Bangalore, January 09: Sri Lankan great Sanath Jayasuriya went unsold while little known Australian Daniel Christian went for a whopping $900,000 to Deccan Chargers on the second day of the players’ auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) season four here Saturday.
Jayasuriya, who was bought by Mumbai Indians in the first edition for $975,000, joined legends like Brian Lara and Sourav Ganguly in the unsold category.
London, January 09: Suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi Saturday was far away from Bangalore where the player’s auction for the fourth edition of the league was underway — but he was closely following the drama that saw some cricketers fetching record amounts.”Great start for IPL Season 4. All teams have bought well. It will be a good season 4,” tweeted Modi, who left India citing security reasons following his suspension from the Indian cricket board last year.
Sangam, January 09: The success of Indian Premier League (IPL), where the franchise owners splashed millions of dollars to acquire their favourite players this weekend, is having a positive effect on the cricket bat manufacturing industry in Kashmir as well.
As the IPL bandwagon spread to two more cities Pune and Kochi — in the fourth edition, the manufacturers are hopeful that the league”s expansion will translate into more orders for cricket bats this winter.
Bangalore, January 09: India’s Pathan brother will be the richest among the four set of brothers, who will be seen in action in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting April 8.Kolkata Knight Riders’ bought Yusuf, the elder brother, for a whopping $2.1 million and Irfan, who is not among the probables for the World Cup, took home $1.9 million after he was bought by Delhi Daredevils.
Bangalore, January 09: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who finished among the bottom teams for three Indian Premier League (IPL) seasons, made some eye-catching purchases right from the start when they got Gautam Gambhir for a whopping $2.4 million on the opening day auction.
Knight Riders went bidding aggressively, getting Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee and England’s new sensation Eoin Morgan in a calculated way.
Bangalore, January 09: The fourth season of the Indian Premier League will have 70 matches in the league stage, beginning April 8.”The 10 teams will play seven matches at home, and seven away. Each side will play five opponents at home and away, will take on two sides at home only, and the remaining two teams away,” The Indian cricket board said in a statement.
“There will be one league table, as in previous years, and the top four teams at the end of the league stage will qualify for the play-off matches.”
There will be four play-off matches and the tournament will end May 28.
Chennai, January 09: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi needed all their combined experience to defeat the Croatian combo of Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 6-1, 6-7 (4), 10-4 en route to the final of the doubles event in the ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament here Saturday.
The legendary Indian pair thus are in line for their fifth Chennai Open doubles crown, the last of which was in 2002, the year they broke up.
Lahore, January 08: A Pakistani lawyer on Saturday filed a petition seeking local court’s direction to the police to register a criminal case against Test cricketer Shoaib Malik for allegedly making millions of rupees through match-fixing.
In the petition filed in the court of the Additional Sessions Judge here, Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhry alleged that Malik not only made millions of rupees through match-fixing but also damaged the country’s image.
New Delhi, January 08: Gautam Gambhir emerged on top of the pile as he earned the highest price of $2.4 million from Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League player auction that commenced here on Saturday. Gambhir, who was the first player on the block, evoked a fierce bidding war between Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors before Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kochi and Knight Riders stepped in and added spice to the proceedings. Eventually Knight Riders prevailed and snapped up the former Delhi Daredevils captain.
Mumbai, January 08: After Saurav Ganguly, it’s now Brian Charles Lara who has been forced to eat humble pie as there were no takers for the former West Indian great in the 2011 IPL auction at Bangalore.
It’s been a mixed bag for the old legs and age definitely seems to be a major deterrent when it comes to upping the ante by the bidding franchisees.
Adam Gilchrist, aged 39 who led the Deccan Chargers to ultimate glory in the IPL 2 season is the only exception so far, as Kings XI Punjab purchased his services for $ 900,000.
Banglore, January 08: Irfan Pathan may be out of favour as far as the Indian national team is concerned, but the Delhi Daredevils seem to be in no doubt about his credentials and have shelled out all of 8.6 crore rupees in the IPL auction to snap up the left-arm medium pacer.
There is further good news for the Pathan family as the older sibling Yusuf went for 9.66 cores and his takers, who else but Kolkata Knight Riders who seem to have the knack of getting the big stars without quite getting the desired results.
Banglore, January 08: Indian stars Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan and Robin Uthappa were snapped up for more than $2 million each at the Indian Premier League auction on Saturday, smashing the record price paid for an IPL player.
The prices paid easily eclipsed the previous record price paid for the England duo of Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, who went for 1.55 million dollars each in 2009.
After round two, around 24 players has gone under the hammer. Here is the list:
Gautam Gambhir: Bought for $2.4 million by Kolkata Knight Riders
Bangalore, January 08: Kings XI Punjab co-owner and Bollywood star Priety Zinta said she was disappointed to lose all-rounder Irfan Pathan but glad to buy former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist in the first session of auction for the fourth leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Saturday.
Kings XI Punjab went all out to buy their former player Pathan but faced a fierce fight from Delhi Daredevils. Punjab was in the bidding till $1.8 million before Daredevils grabbed him for $1.9 million.
