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IPL auction and the price of players
Posted Date: 24 Feb 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: News
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Posted By: Pankaj Kumar Member Level: Gold
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IPL: Auction-packed thriller
TNN / Satish Vishwanathan
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February 20: One day of drama at the IPL auction might well change cricket forever. One important fall out could be the end of the zonal system. Delhi takes great pride in claiming Ishant Sharma as a home boy, but now so will Kolkata. Dhoni is a hero in Jharkhand, but he'll be cheered with equal gusto by his 'home' crowd of Chennai.
And the presence of foreign players could open up some interesting possibilities: if Harbhajan Singh is bowling to Andrew Symonds in Hyderabad, whom will the crowd cheer for? Truly, the game will never be the same again.
But that's in the future. On Wednesday, it was a huge sale, with no discount. When the hammer came down for the prize catch of the day, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the blow could be heard all the way to Ranchi. The Indian ODI and T20 captain was scooped up by the Chennai Super Kings for an unbelievable US $1.5 million or Rs 6 crore. In stark contrast, Australian captain Ricky Ponting barely rose above his base price of Rs 1.3 crore, ending up with the Rs 1.6 crore that Kolkata offered.
Following Dhoni, as far as Indian players went, was the latest fast bowling sensation, Ishant Sharma. The Delhi lad won the second-highest price as Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata, on the urging of former Indian skipper Ganguly, grabbed him for Rs 3.8 crore after a tough fight.
In the cut-throat talent hunt, patriotism and racism, so shrill a month ago, were forgotten. Australia's Andrew Symonds who had made himself very unpopular with his racism allegations was bought by Hyderabad for Rs 5.4 crore, well over Harbhajan's Rs 3.4 crore. As Lalit Modi of IPL put it: "We always knew Symonds would be welcome in India."
As the auction progressed, the bids came in faster, higher and stronger, in keeping with the spirit of an Olympic year. Irfan Pathan's high of Rs 3.7 crore from Mohali was just about topped by Sanath Jayasuriya's Rs 3.8 crore from Mumbai. But then the Brothers Pathan were the richest family at the end of the day after Jaipur bagged the lesser-known Yusuf for as much as Rs 1.9 crore.
The huge media contingent in a room adjoining the packed auction area was treated to an announcement every 30-45 minutes, provoking gasps and mirth. Each team had a strategy drawn up after a series of meetings and with the inputs of former and present cricketers.
Bangalore, for example, didn't bother to bid too hard for Dhoni - had they done so they would have had to pay their skipper Rahul Dravid a further 15% by virtue of his 'icon' status - while they were hell bent on securing the services of Test captain Anil Kumble and beat back Delhi and Hyderabad to do so.
It is not as if Dravid will not get his due. He turned a dollar millionaire when Bangalore bid for and got South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis for Rs 3.6 crore, just as Ganguly got his thick slice of the pie with Ishant's huge take as did Sachin Tendulkar when Mumbai bought Jayasuriya.
Each of the teams went in for a wicketkeeper (except Chennai which bought two and Mumbai which bought none), a share of the all-rounders, three to four fast bowlers and surprisingly some spinners too, disproving the theory that the slow men have no place in the shortest form of the game. Muthiah Muralitharan (Chennai), Daniel Vettori (Delhi) as also Kumble and Harbhajan all received bids of Rs 2 crore or more, the only exception being Shane Warne, with Jaipur picking the Australian playboy for the reserve price of Rs 1.8 crore.
However, what would have pleased the BCCI, the body behind the IPL, is the fact that although the likes of Mike Hussey - Mr Cricket himself - and Glenn McGrath found themselves without a bid in the first round, the Indians in the fray did well - be it youngster Robin Uthappa who was bought by Mumbai for Rs 3.2 crore, Rohit Sharma (Rs 3 crore, Hyderabad) or Manoj Tiwary whom Delhi went all out for, paying Rs 2.7 crore. Even the relative veterans Mohd Kaif (Rs 2.7 crore, Jaipur) and Gautam Gambhir (Rs 2.9 crore, Delhi), found themselves in great demand.
Overall, while the younger T20 players were chased, the older ones were not ignored. For every Cameron White who got picked there was a Jayasuriya. If Australian David Hussey, an out-and-out T20 player made the grade, so did Dravid and Ganguly, who had dropped out of the T20 World Cup in South Africa. It was only among the faster men that youth had the edge. If the youngest of the lot, Ishant, led the price war, Brett Lee followed close behind with Rs 3.6 crore and R P Singh completed the story when Hyderabad bid a cool Rs 3.5 crore for him.
Dravid and Ganguly were in effect also the main cricket representatives around for the bid. Mukesh Ambani may not have been present - his brother-in-law Nikhil Meswani did his bidding - but there was still enough money going around. Vijay Mallya of Bangalore and N Srinivasan of Chennai were the owner-faces of industry, while Preity Zinta (Mohali) and Shah Rukh Khan provided the glamour. A landmark day for Indian domestic cricket which just went global in every way possible, starting with the dollar bids.
