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| Alfonso Thomas |
Had to end with a bang, typical IPL. And that concludes the player auction for IPL 4. End of the IPL road for some old lions like Saurav Ganguly, Jayasuriya, Chris Gayle, Mark Boucher. Not a taint on the reputation of these greats, I'm sure, rather an indication that IPL is a stage meant for the young. Moreover, there's stil tomorrow, when requests can be made for uncapped players. It's been a pleasure bringing you live updates. Grateful adios from Ashwin Achal and Anand Venkateswaran.
6:00: A bit of drama again, Pune has requested Kaif back - Pune bids for Kaif, Deccan Chargers want him now. Will Pune bid higher? Pune says no. Changes their mind, $120,000. Is it over? Not by a long shot, says Mallya, who makes a surprise entry into the bid. And Pune backs down, as do Deccan Chargers. Kaif goes to the Royal Challengers - for $130,000.
Now that qualifies as breaking news. No Ganguly, no Gayle in the second round. Good news for Murali Kartik, he was absorbed for $400, 000 by Pune.
5:54: South Africa's Robert Fryinck - $20,000. Delhi bids first. And Frylinck is sold.
5:53: Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath - $50,000. No bidders.
5:52: Aussie Aiden Blizzard - $20,000 base price. Mumbai Indians make the bid. Blizzard sold to Mumbai Indians.
5:51: Aussie Nathan Rimmington - $20,000. King's Xi make the opening bid. That's the final offer. Sold to King's XI.
5:50: England's Michael Lumb - $50,000. Deccan Chargers make the opening bid. Rajasthan want in. It is on. Price pushed up to $80,000. Chargers get to take home Lumb.
5:49: Ah, Colin Ingram, South Africa - $100,000. He's a good batsman, folks. Delhi Daredevils make the bid, no counter-offers, Ingram goes to Delhi.
5:47: Australia's Luke Ronchi $50,000 for the wicketkeeper. Who needs one? Delhi, Pune, no one. Remains unsold.
5:46: Moises Henriques - $50,000 for this Australian. Mumbai INdian bid first, and buy him without challenge.
5:45: South Africa's Bosman - $50,000. Unsold. This is getting a tad tedious. Australia's Xavier Doherty - $100,000. The team owners are actually folding their hands. Unsold
5:44: Australia's Glen Maxwell - $20,000. Unsold. New Zealand's Tim Southee - $100,000. no bids, unsold.
5:43: New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme - $20,000. The name's larger than the bid. Unsold.
5:42: Jamie How of New Zealand -$50,000. Unsold. Where are Ganguly and Gayle? Shake up that bag, auctioner.
5:41: Jonathan Vandiar, South Africa - $20,000. Royal Challengers want him. No challenge, sold.
5:40: Dmitri Mascarenhas of England - $100,000. King's XI is interested, make that opening bid. Sold to King's XI
5:38: Adam Voges, Australia, for $100,000. Voges remains unsold.
5:37: Wasim Jaffer for $100,000. No bidding for Jaffer.
5:36: Travis Birt for $20,000 - Delhi Daredevils buy him unchallenged.
5:33: Juan Theron of South Africa, base price $50,000. King's XI, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers all bid for Theron. Some quick trivia to spice things up - there's another South African named Theron whom you might know - Charlize Theron, the hollywood actress. Juan Theron goes to DC for $85, 000
5:30: Lendl Simmons, for $50,000, remains unsold.
5:29: Mohammad Kaif, for $100,000. Kaif is unsold. Murali Kartik, base price $200,000. travesty if he's not picked up this time around. Pune is interested, make the opening bid. Royals want him now, both teams raising their semaphores in succession now. Murali's price now $400,0000, Pune's that last bid. And Pune have bought Murali Kartik.
5:26: This is quite strange. The players don't come under the hammer unless a team has requested it. And yet, no bidders.
5:26: Australia's Daniel Harris, $20,000 He goes unsold too. South Africa's David Miller, for $100,000. No bidding. Dillon du Preez is also unsold.
5:25: VRV Singh, opening bid $100,000. The unsold players to be auctioned are chosen on request.. Singh goes unsold again.
5:23: The bidders are back, Jesse Ryder of New Zealand is the first player out of the back, base price $100,000 now. Pune taking on Royal Challengers, Pune get Ryder for $150,000.
