No Englishman in the IPL?!?
February 20, 2008
I guess they’re continuing the grand British tradition of inventing the damn thing and getting left behind.
It is more or less clear that potential brand image has trumped cricketing ability in the bidding but even that cannot possibly explain Michael Hussey going for $350,000 while his brother David goes for $675,000.
P.s.: Dravid was reportedly advising the Bangalore team on player selection. On the evidence here, let’s just say that he won’t be an improvement on Vengsarkar as selector. And no, picking Steyn for cheap does not absolve him.
February 20, 2008 at 10:34 pm
From a very cursory glance of those lists, the most striking was Steyn’s going figure. I’m semi-pleased to see Rohit Sharma netting a huge sum.
February 21, 2008 at 1:00 am
Vengsarkar is way way better than Kiran More and his acolytes. And Rahul Dravid.
February 22, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Homer: Thanks for writing in. But we are admirers of Rahul Dravid here so I’m afraid we will have to disagree