Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan who owns the Kolkata franchise, emerged the smartest bidder at the end of three rounds in the Indian Premier League players’ auction on Wednesday. Apart from iconic player and likely captain Sourav Ganguly Kolkata now has Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akthar, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting arguably the best batsman in the world today, and Kiwi ‘keeper Brendum McCullum, a buccaneering lower-order bat. Dhoni fetches highest price
Jayasuriya most valuable
And, hold your breath, ‘King Khan’ has assemble a solid core at a mere $US 2.3m (1.525 million for the three foreigners in addition to $800,000 for Ganguly, if McCullum remains his costliest buy
No comments yet.
Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI
Leave a comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.
No Comments