4:55: Here are the latest facts and figures from sports correspondent K.C. Vijay Kumar -
Australian allrounder Daniel Christian bagged the highest bid of $900,000 from Deccan Chargers as the Indian Premier League player-auction failed to replicate its Saturday-high on a tepid Sunday. Auctioneer Richard Madley repeatedly said, “he is unsold”, with only 42 cricketers from a pool of 264, gaining approval from the teams among which King’s XI Punjab failed to buy even one player. Right now the team owners are huddled together to look at players thay can re-consider from the rejected list.
Players auctioned on Sunday, team-wise (figures in dollars):
Chennai Super Kings: Scott Styris, $200,000; Joginder Sharma, 150,000; Nuwan Kulasekara, 100,000; Sudeep Tyagi, 240,000; Suraj Randiv, 80,000; Ben Hilfenhaus, 100,000; George Bailey, 50,000; Francois du Plessis, 120,000.
Deccan Chargers: Daniel Christian, 900,000; Manpreet Gony, 290,000; Chris Lynn, 20,000.
Delhi Daredevils: Mathew Wade, 100,000; Ajit Agarkar, 210,000; Ashok Dinda, 375,000; Umesh Yadav, 150,000; R. Van der Merwe, 50,000; Venugopal Rao, 700,000; Andrew McDonald, 80,000.
King’s XI Punjab: Nil.
Kochi: Thisara Perera, 80,000; R. Vinay Kumar, 475,000; Stephen O’ Keefe, 20,000; Owais Shah, 200,000; M. Klinger, 75,000; John Hastings, 20,000.
Kolkata Knight Riders: L. Balaji, 500,000; Jayadev Unadkat, 250,000; R. Ten Doeschate, 150,000; James Pattinson, 100,000.
Mumbai Indians: Munaf Patel, 700,000; Clint McKay, 110,000.
Pune: Wayne Parnell, 160,000; Mitchell Marsh, 290,000; Jerome Taylor, 100,000; Alfonso Thomas, 100,000.
Rajasthan Royals: Shaun Tait, 300,000; Pankaj Singh, 95,000.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Charl Langeveldt, 140,000; Luke Pomersbach, 50,000; A. Mithun, 260,000; Johan van der Wath, 50,000; R. Rossouw, 20,000; Nuwan Pradeep, 20,000.
4:35: There's a lot of action up in a few minutes. While most teams have drained their purse, some teams, like Deccan Chargers and King's XI Punjab have over $2 mn left, and some of the unsold greats are coming back under the hammer.
4:29: Just six players were sold in the post lunch session so far, few of them widely recognisable in international cricket. The unsold players will be auctioned again. The bidders are waiting for round two.
4:28: Shanan Stewart of South Africa - $50,000. England's Paul James Horton - $20,000. Unsold.
4:27: South Africa's Ahmed Amla - $20,000, Francois Plessis. Whoa, Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians - price now $70,000. Royal Challengers come in, prices go up, Plessis is worth $120,000, Chennai the last bidder. Sold to Chennai Super Kings.
4:23: ALL UNSOLD: South Africa's Jonathan Vandiar - $20,000, Australia's Rett Lockier - $20,000, Cameron B - $20,000, West Indies Floyd Reifer - $50,000. England's Adrian Shankar - $20,000, Aussie Tom Beaton - $50,000, England's Greg Smith - $20,000, Andrew Gale - %50,000, South Africa's Craig Tyson - $20,000, England's Adam Lyth - %50,000, New Zealand's Dean Brownlie - $20,000,
4:21: Chris Lynn - $20,000. Deccan Chargers bid for this batsman. And win him.
4:19: ALL UNSOLD: South Africa's Henry Davids - $20,000, Australia's Daniel Harris - $20,000, Aiden Blizzard - $20,000, Ed Cowen - $20,000, Michael Hill - $20,000
4:18: Australia's Trent Copeland - $20,000. Unsold.
4:18: Sri Lanka's Nuwan Pradeep - $20,000. Royal Challengers again take the opening bid, and buy him outright.
4:13: ALL UNSOLD: Aussie Nathan Rimmington - $20,000, South Africa's Ethan O Riley - $20,000, Australians Nicholas Buchanan - $20,000, Tim Lang - $20,000, Putland - $20,000. England's Jack Shantry - $50,000, Australia's Jake Haberfield - $20,000, Brendan Drew - $50,000,
4:12: South Africa's Rilee Rossouw - $20,000. Royal Challengers Bangalore buy him unchallenged.