Class of 77: The cricketers up for auction:
Set Name of the player Availability Bidding Price Team
A MS Dhoni (Ind) Entire tournament $1.5 million Chennai
A Shane Warne (Aus) Entire tournament $450,000 Jaipur
A Adam Gilchrist (Aus) Entire tournament $700,000 Hyderabad
A Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) From April 27 $425,000 Kolkata
A Mahela Jayawardena (SL) Entire tournament $475,000 Mohali
A Muttiah Muralidaran (SL) Entire tournament $600, 000 Chennai
B Anil Kumble (Ind Entire tournament $500,000 Bangalore
B Glenn McGrath (Aus) Entire tournament $350,000 Delhi
B Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) Withdrawn - -
B Harbhajan Singh (Ind) Entire tournament $850,000 Mumbai
B Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) Entire tournament $975,000 Mumbai
B Kumar Sangakarra (SL) Entire tournament $700,000 Mohali
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C Ricky Ponting (Aus) Not in ’08 $400,000 Kolkata
C Brett Lee (Aus) Not in ’08 $900,000 Mohali
C Andrew Symonds (Aus) Not in ’08 $1.35 Million Hyderabad
C Michael Hussey (Aus) Not in ’08 $350,000 Chennai
C Daniel Vettori (NZ) Until May 5 $625,000 Delhi
C Matthew Hayden (Aus) Not in ’08 $375,000 Chennai
C Brendan McCullum (NZ) Until May 5 $700,000 Kolkata
C Jacob Oram (NZ) Until May 5 $675,000 Chennai
D Stephen Fleming (NZ) Entire tournament $350,000 Chennai
D Graeme Smith (SA) Entire tournament $475,000 Jaipur
D Herschelle Gibbs (SA) Entire tournament $575,000 Hyderabad
D Chris Gayle (WI) Until May 16 $800,000 Kolkata
D Shoaib Malik (Pak) From April 27 $500,000 Delhi
D Shahid Afridi (Pak) From April 27 $675,000 Hyderabad
D Younis Khan (Pak) From April 27 $225,000 Jaipur
D Mohammad Asif (Pak) From April 27 $650,000 Delhi
D Jacques Kallis (SA) Entire tournament $900,000 Bangalore
D Zaheer Khan (Ind) Entire tournament $450,000 Bangalore
D S Sreesanth (Ind) Entire tournament $625,000 Mohali
E Dinesh Karthik (Ind) Entire tournament $525,000 Delhi
E A B deVilliers (SA) Entire tournament $300,000 Delhi
E Mark Boucher (SA) Entire tournament $450,000 Bangalore
E Parthiv Patel (Ind) Entire tournament $325,000 Chennai
E Kamran Akmal (Pak) From April 27 $150,000 Jaipur
E Tatenda Taibu (Zim) Entire tournament $125,000 Kolkata
F Albie Morkel (SA) Entire tournament $675,000 Chennai
F Ajit Agarkar (Ind) Entire tournament $350,000 Kolkata
F Shaun Pollock (SA) Entire tournament $550,000 Mumbai
F Irfan Pathan (Ind) Entire tournament $925,000 Mohali
F Scott Styris (NZ) Entire tournament $175,000 Hyderabad
F Farveez Maharoof (SL) Entire tournament $225,000 Delhi
F Tillakeratne Dilshan (SL) Entire tournament $250,000 Delhi
F Cameron White (Aus) Entire tournament $500,000 Bangalore
F Yusuf Pathan (Ind) Entire tournament $475,000 Jaipur
F Joginder Sharma (Ind) Entire tournament $225,000 Chennai
G Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) Until May 16 $225,000 Mohali
G Simon Katich (Aus) Entire tournament $200,000 Mohali
G Justin Langer (Aus) Not in 08 $200,000 Jaipur
G Gautam Gambhir (Ind) Entire tournament $750,000 Delhi
G Robin Uthappa (Ind) Entire tournament $800,000 Mumbai
G S Chanderpaul (WI) Until May 16 $200,000 Bangalore
G Ashwell Prince (SA) Withdrawn - -
G VVS Laxman (Ind) Entire tournament $375,000 Hyderabad
G Wasim Jaffer (Ind) Entire tournament $150,000 Bangalore
G Rohit Sharma (Ind) Entire tournament $750,000 Hyderabad
G Loots Bosman (SA) Entire tournament $175,000 Mumbai
G Mohammad Kaif (Ind) Entire tournament $675,000 Jaipur
G Suresh Raina (Ind) Entire tournament $650,000 Chennai
G Manoj Tiwary (Ind) Entire tournament $675,000 Delhi
G Chamara Silva (SL) Entire tournament $100,000 Hyderabad
G David Hussey (Aus) Entire tournament $625,000 Kolkata
H Nathan Bracken (Aus) Entire tournament $325,000 Bangalore
H RP Singh (Ind) Entire tournament $875,000 Hyderabad
H Murali Kartik (Ind) Entire tournament $425,000 Kolkata
H Makhaya Ntini (SA) Entire tournament $200,000 Chennai
H Lasith Malinga (SL) Entire tournament $350,000 Mumbai
H Chaminda Vaas (SL) Entire tournament $200,000 Hyderabad
H Ramesh Powar (Ind) Entire tournament $170,000 Mohali
H Umar Gul (Pak) From April 27 $150,000 Kolkata
H Dale Steyn (SA) Entire tournament $325,000 Bangalore
H Dilhara Fernando (SL) Entire tournament $150,000 Mumbai
H Ishant Sharma (Ind) Entire tournament $950,000 Kolkata
H Piyush Chawla (Ind) Entire tournament $400,000 Mohali
H Munaf Patel (Ind) Entire tournament $275,000 Jaipur
H Nuwan Zoysa (SL) Entire tournament $110,000 Hyderabad
Note:
SETs A to D: Marquee players based on their skills, recent performance and availability
SET E: Wicketkeepers
SET F: All-rounder
SET G: Batsmen
SET H: Bowlers
IPL Teams:
Mumbai Bangalore Kolkata Mohali
Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Jaipur
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