New Delhi: The players have been bought, but the big question is who has got the right ones. Powered with the findings of an opinion poll on Cricketnext.com, here's the expert view on who have the best team to go all the way in the IPL.
After a day of hectic buying and selling, everyone is wondering who got the mix right? That may not be easy to answer but the experts reckon some have no chance at all after the players they picked up, like team Jaipur.
"Serendipity. Whatever that lands up on the auction day. We might have picked out a few players and targetted them, but during the course of the auction, if you have been a little off target, there is a possibility of going off balance," VB Chandrasekhar, former India cricketer and selector of the Chennai Super Kings, told CNN-IBN on Saturday's Cricket 360.
Just one per cent of Cricketnext users thought Jaipur would win the league. Bangalore faired a touch better with four per cent, and Mumbai was at nine per cent.
"When you have these iconic players with you, and you pay them loads of money, I think it will call for true professionalism in them, and you have got to make sure that they win," notes former India speedster Javagal Srinath.
But one team that gets the accolades from nearly everyone is Hyderabad, who have Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs, VVS Laxman and Rohit Sharma among others to call on.
"They have got the best balance because they have got players who can win the game single-handedly," explains former India spinner Maninder Singh.
Cricketnext users tend to agree. Hyderabad, along with Chennai fetched the highest number of votes with 26 per cent.
And the mastermind behind Chennai's selection is in no doubt they have hit the nail on the head. "I would tend to think that it's all ours already," Chandrashekhar beams.
What of the dark horses? Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata and Priety Zinta's Mohali are pretty close; 17 per cent go for Kolkata while 13 per cent back Preity's Mohali. Delhi managed just two per cent.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Hyderabad aiming to build a solid fan base for IPL
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) After spending a staggering $112 million in buying the franchise and players for the Indian Premier League (IPL), Hyderabad team owners Deccan Chronicle are now out to build a solid fan base for their powerful team. Deccan Chronicle, the leading newspaper from Hyderabad, has some of the big names in world cricket like Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist and local hero V.V. S. Laxman. They won Symonds for a whopping $1.35 million, the highest amount paid for an overseas player.
So with the great names in business, they are hoping that they would not only recover the millions spent, but also make handsome profit. It is only a matter of time.
Team spokesperson J. Krishnan told IANS that Deccan Chronicle would recover the money from the central telecast rights fee and from local franchise revenue.
“The central revenue will be from the IPL board, which will distribute the TV rights revenue. The local or the franchise revenue will come from gate money and in-stadia advertisements. We will get a big chunk of in-stadia ads and the rest of the amount would be shared by the IPL and the state association.”
Krishanan said all investments were made keeping long-term strategy in mind. “Now the aim is to build a broad fan base for the team. The big names in the team will help us do that.”
Happy with the players they bought at Wednesday’s auction in Mumbai?
“Absolutely, the $5.8 million amount spent in buying 11 players was made in the right direction and it was the best we could have.”
Deccan Chronicle was the second highest bidder at the auction after India Cements which spent $5.9 million in buying players for their Chennai Super Kings team.
“If you look at the players we bought, I think we have one of the best balanced teams. All the players have proven record and I think Hyderabad will be a good competitive team,” said Krishnan.
Asked if buying controversial all-rounder Symonds was a planned move, he said: “We were aware of the fact that Australians won’t be available for the first year owing to their international commitments. So we bought him only keeping the long-term interests of the team in mind because players are contracted for three years. Now his presence will certainly make a difference to the team. He is a very popular player.”
Krishnan also said despite Laxman’s exclusion from the national one-day and Twenty20 side, he will add to the weight of the team as captain. Laxman also showed his generosity by declining to be an iconic player and get 15 percent more than the highest paid player in the team. It also helped the franchise as it could shell out more money to raise a good team.
Besides 11 players bought during auction, the Hyderabad team will look to promote local talent in the catchments area extending to even Orissa.
“We feel IPL is all about promoting local talent and we will do it and nurture it. Local Ranji Trophy players and under-22 players will get a chance and they will be paid according to the IPL norms,” Krishnan said.
