IPL Talk

Prudent franchises reaping dividends

By admin ⋅ May 9, 2008 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Post a comment

The Jaipur story is the most interesting. They refrained from spending huge amounts on any individual, so much so that at one stage they were facing the prospect of incurring a penalty for not spending the required $5 million on buying players. They spent the maximum on Mohammed Kaif ($675000) and snared up a champion like Shane Warne for just $450,000. In what would arguably be the best buy of the league, they bought Shane Watson for mere $125,000 and Pakistan left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir for just $100,000.

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Tags: franchises, jaipur, prudent, shane warne