Bangalore, January 08: Rajasthan Royals co-owner Shilpa Shetty Saturday expressed relief at overcoming all the “constraints” the consortium faced and the timely clearance they got to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL)-4.
The Bombay High Court last month cleared the Rajasthan Royals to play in the IPL after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) terminated the franchise for lack of transparency in their shareholding pattern.
Royals, the inaugural IPL champions, bought Rahul Dravid, Johan Both and Ross Taylor in the morning sessions.
Mumbai, January 08: Ace tennis player Leander Paes revealed on Friday that he would become an actor soon and has already signed four movies. He said this while addressing students at his alma matter, the Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School.
“It’s difficult to keep playing tennis forever. I am now planning to entertain you in films. I have signed on four movies and I am at present working on one,” the tennis star said, amid thunderous cheer from the audience.
Mumbai, January 08: Mumbai may have safely negotiated the festive season despite hightened terror threat, but it seems the worst is not over yet. The police have decided to change the route of Mumbai Marathon, scheduled for January 16, following specific intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack.
While the top brass is tightlipped about the changed route and the nature of the threat, police are only waiting for the organisers to approach them for security clearance before effecting a change of route.
Bangalore, January 08: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly became the first player to be unsold in the players’ auction for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Saturday.
Ganguly, who was in Kolkata Knight Riders, had a base price of $400,000. He failed to attract any buyer at the auction being held at the ITC Royal Gardenia. Ganguly was earlier placed in the $200,000 price bracket, but he later increased his base price to $400,000, which is the highest bracket for marquee players in the league.
Bangalore, Jan 8 (IANS) Following are the first nine players auctioned for the Indian Premier League (IPL) season four here Saturday.
Gautam Gambhir (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.4 million
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka): Royal Challengers Bangalore $6,50,000
Zaheer Khan (India): Royal Challenger Bangalore, $900,000
Ross Taylor (New Zealand): Rajasthan Royal, $1 million
Yusuf Pathan (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.1 million
Kevin Pietersen (England): Deccan Chargers, $6,50,000,
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka): Team Kochi, $1.5 million
Banglore, January 08: The world’s leading cricket players go under the hammer for the Indian Premier League auction as the scandal-plagued tournament looks to bounce back with its fourth season.
Former West Indies captain Brian Lara and a host of England’s Ashes heroes will be among 350 players up for grabs at the auction in Bangalore on Saturday and Sunday.
Lara and England bowler James Anderson are among 21 cricketers with the highest reserve price of $400,000 for a three-year contract, with the cash-rich Delhi and Mumbai teams likely to engage in a fierce bidding war.
New Delhi, January 08: Kolkata Knight Riders bought Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan for a whopping $2.4 million and $ 2.1 million as the player auction for the Season 4 of the Indian Premier League began in Bangalore.
Former King XI Punjab icon player Yuvraj Singh was bought by Sahara Pune Warriors for $1.8 million.
Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Zaheer Khan for USD 900,000 and AB de Villers for $1.1 million while Sri Lankan all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan was bagged by Vijay Mallya’s Royal Challengers for $650,000.
London, January 07: Soccer star David Beckham is reportedly selling his Porsche sports car worth $150,000 on internet auction site eBay.The 35-year-old England soccer ace has owned the car for the last two years, but now wants to get rid of it.
Beckham paid $100,000 for the matt-black automobile when he purchased it in 2008 and spent a further $50,000 in customising it.
The car features heated front seats and has emblazoned in the interior the number 23 – the number shirt Beckham plays in for current soccer team Los Angeles Galaxy and which he wore at Real Madrid.
New Delhi, January 08: Raising questions over construction of Commonwealth Games Village and Akshardham Temple on the banks of the Yamuna River, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the former should not have been given environmental clearance while the Temple never even applied for it.
He, however, conceded that these constructions could not be demolished now.
“If your question is whether the Commonwealth Games village got environmental clearance, the answer is yes, it got. Should it have got environmental clearance, I don’t think it should have got environmental clearance.
New Delhi, January 07: Kings XI Punjab Friday said Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara and Australian Shaun Marsh have rubbished media reports about them writing to the Indian cricket board regarding non-payment of Indian Premier League dues and clarified that they have received the money.”Kumar Sangakkara and Shaun Marsh have strongly refuted the reportage about them writing to BCCI on non-payment of IPL dues,” Arvinder Singh, chief operating officer, Kings XI Punjab, said in a statement.
Sydney, January 07: Australia Friday announced a 12-man squad for the two Twenty20 Internationals against England starting Wednesday with all-rounder Cameron White named captain after Michael Clarke decided to retire from T20.The teams will play the first match at the Adelaide Oval and the second at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Jan 14.
“As you all know Michael has decided to retire from Twenty20 cricket. He did an outstanding job as leader of our team and took us to the final of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup.
Dubai, January 07: India continued to dominate the ICC Test Championship table, holding on to the top spot in the latest rankings issued on Friday despite losing a rating point after the drawn three-match series against South Africa.
India lead South Africa by 11 ratings with 128 ratings points, the ICC said in a statement.