Friday, March 7, 2008

AUSTRALIANS IN INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

There are many Australian taking part in Indian Premier League . After the controversies of racism with Indians in the border gavaskar test series, there was a lot of talk about the participation of the Australian cricketers in Indian premier league. But to the surprise of everyone there is a active participation from their side, many top ranked cricketers like Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilcrist, Mathew Hayden, Andrew Symonds accepted for their participation in the Indian premier league.

But there are questions that “are they doing this for bucks”. Adam Gilicrist has already announced his retirement from the international cricket. There are rumors that he did it for the sake of the participation in Indian premier league.

The bidding programme for the cricketers in Indian premier league recently showed that Indian teams are not that interested in Australian cricketers except for Andrew Symonds who got bid for astonishing 1.5million by the Hyderabad team, but his team Ricky ponting, Mathew Hayden, Shane Warne, glen McGrath were bid for a less amount compared to Symonds.

Many people had different ideas about Symonds after the racism controversy with bajji but he proved to be strong with his astonishing bid. Now there are many talks about how he is going to survive in India. Have to wait and see till April when this mega event, "Indian premier league" is going to start.

The following are the Australian cricketers listed in different teams of Indian Premier League and the amount of their bids.

Andrew Symonds - 1.5 million – Hyderabad

Adam Gilchrest - 700, 000$ - Hyderabad

Cameron white - 500, 000$ - Bangalore

Nathan bracken - 325, 000$ - Bangalore

David hussy - 625, 000$ - Kolkata

Ricky ponting - 400, 000$ - Kolkata

Mathew Hayden - 375, 000$ - Chennai

Michel hussy - 350, 000$ - Chennai

Glenn McGrath - 350, 000$ - Delhi

Shane Warne - 450, 000$ - Jaipur

Justin Langer - 200, 000$ - Jaipur

Brett lee - 900, 000$ - Mohali

Visit Arly's Blog for more Information on Indian Premier League .

No comments: