Sunday, January 22, 2012
BPL won't change rule for Sylhet
Bangladesh Premier League's governing council are adamant to keep the icon players' magnitude intact after one franchise protested their latest ruling.
The Sylhet Royals are urging the authorities to change the decision that was taken on Saturday which had the six icons -- Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahriar Nafees, Alok Kapali and Mohammad Ashraful -- getting five per cent more than the highest paid local cricketer.
In that case, they will receive 210,000 dollars as Nasir Hossain was contracted for 200,000 dollars by Khulna. But it was learned that the Sylhet franchise wants to pay 5 per cent more than their highest-paid local, which is 90,000 dollars that they paid for Naeem Islam.
BPL governing council secretary Sirajuddin M Alamgir has said that since they have already changed their stance once, they wouldn't be doing it again.
"We haven't officially received any letters but I have heard about their issue. We would like to keep their status intact as icon players so there won't be any changes in the ruling which we took yesterday," said Alamgir.
"I know it is a burden for the franchises but we have to consider the local perspective," he added.
Barisal Burners have added Shane Harwood of Australia and Phil Mustard of England as their two remaining foreign players.
Meanwhile, the BPL are close to acquiring a title sponsor as Destiny Group is in talks with them, a source said.
Destiny Group had earlier been the title sponsor during the NCL T20s held in April 2010.
The Sylhet Royals are urging the authorities to change the decision that was taken on Saturday which had the six icons -- Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahriar Nafees, Alok Kapali and Mohammad Ashraful -- getting five per cent more than the highest paid local cricketer.
In that case, they will receive 210,000 dollars as Nasir Hossain was contracted for 200,000 dollars by Khulna. But it was learned that the Sylhet franchise wants to pay 5 per cent more than their highest-paid local, which is 90,000 dollars that they paid for Naeem Islam.
BPL governing council secretary Sirajuddin M Alamgir has said that since they have already changed their stance once, they wouldn't be doing it again.
"We haven't officially received any letters but I have heard about their issue. We would like to keep their status intact as icon players so there won't be any changes in the ruling which we took yesterday," said Alamgir.
"I know it is a burden for the franchises but we have to consider the local perspective," he added.
Barisal Burners have added Shane Harwood of Australia and Phil Mustard of England as their two remaining foreign players.
Meanwhile, the BPL are close to acquiring a title sponsor as Destiny Group is in talks with them, a source said.
Destiny Group had earlier been the title sponsor during the NCL T20s held in April 2010.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Afridi, Gayle light up auction
Twenty20 superstars Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi drew the longest bidding wars with the Pakistan all-rounder being called at $500,000 by five of the franchises. In the end, Dhaka won the battle with $700,000 after Khulna and Chittagong put in revised offers. Gayle too had forced a tie with Barisal and Rajshahi claiming the big Jamaican for the $500,000 ceiling, with the former clinching the battle with $551,000.
But both players will be available for a few matches and hence paid a fraction of the $500,000; Gayle is to play for the Dolphins in South Africa's domestic T20 series from February 15 while Afridi will be on national duty in Pakistan's ODI series against England from February 10-27. Also, the extra $200,000 (Afridi) and $51,000 (Gayle) will go to the Bangladesh Cricket Board's coffers.
The other West Indian big-hitters -- Marlon Samuels and Kieron Pollard -- were bought by Rajshahi and Dhaka for $360,000 and $300,000 respectively. Samuels, who set alight Bangladesh grounds with his luminous strokeplay on West Indies' recent tour here, was in high demand as Rajshahi had to fight off Chittagong, raising the batsman's worth from $50,000 to more than seven times his base price. West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was snapped up for $150,000 by Chittagong.
It was a good day for Pakistanis as well with Shoaib Malik bought by Chittagong for $150,000, Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal by Sylhet for $100,000, and Rana Navedul Hasan by Dhaka also for $100,000 -- all bought for $50,000 above their base prices. Forgotten stars like Imran Nazir ($85,000) and Mohammad Sami ($70,000) were bought by Dhaka and Rajshahi respectively. But perhaps the biggest surprise came for Nasir Jamshed, who has just played 12 ODIs for Pakistan, being bought for $100,000 by Chittagong. On the other hand, Saeed Ajmal was bought for just $100,000, a steal considering his stature in world cricket.
Some grade A players like Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Kemar Roach and Dirk Nannes were left on the shelf leading to a few raised eyebrows.
Retired players like Muttiah Muralidaran ($100,000) and Sanath Jayasuriya ($110,000) will have a chance to showcase their waning skills once again after being bought by Dhaka and Khulna respectively.
Players from ICC Associate Nations like Niall O'Brien from Ireland was bought by Khulna for $80,000, Dutch batsman Alexei Kervezee was bought by Dhaka for $35,000, Afghanistan paceman Hamid Hassan was sold for $40,000 to Barisal, while Canadian big-hitter Rizwan Cheema fetched $25,000 from Rajshahi.
TEAMS LIST
Dhaka Gladiators: Shahid Afridi ($700,000), Saeed Ajmal ($100,000), Kieron Pollard ($300,000), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza ($45,000), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan ($100,000), Nazimuddin ($85,000), Elias Sunny ($75,000), Nazmul Hossain ($45,000), Stuart MacGill ($50,000), Darren Ian Steven ($25,000), Imran Nazir ($85,000), Mosharraf Hossain Rubel ($65,000), Dhiman Ghosh ($20,000), Anamul Haque Bijoy ($20,000), Tanvir Haider ($20,000), Aftab Ahmed ($20,000).
Chittagong Kings: Shoaib Malik ($150,000), Muttiah Muralitharan ($100,000), Dwayne Bravo ($150,000), Mahmudullah Riyad ($110,000), Forhad Reza ($65,000), Jahurul Islam ($110,000), Alexei Kervezee ($35,000), Nasir Jamshed ($100,000), Kyle Coetzer ($25,000), Kevin Cooper ($25,000), Lendl Simmons ($25,000), Faisal Hossain Dickens ($20,000), Enamul Haque Jr. ($55,000), Ziaur Rahman ($40,000), Sanjamul Islam ($40,000), Shamsur Rahman ($45,000), Jerome Taylor ($50,000).
Duronto Rajshahi: Abdul Razzak ($100,000), Junaed Siddiqui ($70,000), Imran Tahir ($50,000), Marlon Samuels ($360,000), Rizwan Bin Cheema ($25,000), Mohammad Sami ($70,000), Kaiser Abbas ($25,000), Sabbir Rahman ($40,000), Muktar Ali ($20,000), Syed Rasel ($20,000), Ariful Haque ($20,000), Mizanur Rahman ($20,000), Saqlain Sajib ($35,000), Soumya Sarkar ($20,000), Fawad Alam ($45,000), Sean Ervine ($25,000), Asif Ahmed Ratul ($20,000).
Khulna Royal Bengals: Abdur Razzak ($85,000), Nasir Hossain ($2,00,000), Andre Russel ($85,000), Sanath Jayasuriya ($110,000), Shivnarine Chanderpaul ($25,000), Niall O'Brien ($80,000), Fidel Edwards ($60,000), Shafiul Islam ($65,000), Jos Buttler ($25,000), Nazmul Hossain Milon ($35,000), Dollar Mahmud ($20,000), Marshal Ayub ($20,000), Mysukur Rahman ($20,000), Sagir Hossain Pavel ($20,000), Herschelle Gibbs ($100,000), Dwayne Smith ($50,000).
Barisal Burners: Chris Gayle ($551,000), Brad Hodge ($140,000), Yasir Arafat ($80,000), Ahmed Shehzad ($50,000), Sohrawardi Shuvo ($45,000), Mohammad Mithun ($80,000), Hamid Hassan ($40,000), Ramiz Raja Jr. ($25,000), Farhad Hossain ($20,000), Mominul Haque ($20,000), Shohag Gazi ($20,000), Nazmul Hossain Apu ($50,000), Al Amin ($20,000), Alauddin Babu ($65,000), Kamrul Islam Rabbi ($20,000).
Sylhet Royals: Imrul Kayes ($50,000), Peter Trego ($75,000), Darren Sammy ($55,000), Brad Hogg ($50,000), Sohail Tanvir ($100,000), Kamran Akmal ($100,000), Rubel Hossain ($70,000), Naeem Islam ($90,000), Freddie Kruger ($25,000), Faisal Iqbal ($25,000), Nadif Chowdhury ($30,000), Nur Hossain Munna ($20,000), Arafat Salahuddin ($20,000), Talha Jubair ($20,000), Shuvogoto Hom ($80,000), Nabil Samad ($20,000), Gary Keedy ($25,000).
Nasir richest among locals
The hype might have been about Twenty20 superstars like Shahid Afridi and Chris Gayle being sold for the highest prices, but it was the handful of local cricketers who walked away happiest from the players' auction of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) that was held yesterday.
The six franchises filled up their squads, quite content with the four-and-a-half hours of bidding taking place at the Radisson Hotel in the city where player earnings in the country got a massive boost with Nasir Hossain racking up Tk 1.68 crore.
Nasir, who was snapped up by Khulna Royal Bengals, was over the moon in his instant reaction. "I was at practice so I couldn't catch it live. Our team official Pavel bhai told me about the price I drew. I am really very happy, I can't really tell you what it's like," he said from the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur where he was training with his Dhaka Premier League club Gazi Tank.
His bidding was greeted with raucous applause outside the auction room. The presence of four of the six icons, former cricketers, coaches including the foreign staff, members from the franchises and the media gave the IPL-like auction a festive mood.
The prized pair of Gayle and Afridi drew the longest bidding war with the Pakistani all-rounder being called at 500,000 dollars by five franchises. In the end, Dhaka won the battle with 700,000 dollars for Afridi while Barisal outbid Rajshahi for Gayle with 551,000 dollars though the players themselves won't get paid more than 500,000 dollars. Both however will be paid through the pro-rata basis, i.e., paid according to availability as both will appear for only a few days in the BPL.
