Wednesday, February 20, 2008

IPL a billion dollar deal

Indian premier league(IPL) was started against the indian cricket league(ICL).This was created by BCCI.IPL will conduct matches for 3-4 weeks in t20 format.I think 10 teams are playing and each team is owned by a group or individual.The owner has to bid and pay the price to get that team.Today all the ten teams bid to buy players and this is open to all international players.The players purchased by the Indian Premier League's eight franchises at an auction today are

1. Mahendra Dhoni (India) $1.5m to Chennai

2. Andrew Symonds (Australia) $1.35m to Hyderabad

3. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) $975,000 to Mumbai

4. Ishant Sharma (India) $950,000 to Kolkata

5. Irfan Pathan (India) $925,000 to Mohali

6. Brett Lee (Australia) $900,000 to Mohali

6. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) $900,000 to Bangalore

8. RP Singh (India) $875,000 to Hyderabad

9. Harbhajan Singh (India) $850,000 to Mumbai

10. Chris Gayle (West Indies) $800,000 to Kolkata

10. Robin Uthappa (India) $800,000 to Mumbai

12. Rohit Sharma (India) $750,000 to Hyderabad

13. Gautam Gambhir (India) $725,000 to Delhi

14. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) $700,000 to Kolkata

15. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) $700,000 to Mohali

16. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) $700,000 to Hyderabad

17. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) $675,000 to Hyderabad

18. Jacob Oram (New Zealand) $675,000 to Chennai

19. Albie Morkel (South Africa) $675,000 to Chennai

20. Mohammad Kaif (India) $675,000 to Jaipur

21. Manoj Tiwary (India) $675,000 to Delhi

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