The legendary cricketer, Brain Lara who was unsold in the IPL Auctions praised Indian Premier League for its role in promoting the T20 format of the game. He said, “I am not overly disappointed, I have no resentment. But I think the owners missed the broader picture. The teams have 75 per cent of young Indian cricketers. I would have brought a lot of knowledge to the dressing room. I could have made a difference as a mentor to the team. At 41, I am not really looking at playing some 20-odd matches.”
“I was looking at the IPL as an opportunity to continue my love affair with India. I will come again next year as I want to be a part of a successful unit. I want to contribute through my presence in the dressing room, team meetings.”
Lara also commented on Ganguly and said “I am fine with it. You can’t play down a player like Ganguly just because he was not sold. It should not tarnish his achievements. He was one of the best leaders India ever had.”
Unsold Players on Day 1 (8 January 2011)
Ajantha Mendis,
Brian Lara,
Chamara Kapugedera,
Chris Gayle,
Graeme Swann,
Graham Manou
Herschelle Gibbs,
James Anderson,
Luke Wright,
Mark Boucher,
Matt Prior,
Sourav Ganguly,
Tamim Iqbal
Unsold Players on Day 2 (9 January 2011)
Aaron Heal,
Aaron O’brien
Aaron Redmond,
Abdur Razzak,
Adam Lyth,
Adrian Barath,
Adrian Shanker,
Ajmal Shahzad,
Akalanka Ganegama,
Andre Nel,
Andre Russell,
Andrew Gale,
Andrew McDonald,
Andrew Puttick,
Andy McKay,
Angelo Perera,
Anthony McGrath,
Brendon Drew,
Brendon Taylor,
Cameron Borgas,
Chamara Siva,
Chaminda Vaas,
Chamu Chichibaba,
Chanaka Welegedara,
Chinthika Jayasinghe,
Chris Hartley,
Chris Tremlett,
CJ de Villiers,
Colin de Grandhomme,
Craig Thyssen,
Dammika Prasad,
Daniel Harris,
Danza Hyatt,
Daren Ganga,
Darren Bravo,
Darren Sammy,
Darren Stevens,
Daryl Tuffey,
David Miller,
de Bruyn,
Dean Brownlie,
Denesh Ramdin,
Dilahara Lokuhettige,
Dillon du Preez,
Dilruwan Perera,
Dinesh Chandimal,
Doug Bracewell,
Dwayne Smith,
ED Cowan,
Elton Chigumbura,
Ethan O’Reilly,
Farhaan Bahardien,
Farveez Maharoof,
Fidel Edwards,
Floyd Reifer,
Gareth Hopkins,
Gary Putland,
Gayan Wijekoon,
Gihan Rupasinghe,
Glenn Maxwell,
Graham Napier,
Grant Elliott,
Greg Smith,
Gulam Bodi,
Hamilton Masakadza,
Hasantha Fernando,
Henry Davids,
Iain o’Brien,
Ian Bell,
Ian Butler,
Imrul Kayes,
Indika de Saram,
Isuru Udana,
Jack Shanty,
Jacob Oram,
Jacques Rudolf,
Jake Haberfield,
James Faulkner,
Jamie How,
Jason Krejza,
Jeevan Mendis,
Jeevantha Kulatunga,
Jehan Mubarak,
Joe Denly,
Johann Louw,
Jonathon Trott,
Junaid Siddique,
Justin Kemp,
Justin Ontong,
Kane Williamson,
Kaushal Lokuarachchi,
Kaushalya Weeraratne,
Kemar Roach,
Kieran Noema-Barnett,
Kyle Mills,
Lee Carseldine,
Lendl Simmons,
Lionel Baker,
Lonwabo Tsotsobe,
Loots Bosman,
Lou Vincent,
Luke Ronchi,
M. Pushpakumara,
Mahela Udewatte,
Mahmudullah,
Makhaya Ntini,
Malinda Warnapura,
Malinga Bandara,
Mark Cosgrove,
Martin Guptill,
Mashraffe Mortaza,
Michael Hill,
Michael Hogan,
Michael Lewis,
Michael Vandort,
Michael Yardy,
Mitchell Starc,
Mohammad Ashraful,
Monty Panesar,
Morne van Wyk,
Naeem Islam,
Nathan Rimmington,
Neil Broom,
Neil Mckenzie,
Niall O’Brien,
Nicholas Buchanan,
Nikita Miller,
Nuwan Zoysa,
Paul Franks,
Paul Harris,
Paul Horton.