4:08: ALL UNSOLD: Gulam Bodi - South Africa - $20,000, Michael Vandort of Sri Lanka - $20,000, Bangladesh's Raqibul Hasan - $50,000, Aussie Robert Quiney - $50,000, West Indies Runako Morton - $50,000, Aussie Travis Birt - $20,000, Sri Lanka's Malinda Warnapura - $20,000, Gihan Rupasinghe - $20,000,
4:03: ALL UNSOLD: South Africa's Johan Lou - $50,000, Syed Rasel, Bangladesh - $50,000, South Africa's C.J. De Villers - $20,000, Tino Best - $50,000, Australian Michael Lewis - $50,000, Simon James Cook, England - $300,000, Paul Franks - $20,000, Bangladesh's Md Shafiul Islam - $50,000, R Hussain - $20,000 and Shahadat Hussain - $50,000, West Indies Lionel Baker - $100,000.
4:00: ALL UNSOLD: Angelo Perera - $20,000, West Indies Janza Hyatt - $20,000, South African Richard Cameron - $20,000, Andre Russel, West INdies - $20,000, Stephen Croft - $20,000, Aaron oBrian, Australia - $20,000, Rob Frelynck, South Africa - $20,000, England's Wes Durston - $50,000, New Zealand's Kieran Barnett - $20,000, Kiwi's Doug Bracewell - $20,000.
3:58: Tharanga Paranavithana - $50,000. Unsold. New Zealand's Rob Nicole - $50,000, England's Usman Afzaal - $50,000 and Anthony McGrath - $50,000. Unsold.
3:58: Australia's George Bailey - $50,000. Chennai Super kings makes the bid, and Bailey is sold. Chennai retain another of their old flock.
3:56: Philip Jaques, $50,000, New Zealand's Kane Williamson - $50,000, South African Andrew Puttick - $50,000, South African Vaughn J - $50,000. Unsold
3:55: Shahriar Nafees of Bangladesh - $100,000. Unsold. Kiwi Neil Broom, $100,000. swept away.
3:54: Australia's Peter George - $100,000. The unsold story continues. Australia's Michal Hogan - $50,000. Both unsold.
3:52: South Africa's Alfonso Thomas - $50,000. Pune bids first, Deccan Chargers want him too. Finally! Pune raises it to $100,000. Sold!
3:51: England's Ajmal Shahzad - $200,000. No bidders. Sri Lanka's Suranga Lakmal - $50,000. Unsold.
3:50: Tyrone Henderson of South Arica - $100,000. 'tock' goes the gavel. Unsold.
3:49: Mortaza, Bangladeshi bowler. Decent medium fast. $100,000 base price. No bid.
3:46: Paceman Yusuf Abdullah, $100,000. No bidders. Sri Lanka's Udana - $50,000. Pedro Collins of West Indies - $100,000 base price. Unsold.
3:46: Only one player sold so far at the IPL auction. Looks like all the teams are waiting for the unsold players to come back.
3:45: Time Armstrong, $20,000 for the Australian. Anyone? Nope.
3:44: Aussie James Faulkner, $100,000 for the Aussie. No bid. Dilruwan Perera, Sri Lanka $50,000. No takers.
3:42: Colin de Grandhomme - New Zealand, $20,000. No team.
3:41: Naeem Islam, Bangladesh - $50,000. No bid. Farhaan Bahardien, South Africa - $20,000. Pass.
3:40: Darren Stevens - another Englishman with a high base price - $200,000. The hammer comes down quickly. No sale. Australia's Nathan Rearden - $20,000. No bids, Nathan.
3:38: Australia's Glenn Maxwell - $20,000 base price. Unsold. England's Thomas Smith - $100,000 base price. Any guesses? Right, unsold.
3:36: Australian Mark Cosgrove - $50,000. Unsold. South Africa's Van Wyk - $50,000. No bid.
3:35: Joe Denly, English batsman - $200,000. Really, now, that's an unrealistic base price. No bids.
3:34: Mahels Udawatte - $50,000, no bids for the Sri Lankan. Junaid Siddique, Bangladesh, $50,000 base price. No bid.
3:33: Darren Ganger, West Indies Darren Ganga - $100,000. No bid. Imrul Kayes, Bangladesh - $50,000. Passed.
3:32: Peter Ingram, New Zealand - $50,000. No bids. Pity, not a bad IPL batsman at all,
3:30: D Miller goes unsold, $100,000 opening price. West Indian Adrian Bharat - $50,000. No bid.
