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IPL 4: Dravid, Ganguly, Gambhir up for grabs
New Delhi: The players'
retention deadline that ended on
Wednesday night threw few
surprises as many iconic players
for various franchisees in the first
three seasons were left to go
under the hammer.
Yuvraj Singh and Gautam
Gambhir are among the top
players not retained by their
franchise. In fact, Delhi
Daredevils only held back
Virender Sehwag for the next
three seasons, while Kings XI
Punjab, along with Deccan
Chargers and Kolkata Knight
Riders did not retain any player
of their current squads.With a maximum of three Indians
players out of four allowed to be
retained by every franchise, the
Mumbai Indians, as expected,
retained Sachin Tendulkar and
Harbhajan Singh in Indian
players, while they clang to big-
hitting Kieron Pollard and Sri
Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga in
foreign players.
The Chennai Super Kings also
retained four players. The 2010
IPL champions once again
showed their faith in MS Dhoni,
their skipper for the last three
seasons, along with two most
improved cricketers for the
national side - Suresh Raina and
Murali Vijay. The Stephen
Fleming-coached side also kept
South African all-rounder Albie
Morkel with them. But while
doing so, both Mumbai and
Chennai had already spent half
of the $ 9 million salary cap
available to teams for the
players' auction.
According to rules set for the
next season, the four retained
players will be valued at $ 1.8
million for the first player, $ 1.3
million for the second, $ 900,000
for the third and $ 500,000 for
the fourth.
The most interesting retention
came from Royal Challengers
Bangalore, where only Virat
Kohli was retained. It also means
that now team's mainstays like
Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble
will be available for the January
auction.
Punjab's decision to release all
their players was expected
following their dismal 2010
season, which means Kumar
Sangakkara, Mahela
Jayawardene and Brett Lee will
go under the hammer.
Rajasthan Royals, who breathed
a sigh of relief after an
independent arbitrator stayed
the BCCI's decision to expel the
team, had clung to their
Australian skipper Shane Warne
and all-rounder Shane Watson.
So the swashbuckling Yusuf
Pathan will be up for grab in the
players' auction.
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