Mumbai, March 11:

Dimitri Mascarenhas on Tuesday signed to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL), becoming the first Englishman to be involved in the multi-million-dollar Twenty20 event.

The all-rounder was snapped up by the Jaipur franchise for $100,000 in the second auction of players for the eight city teams taking part in the 44-day, 59-match extravaganza across India from April 18. Twenty-eight players from six countries were bought in the second auction, adding to the 75 stars purchased on February 20.

Five top Indians — Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag — were not auctioned. They will lead their respective city teams and earn 15 per cent more than the highest-paid player in their side. Among the players auctioned on Tuesday, Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul Haq went to Bangalore for $125,000 while Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was picked up by Jaipur for the same amount.

Fourteen members of India’s under-19 team which won the junior World Cup in Malaysia will also take part in the IPL for a flat fee of $30,000 each.

Bangalore also signed Indian U-19 captain Virat Kohli, Bangladesh’s Abdur Razzak ($50,000), New Zealand’s Ross Taylor ($100,000) and U-19 wicket-keeper Shreevats Goswami.

Jaipur picked up, along with Mascarenhas and Watson, South African Morne Morkel ($60,000), Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir ($100,000) and India juniors Taruwar Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja.

The Kolkata franchise, owned by Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, purchased two Pakistanis, Salman Butt ($100,000) and Mohammad Hafeez ($100,000) besides India juniors Siddarth Kaul and Iqbal Abdullah.