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MUMBAI:
The second round of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) players
auction takes place tomorrow (11 March).
18
foreign players, including Ashwell Prince and Mohammed Yousuf
who were not selected by any franchise the first time around,
will be up for grabs.
The
other players who will be auctioned include Misbah-ul-Haq,
Mohammad Hafeez from Pakistan, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton,
Jamie How, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin, Kyle Mills, James Franklin
from New Zealand, Brad Hodge, Shane Watson, James Hopes and
Luke Pomersbach from Australia.
In
the first round, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Andrew Symonds went
for over a million dollars. The interesting thing about Tuesday's
auction is that apart from Emerging Media, which owns the
Jaipur franchise, the other parties have spent most of their
alloted money. Chennai only has $24,000 left to spend while
Jaipur has over a million dollars still left. Reliance which
owns Mumbai Indians only has a little over $50,000 left.
The
franchisees can buy more foreign players from outside the
list of 18. However, the teams will have to inform the IPL
about the players they are targetting, and the organisers
will then negotiate their base price and try to secure the
no-objection certificates from their home boards.
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