IPL IPL Player Auction 2011

[SaiSrini]

Chennai better pick up Satish. He is a gun, plus local talent. Turned out for Mumbai last time who would want to keep him now that Nayar is gone.

So far for CSK

1. Abhinav Mukund
2. Murali Vijay
3. Suresh Raina
4. Subramanium Badrinath
5. MS Dhoni
6. Albie Morkel
7. Micheal Hussey/Dwayne Bravo <-- Whenever Bravo is available
8. R Ashwin
9. Murali Kartik <-- Hopefully we can pick him up tomorrow
10. Dougie Bollinger
11. Munaf Patel/L Balaji <-- We have to go for these two only. Munaf (if picked) could be better than Balaji
12. Shadab Jakati

Not bad. I expect them to keep Balaji. Could use some more international fire power though, a guy like Davey Jacobs could have been a huge buy for us.

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Really like the look of Bangalore's team. I might have to switch allegiances now, I'm Kannada anyway . But I don't think I will. They have been smart. I think Kohli would have gotten in the region of 1.8m anyways seeing how guys like Tiwary and Uthappa have sold. Can't believe Rahul Dravid is going to turn out for a non-Bangalore team though. Going to be weird as hell.

I hate this. Gambhir for Kolkatta, wtf? He was Delhi's captain last year. They must be kicking themselves, really should have retained him.

Oy, you are not going for anyone else but Chennai. Is that clear? Have posted an updated team to your list in the quote above.

 

[SaiSrini]

Fantastic reasoning

and just remember it's the INDIAN premiere league before you ask for another window from the ICC

The window is not for us to have the players play the IPL for sure. The window is because WE DONT WANT TO EMBARASS OTHER NATIONS AND THEIR PLAYERS WHO ARE INCREASINGLY THINKING ABOUT DITCHING THEIR INTERNATIONAL CAREERS TO HAVE A PIECE OF THE IPL PIE!!! I might sound like I am gloating about the IPL's popularity, but I am not. Its the truth!

 

[Adarsh]

Yes, Mark. It's because the BCCI is that selfless.

 

[subversive]

Surprised a bit that no one mentioned the biggest waste of money:

Ishant Sharma for 450K

to DC

 

[ferg512]

The reason I'm surprised about Swann and Anderson not being picked, is that Stuart Broad did. I'm not sure what they saw in him..

 

[riz7khan12]

no wonder punjab bought broad, they looked hopeless in the auction and were pressured into buying random players i.e A Nayar for 800,000 the same price that Praveen was bought for. The look on Priety Zinta's face told the story yesterday.

 

[Cricketman]

Nayar is a fantastic player. 800k is a good deal for him.

 

[Sartaj]

This entire auction is hilarious and proves that the people behind the IPL know very little about actual cricket. 2 million dollars for gambhir to play 2020? or that Ututtuapapap guy? haha thank's for the laugh IPL. I'll be sure to tune in to laugh at the crass and tacky presentation of this circus. It's great entertainment, the same way I stop and slow down to look at car accidents.

Funny name,isn't it?
Nearly as funny as 'Side-Bottom'.

You obviously seem to have no idea about how things work in IPL.
Uthappa's a big impact player,plus he can keep.As for Gambhir,he's got that iconic status (for brand marketing ) besides good IPL record and being captaincy material.

 

[riz7khan12]

first big name, too much for yardy.

 

[ferg512]

Wtf Gareth Hopkins even being in the auction is a joke in itself.

 

[riz7khan12]

anyone can put their name in the auction.

 

[ferg512]

Ok so he has put his own name in?? He should just save himself the embarrassment.

 

[riz7khan12]

yeah pretty much.

christain overrated by the ipl a bit.

 

[ferg512]

Cricinfo called him a big hitter that bowls fast?? Last time I checked he was doing well to hit 125.

 

[riz7khan12]

oram aint getting sold