitin’s immediate family. His mother, Sushma, had been happy when the couple celebrated their wedding anniversary on Thursday night. Hardly

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NEW DELHI: In a surprise development, the Indian cricket team’s longtime sponsor Sahara India on Saturday ended financial ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of the IPL by withdrawing from Pune Warriors’ ownership just hours before the players’ auction.

Sahara, which has been the team sponsor for 11 years, signed a renewed agreement with the BCCI on July 1, 2010 till December 31, 2013.

Sahara was paying Rs 3.34 crore per Test match, one-day international and Twenty20 international under the new terms.

“…after an 11-year journey as sponsors, we can say with surety that cricket has become very rich. Many rich people are there to support cricket with a strong will to do so. So, with absolute peace of mind we can exit from cricket under BCCI and are exiting with a heavy heart,” Sahara India said in a statement.

“It was an emotional decision for us to start this sponsorship but our emotions were never appreciated and many genuine situations were not given due consideration at all,” the statement read.

Sahara, which entered the cash-rich IPL bandwagon last year along with the now-disbanded Kochi Tuskers Kerala, complained that several requests put forth by it with regards to players and the number of matches were not accepted by the BCCI.

“Our first entry into IPL was thwarted in 2008 when we were disqualified, owing to a small technicality on the whims and fancies of BCCI. Yet

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