43 INTERNATIONAL CRICKETERS NOMINATED FOR PLAYER AUCTION

The Indian Premier League has announced a final list of 43 players nominated by the eight franchises for the Second Player Auction to be held at Goa on February 6th 2009.

As per the guidelines set by the Governing Council for the DLF IPL 2009, each Franchisee will have a maximum purse of US $ 2 million, less any amount spent on signing temporary replacements from last year to select the cricketers best suited for their team’s strategies.


FINAL LIST OF PLAYERS NOMINATED FOR SECOND PLAYER AUCTION
Goa, February 6th 2009

Sr. No Player Reserve Price

AUSTRALIA
1 Aaron Bird 45,000
2 Brett Geeves 45,000
3 Bryce McGain 50,000
4 Daniel Harris 50,000
5 Dominic Thornley 50,000
6 George Bailey 50,000
7 Jonathan Moss 50,000
8 Michael Clarke 1,000,000
9 Michael Dighton 85,000
10 Michael Hill 50,000
11 Phil Jacques 100,000
12 Shane Harwood 75,000
13 Shaun Tait 250,000
14 Steven Smith 75,000
15 Stuart Clark 250,000

BANGLADESH
16 Mashrafe Bin Mortaza 50,000
17 Mohammad Ashraful 75,000
18 Shakib Al Hasan 75,000
19 Tamim Iqbal 50,000

ENGLAND
20 Andrew Flintoff 950,000
21 Kevin Pietersen 1,350,000
22 Luke Wright 150,000
23 Owais Shah 150,000
24 Paul Collingwood 250,000
25 Ravi Bopara 150,000
26 Samit Patel 100,000

NEW ZEALAND
27 James Franklin 50,000
28 Jesse Ryder 100,000
29 Kyle Mills 150,000

SOUTH AFRICA
30 Gulam Bodi 100,000
31 J P Duminy 300,000
32 Morne Van Wyk 100,000
33 Tyron Henderson 100,000
34 Yusuf Abdullah 25,000

SRI LANKA
35 Chamara Kapugadera 150,000
36 Kaushalya Weereratne 50,000
37 Nuwan Kulasekera 100,000
38 Thilan Thushara 100,000

WEST INDIES
39 Dwayne Smith TBC
40 Fidel Edwards 150,000
41 Jerome Taylor TBC
42 Kemar Roach 50,000
43 Kieron Pollard 60,000

Former watchman's son gets Cricket Team India call-up

Ravindra Jadeja, who was named in the Indian ODI team for the Sri Lanka tour is the son of a former watchman. And his rise to the top was almost cut short by the tragic death of his mother when he was just 17.

Jamnagar's glorious cricketing heritage boasts of legendary 'maharajas' Ranjitsinhji and Duleepsinhji, but is now set to be enriched by a man from a modest background.

Ironically, it was his mother Lataben's dream of seeing him play for India, and support of other family members, that kept Jadeja's hunger for success alive.

The left-handed spinner and hard-hitting batsman was easily the best all-rounder on view in the recently concluded Ranji Trophy.

IPL 2009 : Trading Window Rules

The Indian Premier League, concluded a Franchisee meeting in Mumbai to apprise them about the player trading regulations for the 2009 season.


Player regulations

The maximum number of international players in each squad at 10. However, the number of international players in the playing eleven would remain constant at 4. Squads will not be allowed temporary replacements from 2009 onwards to cover partial unavailability of a player during the season. The only temporary replacements allowed will be in the situation where a player is completely unavailable for a whole IPL season.

Salary Cap / Auction Purse

The 2008 Salary Cap will cease to have effect and no unused amount of the 2008 purse can be used in 2009. There will be no cap on Player Fees payable to players acquired by the franchises during the trading window. The trading window is only for players who were part of the IPL in 2008.

Player Trading Window & Auction

The Trading Window will be open from 12 Noon IST December 22nd 2008 to 5 pm IST on January 22nd 2009. Franchises shall have opportunities during the trading window to trade players – either by offering to sell a player via trade or expressing an interest to acquire a player – prior to any trading discussions the player’s consent must be obtained. Negotiations between the two franchises should be only with regard to the Player Fee payable. The other terms of the Player Contract (for example the period of the contract) may not be varied.

If more than one franchise is interested in buying the player, the “selling” franchise shall negotiate with all interested Franchises. The “selling” Franchise shall have the discretion as to which offer to accept. Each Franchise is restricted to purchasing a maximum aggregate of a total of 4 Overseas and Team India Players during the Trading Window – subject always to the IPL squad composition rules. There is no limit on the number of Players that a Franchise can sell.

Player Auction Rules

A Player Auction will be held on Friday, February 6th 2009 for “NEW” players that did not feature in the IPL 2008 season. All Overseas players will however, require an NOC to play in the IPL. Outside the Auction process but subject to the Squad Composition rules with respect to Overseas Players, each Franchise will have the option to purchase any number of Uncapped “NEW” players by a direct agreement.



* An Uncapped overseas player is one who, at the date the Player Contract is signed, neither:
1. Has ever played senior international cricket (Test, ODI, International Twenty20), nor
2. Has a Central contract with his National Association


* Each Franchise will have the sum of USD 2Mn to spend on 2009 Player Fees for players who are acquired either:
o In the Auction
o Through signing uncapped “new” players
o Through re-signing any 2008 temporary replacements