Brian Lara, Adam Gilchrist to feature in IPL four
If money can’t buy happiness it sure can buy Adam Gilchrist and Brian Lara years after their retirement. At least that is what the posse are talking about and yes this is true. The legendary West Indian cricketer and batsman Brian Lara will be among those
cricketers who will be auctioned for this years edition of the IPL. Adam Gilchrist, Australian wicket keeper and master blaster will also be up for auction in January and sources have claimed that they have been put in the highest bracket.
More than 400 foreign players have expressed their wish to play in the IPL. These players have been placed in six price brackets that range from 20,000 $ to 400,000 $. The Australian’s have only three players who are in the top base price bracket in the
auction. These include the legendary wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918, Shaun Marsh who was the top scorer in the first edition of the IPL and Brett Lee the speed merchant and captain of Deccan Chargers in the second edition of the tournament.
The two Hussey brothers, Mike Hussey have been included in the second base price bracket of 300,000 $ while the Australian T20 player, David Warner is placed in the third category with a base price of 200,000 $.
It will be interesting to see how players like Brian Lara and Adam Gilchrist play in the IPL, however one thing is for certain that their inclusion will most certainly soar the crowd attendance and viewership of the IPL. Despite the fact that Brian Lara
has not played cricket in the last four years, IPL has admitted that he remains to be a big brand name which is why he has been placed in the top base price bracket of players to be auctioned.
"Brian Lara is a big brand name. Also the fact, he may not have been too comfortable being bracketed in a lower base price category," a source in the IPL claimed.
The only other http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 player included in the top base price bracket is Chris Gayle.
The defending T20 world champions however have six senior players in the top price bracket which include the spinner Graeme Swann, the hard hitting batsman Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Luke Wright and Michael Yardy.
The Kiwi’s also have three players in the top price bracket including their captain Daniel Vettori, vice captain Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 and the wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum.
Two Sri Lankan’s, namely Mahela Jayawardene and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887.
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