IPL Season 2 Auction - February 6th

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Final list of players for auction (all figures in US$)

Australia: Aaron Bird (45,000), Brett Geeves (45,000), Bryce McGain (50,000), Daniel Harris (50,000), Dominic Thornley (50,000), George Bailey (50,000), Jon Moss (50,000), Michael Clarke (1,000,000), Michael Dighton (85,000), Michael Hill (50,000), Phil Jaques (100,000), Shane Harwood (75,000), Shaun Tait (250,000), Steven Smith (75,000), Stuart Clark (250,000).

England: Kevin Pietersen (1,350,000), Andrew Flintoff (950,000), Luke Wright (150,000), Owais Shah (150,000), Paul Collingwood (250,000), Ravi Bopara (150,000), Samit Patel (100,000).

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (75,000), Mohammad Ashraful (75,000), Mashrafe Mortaza (50,000), Tamim Iqbal (50,000).

New Zealand: James Franklin (50,000), Jesse Ryder (100,000), Kyle Mills (150,000).

South Africa: Gulam Bodi (100,000), JP Duminy (300,000), Morne van Wyk (100,000), Tyron Henderson (100,000), Yusuf Abdullah (25,000).

Sri Lanka: Thilan Thushara (100,000), Nuwan Kulasekara (100,000), Kaushalya Weeraratne (50,000), Chamara Kapugedera (150,000).

West Indies: Kieron Pollard (60,000), Fidel Edwards (150,000), Dwayne Smith (tbc), Kemar Roach (50,000), Jerome Taylor (tbc).

Pakistani players won’t be featuring after they were blocked by the Pakistan Government.

Interestingly IPL today terminated contractsof 6 Pakistani players

Malik, Akhtar, Younis, Butt, Hafeez, and Afridi (All 6 were among the non-performers last year)

Whereas 3 Franchises decided to retain 4 pakistan players.

Tanvir and Akmal (why???) R-Royals
Gul- Kolkata
Misbah - Banglore

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Re: IPL Season 2 Auction - February 6th

Tanvir was one of the stars for R-Royals last season, so I am sure they are hoping that somehow he will still be able to play this season.

Dont know why the other 3 have been retained.

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If you have followed Gul and Misbah, you would know that these 2 are T20 specialist in their respective departments. However that doesn't mean that there are not meant for other forms of cricket.

However I completely agree with Akmal. As a matter of fact they should have terminated his contract forever instead of just suspending. There should be a sign board on the dressing rooms of Pakistan and Rajisthan Royals:

Kamran Akmal aap jee team kay lyay muzir (hazardous) hain. Kamram Akmal ko bowlers kas taur say Shahid Afridi, Kaneria, Shane Warne etc kee bowling say door rakhain.

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Lalit Modi kee slug gie hay :hehe:

‘Clarke chickened out fearing no takers for him’

MUMBAI: Indian Premier League Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday retaliated to Michael Clarke’s last-minute withdrawal from the second season of IPL, saying the Australian vice-captain feared remaining unsold.

IPL Auction — Pietersen, Flintoff main picks Clarke, who preferred to take rest and spend time with family instead of playing in the IPL ahead of the busy international season, was tagged a whopping $1 million for Friday’s auction where now 42 players, including England’s Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, will go under the hammer.

“I don’t think anybody is ready to pay that kind of price,” Modi said.

“The reality is in front of him. He didn’t want to be unsold in the auction and so decided to pull-out,” an upset Modi told ‘NDTV’. “We asked him to reduce price but he was unwilling,” he added.

Clarke had given a miss to the inaugural season of the IPL as well owing to a hectic international commitment.

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IPL = paisa pheink tamasha dekh

