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Yesterday i wokeup early in the morning my friend selva called me and asked me to get ready for an HCL bpo interview. We went there by 10 in the morning and waited in the open hall, above 50 canditates were waiting there . Most of the canditates were paseed out students,  most of them are BE students. We went there to have an HR experience.   Two girls were organising that HCL drive. . In that one girl looks cool. after some time i went HR round. . I thought those girls were HR but they were staff out there. I went into the room it was very cold out there . she asked me to tell about me , I told the whole story for more than 5 mins. Then after some time they announonced that i am selected for the 2nd round . I waited for another some time and after sometime they called me for the second round. Again the same “tell about u” again the same old story. she asked me about the cricket and the australian controversy in cricket. I got selected in that round also. The next Round is also an HR round. I went into the room same HR but this time different questions. She asked me about the time management i told that with many example . Then she asked about the college life i explained   After some time i got fustrated and suddenly left that place by telling that i am not interested Bye. She was stunned . . Do we need these many HR rounds for an BPO job. I am very much fustrated about this. .wats your comments about this?

Here are the list of players won by each team of Indian Premier League (IPL) and thier bid. Each team has spent heavily to grab thier favorite players. Highiest bid was for Indian ODI and Twent 20 captain Mahendar Singh Dhoni in Rs 6 crore ($1.5 million) by Chennai team.

The IPL placed icon status on few marquee Indian players such as Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar,Yuvraj Singh and lastly Virender Sehwag. This ensures that these players will play only for their respective city sides–a strategy used to increase fan support and interest amongst locals.

Mumbai - Owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited

Players They Won:

Sachin Tendulkar * - Icon Player

Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 3.9 Crore ($975,000)

Harbhajan Singh (India) - Rs. 3.4 crore ($850,000)

Robin Uthappa (India) - Rs. 3.2 crore ($800,000)

Shaun Pollock (South Africa) - Rs. 2.2 crore ($550,000)

Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 1.4 crore ($350,000)

Loots Bosman (South Africa) - Rs. 70 Lacs ($175,000)

Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 19.885 Crores ($4,971,250)

Delhi - Owened by GMR Group

Players They Won:

Virender Sehwag * - Icon Player

Gautam Gambhir (India) - Rs. 2.9 crore ($725,000)

Manoj Tiwary (India) - Rs. 2.7 crore ($675,000)

Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) - Rs. 2.6 crore ($650,000)

Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) - Rs. 2.5 crore ($625,000)

Dinesh Karthik (India) - Rs. 2.1 crore ($525,000)

Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) - Rs. 2.0 crore ($500,000)

Glenn McGrath (Australia) - Rs. 1.4 crore ($350,000)

AB de Villiers (South Africa) - Rs. 1.2 crore ($300,000)

Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 1.0 crore ($250,000)

Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 22.635 Crores ($5,572,500)

Kolkata - Owened by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment

Players They Won:

Sourav Ganguly * - Icon Player

Ishant Sharma (India) - Rs. 3.8 Crore ($950,000)

Chris Gayle (West Indies) - Rs. 3.2 Crore ($800,000)

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) - Rs. 2.8 Crore ($700,000)

David Hussey (Australia) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($625,000)

Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) - Rs. 1.7 Crore ($425,000)

Murali Kartik (India) - Rs. 1.7 Crore ($425,000)

Ricky Ponting (Australia) - Rs. 1.6 Crore ($400,000)

Ajit Agarkar (India) - Rs. 1.32 Crore ($330,000)

Umar Gul (Pakistan) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe) - Rs. 30 Lacs ($125,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 24.79 Crores ($6,022,500)

Chennai - Owened by India Cements / N Srinivasan

Players They Won:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) - Rs. 6.0 Crore ($1,500,000)

Jacob Oram (New Zealand) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Albie Morkel (South Africa) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Suresh Raina (India) - Rs. 2.6 Crore ($650,000)

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 2.4 Crore ($600,000)

Matthew Hayden (Australia) - Rs. 1.5 Crore ($375,000)

Michael Hussey (Australia) - Rs. 1.4 Crore ($350,000)

Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) - Rs. 1.4 Crore ($350,000)

Parthiv Patel (India) - Rs. 1.3 Crore ($325,000)

Joginder Sharma (India) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) - Rs. 44 Lacs ($200,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 23.70 Crores ($5,925,000)

Bangalore - Owened by Vijay Mallya / UB group

Players They Won:

Rahul Dravid * - Icon Player

Jacques Kallis (South Africa) - Rs. 3.6 Crore ($1,350,000)

Anil Kumble (India) - Rs. 2.0 Crore ($500,000)

Cameron White (Australia) - Rs. 2.0 Crore ($500,000)

Zaheer Khan (India) - Rs. 1.8 Crore ($450,000)

Mark Boucher (South Africa) - Rs. 1.8 Crore ($450,000)

Nathan Bracken (Australia) - Rs. 1.3 Crore ($325,000)

Dale Steyn (South Africa) - Rs. 1.3 Crore ($325,000)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul(West Indies)- Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Wasim Jaffer (India) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 19.34 Crores ($4,835,000)

Hyderabad - Owened by Deccan Chronicle

Players They Won:

Andrew Symonds (Australia) - Rs. 5.4 Crore ($1,350,000)

R.P.Singh (India) - Rs. 3.5 Crore ($875,000)

Rohit Sharma (India) - Rs. 3.0 Crore ($750,000)

Adam Gilchrist (Australia) - Rs. 2.8 Crore ($700,000)

Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) - Rs. 2.3 Crore ($575,000)

V. V. S. Laxman (India) - Rs. 1.5 Crore ($375,000)

Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Scott Styris (New Zealand) - Rs. 70 Lacs ($175,000)

Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 44 Lacs ($110,000)

Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 40 Lacs ($100,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 23.54 Crores ($5,885,000)

Mohali - Owened by Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing)

Players They Won:

Yuvraj Singh * - Icon Player

Irfan Pathan (India) - Rs. 3.7 Crore ($925,000)

Brett Lee (Australia) - Rs. 3.6 Crore ($900,000)

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 2.8 Crore ($700,000)

S.Sreesanth (India) - Rs. 2.5 Crore ($625,000)

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) - Rs. 1.9 Crore ($475,000)

Piyush Chawla (India) - Rs. 1.6 Crore ($400,000)

Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Simon Katich (Australia) - Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Ramesh Powar (India) - Rs. 68 Lacs ($170,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 22.735 Crores ($5,683,750)

Jaipur - Owened by Emerging Media

Players They Won:

Mohammad Kaif (India) - Rs. 2.7 Crore ($675,000)

Yusuf Pathan (India) - Rs. 1.9 Crore ($475,000)

Graeme Smith (South Africa) - Rs. 1.9 Crore ($475,000)

Shane Warne (Australia) - Rs. 1.8 Crore ($450,000)

Munaf Patel (India) - Rs. 1.1 Crore ($275,000)

Younis Khan (Pakistan) - Rs. 90 Lacs ($225,000)

Justin Langer (Australia) - Rs. 80 Lacs ($200,000)

Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) - Rs. 60 Lacs ($150,000)

Total Spending: Rs. 11.70 Crores ($2,925,000)

* Denotes Icon Player who will be paid at least 15% more than the next highest earner within their respective franchise.