IPL 4 news: David Hussey gets $1.4m while Brian Lara remains unsold
While the auction for IPL season 4 went underway, spectators of the event witnessed some surprising results. According to the news, David Hussey remained in the bracket of the highest paid Australian cricketers in the first session of the two day’s auction
event, as he was priced at $ 1.4m by Kings XI.
Shane Warne, who had already been retained by his old team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals, will be paid $1.8m for playing this season.
Cameron White, the Australian skipper for T20 event was the next player who made such huge deal in the first session by entering a contract worth $ 1.1m. He will be playing for Deccan in the event.
Other Australians who remained in demand and ended up bagging huge prices included veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians for $ 850,000.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623, the famous opener of the Indian national team along with the formidable hitter Yusuf Pathan were the first cricketers who were sold for more than $ 2m. The left handed batsman Gambhir remained at the top for earning $ 2.4m of the event; he
was bought by Kolkata. Pathan, who was also bought by the same franchise, ended up earning $ 2.1m. The Indian duo crossed the English players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff behind who earned $ 1.55m each in 2009’s edition of Indian Premier League. Pietersen
this year has been sold for $650,000, while being booked by Deccan. Other players who remained successful in earning over a million for the event included New Zealand’s Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 and Youvraj
Singh from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
The veterans, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle did not get any offer; both of them had been deemed to have too many national commitments.
Brad Haddin and Tim Paine ended up earning $ 325,000 and $ 270,000 respectively. The former was bought by Kolkata while the latter was bagged by Pune. A total of 353 players appeared for IPL 4 auction.
Interestingly, James Anderson, the paceman from England, who was among 21 players who had been tagged with highest reserved price of $ 400,000 for three-year contract, remained bid-less all through the event.
Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson and Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 were not present in the event.
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