India, Sept. 11 -- With Sourav Ganguly at the helm as new head coach, Pretoria Capitals broke the bank for Dewald Brevis at the Season 4 SA20 auction as they went on to purchase the young batter for a record sum of 16.5 million rand. The 22-year-old was expected to be the main attraction and the announcement of his name triggered a massive bidding war between Joburg Super Kings and Paar Royals.

Stephen Fleming and Kumar Sangakkara battled hard and that within four minutes, Brevis's value reached the 10-million mark, leading to an applause from the room. Then when Sangakkara backed out, Fleming thought that he got his man. But Ganguly had the last laugh, as his team entered the fray with a 10.1 million bid.

After Joburg increased the bid...