IPL Day 1 - Who got whom

Check out the auction...of IPL.....who got whom on Day 1....

Player	Country	Purchased By	Base Price	Bidding Price	Role
Gautam Gambhir	India	KKR	$200,000	$2.4 million	Batsman
Yusuf Pathan	India	KKR	$400,000	$2.1 million	All-rounder
Robin Uthappa	India	Pune	$200,000	$2.1 million	Batsman
Rohit Sharma	India	MI	$200,000	$2 million	All-rounder
Irfan Pathan	India	DD	$200,000	$1.9 million	All-rounder
Yuvraj Singh	India	Pune	$400,000	$1.8 million	All-rounder
Saurab Tiwari	India	RCB	$100,000	$1.6 million	Batsman
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	Kochi	$400,000	$1.5 million	Batsman
David Hussey	Australia	Kings XI	$300,000	$1.4 million	All-rounder
Dale Steyn	South Africa	DC	$200,000	$1.2 million	Bowler
AB de Villiers	South Africa	RCB	$400,000	$1.1 million	Batsman
Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	Kochi	$300,000	$1.1 million	Bowler
Cameron White	Australia	DC	$300,000	$1.1 million	Batsman
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	KKR	$300,000	$1.1 million	Batsman
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	RR	$400,000	$1million	Batsman
Johan Botha	South Africa	RR	$200,000	$950,000	Bowler
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	Pune	$300,000	$950,000	All-rounder
Ravindra Jadeja	India	Kochi	$100,000	$950,000	All-rounder
Piyush Chawla	India	Kings XI	$100,000	$900,000	Bowler
Zaheer Khan	India	RCB	$400,000	$900,000	Bowler
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	Kings XI	$400,000	$900,000	Wicket-keeper
Dinesh Karthik	India	Kings XI	$200,000	$900,000	Wicket-keeper
S Sreesanth	India	Kochi	$200,000	$900,000	Bowler
R Ashwin	India	CSK	$100,000	$850,000	Bowler
Ashish Nehra	India	Pune	$200,000	$850,000	Bowler
Andrew Symonds	Australia	MI	$300,000	$850,000	All-rounder
S Badrinath	India	CSK	$100,000	$800,000	Batsman
Praveen Kumar	India	Kings XI	$200,000	$800,000	Bowler
Abhishek Nayar	India	Kings XI	$50,000	$800,000	All-rounder
David Warner	Australia	DD	$200,000	$750,000	Batsman
C Pujara	India	RCB	$100,000	$700,000	Batsman
Doug Bollinger	Australia	CSK	$200,000	$700,000	Bowler
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	DC	$300,000	$700,000	Wicket-keeper
T Dilshan	Sri Lanka	RCB	$400,000	$650,000	Batsman
Kevin Pietersen	England	DC	$400,000	$650,000	Batsman
Dirk Nannes	Australia	RCB	$200,000	$650,000	Bowler
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	RCB	$400,000	$550,000	Bowler
Pragyan Ojha	India	DC	$200,000	$500,000	Bowler
Rahul Dravid	India	RR	$400,000	$500,000	Batsman
Graeme Smith	South Africa	Pune	$400,000	$500,000	Batsman
RP Singh	India	Kochi	$200,000	$500,000	Bowler
Manoj Tiwary	India	KKR	$100,000	$475,000	Batsman
Morne Morkel	South Africa	DD	$100,000	$475,000	Bowler
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Kochi	$400,000	$475,000	Wicket-keeper
Ishant Sharma	India	DC	$200,000	$450,000	Bowler
Brad Hodge	Australia	Kochi	$200,000	$425,000	Batsman
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	KKR	$200,000	$425,000	All-rounder
Michael Hussey	Australia	CSK	$200,000	$425,000	Batsman
VVS Laxman	India	Kochi	$400,000	$400,000	Batsman
Brett Lee	Australia	KKR	$400,000	$400,000	Bowler
Stuart Broad	England	Kings XI	$400,000	$400,000	All-rounder
Shaun Marsh	Australia	Kings XI	$400,000	$400,000	Batsman
James Hopes	Australia	DD	$200,000	$350,000	All-rounder
Eoin Morgan	England	KKR	$200,000	$350,000	Batsman
Ryan Harris	Australia	Kings XI	$200,000	$325,000	Bowler
Brad Haddin	Australia	KKR	$200,000	$325,000	Wicket-keeper
Callum Ferguson	Australia	Pune	$200,000	$300,000	Batsman
Amit Mishra	India	DC	$100,000	$300,000	Bowler
Aaron Finch	Australia	DD	$100,000	$300,000	Batsman
Shikhar Dhawan	India	DC	$200,000	$300,000	Batsman
JP Duminy	South Africa	DC	$200,000	$300,000	Batsman
Parthiv Patel	India	Kochi	$100,000	$290,000	Wicket-keeper
Naman Ojha	India	DD	$100,000	$270,000	Wicket-keeper
Tim Paine	Australia	Pune	$100,000	$270,000	Wicket-keeper
Paul Collingwood	England	RR	$200,000	S250,000	Batsman
James Franklin	New Zealand	MI	$100,000	$200,000	All-rounder
Steven Smith	Australia	Kochi	$200,000	$200,000	All-rounder
Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	CSK	$200,000	$200,000	All-rounder
David Jacobs	South Africa	MI	$20,000	$190,000	Wicket-keeper
Ramesh Powar	India	Kochi	$100,000	$180,000	Bowler
Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	Pune	$100,000	$100,000	Bowler
Wriddhiman Saha	India	CSK	$100,000	$100,000	Wicket-keeper
Unsold Players
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh		$100,000	Unsold	Batsman
Kapugedera	Sri Lanka		$100,000	Unsold	Batsman
Murali Kartik	India		$200,000	Unsold	Bowler
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka		$200,000	Unsold	Bowler
Graeme Swann	England		$400,000	Unsold	Bowler
James Anderson	England		$400,000	Unsold	Bowler
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka		$100,000	Unsold	Bowler
Luke Wright	England		$400,000	Unsold	All-rounder
Mark Boucher	South Africa		$200,000	Unsold	Wicket-keeper
Matt Prior	England		$200,000	Unsold	Wicket-keeper
Graham Manou	Australia		$50,000	Unsold	Wicket-keeper
Brian Lara	West Indies		$400,000	Unsold	Batsman
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa		$200,000	Unsold	Batsman
Jesse Ryder	New Zealand		$100,000	Unsold	Batsman
Sourav Ganguly	India		$400,000	Unsold	Batsman
Chris Gayle	West Indies		$400,000	Unsold	Batsman

