Kieran Pollard started the IPL3.0 bidding war the same way he starts his innings. 7 minutes into the bidding, 4 franchises reached the cap of $750,000. What a start it was - All the way to a silent tie-breaker where MI snatched him from the others.
Here's how the rest that were sold followed
Wayne Parnell - DD - $ 610,000
Shane Bond - KKR - $750,000 (silent tie breaker)
Kemar Roach - DC - $720,000
Eoin Morgan - RCB - $220,000
Damien Martyn - RR - $100,000
Thissara Perera - CSK - $50,000
Justin Kemp - CSK - $50,000
Yusuf Abdullah - KXIP -$50,000
Adam Voges - RR - $50,000
Mohammad Kaif - KXIP - $250,000
Surprisingly, players like Afridi, Haddin, Sohail Tanvir and many others who were supposed to stir up the bidding war did not even evoke a twitch - this may not be bad for the IPL but it will definitely do good for the players as they can now concentrate on playing fit and fresh in the T20 World Cup that will follow IPL3.0
Als, considering what we saw, the decisions by James Anderson and Stuart Broad to skip the money minter and "be prepared for the Ashes" seem very wise now. Had they entered the fray they would have found no takers and suffered the embarrassment - something the Pakistani players are now facing.
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