3:29: Kiwi Ien 'O' Brien - $50,000. No bidders. Aussie Mitchell Starc - $100,000, unsold.
3:28: Srilanka's Zoysa - $50,000 opening price - remains unsold.
3:27: South Africa's Rory Kleinveldt - $50,000. Unsold.
3:26: Can Australia's James Pattinson break the jinx - $100,000 base price. Yes, he does. Kolkata Knight Riders make the opening bid. No challenge, Pattinson goes to KKR.
3:25: Lokuhittege Dilhara - $50,000. Unsold. Sajid Mahmood, England - $100,000. Going by the response the Englishman have elicited so far, no surprise - unsold
3:24: Aussie Stuart Clarke - $100,000 base price. Anyone interested? No. Clarke too goes unsold.
3:22: Sri Lanka's Dammika Prasad - $20,000, no bids. Tuffey, New Zealand - $100,000, unsold.
3:21: Last player of this set - Zimbabwe's Panyangara - $50,000. Not even a rustle of paper. Unsold.
3:20: Sri Lanka's Jayasinghe - $20,000, no bids. Bangladesh's Mahmudullah - $50,000, remains unsold.
3:19: Aussie Lee Carseldine - $20,000 base price, unsold. Sri Lanka's Ganegama - $50,000, unsold.
3:18: Sri Lanka's Pushpakumara - the auctioner had some trouble with that name - $50,000 base price. Some discussion among the bidders, but no bids. Rayad Emrit, West Indis - $20,000. Unsold.
3:17: Another set now, all rounders - Chamu Chibhabha - $50,000. Unsold. Sri Lanka's Hasantha Fernando - $50,000, Gayan Wijekun - $50,000. Unsold.
3:15: Bangladesh's Ashraful - $50,000. That's a bargain! The bidders don't hink so. Unsold. Masakadza, Zimbabwe, comes with a $50,000 tag. Unsold.
3:13: Ramnaresh Sarwan, $100,000, no! Unsold. Sri Lanka's Kandambi, $50,000, unsold.
3:13: Philip Hughes - $100,000, unsold. My, the bidders are statues.
3:12: Samaraweera under the hammer - $100,000, wil go unsold. New Zealand's Jamie How - $50,000, both unsold.
3:10: Bidding's begun - West Indies - Powell with a $50,000 base price, Lendl Simmons - $50,000 and Marshal with a $100,000 price, South Africa's Bosman, $50,000 base price, all unsold.
3:08: For those who came in late, here's more from Vijay Kumar -
In the IPL player auction, Ausralian allrounder Daniel Christian gained the highest price on Sunday at $900,000 from Deccan Chargers, which was a sensational jump from his base price of $50,000. “He is a very good allrounder and he is worth the money,” said Gayathri Reddy, one of the co-owners of Deccan Chargers.
Meanwhile Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said that his team wanted a sense of continuity and camaraderie from the earlier squad besides indulging in some fresh players. “We want that continuity to go on and we have brought back a few players. We do have a few spots available and we will decide our plans during the lunch break,” Fleming said.
3:06: Here's something to chew on while the tournament draw is on. Many English players, who came with high base prices, were left unsold over the last day and a half. Sports Correspondent K.C. Vijaya Kumar gets us some perspective -
With a majority of England players being given the cold-shoulder in the Indian Premier League players auction here on Sunday, the IPL chairman Chirayu Amin was asked about whether there was any issue about getting the requisite NOC from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Amin, who addressed the media during the lunch break, said: “There are no issues and there is no controversy. We got the NOC. As for franchises not picking England players, it is up to the team management and the IPL Governing Council cannot do anything about it.” Meanwhile Darren Lehmann, the Deccan Chargers coach, countered and said: “We picked Kevin Pietersen so it all depends on what the teams want.”
3:02: Chennai Super Kings and King's XI Punjab have been asked to make a draw from the hat. Two teams at a time, drawing lots to prepare the schedules - team and venue.
3:01: The bidders are back in the room, they've taken their places on the tables. The semaphores are at the ready, although a little heavier.
Team Pune are quite happy with what they have - an impressive line-up that includes Angelo Mathews, Robin Uthappa, and Graeme Smith among others, as well as over a million dollars of bidding money leftover. They're going to wait for the unsold players to be re-auctioned, and put together their dream team.