But the biggest beneficiaries were the local boys who pocketed a total sum of 2.38 million dollars from the auction. The case for the icon players hasn't been settled yet as some of the franchises haven't agreed on giving the Bangladesh stars five per cent more than the foreigners in their squads. It is likely that the icons will get five per cent more than the local players in their squads.
"We are yet to settle this issue but definitely icon players will get their due honour," said Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir, secretary of the BPL governing body.
Among the auctioned local cricketers, all-rounder Nasir was snapped up for 200,000 dollars while the Chittagong Kings took Mahmudullah Riyad and Jahurul Islam for 110,000 dollars each.
Naeem Islam (90,000 dollars), Abdur Razzak and Nazimuddin (85,000), Mithun Ali and Shuvogoto Hom Chowdhury (80,000) and Elias Sunny (75,000) were the other significant buys while Junaed Siddiqui, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Forhad Reza, Mosharraf Rubel, Alauddin Babu, Enamul Haque Jr, Imrul Kayes and Nazmul Islam Apu were bought for between 70,000 and 50,000 dollars.
Mithun, who has been in tremendous form in domestic cricket this season, was willing on the auctioneer when the franchises began the bidding.
"I was just returning from Sylhet where I had played for Bangladesh A. I stood at the airport and was asking them to raise the money a bit more!" said Mithun.
"I am really very happy, but I think it has to do with my form this season. [Sarwar] Imran sir called me up from the auction and congratulated me," he added.
Twenty-three other local cricketers were bought for 20,000 dollars, the base price in Category C, with the likes of Nabil Samad, Talha Jubair and Mizanur Rahman winning the prized contracts after being last-minute additions to the locals' list.
Finally, twenty-eight local players remained unsold among whom Tigers pair Rokibul Hasan and Shahadat Hossain were the notable names.
The six franchises filled up their squads, quite content with the four-and-a-half hours of bidding taking place at the Radisson Hotel in the city where player earnings in the country got a massive boost with Nasir Hossain racking up Tk 1.68 crore.
Nasir, who was snapped up by Khulna Royal Bengals, was over the moon in his instant reaction. "I was at practice so I couldn't catch it live. Our team official Pavel bhai told me about the price I drew. I am really very happy, I can't really tell you what it's like," he said from the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur where he was training with his Dhaka Premier League club Gazi Tank.
His bidding was greeted with raucous applause outside the auction room. The presence of four of the six icons, former cricketers, coaches including the foreign staff, members from the franchises and the media gave the IPL-like auction a festive mood.
The prized pair of Gayle and Afridi drew the longest bidding war with the Pakistani all-rounder being called at 500,000 dollars by five franchises. In the end, Dhaka won the battle with 700,000 dollars for Afridi while Barisal outbid Rajshahi for Gayle with 551,000 dollars though the players themselves won't get paid more than 500,000 dollars. Both however will be paid through the pro-rata basis, i.e., paid according to availability as both will appear for only a few days in the BPL.
But the biggest beneficiaries were the local boys who pocketed a total sum of 2.38 million dollars from the auction. The case for the icon players hasn't been settled yet as some of the franchises haven't agreed on giving the Bangladesh stars five per cent more than the foreigners in their squads. It is likely that the icons will get five per cent more than the local players in their squads.
"We are yet to settle this issue but definitely icon players will get their due honour," said Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir, secretary of the BPL governing body.
Among the auctioned local cricketers, all-rounder Nasir was snapped up for 200,000 dollars while the Chittagong Kings took Mahmudullah Riyad and Jahurul Islam for 110,000 dollars each.
Naeem Islam (90,000 dollars), Abdur Razzak and Nazimuddin (85,000), Mithun Ali and Shuvogoto Hom Chowdhury (80,000) and Elias Sunny (75,000) were the other significant buys while Junaed Siddiqui, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Forhad Reza, Mosharraf Rubel, Alauddin Babu, Enamul Haque Jr, Imrul Kayes and Nazmul Islam Apu were bought for between 70,000 and 50,000 dollars.
Mithun, who has been in tremendous form in domestic cricket this season, was willing on the auctioneer when the franchises began the bidding.
"I was just returning from Sylhet where I had played for Bangladesh A. I stood at the airport and was asking them to raise the money a bit more!" said Mithun.
"I am really very happy, but I think it has to do with my form this season. [Sarwar] Imran sir called me up from the auction and congratulated me," he added.
Twenty-three other local cricketers were bought for 20,000 dollars, the base price in Category C, with the likes of Nabil Samad, Talha Jubair and Mizanur Rahman winning the prized contracts after being last-minute additions to the locals' list.
Finally, twenty-eight local players remained unsold among whom Tigers pair Rokibul Hasan and Shahadat Hossain were the notable names.
Friday, January 13, 2012
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