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Jadeja picked up by CSK for a whopping USD 2 million
The IPL Player Auction 2012, held in Bengaluru ahead of the tournament’s fifth season, was marked by a whopping USD 2 million dollar bid for all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja made by two franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers. The player was sold to the Chennai franchise on the basis of tie-breaker involving a silent bid.
Medium pacer Vinay Kumar was the other big purchase at the auction conducted by auctioneer Richard Madley. The Karnataka bowler was picked up by home franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for USD 1 million.
Each of the franchises had a purse of USD 2 million to shop with. The franchises can use the remaining purse only to buy uncapped players during the trading window which opens on February 6.
Auction highlights:
Round 1
• Ravindra Jadeja was the most sought after player in the first stage of IPL Player Auction 2012 involving marquee players. Starting at a base price of USD 100,000, he was eventually bought for USD 2 million by Chennai Super Kings after winning a tie-breaker against Deccan Chargers.
• Kolkata Knight Riders snapped the swashbuckling New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum for USD 900,000. McCullum was a part of the Kolkata franchise for the first three seasons.
• Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan will now play for Royal Challengers Bangalore after being bought by them for USD 220,000. Along with Daniel Vettori, RCB, perhaps have the most formidable spin-pair.
• Delhi Daredevils secured the services of former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene (base price 300,000) for USD 1.4 million. He joins another new recruit at the franchise this season, along with Kevin Pietersen.
• England pace bowler James Anderson was the only player among the first five names to remain unsold.
Round 2
• Indian medium pacer R Vinay Kumar attracted the highest bid, that of USD 1 million, in the second stage of the IPL Player Auction 2012. Bangalore boy Vinay, who was a part of the Kochi Tuskers Kerala team last season, was bought by his home team Royal Bangalore Challengers after entering the auction at the base price of USD 100,000.
• West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine was another big catch, with Kolkata Knight Riders securing his services for USD 700,000.
• The second stage of the auction saw 43 players, divided into five categories – batsmen, wicketkeepers, allrounders, fast bowlers and spinners – go under the hammer. Out of these, 13 players, including five Indians, found bidders.
• RP Singh went to the Mumbai Indians for USD 600,000 after entering the bid at a base price of USD 200,000. Rajasthan Royals bought S Sreesanth for his base price of USD 400,000.
• Out of the nine batsmen, South African Herschelle Gibbs went to Mumbai Indians for USD 50,000, while Australia’sBrad Hodge (BP USD 200,000) was taken by Rajasthan Royals for USD 475,000.
• Deccan Chargers added wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel to their squad at USD 650,000 and the Rajasthan franchise went with Sri Lankan keeper Dinesh Chandimal for a base price of USD 50,000.
• Among the allrounders, West Indies’ Andre Russell, who entered at a base price of USD 50,000, was eventually grabbed by the Delhi Daredevils for USD 450,000. Australia’s Mitchell Johnson will don the Mumbai Indians blues, after they bought him at his base price of USD 300,000.
• Apart from Narine, Ramesh Powar (USD 160,000 to Kings XI Punjab), Australia’s Brad Hogg (USD 180,000 to Rajasthan Royals) and South Africa’s Robin Peterson (USD 100,000 to Mumbai Indians) were the other spin bowlers to be bought in the second round.
Round 3
• 22-year-old Sri Lankan fast bowler Thisara Perera struck big at the auction, attracting a final bid of USD 650,000 from Mumbai Indians. His selling price was significantly higher than his base price of USD 50,000.
• Australian medium pacer Daniel Harris will play in IPL 2012 as a Deccan Charger after the team from Hyderabad shelled out USD 70,000 for him in the third round. His bidding started off at USD 50,000.
• Another young Australian pacer, James Faulkner, was snapped up by Kings XI Punjab for USD 190,000 after entering the bid at a base price of USD 100,000.
• All-rounder Azhar Mahmood will be the only player from Pakistan to play in IPL 2012 after Kings XI Punjab bought him for USD 200,000, double his base price.