According to IPL rules, a Ranji Trophy player should be paid $50,000 while an under-22 cricketer $20,000.
Krishnan also disclosed that India’s fielding coach Robin Singh will be the coach of the team but declined to names of physio and fitness trainer. “We are in the final stage of appointing Robin. About physios and fitness trainer, we have quiet a few names,” he said.
So with the great names in business, they are hoping that they would not only recover the millions spent, but also make handsome profit. It is only a matter of time.
Team spokesperson J. Krishnan told IANS that Deccan Chronicle would recover the money from the central telecast rights fee and from local franchise revenue.
“The central revenue will be from the IPL board, which will distribute the TV rights revenue. The local or the franchise revenue will come from gate money and in-stadia advertisements. We will get a big chunk of in-stadia ads and the rest of the amount would be shared by the IPL and the state association.”
Krishanan said all investments were made keeping long-term strategy in mind. “Now the aim is to build a broad fan base for the team. The big names in the team will help us do that.”
Happy with the players they bought at Wednesday’s auction in Mumbai?
“Absolutely, the $5.8 million amount spent in buying 11 players was made in the right direction and it was the best we could have.”
Deccan Chronicle was the second highest bidder at the auction after India Cements which spent $5.9 million in buying players for their Chennai Super Kings team.
“If you look at the players we bought, I think we have one of the best balanced teams. All the players have proven record and I think Hyderabad will be a good competitive team,” said Krishnan.
Asked if buying controversial all-rounder Symonds was a planned move, he said: “We were aware of the fact that Australians won’t be available for the first year owing to their international commitments. So we bought him only keeping the long-term interests of the team in mind because players are contracted for three years. Now his presence will certainly make a difference to the team. He is a very popular player.”
Krishnan also said despite Laxman’s exclusion from the national one-day and Twenty20 side, he will add to the weight of the team as captain. Laxman also showed his generosity by declining to be an iconic player and get 15 percent more than the highest paid player in the team. It also helped the franchise as it could shell out more money to raise a good team.
Besides 11 players bought during auction, the Hyderabad team will look to promote local talent in the catchments area extending to even Orissa.
“We feel IPL is all about promoting local talent and we will do it and nurture it. Local Ranji Trophy players and under-22 players will get a chance and they will be paid according to the IPL norms,” Krishnan said.
According to IPL rules, a Ranji Trophy player should be paid $50,000 while an under-22 cricketer $20,000.
Krishnan also disclosed that India’s fielding coach Robin Singh will be the coach of the team but declined to names of physio and fitness trainer. “We are in the final stage of appointing Robin. About physios and fitness trainer, we have quiet a few names,” he said.
Why VVS Laxman gave up a motza
Whispers and glances were thrown around the air-conditioned conference room in Mumbai's Hilton Towers, then silence descended.
"Next up is Andrew Symonds," said auctioneer Richard Madley, "with a base price of $US250,000."
Within moments, that base price had tripled and franchises couldn't wait for rivals to finish raising their hands before putting in higher bids.
Madley was working overtime: "$1 million, do I have $1.25? $1.25 here, do I have $1.3 million? Yes, $1.3 million [$A1.47m]."
Hyderabad's offer was simply too much. Some franchises weren't prepared to spend that much on one player; others were not prepared to see how far Hyderabad would go to get Symonds.
"Sold to Hyderabad for $1.3 million." Madley's hammer sounded the dawn of a new era for Australia's professional cricketers.
And Symonds - who signed his first professional contract wearing footy shorts, thongs and a cowboy hat - is now Twenty20 royalty and the richest non-Indian in this format of the game.
But in the ensuing days of head-shaking and figure-quoting, what few have realised is that Symonds's enormous pay-day was largely made possible by one man: VVS Laxman.
The Indian Test batsman, who will captain Symonds, gave up his "icon" status so Hyderabad could spend more money on talent. Under the stipulations, icon players (hometown heroes) were to receive 15 per cent more than their highest-earning teammates, a deal capitalised on by Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh to earn million-dollar contracts.
