In a crucial tie between Mumbai and Mohali, sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to bowl first. Shaun Pollock started the first over with his trademark just outside the off stump ball to James Hopes which he edged to wicket keeper Shah. At the end of fifth over Kings XI are 30/1, with Luke Pomersbach and Shaun Marsh at the crease.
After a not so exciting second time bidding for players ended on tuesday, its clearly IPL Jaipur that emerged as a statistical team buying a few exciting players around the Twenty20 circuit. Here’s the table of players and franchises that bought them.
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The IPL Mumbai franchisee, Reliance Group, has signed up Baroda wicket-keeper Pinal Shah along with Mumbai players Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane. Yogest Takewala has already signed up with mumbai earlier this week.
“We signed Pinal Shah two days ago. All four will play in the inaugural season. We will make other announcements soon,” R. Balachandran, President and Chief Marketing Officer, Reliance Retail, said.
Source : The Hindu/Sport
Yogesh Vijay Takawale has been signed up by Mumbai team for an amount of US $50,000. Yogesh, a wicketkeeper batsman hails from Pune and has played 14 first class matches for Maharashtra scoring 812 runs at an average of 42.73.
Yogesh is son of an autorickshaw driver and this IPL contract would give him financial boost and hopefully this would encourage him to become a better sportsman. An elated Takawale said “I never thought I would get to play in the IPL under the captaincy of Tendulkar”.
Source : The Hindu.
Player Table with Auction price tag:
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Sachin TENDULKAR (IND) - ICON |
S $1,121,250 |
|---|---|
|
Sanath JAYASURIYA (SRL) |
US $975,000 |
|
Harbajan SINGH (IND) |
US $850,000 |
|
Robin UTHAPPA (IND) |
US $800,000 |
|
Shuan POLLOCK (RSA) |
US $550,000 |
|
Lasith MALINGA (SRL) |
US $350,000 |
|
Loots BOSMAN (RSA) |
US $175,000 |
|
Dilhara FERNANDO (SRL) |
US $150,000 |
|
TOTAL AMOUNT |
US $4,971,250 |
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