Eoin Morgan seals Bangalore IPL deal
Eoin Morgan seals IPL deal
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Tuesday, 19, Jan 2010 07:23
By Michael Younger.
Eoin Morgan was the only English player to be bought at the Indian Premier League 2010 auction on Tuesday as he secured a deal to play for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
The Dublin-born all-rounder, 23, was the last player to go in Pool B and was snapped up by the Bangalore franchise for $220,000 (£134,000) after they beat an initial offer of $210,000 (£128,000) from the Chennai Super Kings.
Only 11 out of the 66 overseas players attracted successful bids, with England's Graeme Swann and all 11 Pakistan players left unsold.
Spinner Swann was one of three players to have attracted the highest base price of £153,000 for the auction, but together with fellow Englishmen Tim Bresnan, Robert Key, Anthony McGrath, Monty Panesar, Mark Ramprakash and Jonathan Trott, he was not sold.
It was a major surprise that none of the Pakistan players were snapped up, as Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul and Abdul Razzaq were part of the Pakistan team that won the ICC World Twenty20 last June.
Whilst Afridi, Gul and Razzaq won't be plying their trade in the IPL this season, two big names who will are West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand paceman Shane Bond. Both saw their services go to a silent tie-breaker after at least two franchises offered the maximum amount.
Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata all matched the $750,000 (£458,000) price for Pollard after a frantic bidding period.
The four teams were then given an extra five minutes to decide how much extra they wanted to commit, with the Mumbai Indians coming out on top after submitting the highest undisclosed offer.
The same scenario panned out with Bond as bidders again took the price to the $750,000 threshold - although this time from a lower base of $100,000 (£61,000). The 34-year-old was eventually snapped up by Kolkata.
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach was signed by the Deccan Chargers for $720,000 (£439,000), while South Africa left-armer Wayne Parnell went to the Delhi Daredevils for $610,000 (£372,000).
Australian Adam Gilchrist steered Deccan Chargers to victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers by six runs in last year's IPL final in Johannesburg, staged in South Africa because of security concerns.
But this year's tournament returns to India, where it was won in its inaugural year by the unfancied Rajasthan Royals.
IPL III starts on March 12th and ends on April 25th. England play two Tests in Bangladesh between March 12th and 24th.
Full list of IPL auctions:
Kieron Pollard [West Indies] - Mumbai Indians (£458,000 tie-break)
Shane Bond [New Zealand] - Kolkata Knight Riders (£458,000 tie-break)
Kemar Roach [West Indies] - Deccan Chargers (£439,000)
Wayne Parnell [South Africa] - Delhi Daredevils (£372,000)
Mohammad Kaif [India] - Kings XI Punjab (£153,000)
Eoin Morgan [England] - Royal Challengers Bangalore (£134,000)
Damien Martyn [Australia] - Rajasthan Royals (£61,000)
Justin Kemp [South Africa] - Chennai Super Kings (£61,000)
Adam Voges [Australia] - Rajasthan Royals (£30,000)
Thissara Perera [Sri Lanka] - Chennai Super Kings (£30,000)
Yusuf Abdulla [South Africa] - Kings XI Punjab (£30,000)