Ipl 2009

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So it's 'transfer day' today - my team (Kolkata Knightriders) bought one Bandladeshi, no 'heavyweight' signing - boooo
 
IPL auction results, country by country. (exchange rate as of 05/02/2009 is 1.4 dollars to the pound):

AUSTRALIA: George Bailey (Chennai Super Kings, $50,000), Shaun Tait (Rajasthan Royals, $375,000).

BANGLADESH: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Kolkata Knight Riders, $600,000), Mohammad Ashraful (Mumbai Indians, $75,000)

ENGLAND: Andrew Flintoff (Chennai Super Kings, $1,550,000), Kevin Pietersen (Bangalore Royal Challengers, $1,550,000), Owais Shah (Delhi Daredevils, $375,000), Paul Collingwood (Delhi Daredevils, $275,000), Ravi Bopara (Kings XI Punjab, $450,000).

NEW ZEALAND: Jesse Ryder (Bangalore Royal Challengers, $160,000), Kyle Mills (Mumbai Indians, $150,000).

SOUTH AFRICA: J P Duminy (Mumbai Indians, $950,000), Tyron Henderson (Rajasthan Royals, $650,000).

SRI LANKA: Thilan Thushara (Chennai Super Kings, $140,000).

WEST INDIES: Dwayne Smith (Deccan Chargers, $100,000), Fidel Edwards (Deccan Chargers, $150,000), Jerome Taylor (Kings XI Punjab, $150,000).

UNSOLD: Aaron Bird, Brett Geeves, Bryce McGain, Daniel Harris, Dominic Thornley, Jonathan Moss, Michael Dighton, Michael Hill, Phil Jacques, Shane Harwood, Steven Smith, Stuart Clark (All Australia), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal (Both Bangladesh), Luke Wright, Samit Patel (Both England), James Franklin (New Zealand), Gulam Bodi, Morne Van Wyk, Yusuf Abdullah (All South Africa), Chamara Kapugadera, Kaushalya Weereratne, Nuwan Kulasekara (All Sri Lanka), Kemar Roach, Kieron Pollard (Both West Indies).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7871703.stm
 
I didn't know that you're Indian.

Do you live in India?

Auction was sort of interesting. Deccan are still shit. My local team Chennai must be the strongest now, with Rajasthan having lost Tanvir. I don't think anyone can better a foreign quartet of Hayden(who'll be available for the whole season because he's retired now), Muralitharan, Flintoff, Morkel with Hussey, Oram, Ntini, Thushara(don't know this guy) as backup.

Banglore were making shit buys bidding for all batsmen after having swapped Zaheer for Uthappa, bizarrely enough.