Auctions

something about these auctions

January 8, 2011

It has been a very busy day for me, covering the auction as it happened. I know even cricinfo did it, but heck, I wanted to, and it was more real-time. Hah! Here is what actually happened during the day. Teams were stupid. They were emotional, they were playing poker and the smarter owners benefited. [...]

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Auction Time

January 8, 2011

At times, this blog has been accused of not being too serious, and talking up things which are ‘not cricket’. To that, we say – “no comment.” Talking about things which are ‘not cricket’, the IPL Auction is set to happen on Saturday and Sunday, and we will be there, covering every bit of the [...]

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why pakistani players were rightly not picked

January 20, 2010

the buzz in the blogosphere today has been the issue of pakistani players not being picked up by franchisees in the IPL Auction. I say that it was a fair call. The teams were justified, IMHO for not spending money on players from across the border. WHY? The secular, freedom loving, peaceful being inside you [...]

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beyond the test world, straight into ipl

January 10, 2010

First of all, here are the final shortlisted players for the auction to be held for the Indian Premier League, preceding its third season: Mohammad Aamer, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Rana Naved-ul Hasan, Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq (all Pakistan), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Daren Ganga, Wavell Hinds, Kieron Pollard, [...]

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Chris Cairns vs Modi – why both are correct, part 1

January 9, 2010

This is part 1 of a 3 part series on why both Modi and Cairns are right in this public altercation. Despite all this, it isn’t exactly a win-win. Part 1: Why Christopher Cairns is right. Lalit Modi had an interesting tweet fly out of his twitter account yesterday. It was to the effect that [...]

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