Graeme Smith has inspired Shanthakumaran Sreesanth to perform better

Criticism from South Africa Sports person captain Graeme Smith has inspired Shanthakumaran Sreesanth to perform better in the series between cricket's top two test teams, the fiery India fast bowler said.Sreesanth said he wanted to thank Smith for revving him up in the second test in Durban by telling him he wasn't good enough.
The pair were involved in an angry on-field exchange of words in the second test shortly before Sreesanth dismissed Smith for one of his six wickets so far in the series, which is level at 1-1 with a deciding third test under way in Cape Town.Thanks to Smith. I think he woke me up in the series," Sresanth said after leading India's bowlers with 2-70 on day one of the decider at Newlands. "I was very quiet and thanks to him that he could speak to me."He told me 'you're not good enough' and I told him 'I think I am good enough to get you out.' So, thanks to him."Sreesanth produced another aggressive spell on Sunday to remove Proteas danger men Hashim Amla and A.B. de Villiers. Amla fell to a quick short ball and De Villiers was beaten by an away-swinger.The 27-year-old Sreesanth also produced the ball of the series in South Africa's second innings in Durban, dismissing Jacques Kallis with a near-unplayable bouncer to send India toward its series-levelling win.However, he was criticized after his earlier confrontation with Smith for allegedly making personal remarks about the South Africa skipper's family.Smith said Sreesanth had "crossed the line," and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted it was difficult to control the fast bowler."I'm working on now rather than the past or the future," Sreesanth responded on Sunday. "I'm happy with where I am. I'm following what the management asked me to do and I am very happy. The day went really well. Thank god nobody complained."Some people say aggression but I say passion. You play with passion. I love this game and I want to give my very best every day."

indian in tennis ground

India's ex Tennis sports person has passed a long way since its inception in India and has produced several legendary Tennis players, so far. The Indian Tennis players have showed their excellence inside Tennis court in several internationally acclaimed Tennis tournaments, during their periods. They have also earned significant recognition and reputation in the international arena, by stunning the spectators with their talent. From Vijay Amritraj to the latest sensations like Sania Mirza or Somdev Devburman, a variety of such players adorn the collection of Indian tennis. The other two legendary Indian Tennis players like Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have brought a lot of glory to India and have been doing so, till now.

