INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE CRICKET

IPL is yet another show of strength for cricket. Originally conceived as a riposte to Subhash Chandra’s rebel Indian Cricket League, IPL is set to become the biggest money-spinner in cricket today. The league has been modelled on other professional sports leagues like the English Premier League (EPL) and National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Reliance Industries chairman has acquired the Mumbai franchise in IPL for $111.9 million over a 10-year period while the flamboyant chairman of UB Group has won the Bengaluru franchise for $111.6 million. Both Mr Ambani and Mr Mallya had bid more than twice the floor price of $50 million per franchise set by the board. SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment won the Kolkata franchise for $75 million.

The biggest surprise was the Chandigarh franchise, which went to Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia, together with Apeejay Surrendra’s Karan Paul and Dabur scion Mohit Burman for $75 million.

BANGALORE:

Rahul Dravid (icon)

Anil Kumble (US$500,000)

Jacques Kallis (US$900,000)

Zaheer Khan (US$450,000)

Mark Boucher (US$450,000)

Cameron White (US$500,000)

Wasim Jaffer (US$150,000)

Dale Steyn (US$325,000)

Nathan Bracken (US$325,000)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (US$200,000).

CHENNAI:

MS Dhoni (US$1.5 million),

Muttiah Muralitharan (US$600,000)

Matthew Hayden (US$375,000)

Jacob Oram (US$675,000)

Stephen Fleming (US$350,000)

Parthiv Patel (US$325,000)

Joginder Sharma (US$225,000)

Albie Morkel (US$675,000)

Suresh Raina (US$650,000)

Makhaya Ntini (US$200,000)

Michael Hussey (US$350,000)

DELHI:

Virender Sehwag (icon)

Daniel Vettori (US$625,000)

Shoaib Malik (US$500,000)

Mohammad Asif (US$650,000)

AB de Villiers (US$300,000)

Dinesh Karthik (US$525,000)

Farveez Maharoof (US$225,000)

Tillakaratne Dilshan (US$250,000)

Manoj Tiwary (US$675,000)

Gautam Gambhir (US$725,000)

Glenn McGrath (US$350,000)

HYDERABAD:

Adam Gilchrist (US$700,000)

Andrew Symonds (US$1.35 million)

Herschelle Gibbs (US$575,000)

Shahid Afridi (US$675,000)

Scott Styris (US$175,000)

VVS Laxman (US$375,000)

Rohit Sharma (US$750,000)

Chamara Silva (US$100,000)

RP Singh (US$875,000)

Chaminda Vaas (US$200,000)

Nuwan Zoysa (US$110,000)

JAIPUR:

Shane Warne (US$450,000)

Graeme Smith (US$475,000)

Younis Khan (US$225,000)

Kamran Akmal (US$150,000)

Yusuf Pathan (US$475,000)

Mohammad Kaif (US$675,000)

Munaf Patel (US$275,000)

Justin Langer (US$200,000)

KOLKATA:

Sourav Ganguly (icon)

Shoaib Akhtar (US$425,000)

Ricky Ponting (US$400,000)

Brendon McCullum (US$700,000)

Chris Gayle (US$800,000)

Ajit Agarkar (US$330,000)

David Hussey (US$675,000)

Ishant Sharma (US$950,000)

Murali Kartik (US$425,000)

Umar Gul (US$150,000)

Tatenda Taibu (US$125,000)

MOHALI:

Yuvraj Singh (icon)

Mahela Jayawardene (US$475,000)

Kumar Sangakkara (US$700,000)

Brett Lee (US$900,000)

Sreesanth (US$625,000)

Irfan Pathan (US$925,000)

Ramesh Powar (US$170,000)

Piyush Chawla (US$400,000)

Simon Katich (US$200,000)

Ramnaresh Sarwan (US$225,000)

MUMBAI:

Sachin Tendulkar (icon)

Sanath Jayasuriya (US$975,000)

Harbhajan Singh (US$850,000)

Shaun Pollock (US$550,000)

Robin Uthappa (US$800,000)

.Lasith Malinga (US$350,000)

Dilhara Fernando (US$150,000)

Loots Bosman (US$175,000).