IPL 2010 – Pre-Season News and Drama

Summary of Auction
Jan 20, 2010

Indian Premier League Season 3 held a 66 player auction. Shane Bond, Kieron Pollard, Kemar Roach had the highest bids against their names. Unfortunately, none of the Pakistan players had any bids. The reason behind that seems political more than anything. Several Pakistan players and seniors have come out in the media condoning the IPL for “making fun” of them.

Below is summary of how the 8 IPL teams spent their money. Each team had a limit of spending $750,000 and silent tie-breakers would be used in case of a tie.

Mumbai Indians:
Kieron Pollard (Maximum of $750,000 plus the undisclosed tiebreaker amount)
Harshal Patel (Draft Pick – U19 Player)

Chennai Supers Kings:
Thissara Perera ($50,000)
Justin Kemp ($100,000)

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Shane Bond (Maximum of $750,000 plus the undisclosed tiebreaker amount)

Deccan Chargers:
Kemar Roach ($720,000)
Harmeet Singh ($17,500/Rs. 800,000) (Draft Pick)

Delhi Daredevils:
Wayne Parnell ($610,000)

Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Eoin Morgan ($220,000)
Ashok Menaria (Draft Pick – U19 Player)

Kings XI Punjab:
Adrian Barath ($75,000 – Outside the auction)
Yusuf Abdulla ($50,000 – Base Price)
Mohammad Kaif ($250,000)

Rajasthan Royals:
Damien Martyn ($100,000)
Adam Voges ($50,000)

Bond and Pollard get the highest bids (Source)
Jan 19, 2010

Indian Premier League 2010 featured a 66 player auction. Pollard has been acquired by Mumbai Indians for an unknown amount (anything higher the maximum bidding amount of $750,000). Kolkata Knight Riders acquired Shane Bond. Surprisingly none of the Pakistani players got any bids. Summary below:

Pollard - Maximum Amount (Mumbai Indians)
Bond - Maximum Amount (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Roach - $720,000 (Deccan Chargers)
Parnell - $610,000 (Delhi Daredevils)
Morgan - $220,000 (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

IPL 2010 Auction List brought down to 51 (Source)
Jan 10, 2010

From the initial auction of 96 players, it has been pruned down to 51 by the eight franchises, taking part in IPL Season 3 in 2010. The auction will be held on January 19th.

Nine English Players to feature in IPL 2010 (Source)
January 7, 2010

IPL auction on January 19, 2010 will feature nine players from England – Tim Bresnan, Anthony McGrath, Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar, Adil Rashid, Jonathan Trott, Usman Afzaal, James Foster, and Graeme Swann.

Sundar Raman, the IPL Chief Execute, had this to say – “We wanted clarifications specifically related to the availability of players outside of the IPL season so we don’t need to keep going back for the NOCs. Franchises then can plan friendlies and practice games outside of the IPL season. That was one of the things that needed to be ironed out.”

Total number of players to feature in the auction has gone up to 60 now.

IPL trading window remains dull for 2nd consecutive year (Source)
January 5, 2010

For two consecutive years, IPL trading window remains dull. Its actually quite a surprise for me (looking at the number of trades that happen in similar leagues such NBA, NFL etc. during off-season). Kolkata Knight Riders acquired Owais Shah trading away Moises Henriques. Manoj Tiwary has returned to his home team Kolkata as well. Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders were the only teams to make use of the transfer window this season.

Four new Venues for IPL 3 (Source)
August 11, 2009

Third Edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) will feature four new venues. IPL 2010 will run from March 12 to April 25, ending just five days before the Twenty20 World Cup. Four new venues are Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam and Dharmasala. So the fans in respective venues have a lot to cheer for.

IPL 2010 Season 3 Highlights, and Fixtures