The first Indian Tennis sports player, who came into limelight for showing excellent performances, was Mohammad Saleem, who won the Punjab Championship in the year 1915. He was the first Indian to win this tournament and he did phenomenally well to win successive titles in the tournament, from 1919 to 1926, as well. The other two players of that time like NS Iyer and Mr. Nagu also got significant successes in various tournaments. After that, the Indian Tennis players like Ghouse Mohammad, the Fayzee brothers like AH Fayzee and AA Fayzee, Cotah Ramaswamy, Krishna Prasad, Ramanathan Krishnan, etc got recognised at the international arena for their talents.

was Vijay Amritraj, who played an important role in taking the Indian Tennis to a new height, when he reached the quarterfinal stage at two Grand Slam events, in 1973. After that, Ramesh Krishnan also showed excellent performances in various international Tennis events and brought glory to India. In the modern times, Leander Paes won a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics, in 1996 to become the first Indian in more than 4 decades to win an individual medal in the Olympics. He along with Mahesh Bhupathi made one of the all time greatest Doubles Tennis pairs in the history of Tennis, during the later half of 1990s and the first half of 2000s. Mahesh Bhupathi won a total of 10 Doubles Grand Slam titles with different partners, something that is considered as one of the best achievements for a Tennis player. The other Indian Tennis players like Sania Mirza and Somdev Devburman have also shown their talents and capabilities in different international events, in recent years. Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 US Open. Apart from these legendary and eminent players, there are also several talented and promising Indian Tennis players, who have the potential to become a Tennis legend in the future. Karan Rastogi is one such player, who was born on 8th October, 1986 in Mumbai. He started playing tennis at the age of only 3 and had reached the semi-finals of the Australian Junior Open Championship in 2004. Rupesh Roy is considered another talented Indian Tennis player. Hailing from Kolkata, Rupesh was born on 16th February 1969 and his favourite is Grass court. He is a right handed player and plays double handed backhand shot. Another talented Indian Tennis player is Navdeep Singh. This confident and determined young player has conquered the National Junior (under 18) title in recent years to prove his potentialities. The young Indian Women Tennis player, Gayatri Krishnan is the daughter of Tennis legendary Ramesh Krishnan. Though she is at a tender age and is now playing junior level Tennis, she is definitely showing a lot of potentialities. Parul Goswami is a talented young Indian Women Tennis player, who hails from Uttarakhand. She was born in 1986 and was ranked first during the year 2002. She has also won the National Championship in 2007. Tejasvi Rao from Hyderabad is another talented Indian Tennis player, who is showing exceptional performances at a very young age. Another young Indian Tennis player is Isha Toor, who hails from Chandigarh. She won the AITA zonal meets in Meerut and Delhi and also won two successive titles in the AITA talent series. Born on 8th July, 1988 in Hyderabad, Tara Sharma is the daughter of famous Tennis player, Parameswaran Iyer. Tara represented India in the junior Federation Cup for two years and also reached finals in both times. Her brother, Venkat Sharma is also considered as one of the top junior players in India, in his age group. Once ranked as India`s No.1 at the under-18 level, Rohan Dinesh Gide is another talented Indian Tennis player. He was born on 20th February in 1987 and had won 4 single junior tournaments in 2005. Samriddh Burman is a young Indian Tennis player, who hails from Kolkata. Nirvick Mohinta is considered as the new star and hope of Indian Tennis. Nirvick was born on 23rd October 1986 and started playing Tennis at the age of 8, encouraged by his athlete parents. He has won four All India Tennis Association tournaments. India`s No.1 ranked player in the Junior Girls` category is Venkatesh Poojashree. She hails from Mysore. Another talented Indian Tennis player is Navdeep Singh, who is a former National Junior Champion. Once ranked as India`s No.1 at the under-16 level, Preethi Subhramanian is an exceptional Tennis player, who won 25 titles and was runner-up for 24 times in ITF, AITA, State and District level tournaments. Hailing from Coimbatore, she has also won three ITF junior tournaments. Sanna Bhambari is another new star of Indian Women`s Tennis. Though she is at a very tender age, she has already got significant successes.

Tendulkar is today's Bradman....

Saluting the longevity of Sachin Tendulkar, West Indies great Brian Lara has described the Indian batting legend as the 'Don Bradman' of modern era but refused to the compare the icons of different eras.

Lara, himself a legendary left-handed batsman from the Caribbean, said what astonishes him the most about Tendulkar is his longevity.

"I don't think there is any race. Both are great players. Tendulkar has shown the world what he is capable of and his longevity in the game is something to be really appreciated," Lara said.