Cricinfo - Flintoff and Pietersen most expensive buys

The second IPL auction, held in Goa on Friday, has made Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff the highest-paid cricketers. Each fetched bids of US$ 1.55 million in an event that lacked the glamour and sheer drama of last year’s auction but had its moments of surprise. The bidding war for Mashrafe Mortaza, the 25-year-old fast bowler from Bangladesh, stole the show; he eventually went for $600,000 to the Kolkata Knight Riders - 12 times his base price; a close second was Tyron Henderson, a relative unknown but actually the world’s leading wicket-taker in this format, who was snapped up by Rajasthan for $650,000.
Shaun Tait was the first player to go under the hammer with the Rajasthan Royals snapping up the Australian fast bowler for $375,000. Next up was JP Duminy, the South African batsman, who turned out to be one of the star buys at the auction. Most people had predicted Duminy (base price: $300,000) would breach the $1 million barrier and he nearly did. But in buying Duminy for $950,000 the Mumbai Indians effectively ruled themselves out from the bidding for Pietersen and Flintoff, who took home a combined purse of $3.1 million.
When the Bangalore Royal Challengers didn’t even enter the bidding for Flintoff, it was obvious which way the cards were going to fall. The Royals tried to keep pace, but after buying Tait they had only $1.5 million left. The Deccan Chargers showed no interest in Flintoff, and the Chennai Super Kings had their man, even if he ended up costing more than MS Dhoni had at the first auction.
The Royals tried again with Pietersen, but there was only going to be one winner. Vijay Mallya had come with a single-point agenda, and with Mumbai and Chennai out of the running and Deccan once again quiet, he had the talisman he sought for less money than he thought he would have to pay.
What followed was a bit of an anti-climax until Henderson’s name was called. Most of those gathered had never even heard of him. Henderson (base price: $100,000) played for South Africa just once, in a T20 game against India at the Wanderers in December 2006, and his exploits with Middlesex in their shocking pink outfit hadn’t been well documented here.
But the teams clearly knew of his prowess in this form of the game, and the Chargers matched the Royals bid for bid as the price went beyond half a million. By the time the deal was clinched, the Royals had made $200,000 more than they did for Shane Warne last year. Smart business for a 34-year-old? Only time will tell.
But even the collective intake of breath at the Henderson deal was nothing compared with the shock and awe that greeted the bidding war between Kolkata and Kings XI Punjab for Mortaza. Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh’s player of the moment, and his captain, Mohammad Ashraful, hadn’t attracted any bids, but it was soon obvious that something was afoot when the bids went more than three times higher than Mortaza’s reserve price of $50,000.
Kolkata had just one slot to fill; with Umar Gul’s contract suspended and Shoaib Akhtar’s cancelled, they were certainly in the market for a fast bowler. Punjab, who could miss Brett Lee for most of the season, shared their interest though, and there was more than one gaping mouth once the bidding went past $400,000. Bear in mind that far more lauded individuals like Stuart Clark had gone unsold earlier.
The bidding lasted nearly half-an-hour before Punjab threw up their hands. “It makes great sense for Kolkata,” Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, said. “Bangladesh falls under Kolkata’s catchment area as per a new proposal we are discussing on letting franchises stage matches overseas. This could work well for the KKR later,” he said.
The Kings XI had already caused a shock earlier in the morning, by paying $450,000 for Ravi Bopara, whose appearances for England have been fitful at best. Preity Zinta spoke of him being a “great player”, an assessment that Bopara’s mum would no doubt agree with.
The other England players to be picked up at the auction were Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood, who were bought by Delhi Daredevils for US$ 275,000 each. Speaking about the four England players who were bought at the auction, Modi said: “They are big stars and we are looking forward to their participation in the IPL.”
Punjab picked up Jerome Taylor later, after he had been ignored the first time round, leaving the Mumbai Indians to make the last purchase, Ashraful, for $75,000.
If there was a surprise, it was the Chargers’ relative lack of activity, given the dismal season that they had last year. Perhaps, with Andrew Symonds now likely to be involved for the long haul, they expect those already on board to showcase their talent better than they did in the opening season.
Modi spoke gleefully later of how his brainchild had proved to be recession-proof, but we’ll know the truth of that once the ad slots start being sold for the telecasts. Flintoff, Pietersen and Duminy are undoubtedly exciting additions, while there are bound to be a few glum faces in Australian dressing rooms.
Of the 17 players up for auction [Michael Clarke and Shane Harwood pulled out], only Tait and Tasmania’s George Bailey earned deals.
The auction also threw up some shocks as international players such as Ramnaresh Sarwan, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hasan and Samit Patel remained unsold.

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Mashrafe Murtuza went to Kolkatta for 600,000 while his base price was 50,000 :eek: This is insane!!! If they really wanted to invest in some one from BD then why didn’t they go for Shakib Al Hasan?

Mind Boggling pick which probably will bite them in the rear sometime in future.

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lol. thats good
they can have akmal forever.

HO JAAEY TO PHIR KISI KI NAHI SUNTA
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Pakistan players not paid well in IPL : Younis

KARACHI, Feb 7: Pakistan cricketers got a raw deal from the Indian Premier League (IPL) and were paid less than what they deserved, said Younis Khan after watching English players fetch record bids in the league’s second season auction despite their limited availability.

Pakistan players will not be a part of IPL’s second season after their government did not allow them to travel to India on security grounds after relations between the two countries nosedived in the aftermath of Nov 26 Mumbai incident. Prior to the Pakistan government’s decision, the Indian government had cancelled its cricket squad’s scheduled visit to Pakistan in January-February.

Younis, the newly appointed Pakistan skipper, said after watching the Englishmen Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff fetch a record-breaking $1.55 million each at Friday’s auction in Goa, he wondered whether his country’s cricketers were paid less last season.

Flintoff and Pietersen would be able to play just three weeks of the six-week tournament that is scheduled to be staged in April-May.

“Unlike other countries, particularly Pakistan, where players rushed to get into the IPL, the English cricket board and their players avoided the first season. As a result, their demand has increased for the second season,” Younis noted.

“In contrast, Pakistani players have got themselves a raw deal from the IPL. Look at Sohail Tanvir. He was brought for just around $100,000 and he was the best bowler in the first season. Yet he has to manage with the same amount for the rest of his contract with Rajasthan Royals,” the skipper pointed out.

“In comparison to Pakistani players even local Indians fetched bigger prices, which was surprising. Someone like [middle-order batsman] Misbah-ul-Haq, who was the best Twenty20 batsman last season, hardly got a reasonable price,” Younis added. —Agencies

Source : Dawn Sports Section

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angoor khatay hain shaid.