• A sensational Test debut in 2011 has earned young South African pacer Marchant de Lange his first IPL contract. Marchant was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of USD 50,000.
• Having played for Trinidad & Tobago in the Champions League Twenty20, 23-year-old medium pacer Kevon Cooperwill now make his IPL debut. He was bought by Mumbai Indians for his base price, USD 50,000.
Re-auctioned players
• Fourteen out of the 30 players who went unsold in the previous rounds were put under the hammer for the second time. Only two of them managed to find a bid in the second attempt.
• Stylish young West Indies batsman Darren Bravo found a bidder in Deccan Chargers who secured his services for his base price of USD 100,000.
• New Zealand all-rounder Doug Bracewell, who made an impressive international debut in 2011, is set to have his first taste of the IPL at Delhi Daredevils who made the first and successful bid for him, of USD 50,000.
Summary
• In all, 25 players from across the world were bought by the franchises, with MI and RR bidding successfully for five players each. DD, KKR, KXIP and DC snapped up three players each while RCB took two. CSK used their entire purse of USD 2 million in their successful bid for Jadeja.
• Some of the big names that failed to find bidders were James Anderson, Ian Bell, Owais Shah, Matt Prior and Graeme Swann from England; Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Mark Boucher from South Africa; and Steven Smith, Xavier Doherty and Peter Siddle from Australia. Sri Lankan spinners Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath too remained unsold, as did West Indies’ Ravi Rampaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan. Ireland’s World Cup 2011 hero Kevin O’ Brien too failed to attract bidders.
• Among the Indian players who remained unsold were middle-order veteran VVS Laxman and Punjab medium pacer VRV Singh.
List of players sold in the auction:
| Sr.No | Name of the Player | Country | Previous Team(s) | RP | Sold at | 2012 Team |
| 2 | Ravindra Jadeja | India | RR/KTK | 100,000 | 2,000,000 | CSK |
| 3 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | KXIP/KTK | 300,000 | 1,400,000 | DD |
| 4 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | KKR/KTK | 400,000 | 900,000 | KKR |
| 5 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | CSK/KTK | 200,000 | 220,000 | RCB |
| 8 | Darren Bravo | West Indies | - | 100,000 | 100,000 | DC |
| 9 | Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | DC | 50,000 | 50,000 | MI |
| 10 | Bradley Hodge | Australia | KTK/KKR | 200,000 | 475,000 | RR |
| 17 | Dinesh Chandimal | Sri Lanka | - | 50,000 | 50,000 | RR |
| 18 | Parthiv Patel | India | CSK/KTK | 200,000 | 650,000 | DC |
| 22 | Doug Bracewell | New Zealand | - | 50,000 | 50,000 | DD |
| 23 | Mitchell Johnson | Australia | - | 300,000 | 300,000 | MI |
| 26 | Andre Russell | West Indies | - | 50,000 | 450,000 | DD |
| 35 | Rudra Pratap Singh | India | DC/KTK | 200,000 | 600,000 | MI |
| 38 | S Sreesanth | India | KXIP/KTK | 400,000 | 400,000 | RR |
| 40 | R Vinay Kumar | India | RCB/KTK | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | RCB |
| 43 | Brad Hogg | Australia | - | 100,000 | 180,000 | RR |
| 45 | Sunil Narine | West Indies | - | 50,000 | 700,000 | KKR |
| 47 | Robin John Peterson | South Africa | - | 100,000 | 100,000 | MI |
| 48 | Ramesh Powar | India | KXIP/KTK | 100,000 | 160,000 | KXIP |
| 50 | Daniel Harris | Australia | - | 50,000 | 70,000 | DC |
| 66 | Kevon Cooper | West Indies | - | 50,000 | 50,000 | RR |
| 67 | James Faulkner | Australia | PWI | 100,000 | 190,000 | KXIP |
| 70 | Azhar Mahmood | England | - | 100,000 | 200,000 | KXIP |
| 73 | Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka | CSK/KTK | 50,000 | 650,000 | MI |
| 75 | Merchant de Lange | South Africa | - | 50,000 | 50,000 | KKR |
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The one-off T20 match between India and South Africa, to be held on 30 March in Johannesburg, has left the mainstream of 9 Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises upset. To have their IPL preparations ready, the franchises say they need a gap of at least one week before the Twenty20 league commences.
