IPL – AUCTION
January 13th, 2011 by | Posted in Sports Comments Off on IPL – AUCTIONThe Indian Premium League auction has shown that the franchises have opted for youth over experience while buying players for their respective teams. Yes, the big guns of yester-years had no takers and the lesser known players have been bought for huge sums.
Gautam Gambhir is the highest paid at $2.4 million. Yusaf Pathan, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tewary and Yuvraj Singh have also seen an upward revision of their purse at the IPL door. As per IPL laws, only four foreign players are allowed in the playing eleven and the rest have to be Indians, as such the franchises need at least 70 Indian players who have an impact on Cricket. The franchises are, therefore, willing to shell out large sums of money to get the best out of the lot available.
Irfan Pathan, though side-lined earlier from India Test and ODI XI because of his inability to bowl consistently, has been bought for an exorbitant price of $1.9 million. (more…)