But Laxman declined and he received only $US375,000, a figure which allowed Hyderabad to spend big on Adam Gilchrist, RP Singh, Rohit Sharma and Shahid Afridi. If Hyderabad had to pay Laxman 15 per cent more than Symonds and remain under the $US5 million cap, they would not have been able to sign two of the other players. Symonds and Gilchrist in particular were chosen because Hyderabad felt its young squad members would benefit from exposure to the game's champions.
Now Symonds will make most of his money in a country where some middle-class fans are openly racist towards him, but where some of India's richest men want to make him a sporting god.
N. Krishnan is chief financial officer of the Deccan Chronicle, the newspaper company which purchased Hyderabad for $116.7 million.
The decision to make Symonds the second-highest paid IPL player was based on on-field strength, said Krishnan, and he is certain Indians are ready to embrace the Australian despite his racism row with Harbhajan Singh during the Sydney Test.
"We believe that things can happen on the field in the heat of cricket, and that it is now forgotten," Krishnan said. "I don't think any of the players carry it with them. We didn't really look at it like that. I am sure he will learn from it. Bygones are bygones.
"This is a long-term commitment. Once the cricket succeeds everything else will follow; the branding, everything will come. If my team is losing, marketing will be difficult."
But marketing is part and parcel of the deal. Players will be expected to feature heavily in advertising campaigns and Symonds could soon be asked to write a column for the Deccan Chronicle - "anything is possible", Krishnan said.
The anomaly of pricing put on players - with fringe players such as Cameron White and David Hussey earning more than Ricky Ponting - should have a flow-on effect in Australia.
Todd Deacon, general manager of the Sweeney Sports marketing firm, said television ratings for the IPL in Australia would determine whether local companies follow India's lead.
"There is still the issue of not necessarily representing your country - so you might be big in India but not the elite of the elite in Australian cricket, and that would still have an impact," he said.
"We believe that things can happen on the field in the heat of cricket, and that it is now forgotten," Krishnan said. "I don't think any of the players carry it with them. We didn't really look at it like that. I am sure he will learn from it. Bygones are bygones.
"This is a long-term commitment. Once the cricket succeeds everything else will follow; the branding, everything will come. If my team is losing, marketing will be difficult."
But marketing is part and parcel of the deal. Players will be expected to feature heavily in advertising campaigns and Symonds could soon be asked to write a column for the Deccan Chronicle - "anything is possible", Krishnan said.
The anomaly of pricing put on players - with fringe players such as Cameron White and David Hussey earning more than Ricky Ponting - should have a flow-on effect in Australia.
Todd Deacon, general manager of the Sweeney Sports marketing firm, said television ratings for the IPL in Australia would determine whether local companies follow India's lead.
"There is still the issue of not necessarily representing your country - so you might be big in India but not the elite of the elite in Australian cricket, and that would still have an impact," he said.
Hyderabad, Chennai IPL's dream teams
New Delhi: The players have been bought, but the big question is who has got the right ones. Powered with the findings of an opinion poll on Cricketnext.com, here's the expert view on who have the best team to go all the way in the IPL.
After a day of hectic buying and selling, everyone is wondering who got the mix right? That may not be easy to answer but the experts reckon some have no chance at all after the players they picked up, like team Jaipur.
"Serendipity. Whatever that lands up on the auction day. We might have picked out a few players and targetted them, but during the course of the auction, if you have been a little off target, there is a possibility of going off balance," VB Chandrasekhar, former India cricketer and selector of the Chennai Super Kings, told CNN-IBN on Saturday's Cricket 360.
Just one per cent of Cricketnext users thought Jaipur would win the league. Bangalore faired a touch better with four per cent, and Mumbai was at nine per cent.
"When you have these iconic players with you, and you pay them loads of money, I think it will call for true professionalism in them, and you have got to make sure that they win," notes former India speedster Javagal Srinath.
But one team that gets the accolades from nearly everyone is Hyderabad, who have Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs, VVS Laxman and Rohit Sharma among others to call on.
"They have got the best balance because they have got players who can win the game single-handedly," explains former India spinner Maninder Singh.
Cricketnext users tend to agree. Hyderabad, along with Chennai fetched the highest number of votes with 26 per cent.