Even prior to the public statement of the T20 fixture, Indian Premier League franchises regarded as their hands tied by then, a jam-packed international schedule as well overlapping with the ending of the domestic editions in South Africa and India.
The T20 match that Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced would be annual match, could leave a group of players worn-out as it begins immediately after the long domestic seasons for South Africa and India. The T20 match to be held at the Wanderers begins 3 days after SA completes its tour of New Zealand with 3 back-to-back test matches, just a week after Asia Cup and 4 days prior to the beginning of the Indian Premier League in Chennai on 4 April. The T20 match also comes very close to the heels of Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament finishing on 27 March and the MiWay Cup ending on 1 April, the domestic T20 matches for South Africa and India correspondingly.
According to sources MS Dhoni would be leading an Indian squad of 15 members for the Twenty20 international fixture, while minimum of 10 South African players belonging to different IPL franchises are supposed to participate. The SA squad is yet to be declared.
In terms of figures, the squads that would include the optimum brunt from the T20 are Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings; as many as 5 cricketers from each of these teams could take part in South Africa v India match. Subsequent IPL team is Pune Warriors, which has 4 of its players travelling for the game together with the coaching pair Paddy Upton and Allan Donald. In fact, all the 9 IPL franchises include at least one cricketer in the T20 match.
“It interrupts the teams’ schedule,” an IPL franchise official said. “You need to travel for 2 days to reach there and travel back. Some of the cricketers might face jet-lag by the time they begin playing.” Increasing the trouble for few cricketers would be their captains’ requirement to travel on 3 April to reach Chennai to sign the spirit of the cricket document.
The Knight Riders captain, Gautham Gambhir, would be travelling on 29 March to Johannesburg, come back to India on 31 March. He mostly will rush to Kolkata, practice the game for a day or two, then satisfy the franchise promotional activities, he would attend for the toss at Eden Garderns, in their team’s edition opening match against Delhi Daredevils.
Another IPL franchise official said, “The players need to get there at least 7 days prior to the tournament, else it may become difficult as the schedule goes screwy. Usually anyone likes to begin the camp 2 weeks prior to the tournament. However, with the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament ending just on 27 March, it may become a problem.
An official from another IPL franchise stated that a big issue during the earlier 4 IPL editions was that it took so much of time for a various groups of players to meet together and understand one another. “You try to bring thirty cricketers from various parts of the globe to join as a group, but it turns out difficult to gather them together and ask them to understand each other just in few days.
Considering the T20 match is to be an annual tournament, the main consent among the IPL franchises is there must be a clear gap of minimum of one week, if not 2 weeks, for the cricketers to join the camp. “If you have ten day camp you can prepare plans accordingly at least, conduct few practice games to develop some strategies and identify players’ weaknesses and strengths. But with the fixture match between South Africa and India, these are all not at all possible,” said another franchise official.
The lack of enough time also implies that the issues related to adaptation for foreign players will only become more difficult. Another IPL franchise said, “It is also about circumstances. There are some cricketers who come from South Africa and New Zealand where the pitches are all bouncy and they may suddenly find themselves on flatter ones.
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India tour of Australia 2011 will begin on Monday, December 26, 2011 in Australia as per cricket schedule announced. India vs Australia 2012 is an international bilateral series to be organized by Australia. India tour of Australia 2011 will consist of 4 Test and 2 Twenty20 matches to be hosted by Australia in Dec 2011-Feb 2012.
