Mohali's new IPL players thrilled

Western Australian batsman Luke Pomersbach was willing to play in the IPL for "free" but he's been signed up by Mohali for $54,000.

"I probably should not have said that (I would play for free) - but what I meant by that was it is going to be an honour to play with such good cricketers," Pomersbach told the Sydney Morning Herald. "I am going to try and talk to them as much as I can, and learn whatever I can from them. How they go about things, and what they think about before they go out to bat. There is a lot to learn from."

Mohali also paid $US150,000 for New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Mills.

"When I signed the contract a couple of weeks ago, my reserve was down around the $US150,000 mark. . . I'm happy with the $US150,000," Mills told Radio Sport. "It's going to be interesting for me to see how Brett Lee would bowl to Ricky Ponting or how Sangakkara would face Muttiah Muralitharan, so it would be an exciting time."

Another Mohali buy, James Hopes was also thrilled with the opportunity.

"The money aside, the opportunity to play against some of the players that are going over there, including guys from the team that you play with," Hopes told ABC News. "I've never played against Andrew Symonds before so to play against guys like that, it's going to be a once in a lifetime experience."