Ashraful and Mashrafe in second IPL auction

[bdchamp20]

Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq, Australia's Shane Watson, and Mohammad Ashraful, the Bangladesh captain, are among 18 players included in the second Indian Premier League (IPL) to be held in Mumbai on March 11. The list is made up of seven New Zealanders, four Australians, three Pakistanis, two Bangladeshis, one Sri Lankan and South African each but no England cricketers.

The injury-prone Watson has not played for Australia since the World Cup and he has struggled during Queensland's Pura Cup campaign. He earned a recall to the national side for the CB Series but nagging leg problems cut forced him out again. Misbah, who was not in the circle for the initial auction, is a big draw given his Twenty20 success this past season.

Mohammad Yousuf and Ashwell Prince, who failed to be picked up by any of the eight franchises at the main auction last month, will be auctioned again.

"There are 13 other foreign players who have shown keen interest to play in the first season," a top BCCI official told IANS. These include Shaun Tait, on a self-imposed indefinite break from cricket, Brad Hogg, who recently retired, West Indies' Dwayne Smith, and Yasir Hameed, the Pakistan batsman. Seven other Australians have also apparently expressed interest.

The IPL permits each franchise buy more foreign players outside the list of 18 if they inform the tournament officials about who they are interested in. The IPL organisers would then negotiate the players' base prices and try and secure No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) from the respective country boards.

This auction is expected to be relatively smaller than the first, which raked in US$42 million. The eight franchise owners still have unspent money, a factor which has necessitated a second auction. They are: $374,000 (Bangalore), $23,750 (Chennai), $71,250 (Delhi), $262,500 (Hyderabad), $1,700,000 (Jaipur), $107,500 (Kolkata), $292,250 (Mohali) and $53,750 (Mumbai).

"If a team overspends $5 million on players who were initially not available but become available later, the excess expenditure will be ignored," said the official. "Also, player fees for Indian players who were not in the auction do not count against the $5m purse. There will be no more auctions this season."

All team owners have to finalise their squads 30 days before the start of the 2008 season, which is March 19. The IPL kicks off on April 18.

Players for second auction:
Pakistan: Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq; South Africa: Ashwell Prince; New Zealand: Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Jamie How, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin, James Franklin; Australia: Brad Hodge, Shane Watson, James Hopes, Luke Pomersbach; Sri Lanka: Prasanna Jayawardene; Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Mortaza.

Players who have expressed their interest:
Australia: Shaun Marsh, Brad Hogg, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, Mick Lewis, Darren Lehmann, Allan Wise, Aiden Blizzard, Adam Crosthwaite; South Africa: Goolam Bodi; Pakistan: Yasir Hameed; West Indies: Kieran Powell, Dwayne Smith.

© Cricinfo

[bdchamp20]

Well the way these two are playing at the moment I wouldnt be surprised if no-one bought them

[BANFAN]

Can anyone say the lowest price for bidding?

[arifur81]

Originally Posted by BANFAN
Can anyone say the lowest price for bidding?

5 dollar a match plus paowroti and kola for match day lunch.

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by arifur81
5 dollar a match plus paowroti and kola for match day lunch.

That's Great Man, 05 dollar is an improvement, BCCI offered the Kolla and Ruti only, no money.

[Spitfire_x86]

How can Ashraful get $75,000 for playing in Delhi team, if they only have $71,250 left?

And where's Rafique? Isn't he supposed to play in the Kolkata team? Or is it possible to buy players without auction?

[bdchamp20]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
How can Ashraful get $75,000 for playing in Delhi team, if they only have $71,250 left?

And where's Rafique? Isn't he supposed to play in the Kolkata team? Or is it possible to buy players without auction?

Ashraful wasnt bought by Delhi, he was bought by the IPL...and those reports about Ash playing for Delhi, I think are false he must be auctioned before playing for a team...but Rafique wasnt bought by IPL so he cant be auctioned and if a team wants Rafique they must sign him personally as long as there isnt multiple interest he can play for that team, but if there is multiple interest he must be auctioned too.

