*Official* Indian Premier League 2010

[Rant0r]

Still not entirely sure why actually

 

[James]

As per this post, posts surrounding Cairns has been deleted.

 

[Smudge]

I think that's a tad heavyhanded, James, but can understand why you've locked that thread and deleted other posts. Not saying I agree with it, but can see your reasoning.

 

[Arjun]

Let's get back to IPL transfers and auctions, shall we? There has been very little transfer activity, though Gony getting a transfer to Mumbai or Punjab, or Duminy going to Kolkata or Punjab, or someone picking up Graham Napier could have happened. Instead, we find a relatively tame transfer such as Owais Shah or Manoj Tiwary going to Kolkata or Hyderabad ending the contracts of Nuwan Zoysa and Chamara Silva. Outside of this, Kyle Mills will miss this season because of an injury- he missed both seasons either because of national duty, or simply, he was not needed.

 

[four_or_six]

Probably no English players in the auction, due to some disagreement between Modi and the ECB. Shame for the one or two who might have been picked up, I thought Morgan or Foster were a chance.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

The list.

 

[Howsie]

What. Grant Eliott and Lou Vincent got through but Martin Guptill didn't, weird.

Modi showing how classless he is though with his comment on the English players by saying they wouldn't be missed. Does he realise that the only reason his tournament is followed is because of the international players?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

And that the ECB invented his cash cow.

 

[TT Boy]

Simmons, Roach and van der Wath would be good signings and hazard to guess, relatively cheap acquisitions.

Would stay away from Parnell, could go for big cash but he is having a shocker domestically and had disciplinary problems.

Majority of cricketers there purely for numbers, can’t see anyone touching many of the Sri Lankan cricketers or the likes of de Bruyn, Krejza, Tsotsobe, Manou, Philander, Martyn, Pakistani refugee et cetera.

 

[aussie]

Wait so there's no Clarke again? He can't use the reasoning that he's doing it to cement his position in the Australian team now. If anything, Australia needs him to have more experience in T20 if he's going to be captaining the naitonal side.

lol@80% of those nominees.

Or it just proves why making Clarke T20 cpataining was so idiotic - he is not a T20 player everyone knows that. The IPL people realize that, thats why they dont have him in this auction or whatever..

 

[Shri]

He would get in if he reduced his auction base price tbh.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

The IPL people realize that, thats why they dont have him in this auction or whatever..

You think the IPL would put him in against his will if he was an awesome T20 guy?

 

[aussie]

You think the IPL would put him in against his will if he was an awesome T20 guy?

He didn't make himself available did he?. Well even if he did, if any IPL team bought him they would be crazy..

 

[Goughy]

Im not the target demographic for the IPL. I cant say Im a fan for many reasons (ordinary standard of cricket, strange team composition, poor production values, petty politics, a pretty average product allround etc) however that is neither here nor there as Im not the market.

Having said that, IMO the idea of the IPL isnt a bad one and Im not against it nor do have have any any issue with it.

My question is (eventually geting there) is how is interest holding up for the third season. I cant imagine it rivals the first but is it still healthy? Who are the commercials in the games aimed at? Is the long term outlook rosy?

 

[Shri]

He didn't make himself available did he?. Well even if he did, if any IPL team bought him they would be crazy..

He did make him available two times. He set a base price of 1 million dollars for his contract in the auction and nobody wanted him.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

He did make him available two times. He set a base price of 1 million dollars for his contract in the auction and nobody wanted him.

Fairly certain he pulled out before the auction stage last year.

 

[Shri]

Fairly certain he pulled out before the auction stage last year.

The reasons for the pullout stated by the media here was that no team wanted him. So he pulled out to avoid embarrassment.

 

[trapol]

Incorrect - The IPL is all about the Indian players.

The IPL is primarily and Indian market competition and commercially the Indian big boys have all the pull. Obviously the overseas players add to its reputation but make no mistake the IPL is all about INDIA

 

[Days of Grace]

It's all about the greedy BCCI hounds making money. There, I fixed it for you.

 

[Shri]

Its called 'business' people, deal with it.