IPL: Player auction from today

IPL looks to recapture its lost sparkle with player auction at which teams will bid to secure some of finest talent.

NEW DEHLI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) looks to recapture its lost sparkle this weekend with a player auction at which teams will bid big bucks to secure some of finest talent in world cricket.

Former West Indies captain Brian Lara and England’s Ashes hero James Anderson will be among those going under the hammer at the auction in Bangalore today and tomorrow.

They are among 21 cricketers with the highest reserve price of $400,000 for a three-year contract. Other foreigners up for grabs include Australians Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee, England’s Kevin Pietersen and South Africans Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 8^th, 2011.