IPL Auction discussion thread

[Amazing Bombers]

Cheap for Sehwag considering he is a great player in this format.

 

[alfy!]

wtf is this matching bid.

Right to Match cards: None of the previous auctions had this feature. A Right to Match card allows a franchise to buy back a player that was part of its 2013 squad by simply matching the price at which that player is sold at the auction. The franchises have a varying number of Right to Match cards going into the auction, depending on the number of players they retained. A team that retained three or more players will have one card at the auction; a team that retained one or two players will have two cards; a team that did not retain any players will have three cards.

A Right to Match card can be used in the following manner: once the auctioneer has determined that there are no further bids for a player, he will declare the player sold. He will then ask the franchise the player belonged to in 2013 whether they wish to buy him back using a Right to Match card. If they do, then they will get the player back for the final bid made in the auction and no further bidding is possible.

However, a franchise may retain no more than four capped Indian players through a combination of player retention and Right to Match cards.

See here for lists of who has how many rights to match cards.

 

[evdo1706]

Sehwag went for about $500K.

 

[evdo1706]

Will the Australian players be available?

 

[Amazing Bombers]

As a fan of the team that were the Deccan Chargers initially i'm happy the Sunrisers have managed to get Warner.

 

[tazzietiger]

Johnson up next.

 

[alfy!]

Will the Australian players be available?

Given the bidding on Warner and Johnson, likely. Potentially not for the whole tournament though.

 

[tazzietiger]

Warner and Kallis went for the same price 550lacs

 

[evdo1706]

Why wouldn't you retain MJ?

 

[Shade]

Sorry if this is a stupid question

What happens to Mahela now?

 

[tazzietiger]

Johnson $1.1Million. I'm following a live blog on news.com.au I'm assuming that'll be in Aud.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Sorry if this is a stupid question

What happens to Mahela now?

There's an opportunity to bid on any players that were passed up tomorrow as the auction goes over 2 days.

 

[evdo1706]

Sorry if this is a stupid question

What happens to Mahela now?

I think he would be placed at a lower base price for a second round. But I doubt he would get sold. The Sri Lankans have a really tight schedule. That's why Sanga withdrew his name from the auctions.

 

[tazzietiger]

Does anyone know the order of who the next few players are up for auction.

 

[tazzietiger]

RCBYuvraj SinghAll-Rounder $2.5m
DDKevin PietersenBatsman $1.6m
KXIPMitchell JohnsonAll-Rounder $1.1m
KKRJacques KallisAll-Rounder $978K
SHDavid WarnerBatsman $978K

off the blog. news.com.au

 

[Shade]

Does anyone know the order of who the next few players are up for auction.

George Bailey, Faf du Plessis, Michael Hussey, Dinesh Karthik, Brendon McCullum, Zaheer Khan, Amit Mishra, Darren Sammy.

 

[Super Hans]

Thought KP would cost more.

 

[Super Hans]

Live

Doesn't work?

 

[alfy!]

You can convert the figures given on CricInfo to AUD by using this site and then multiplying it by 100,000. So 650 Lakh is $1.15 million AUD.

 

[evdo1706]

Doesn't work?

I am sorry, I think it's US only then, from Willow TV US.

 

[Zach Package]

Warner and Shit***t Dhawan will be entertaining to watch

 

[evdo1706]

Just fyi I don't follow IPL keenly at all. I just enjoy the auction.

 

[alfy!]

Bailey for $575,000 AUD, not a bad pick up. Value pick if he can play a decent amount of the tournament.

 

[drummond2fevola]

Bailey cheap..

 

[tazzietiger]

Bailey $577k