Pedro Collins,
Peter George,
Peter Ingram,
Peter Siddle,
Philip Jacques,
Phillip Hughes,
Prosper Utseya,
Ramnaresh Sarwan,
Rangana Herath,
Raqibul Hassan,
Ravi Bopara,
Ravi Rampaul,
Ray Price,
Rayad Emrit,
Rhett Lockyear,
Ricardo Powell,
Richard Cameron,
Rob Nicol,
Rob Quiney,
Robin Peterson,
Rory Kelinveldt,
Rubel Hossain,
Runako Morton,
Ryan McLaren,
Ryan Sidebottam,
Sajid Mahmood,
Samit Patel,
Sanath Jayasuriya,
Shafiul Islam,
Shahadat Hossain,
Shahariar Nafeez,
Shanan Stewart,
Shane Harwood,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul,
Simon Cook,
Simon Katich,
Steven Croft,
Stuart Clarke,
Suhrawadi Shuvo,
Suliemann Benn,
Suranga Lakmal,
Syed Rasel,
Tatenda Taibu,
Tharanga Paranavitana,
Thilan Samaraweera,
Thilan Thushara,
Thilina Kandamby,
Tim Armstrong,
Tim Bresnan,
Tim Lang,
Tim Southee,
Tinashe Panyangara,
Tino Best,
Tom Beaton,
Tom Smith,
Trent Copeland,
Tyron Henderson,
Upul Tharanga,
Usman Afzaal,
Vaughn van Jaarsveld,
Vernon Philander,
VRV Singh,
Wasim Jaffer,
Wes Durston,
Xavier Doherty,
Xavier Marshall,
Yusuf Abdulla,
Rajasthan Royals: Ross Taylor-$1 million, Johan Botha-$950,000, Cheteshwar Pujara- $700,000, Rahul Dravid-$500,000, Paul Collingwood- $250,000.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Saurabh Tiwary-$1.6 million, AB de Villiers-$1.1 million, Zaheer Khan-$900,000, Dilshan Tillakaratne-$650,000, Dirk Nannes – $ 650,000, Daniel Vettori-$550,000.
Unsold Players(Base Price)
Sourav Ganguly ($400,000)
Brian Lara ($400,000)
Chris Gayle ($400,000)
James Anderson ($400,000)
Graeme Swann ($400,000)
Luke Wright ($400,000)
Jesse Ryder ($100,000)
Herschelle Gibbs ($200,000)
Graham Manou ($50,000)
Matt Prior ($200,000)
Mark Boucher ($200,000)
Dilhara Fernando ($100,000)
Ajanta Mendis ($200,000)
Murali Kartik ($200,000)
Chamara Kapugedera ($100,000)
Tamim Iqbal ($100,000)
Day 2 Chennai Super Kings: Scott Styris-$200,000, Joginder Sharma-$150,000, Nuwan Kulasekara-$100,000, Sudeep Tyagi-$240,000, Suraj Randiv-$80,000, Ben Hilfenhaus-$100,000, George Bailey-$50,000, Francois du Plessis-$120,000.
Deccan Chargers: Daniel Christian-$900,000, Manpreet Gony-$290,000, Chris Lynn-$20,000.
Delhi Daredevils: Mathew Wade $100,000, Ajit Agarkar-$210,000, Ashok Dinda-$375,000, Umesh Yadav-$150,000, R. Van der Merwe-$50,000, Venugopal Rao-$700,000, Andrew McDonald-$80,000.
King’s XI Punjab: Nil.
Kochi: Thisara Perera-$80,000, R. Vinay Kumar-$475,000, Stephen O’ Keefe-$20,000, Owais Shah-$200,000, M. Klinger-$75,000, John Hastings-$20,000.
Kolkata Knight Riders: L. Balaji-$500,000, Jayadev Unadkat-$250,000, R. Ten Doeschate-$150,000, James Pattinson-$100,000.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Charl Langeveldt-$140,000, Luke Pomersbach-$50,000, A. Mithun-$260,000, Johan van der Wath-$50,000, R. Rossouw-$20,000, Nuwan Pradeep-$20,000,
Here is the updated list of players available for auction in n Premier League Edition- 4 2011. The Auction Reserve Price mentioned above is in US $.
