Indian Premier League (IPL) Already the world’s richest man Cricket But when Pete Cummins emerged as the world’s most expensive cricketer at auction on Tuesday, his Australian teammate Mitchell Starc was outbid in less than an hour. So it became clear how far other franchise leagues lag behind IPL.
Mitchell Starc was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for £2.3 million after an extensive auction process before Sunrisers Hyderabad signed Pat Cummins for £1.9 million in the first round.
Starc, a left-hander, had not played for eight years but was paid a fee after a highly-coveted round of auctions. The premium bidding of these two Australian fast bowlers has set the tone for the rest of the league auction.
Fast bowlers were in high demand at the auction, including bowlers who performed well during the 2023 50-over Cricket World Cup, but some big names went unsold in the auction.
Before the ‘mini-auction’ for IPL 2024, English cricketer Sam Curran held the distinction of being the most expensive player when the all-rounder was bought for £1.8 million in 2022.
In the first edition played in 2008, the budget for buying players for a team was 1.9 million pounds, but this limit has increased to such an extent that one player has now become more expensive than the entire team of the first edition and this limit has stopped. No signs are visible.
It was already established before the latest auction that a cricket league of this level is rich in wealth but international cricket is far below the IPL. Top English players can be paid an annual fee of around £800,000 as a central contract, but a player picked in the IPL can outstrip a full year’s earnings in just two months of franchise cricket.
English batsman Harry Brook was bought by Delhi Capitals for 380,000 pounds and Chris Woakes was bought by Punjab Kings for 400,000 pounds who will only play matches in this tournament between March 23 and May 29.
The English Cricket Board offers players in the top bracket of its franchise league ‘The Hundred’ 125,000 pounds, which is much less than the wealth of the world’s biggest tournament (IPL). The English league already faces a battle to attract foreign stars and the gulf between contracts continues to widen.
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The IPL is the biggest league in terms of wealth, in fact it is the second most expensive sports league in the world after the American League NFL, even beating the Premier League in terms of wealth. is
The rest of the cricket boards can only watch the spectacle and hope that their country’s best players do not choose to do so (abandon the national team and join the IPL) as some have already done because They turn away from central contracts for the sake of rich franchise.
England pacer Gus Atkinson, who could make his Test debut in India in January, was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for £94,000, while Royal Challengers Bangalore signed Tom Curran for £142,000 and David Willey, who who recently took time out from his international career, was bought by Lucknow for £189,000.
But Phil Salt, Josh Hazlewood and Steve Smith are among the high-profile players not bought by any of the 10 franchises.
Australia’s Spencer Johnson broke records in his debut tournament with an impressive performance at The Hundred. Now Gujarat Titans have bought them for around nine and a half lakh pounds, but the English Cricket Board’s franchise league should not establish itself as just a feeder impression compared to other T20 leagues.
Recent World Cup winners and other players who performed well at the mega event were in high demand during the auction.
As New Zealand’s Richan Ravindra was sold for 170 thousand pounds. Along with him, New Zealand cricketer Daryl Mitchell became the third most expensive player when he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for £1.3 million.
Ben Stokes and Joe Root were not included in the auction to handle the heavy cricket load while the ECB decided to withdraw Jofra Archer, the central contract player, from the auction as he recovers from an ongoing elbow injury. have been
The IPL continues to grow and expand, but this can pose a challenge to other tournaments, especially leagues such as The Hundred and Big Bash League, which are run by governing bodies rather than privately and individually owned.
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2024-09-02 22:59:15