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CibbuanoQueensland Allrounders snapped up in second round of the IPL playwer auction
March 12th 2008 11:06
The second round of the IPL player auction has come and gone with not too many surprises. The two big named Australians to go under the hammer were James Hopes and Shane Watson - both Allrounders, both from Queensland. Hopes brilliant innings in the second final of the Commonwealth Bank series must have upped his currency in the auction. For me the surprise wasn't his US$ 300,000 price but the team that got him - he joins Brett Lee at Mohali. The team I expected to get Hopes was the team that got fellow Queensland Allrounder Shane Watson - the Jaipur Rajasthan Royals headed by Shane Warne. They spent the least on the first player auction and had more money left to spend but opted not for Hopes. Instead they went for the only English player in the draft - Dimitri Mascarenhas.
Victorian batting ace Brad Hodge has chosen to keep his commitment to Engish County side Lancastershire instead of going into the IPL player auction unlike team mates Cameron White and David Hussey.
The only other Australians to get drafted to were Western Australian and Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year Luke Pomersbach who went for US$150,000 to Mohali and Tasmanian fast bowler Brett Geeves went for US$50,000 in a surprise buy for Delhi. The March 18 is fast approaching for all the franchises to have their squads finalised.
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