Players from Australia
Adam Gilchrist (Wk/Batsman) – 400,000
Brett Lee (Bowler) – 400,000
Shaun Marsh 400,000
Andrew Symonds (All Rounder) – 300,000
Cameron White (Batsman) – 300,000
Shaun Tait (Bowler) – 300,000
David Hussey (Batsman) – 300,000
Michael Hussey (Batsman) – 200,000
James Hopes (All Rounder) – 200,000
Brad Haddin (Wk/Batsman) – 200,000
Doug Bollinger (Bowler) – 200,000
Callum Ferguson (Batsman) – 200,000
Brad Hodge (Batsman) – 200,000
Ryan Harris (Bowler) – 200,000
Peter Siddle (Bowler) – 200,000
David Warner (Batsman) – 200,000
Steven Smith (All Rounder) – 200,000
Dirk Nannes (Bowler) – 200,000
Simon Katich (Batsman) – 100,000
Stuart Clark (Bowler) – 100,000
Tim Paine (Wk/Batsman) – 100,000
Ben Hilfenhaus (Bowler) – 100,000
Adam Voges (Batsman) – 100,000
Clint McKay (Bowler) – 100,000
Mitchell Starc (Bowler) – 100,000
Xavier Doherty (Bowler) – 100,000
Peter George (Bowler) – 100,000
Phillip Hughes (Batsman) – 100,000
Aaron Finch (Batsman) – 100,000
Mitchell Marsh 100,000
James Faulkner – 100,000
James Pattison – 100,000
Matthew Scott Wade – 100,000
Michael Lewis (Bowler) – 50,000
Phillip Jaques (Batsman) – 50,000
Graham Manou Wicket Keeper 50,000
Luke Ronchi (Wk/(Batsman) – 50,000
Mark Cosgrove (Batsman) – 50,000
Moises Henriques (All Rounder) – 50,000
Shane Harwood (Bowler) – 50,000
Daniel Christian (Bowler) – 50,000
Jason Krejza (Bowler) – 50,000
Andrew McDonald (All Rounder) – 50,000
George Bailey (Batsman) – 50,000
Robert Quiney (Batsman) – 50,000
Tom Beaton – 50,000
Brendan Drew – 50,000
Aaron Heal – 50,000
Michael Hogan – 50,000
John Hastings (All Rounder) – 20,000
Bryce McGain (Bowler) – 20,000
Stephen O’Keefe (Bowler) – 20,000
Luke Pomersbach (Batsman) – 20,000
Lee Carseldine (All Rounder) – 20,000
Tim Armstrong – 20,000
Travis Birt – 20,000
Aiden Blizzard – 20,000
Cameron Borgas – 20,000
Nicholas Buchanan – 20,000
Ryan Carters – 20,000
Trent Copeland – 20,000
Ed Cowan – 20,000
Jake Haberfield – 20,000
Daniel Harris – 20,000
Chris Hartley – 20,000
Michael Hill – 20,000
Michael Klinger – 20,000
Rhett Lockyer – 20,000
Chris Lynn – 20,000
Glenn Maxwell – 20,000
Aaron O’Brien – 20,000
Gary Putland – 20,000
Nathan Reardon – 20,000
Nathan Rimmington – 20,000
Players from Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan (All Rounder) – 200,000
Mashrafe Mortaza (Bowler) – 100,000
Tamim Iqbal Khan (Batsman) – 100,000
Shahriar Nafees Ahmed (Batsman) – 100,000
Mohammad Ashraful (Batsman) – 50,000
Abdur Razzak (Bowler) – 50,000
Mushfiqur Rahim (Wk/(Batsman) – 50,000
Md. Mahmudullah (All Rounder) – 50,000
Syed Rasel (Bowler) – 50,000
Raqibul Hasan (Batsman) – 50,000
Kazi Shahadat Hossain (Bowler) – 50,000
Zunaed Siddique (Batsman) – 50,000
Imrul Kayes (Batsman) – 50,000
Md .Shafiul Islam (Bowler) – 50,000
Naeem Islam (All Rounder) – 50,000
Suhrawadi Shuvo (Bowler) – 50,000
Md. Rubel Hossain (Bowler) – 20,000
Jahurul Islam (Wk/(Batsman) – 20,000
Players from England
James Anderson (Bowler) – 400,000
Kevin Pietersen (Batsman) – 400,000
Stuart Broad (All Rounder) – 400,000
Graeme Swann (Bowler) – 400,000
Luke Wright (All Rounder) – 400,000
Michael Yardy (All Rounder) – 400,000
Simon James Cook – 300,000
Steven Davies (Wk/(Batsman) – 300,000
Paul Collingwood (Batsman) – 200,000
Owais Shah (Batsman) – 200,000
Matt Prior (Wk/(Batsman) – 200,000
Ravi Bopara (All Rounder) – 200,000
Tim Bresnan (All Rounder) – 200,000
Eoin Morgan (Batsman) – 200,000
Ryan Sidebottom (Bowler) – 200,000
Jonathan Trott (Batsman) – 200,000
Joe Denly (Batsman) – 200,000
Ajmal Shahzad (Bowler) – 200,000
Darren Stevens – 200,000
Ian Bell (Batsman) – 100,000
Ian Blackwell (All Rounder) – 100,000
Sajid Mahmood (Bowler) – 100,000
Dimitri Mascarenhas (All Rounder) – 100,000
Chris Tremlett (Bowler) – 100,000
Graham Napier (All Rounder) – 100,000
Tom Smith – 100,000
Monty Panesar (Bowler) – 50,000
Anthony McGrath (Batsman) – 50,000
Samit Patel (All Rounder) – 50,000
Usman Afzaal (Batsman) – 50,000
Michael Lumb (Batsman) – 50,000
Wesley John Durston – 50,000
Andrew Gale – 50,000
Adam Lyth – 50,000
Jack Shantry – 50,000
Paul Franks (Bowler) – 20,000
Steven Croft – 20,000
Paul James Horton – 20,000
Greg Smith – 20,000