Monday, March 10, 2008

IPL AUCTION PART TWO


The frenzy surrounding the IPL biddings have hardly died down. But the next round of the biddings is about to begin. The owners of the IPL teams are getting ready for the battle royale where the teams would look to improve their strength. Already the teams like the Chennai Super Kings, kolkatta team and the Hyderabad team have a well stocked line up and it would be interesting to see the players that they would target. But it is not going to be easy for these owners as they do not have much money in their kitty.

Jaipur is the only side which has the highest amount left as it was hesitant in choosing the players in the first auction. It could strike gold in this edition of the auction.
The amounts left with the owners of the teams are:
$374,000 with Bangalore, $23,750 with Chennai, $71,250 with Delhi, $262,500 with Hyderabad, $1,700,000 with Jaipur, $107,500 with Kolkata, $292,250 with Mohali and $53,750 with Mumbai.

There are 18 players who would feature in the bid.
1. Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan)
2. Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
3. Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
4. Kyle Mills (New Zealand)
5. Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
6. Peter Fulton (New Zealand)
7. Jamie How (New Zealand)
8. Jeetan Patel (New Zealand)
9. Chris Martin (New Zealand)
10. James Franklin (New Zealand)
11. Brad Hodge (Australia)
12. Shane Watson (Australia)
13. James Hopes (Australia)
14. Luke Pomersbach (Australia)
15. Ashwell Prince (South Africa)
16. Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)
17. Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh)
18. Prasanna Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)