The Lucrative Money-making Cricket League is back with two new franchises in the form of Kochi and Pune. A decision was made this year to completely reshuffle the teams and the first Auction took place today.
Groundbreaking News from the First Auction
Gautam Gambhir goes to Mumbai Indians for a record-high of 2.4million
Graeme Swann, best spinner in the world is unsold while Indian Amateur Spinner Piyush Chawla pockets 900k
Robin Uthappa goes for 2.1 million to Pune Warriors despite having not played international T20 Cricket for 2 years now
Legendary West Indian Batsmen Brian Lara remains unsold
Kevin Pietersen goes for a mere 650k while Rohit Sharma goes for 2 million
For full list of players who have been sold look here
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/495897.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/495897.html
For information on the franchises and the amount of money the have left look here
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/content/current/story/495850.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2011/content/current/story/495850.html
What do you all think? For me the biggest shock is seeing Graeme Swann arguably the best spinner in the world today remaining unsold
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You can follow the second day of the Auction on Cricinfo on a ticker
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