"The time he will spend in the game, records are going to tumble. The fact that someone can be there from the age of 16 and still at the age of 37 perform brilliantly is something that I cherish more than anything else," he said.

The West Indies player is of the opinion that Australian great Don Bradman, who ended his career with an incredible Test average of 99.96, and Tendulkar should not be compared as they played and flourished in different eras.

"He is our period's Don Bradman. Forget the difference in averages with Bradman but whoever I have spoken to who have seen very old players in action, they believe that he (Bradman) would not have averaged 99 in today's sports like cricket.

"So I believe that Sachin is our period's Bradman," Lara, who visited Dubai for a jewelry brand endorsement, told Gulf News.

IPL 4 AUCTIONS

They are the pillar of the Indian Test team but Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman may have to lower their base prices in order to keep the franchises interested for the upcoming fourth edition of Indian Premier League.

Sources in the franchises said they would only be interested in buying the two star batsmen if the duo lower their base price from Rs 92 lakh (USD 200,000) to the lower bracket of Rs 46 lakh (USD100,000).

"Let's get one thing clear. Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble's IPL performance is pretty decent. So one can expect that Sourav who is an all-rounder can be bought for a decent price considering his base price of Rs 92 lakh. Also for KKR, buying him at a lower price from auction is a far more viable option than going for retention where he would cost USD 1.8 million," a senior KKR official said.

Officials of a couple of more franchises also aired the same opinion.

"Dravid and Laxman do not feature in the T20 or ODI teams. So the only place where they play is IPL. The first edition had a lot of novelty factor. But now the teams are more focussed on curtailing the budget and getting their economics right so now way one can expect a franchise to spend Rs 1 crore on Dravid or Laxman as they won't be automatic choices in the playing XI," one of the officials of a western-India based franchise said.

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India crushes New Zealand

Piloted by Virat Kohli, who hit his second consecutive century, and some smart bowling and fielding, India made a winning start in the five-match ODI series against New Zealand on Sunday.


Put into bat by Kiwis stand-in captain Ross Taylor, India were bowled out for 276 in 49 overs, falling 25 to 30 runs short of what skipper Gautam Gambhir would have envisaged, but spinners R Ashwin (3/50) and Yuvraj Singh (3/43) helped the home team to bundle out the Kiwis for 236.

New Zealand's latest loss by 40 runs was their fifth in-a-row in ODIs, coming on the heels of a 0-4 drubbing at the hands of Bangladesh. The Kiwi pacers failed to exploit the early morning conditions as Indian openers Murali Vijay and skipper Gambhir gave the side a fluent start. Vijay started playing his shots early on while Gambhir joined the party soon after hitting Daryl Tuffey for two fours in one over, charging down the wicket. After raising 44 runs in quick time, both, however, perished rather tamely. Vijay tried to loft Tuffey over mid-on only to give a leading edge that wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins, playing in place of injured Brendon McCullum, held running back a long way behind the wicket.

The Indian lower order could manage just 58 runs in the last 10 overs as seven wickets fell in a heap. It was only because of a late charge by Yusuf Pathan, who hit the only six of the innings, that India managed to put 276 runs on the board. Pathan made 29 off 19 balls. When New Zealand batted, it was Yuvraj, the bowler, who pegged them back by striking thrice in the middle overs. Skipper Taylor only put up some resistance, hitting a 69-ball 66 with the help of three fours and three sixes, and shared a 67-run third-wicket stand with Kane Williamson.

New Zealand kept losing wickets at regular intervals thereafter and would have faded out of the contest but for a belligerent ninth-wicket partnership between Kyle Mills and Nathan McCullum. The duo added 50 runs off 47 balls to briefly revive Kiwis dying hopes. However, Sreesanth, returning for his third spell, dismissed both of successive deliveries to seal a convincing 40-run win. On a slow wicket where Yuvraj and Ashwin were pretty effective, the visitors sorely missed their skipper Daniel Vettori, who was ruled out on the morning of the match with a sore back.

Somdev Creates History....

Somdev Devvarman created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in the men's singles tennis event of the Asian Games while discus thrower Krishna Poonia bagged a bronze as India claimed three more medals to maintain their 8th spot on the 11th day of competitions on Tuesday.

Second seed Somdev, who had won a gold in the men's doubles event alongwith Sanam Singh on Monday, upset top seed and world number 44 Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-1, 6-2 in the lop-sided summit clash to achieve the historic feat.