Date and Time Match Details and Series
Mon Dec 26 – Fri Dec 30
10:30 local | 23:30 GMT 1st Test – Australia vs India
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Tue Jan 3 – Sat Jan 7
10:30 local | 23:30 GMT 2nd Test – Australia vs India
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Fri Jan 13 – Tue Jan 17
10:30 local | 02:30 GMT 3rd Test – Australia vs India
W.A.C.A., Perth
Tue Jan 24 – Sat Jan 28
10:30 local | 00:00 GMT 4th Test – Australia vs India
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Wed Feb 1
19:35 local | 08:35 GMT 1st T20 – Australia vs India
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Fri Feb 3
19:35 local | 08:35 GMT 2nd T20 – Australia vs India
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
After the difficult tour to England, it will be time for the Men in Blue to visit Australia. India vs Australia 2011 will begin from December 26, 2011. This bilateral contest will be hosted by Australia, as per the cricket fixture prepared by the International Cricket Council (ICC). India will be battling the Aussies on their home ground after a gap of almost 2 years, and it will not be an easy task. India is the current world number 1 team in the Test format. It will be interesting to see how they fare in one of the most hostile cricketing conditions in the world.
India tour of Australia 2011 will feature a Test series, followed by a couple of T20 encounters during the period of December 2011 to February 2012. The 1st Test, or as it is colloquially called the Boxing Day Test Match, will be played at the legendary Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, on the December 26, 2011. This marks the initiation of the Australia vs India 2011 Test Series. The second Test match will be played at Sydney’s SCG, from January 3, 2012, while the 3rd Test will be hosted at Perth, which is one of the fastest grounds in the world from January 13, 2012. The last Test match will be played at Adelaide, on January 24.
The 4 Match Test Series is expected to be high on drama and cricketing action. After the completion of the Test Series, both teams will face off in the shortest format of the game – Twenty20. There will be two T20 International matches. The first one will be played at Sydney on February 1, 2012, while the second match will take place in Melbourne, on February 3.
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India vs West Indies 2011 will begin on Sunday, November 6, 2011 in India as per cricket schedule announced. West Indies tour of India 2011 is an international bilateral series to be organized by India. India vs West Indies 2011 will consist of 3 Test and 5 ODI matches to be hosted by India in Nov-Dec 2011.
Date and Time Match Details and Series
Sun Nov 6 – Thu Nov 10
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 1st Test – India vs West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Mon Nov 14 – Fri Nov 18
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 2nd Test – India vs West Indies
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Tue Nov 22 – Sat Nov 26
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT 3rd Test – India vs West Indies
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Tue Nov 29
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT 1st ODI – India vs West Indies
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Fri Dec 2
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT 2nd ODI – India vs West Indies
Andhra Cricket Association, Visakhapatnam
Mon Dec 5
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT 3rd ODI – India vs West Indies
Sardar Patel Stadium Motera, Ahmedabad
Thu Dec 8
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT 4th ODI – India vs West Indies
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Sun Dec 11
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT 5th ODI – India vs West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium – Chepauk, Chennai
India and West Indies have been great ambassadors of Cricket for several decades. The encounters between these two world class teams are always interesting and captivating. Same is expected when the Men in Blue will face West Indies at home in the India vs West Indies 2011 bilateral competition. West Indies tour to India will begin from Thursday, November 3, 2011, as per the cricketing fixture crafted by the International Cricket Council. Just like all other series, India vs West Indies 2011 will be an integral part of the Future Tour Programs, an innovative idea for the promotion of cricket throughout the globe.
During the period of November-December, West Indies will visit India and engage in the Test and One Day format of the game. The series will be kick started with the 3 match Test Series, which will be followed by 5 One Day International encounters. In fact, this is the second series between India and West Indies in the same year, the first one being hosted by West Indies during the early half of 2011. The Indian team is comparatively stronger in paper, but the West Indian side is capable of causing a hiccup in India’s smooth run in the past few months.
In the West Indies vs India Test match, it would be interesting to know who will be top spinner on this cricket pitch with interesting fight between cricket bat and cricket ball in West Indies tour of India 2011. Some cricket websites like sky sports, star cricket and cricinfo provides latest cricket score on West Indies tour of India 2011 bilateral series. If you reside in North America, you can watch West Indies tour of India 2011 live on internet by using cricket willow website. Cricket Tickets of India vs West Indies 2011 are expected to available at www.vaigogo.com. Booking tickets for India vs West Indies, first Test match could also be done there.
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