{"id":7654,"date":"2012-02-05T01:40:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T23:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/cricket-jadeja-hits-ipl-jackpot-england-players-ignored\/"},"modified":"2012-02-05T01:40:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T23:40:52","slug":"cricket-jadeja-hits-ipl-jackpot-england-players-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-jadeja-hits-ipl-jackpot-england-players-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Jadeja hits IPL jackpot, England players ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Amlan Chakraborty<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">NEW DELHI<\/span> Feb 4 (Reuters) &#8211; Indian all-rounder<br \/>\nRavindra Jadeja fetched a bid worth more than $2 million, the<br \/>\nhighest in Saturday&#8217;s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, while<br \/>\nthere was no taker for frontline England players.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours after Jadeja&#8217;s man-of-the-match<br \/>\nperformance in India&#8217;s Twenty20 victory over Australia, Deccan<br \/>\nhad a fierce bidding war with IPL&#8217;s Chennai franchise matching<br \/>\ntheir $2 million offer.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stalemate resulted in secret bidding and Chennai secured<br \/>\nthe 23-year-old all-rounder&#8217;s service for an undisclosed amount.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Only two other cricketers &#8211; Sri Lanka captain Mahela<br \/>\nJayawardene ($1.4 million, Delhi) and Indian pace bowler R Vinay<br \/>\nKumar ($1 million, Bangalore) &#8211; fetched a million dollars or<br \/>\nmore in the auction in Bangalore.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England cricketers James Anderson, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann,<br \/>\nEoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara were not among the 25 players, out<br \/>\nof 144, who invited bids.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Pietersen is expected to play some part in the league,<br \/>\nhaving completed his transfer from Deccan to Delhi.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Of the nine existing teams, Pune skipped the auction after<br \/>\nits owners Sahara Group announced it was pulling out.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai had a hectic day, adding Indian pace bowler RP Singh<br \/>\n($600,000), Sri Lankan Thisara Perera ($650,000), Australian<br \/>\nMitchell Johnson ($300,000) and South African Robin Peterson<br \/>\n($100,000) to their bowling unit.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI Feb 4 (Reuters) &#8211; Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a bid worth more than $2 million, the highest in Saturday&#8217;s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, while there was no taker for frontline England players. 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