IPL 2021 & 2022

[freo_leo29]

Probably should have gone 6 teams tbh

Too much quality leftover

 

[Teen Wolf]

I also wonder if a few of those unsold Internationals may have placed their starting price one or two rungs too high...AJ Wellington who isn't a regular set her base price at 40 lakh, which is the same base price for King who's become a regular for Aus but that's been over the last 15 months

You then compare with with King's squad teammates in who got picked up in Harris, Graham, Sutherland & Wareham - who all had a base price of 30 lakh, we saw bidding wars on all bar Graham who went for her base price.

Sometimes you're better off starting a little lower & seeing what happens, rather than pricing yourself out from the start - I feel that happened with a few players who may have got in at those higher prices at year or two ago, but now others presented as better options

Some teams still had money left over, and all 5 teams bought more players than the minimum number required (15, which is still way more than what is needed for the length of this tournament). That would suggest base price wasn't the reason those players (King, Wellington, Glenn etc.) missed out.

Ecclestone aside (though she can be handy down the order), the overseas spin bowlers were sold in accordance with their batting ability.

 

[akkaps]

Urooj Mumtaz: 'Extremely unfortunate to see Pakistan players missing out on WPL'

"Every opportunity must be fair and inclusive," says the former Pakistan captain

www.espncricinfo.com

I didn't realize that Pakistani players were able to nominate for the draft. Understandably they were left out of the auction, but still....

 

[Teen Wolf]

WBBL placings last season, and the approx value of each team per the auction results.

C: Strikers, $416k
RU: Sixers, $1.336m
3rd: Heat, $798k
4th: Canes, $52k
5th: Scorchers, $694k
6th: Stars, $633k (includes Rodrigues who only played half the season)
7th: Gades, $373k (EDIT: forgot Wareham didn't play a game, which brings it down to $243k)
8th: Thunder, $52k

The two outliers in terms of performance vs $ are obviously the Strikers and the Hurricanes. Already mentioned Brown, Wellington and du Preez, but also worth pointing out Strano wasn't even on the list of ~400 so I very much doubt she nominated.

 

[DEVO]

Some interesting numbers relating the WPL auction.

Fight for Mandhana, demand for Australians, and focus on allrounders

 

[akkaps]

BCCI announces the release of Request for Proposals for staging fan parks for the Indian Premier League Seasons 2023, 2024 and 2025

BCCI announces the release of Request for Proposals for staging fan parks for the Indian Premier League Seasons 2023, 2024 and 2025

www.iplt20.com

Interesting, and I think a good addition to the fan experience. I know quite a few places around Mumbai that would be perfect for this.
Also would like to know if this extends to outside Australia

 

[akkaps]

Bumrah set to miss IPL 2023

The India fast bowler, who is yet to recover completely from the back injury, has been confronted with the option of undergoing surgery

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[big_e]

For the nerds out there, a decent podcast episode featuring Ed Cowan talking about the $$$ of the IPL.

IPL: The World’s Fastest Growing Sports League

Ed Cowan is an investor at TDM Growth Partners and a former professional cricketer. We cover how the IPL came to be, its place in Indian society, and how the business behind it works.

www.joincolossus.com

 

[akkaps]

Owners of Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals to own teams in MLC

With KKR already involved, four of the six teams in the new US-based T20 league, Major League Cricket, will have owners from the IPL

www.espncricinfo.com

According to Wikipedia and the above article

Dallas (Texas) Super Kings (DSK) - Chennai Super Kings, Perot Jain (Venture Capitalists)
Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) - Kolkata Knight Riders
MI New York City (MINYC) - Mumbai Indians
San Francisco - Kosmix (online shopping website, now a subsidiary of Walmart), Cricket Victoria
Seattle Orcas - Delhi Capitals, Sayta Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), Soma Somasegar (co owner of Seattle Sounders)
Washington Freedom - Sanjay Govil (Infinite Computer Solutions, NSW Cricket

Will create a thread for the MLC if there is enough interest

 

[010203]

David Warner will captain the Delhi Capitals this season.

 

[akkaps]

Michael Bracewell in for Will Jacks for RCB,

Really well done for Bracewell here