Indian Premier League

[sideshowtim]

lol that will be hilarious to watch. I don't get this bidding system - how can somelike ponting go for 400 000 and a Vettori go for 600 odd. Let alone Dhoni going for 1 mil or whatever. The whole thing is hilarious.

It has absolutely nothing to do with cricket and is more a marketability contest at this stage.

 

[cricman]

Four Million dollar babies so far.....

i think kallis and Chris Gayle might get a good value

I say Kallis gets put in the reserve pool

 

[biased indian]

lol that will be hilarious to watch. I don't get this bidding system - how can somelike ponting go for 400 000 and a Vettori go for 600 odd. Let alone Dhoni going for 1 mil or whatever. The whole thing is hilarious.

some teams might have worked out that they need a decent spinner and will go after him
while batsmen are a lot ther .....

upto know its keeper who are in big demand...when is boucher coming up ???

 

[duffer]

lol that will be hilarious to watch. I don't get this bidding system - how can somelike ponting go for 400 000 and a Vettori go for 600 odd. Let alone Dhoni going for 1 mil or whatever. The whole thing is hilarious.

Supply and demand. Similar to how you David beckham's pubes would fetch you more than some small countries.

 

[burr]

It has absolutely nothing to do with cricket and is more a marketability contest at this stage.

You think they'd still want to make decisions based vaguely on winning. There's nothing more marketable than a winning team. And I don't really see how someone like Vettori is more marketable than Ponting.

 

[cbuts]

lol that will be hilarious to watch. I don't get this bidding system - how can somelike ponting go for 400 000 and a Vettori go for 600 odd. Let alone Dhoni going for 1 mil or whatever. The whole thing is hilarious.

Vetorri has the best bowling stats in 2020 and is also ranked no.1 odi bowler in the world

 

[masterblaster]

The way Dhoni's been batting, keeping and leading has been nothing short of inspirational. He deserves his price tag as he is India's most valuable player at the moment.

 

[masterblaster]

Vetorri has the best bowling stats in 2020 and is also ranked no.1 odi bowler in the world

Plus he had an absolutely brilliant Twenty20 World Cup with the ball. Deserves his price tag too in my opinion. Ponting and Hayden should've got a little more, but I'm sure they'd be happy to pocket that much money.

 

[burr]

Vetorri has the best bowling stats in 2020 and is also ranked no.1 odi bowler in the world

okay fair enough. I feel a bit stupid, I didn't realise this was 2020 I thought it was one day cricket, haven't been following. in that case you'd def want symonds, he has a great record in 2020.

 

[masterblaster]

Heh, that's awesome.

Gotta say though, I'm officially supporting whichever team Ishu Sharma gets drafted into. He'll be a great pickup late in the bidding.

Wasn't there a rule of local Indian players getting picked for their respective state squads? Ishant plays for Delhi, so I'm assuming that he will go to Delhi (similarly like Agarkar will go to Mumbai and Laxman will go to Hyderabad) although if anybody feels that this isn't the case feel free to correct me on this matter.

 

[cricman]

Kolkota is gonna sign Mohammed Rafique for far Cheaper than Vettori and I'd put my money that Rafique would just as well as Vettori.

BTW: What happens to players that aren't the auction like Rafique? how do hey get signed?

 

[duffer]

Wasn't there a rule of local Indian players getting picked for their respective state squads? Ishant plays for Delhi, so I'm assuming that he will go to Delhi (similarly like Agarkar will go to Mumbai and Laxman will go to Hyderabad) although if anybody feels that this isn't the case feel free to correct me on this matter.

He's on the draft list . Would love to see where he ends up.

 

[masterblaster]

He's on the draft list . Would love to see where he ends up.

Thanks for that. I'm still thinking he'll end up in Delhi. Would be bizarre if he's playing for Chennai in IPL whilst playing for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy. Although I don't really think 'state' means all that much in this competition.

 

[cricman]

mark my words Afridi is the next Million dollar player

 

[Laurrz]

oh imo punter warney (even tho retired) and haydos are pretty big steals

 

[LongHopCassidy]

mark my words Afridi is the next Million dollar player

Entirely plausible, for mine.

 

[cricman]

Symo got his 1.35 Million cause he just said he's probably not going to tour Pakistan and than gave his reasons but IMO it was about the $$$$

Hado and Punter were far cheaper since there more likely to tour Pakistan

EDIT: kallis got signed by Banglore

 

[biased indian]

Squads as of now:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000), Graeme Smith (US$ 475,000), Younis Khan (US$ 225,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00), Matthew Hayden (US$ 375,000), Jacob Oram (US$ 675,000), Stephen Fleming (US$ 350,000)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000), Andrew Symonds (US$ 1.35 million), Herschelle Gibbs (US$ 575,000), Shahid Afridi (US$ 675,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000), Brett Lee (US$ 900,000), Sreesanth (US$ 625,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000), Ricky Ponting (US$ 400,000), Brendon McCullum (US$ 700,000), Chris Gayle (US$ 800,000)

Delhi Virender Sehwag (icon), Daniel Vettori (US$ 625,000), Shoaib Malik (US$ 500,000), Mohammad Asif (US$ 650,000)

 

[Fusion]

Hyderabad has some hard hitters!

 

[Hoggy]

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000), Jacques Kallis (US$ 900,000), Zaheer Khan (US$ 450,000)

Do they know it's a 20/20 comp?