Should they have gone Dutch?
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
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Amol Agarwal wonders whether a Dutch auction would have been better than an English auction - the probable one that was used, when the Indian Premier League's franchises tried to outbid each other in the race for players. To get what that means, read his article on livemint.com.
Another report on livemint.com ponders whether Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a depreciable asset or stock-in-trade?
Ricky Ponting expressed surprise at his rather low price of US$400,000, but the Australian captain could take solace from this statement:
Ponting might have something to cheer after all, although he attracted a surprisingly low bid of $400,000. Even if his Kolkata teammate Murali Kartik, who is not considered good enough to play for India, will get paid $25,000 more than him, Ponting’s take-home package may be higher as IPL’s overseas players have to pay a basic tax rate of just 10% as against the maximum basic income tax rate of 30% Indian players will attract.
Mathew Varghese is sub-editor (stats) at Cricinfo