Three top rated cricketers from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 are among a group of 30 players who retained the price of US$400,000 ($535,000) for April's Indian Premier League.
Skipper Dan Vettori, and senior batsmen Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 and Brendon McCulluma are leading the group of 416 players and at least one of the 10 franchises have shown
interest for the fourth edition of the T20 tournament.
The Board of Control for Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 has sent a notice to all 10 IPL franchises instructing them to refrain from hiring uncapped India domestic players prior
to the 2011 tournament until they are allowed from the board. According to league rules, the domestic players have been divided into three categories, depending on the performace they have observed.
The players in the lowest category can sign for Rs 10 lakhs (US$21,500) per year, the middle tier for Rs 20 lakhs ($43,000) and the top ranked- those who have
played at least five seasons of Ranji Trophy - will be paid Rs 30 lakhs ($64,500) per year.
The decided date for the auction to be January 8-9, which includes the budget of US$9 million. In addition, defending champions the Chennai Super Kings and the
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians have reserved four overseas players and are bound to spend "only" US$4.5 million.
Indian board tried hard to expel The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833,and their entry was to be over turned by the High Court, for which they have to pay
US$20.83 million and US$32.77 million respectively by January 3.
The top thirty player list includes West Indian great Brian Lara, who retired from international cricket four years ago. Besides, two other retired players -
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737 are also among the list of 30.
On the other hand, Pakistani players have once again been neglected for Indian Premier League. The thirty top players also incorporate five newcomers from England,
who are the winner 2010 World T20 Championship in Caribbean – James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright and Mike Yardy.
Ten teams are going to participate in IPL comprising newcomers from Kohi and Pune – playing 74 games which will start in early April.
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