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The Big IPL Hungama

Yes, over the past two days, we all have been watching the big IPL Auction 2011, live on the tv, which had been going on at here (i.e. at Bangalore). It was a precursor to the big IPL-4, which would be starting soon after the ICC World Cup 2011, being hosted by India, SriLanka and Bangladesh.

Seeing the player auction, it all seemed that all the players were being sold upon as "commodities". But, that's part of the business. Imagine if they were auctioned in their public presence ! It would have been pathetic. Such a situation wouldn't arise, but would be funny watching to it.

The 4th version of the IPL was starting afresh, with 2 new teams based from Pune and Kochi, and a fresh set of players for all the teams. The previous 3-year contracts had been over.

And for better transparency into the selection of players (following all the allegations and controversies, that had been there regarding the IPL during mid-2010), the auction was shown LIVE on the Tv. But watching it has been interesting, seeing how the franchises function and what they want from the different players.

But the most surprising thing during the auction was that, many players went unsold. And that too, those weren't players who weren't not at all in action. Players like Sourav Ganguly, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, Sanath Jayasuriya, etc. Just imagine these guys being not-in-demand. These are like legends. And from this, it seems that the franchises are looking for a young team. But Lara can be said to be not having played IPL before. But Gayle and Jayasuriya ? They were like so popular during the matches. The crowd loved them, and they were strong hard-hitters. Used to score well. And the last auction for the season was Mohammed Kaif ? Amazing !

Well, just as it was said the next day, that's what the reality of life is !
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