The two new IPL teams are finally out its going to be Pune Kochi Sahara Bagged Pune Rendezvous gets Kochi i am happy coz Pune is my home city and now we wil have an IPL team
So the competition will be tough now. new teams = more fun and excitement. And thank god the players will be auction again.
Ya the auction will happen again and players will get more money this time from these new teams. - Mr.President -
There are some news that Sahara has approached Sourav Ganguly for next year. His 3 years deal with KKR ends this year.
There will be open auction for everybody in September/October and it is yet to be decided whether the teams would be able to retain some key players. The two new teams fetched astronomical price to BCCI with both getting sold out for 10 years for 3200+ crores in total! In the first round, 8 teams in all... gave BCCI only 2800+ crores combined! Just look at the increase in price tag over just 3 years! Regards, RightMan
It also means more cricket for players and they will pick up injuries too! If this things continue then we would see in next 10 years we might not see Test matches.
Also bid price need to be higher, see A'bad lost the chance for just Rs 86 Cr difference. ( This amount is big for us but not for BCCI.)
I think Kochi deserves better! Many talented players in Kerala are not reaching to the National team simply because there is nobody to influence.