Might not have gotten a game for tests if he had've done this first. People might have thought he was too aggressive. Just a comment.What I like about it is that he'd played and had good success at test cricket before this happened.
Yeah, it's an interesting thought. I'm not sure how good his first class record was at the time, but Australia picking Warner for Tests after he was such a hit in t20s caused a little bit of a stir. And then there's Glenn Maxwell, but that's just straight up a bad selectionMight not have gotten a game for tests if he had've done this first. People might have thought he was too aggressive. Just a comment.
Professional, like the NFL for example? Where a potential 6th-7th round draft pick standing to make maybe half a million dollars shoots up the draft board because he mesured in at 6'5 and ran the 40 yard dash in 4.3 seconds. Nevermind the four years of mediocrity at the college level, a couple teams like the look of his ceiling and he's just become a 1st round draft pick looking at making 15-20 million instead. It happens in all sports, the IPL is no different and pretty unlikely to change. All it takes is for two teams to become enamoured with a prospect and his price will ballon, it doesn't make much "sense" but that's just the way it is sometimes.It'll depend on how he does vs. India. But unless he completely loses form, he should get a decent contract at the very least. IPL is in its infancy - the prices that players go for are still random - the analysis and valuing of players has not become professional like other leagues yet.
$1m of ill-gotten IPL money and the bloke still tries to play the 'do you know who I am' game with Melbourne taxi drivers to get a free ride. GiggleIf Glenn ****ing Maxwell can go for a mill based on an international high score of 50 odd (I think at the time) then god knows how much this fella will go for now.