Kevin Peterson and Andrew Flintoff are auctioned for a whooping $1.55 million. Kevin will be part of Bangalore team and Andrew will be playing under Dhoni for Chennai team. Well, what can one suss out from IPL season 2 auctions ?
It definitely dont reflect upon the recession hit economy of India. On the contrary, it shows Indian business machos placing a huge trust on the game of cricket to make their balance sheet sprout a little more.
I wonder whether the IT dept is eyeing all these activities. They should perambulate IPL money cycles. Cricket in India has always been the origin of unlawful activities.
Hope Kevin and Andrew can fit well with the milieu of their adopted cities well, especially Bangalore and Chennai has nowadays became a paradise for culture protectors.
I am sure Kevin won’t be too bothered about the ban on pub culture in Bangalore, since Mallya, who bought him for the record lucre, is the biggest producer of alcohol in that nook.
Indian cricket fans will be sad to hear that their star players are now less-valued than the mega stars from the Queen’s country. But season 3 of IPL will bring a change in these ‘money rankings’.
I am not too sure about the auctioning of players, rather i would like to see clubs purchasing players like they do in EPL. That will clearly forecast who is valued how much..
Australia under Pup’s captaincy went down to New Zealand for the second consecutive time. This will ensure that India will overtake Australia in the ICC’s ODI ranking atleast for a short time. Surely, the rat race is on between India and South Africa for that coveted acme position in the cricketing world.
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