And the mastermind behind Chennai's selection is in no doubt they have hit the nail on the head. "I would tend to think that it's all ours already," Chandrashekhar beams.
What of the dark horses? Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata and Priety Zinta's Mohali are pretty close; 17 per cent go for Kolkata while 13 per cent back Preity's Mohali. Delhi managed just two per cent.
After a day of hectic buying and selling, everyone is wondering who got the mix right? That may not be easy to answer but the experts reckon some have no chance at all after the players they picked up, like team Jaipur.
"Serendipity. Whatever that lands up on the auction day. We might have picked out a few players and targetted them, but during the course of the auction, if you have been a little off target, there is a possibility of going off balance," VB Chandrasekhar, former India cricketer and selector of the Chennai Super Kings, told CNN-IBN on Saturday's Cricket 360.
Just one per cent of Cricketnext users thought Jaipur would win the league. Bangalore faired a touch better with four per cent, and Mumbai was at nine per cent.
"When you have these iconic players with you, and you pay them loads of money, I think it will call for true professionalism in them, and you have got to make sure that they win," notes former India speedster Javagal Srinath.
But one team that gets the accolades from nearly everyone is Hyderabad, who have Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs, VVS Laxman and Rohit Sharma among others to call on.
"They have got the best balance because they have got players who can win the game single-handedly," explains former India spinner Maninder Singh.
Cricketnext users tend to agree. Hyderabad, along with Chennai fetched the highest number of votes with 26 per cent.
And the mastermind behind Chennai's selection is in no doubt they have hit the nail on the head. "I would tend to think that it's all ours already," Chandrashekhar beams.
What of the dark horses? Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata and Priety Zinta's Mohali are pretty close; 17 per cent go for Kolkata while 13 per cent back Preity's Mohali. Delhi managed just two per cent.
Friday, February 22, 2008
IPL Hyderabad
IPL Hyderabad
2/22/2008 4:50:09 PM
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| Deccan Chronicle's team IPL Hyderabad |
History was made on Wednesday (February 20) as cricket's biggest names were auctioned today at Hilton Towers, Mumbai. A total of 79 players both Indian and international went under the hammer for the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League. VVS Laxman (India) US$ 375,000 (Rs 93lac) - - - - - Andrew Symonds (Australia) US$ 1,350,000 (Rs 5.4cr) 26 780 112 187.05 17 RP Singh (India) US$ 875,000 (Rs 3.5cr) 11 8 4 100.00 14 Rohit Sharma (India) US$ 750,000 (Rs 3cr) 14 348 101 144.39 8 Adam Gilchrist (Australia) US$ 700,000 (Rs 2.8cr) 13 272 48 141.66 - Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) US$ 675,000 (Rs 2.7cr) 19 276 49 172.50 25 Herchelle Gibbs (South Africa) US$ 575,000 (Rs 2.3cr) 12 196 90 128.94 - Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) US$ 200,000 (Rs 80lac) 7 45 21 77.58 6 Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka)
One of the eight teams which feature in this extravagent form of the game is IPL HYDERABAD
Owner: The team is owned by the Deccan Chronicle Group -- one of the biggest media groups down south. Deccan Chronicle brought the team for an amount of US$ 107 million (Rs 428 crore). An amount of US$ 5,885,000 was spent to buy players for the team from the auction held on February 20, 2008.
About owner: Deccan Chronicle is an english newspaper published in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in India. It has a high number of readership and is well circulated in different pockets in southern region of India.
Players: With VVS Laxman named captain, the team has pocketed one of the most famous cricketer Andrew Symonds for a whopping Rs 5.4cr. Along with him in the team is his team mate Adam Gichrist which will provide Hyderabad the punch in its batting and wicket-keeping. The team has some decent bowlers with the likes of Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Nuwan Zoysa.
Current Squad
Player
Price
T20 Statistics
Mat Runs HS SR Wkts
Scott Styris (New Zealand)
US$ 175, 000 (Rs 70lac)
44 984 73 136.85 30
Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka)
US$ 110,000 (Rs 44lac)
4 67 36 93.05 9
US$ 100,000 (Rs 40lac)
10 188 41 97.91 1
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