[sadi]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
How can Ashraful get $75,000 for playing in Delhi team, if they only have $71,250 left?

And where's Rafique? Isn't he supposed to play in the Kolkata team? Or is it possible to buy players without auction?

If two or more teams show interest toward a player, then he is usually auctioned. If only one team contacts a player, he can be signed by a franchise. Now that Ash will be auctioned, there is no gurantee Delhi will get him. I wouldn't be surprised if he makes 120-150 k now.

[bdchamp20]

Originally Posted by sadi
If two or more teams show interest toward a player, then he is usually auctioned. If only one team contacts a player, he can be signed by a franchise. Now that Ash will be auctioned, there is no gurantee Delhi will get him. I wouldn't be surprised if he makes 120-150 k now.

How?dont u see the teams budgets?And there are much better players than him in the auction as well...I'd consider him lucky if he even gets a team...Mashrafe even more unlikely.

[sadi]

Originally Posted by bdchamp20
How?dont u see the teams budgets?And there are much better players than him in the auction as well...I'd consider him lucky if he even gets a team...Mashrafe even more unlikely.

There are some loopholes.... many team has some australian players who most likely won't play in the first IPL.... in their cases, only quarter of their salary will count toward the salary cap which is 5 mil.... so teams can go over 5 Mil if they feel some of their players won't make the whole IPL tournament....

[bdchamp20]

Originally Posted by sadi
There are some loopholes.... many team has some australian players who most likely won't play in the first IPL.... in their cases, only quarter of their salary will count toward the salary cap which is 5 mil.... so teams can go over 5 Mil if they feel some of their players won't make the whole IPL tournament....

these are the budgets after the reductions, most teams have already gone over $5 million but due to the unavaliblity of the players they got some money back...and this is what they have left

[Murad]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
How can Ashraful get $75,000 for playing in Delhi team, if they only have $71,250 left?

And where's Rafique? Isn't he supposed to play in the Kolkata team? Or is it possible to buy players without auction?

The IPL permits each franchise to buy more foreign players outside the list of 18 if they inform the tournament officials about who they are interested in. The IPL organisers would then negotiate the players' base prices and try and secure No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) from the respective country boards.

So there is still chance for Rafique to be part of IPL for this season.

[Ajfar]

ash is the man for 20/20..n because he wn't be the captain..he'll be under less pressure..soo i can see him performing well in IPL..i dn't knw much abt mashrafee.

[zainab]

With Ash and Mash's out of form in cricket, I dont think that they will get the nod. They will have to remain in BD and improve their cricket, especially for the Asian games. Ash and Mash dont need more money anyways, they are earning enough at home.
I am surprised at the inclusion of Zoysa from SL. He has not played international cricket for years.Ash is much better than him.

[bdchamp20]

Originally Posted by zainab
With Ash and Mash's out of form in cricket, I dont think that they will get the nod. They will have to remain in BD and improve their cricket, especially for the Asian games. Ash and Mash dont need more money anyways, they are earning enough at home.
I am surprised at the inclusion of Zoysa from SL. He has not played international cricket for years.Ash is much better than him.

even if they do get a team...I dont see them earning a lot

[djnaved]

ei duita re keu nibo na.. tader je form.....

razzak/shahdat/tamim/raseler chance pawa uchit

[Roni_uk]

$1 for Ashraful, 75c for Masrafee... any advance on these? No? OK they are in my team!

[auntu]

Ash gettin 3 lak all mambo jambo = false?

[zahid]

What's this thing about?

[tanim3960]

Rafique is not there.

[tanim3960]

sorry guys. some one posted the thread right before i did.

[nsd3]

Originally Posted by tanim3960
sorry guys. some one posted the thread right before i did.

It was actually posted about 14 hours 25 min before you did.

[zainab]

I hope Rafique gets to play for a team. He needs the mney more than Ash and Mash, who are already the two highest paid cricketers in BD.

[Sohel]

I hope this doesn't distract Ash too much tomorrow.

[BANFAN]

A century and 5 wickets can give them more 100k +