Jacques Kallis: on his way to Bangalore © Getty Images

The Bangalore franchise have bought Jacques Kallis for US$900,000. It means Rahul Dravid, their icon player, becomes the fifth cricketer to break the million-dollar barrier in four rounds of bidding so far. Chris Gayle became Kolkata’s highest successful bid - US$800,000 - meaning that Sourav Ganguly, their icon, would be worth at least US$920,000 now.

The other tradings in the fourth round: Stephen Fleming bought by Chennai for his base price of US$350,000, Graeme Smith by Jaipur for US$475,000, Herschelle Gibbs by Hyderabad for US$575,000, Shoaib Malik by Delhi for US$500,000, Shahid Afridi by Hyderabad for US$675,000, Younis Khan by Jaipur for his base price of US$225,000, Mohammad Asif by Delhi for US$650,000, Zaheer Khan by Bangalore for US$450,000, Sreesanth by Mohali for US$625,000.

Zaheer Khan might be a tricky buy for Bangalore, given his fitness worries: he has been out of action since the Boxing Day Test.