Akhtar, Afridi and Gibbs on sale in IPL trading window

[Rajiv]

NEW DELHI: When the Indian Premier League's (IPL) trading window opens on Tuesday, three top players will be up for grabs as their franchises have listed them under 'available to trade' (ATT) category. According to sources, Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi, and South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs are the three names doing the rounds. Shoaib made a sensational start to his IPL campaign for Kolkata Knight Riders against Delhi Daredevils before fading away. Though, the temperamental fast bowler is yet to sign the IPL consent form, sources say that KKR is holding talks with Akhtar's agent. "KKR already have two match-winning bowlers in Umar Gul and Ajantha Mendis (the latter was mostly sitting on the sidelines in the inaugural season). The rules clearly allow only four foreign recruits in the playing eleven. So where is the place for the third foreign bowler?" the source added. Afridi, who is with Team Hyderabad, may also see a change of team. "Call it his lack of performance or off-field controversies, Afridi is being considered for trading. But the question is who is going to buy him? We heard that Mumbai Indians may show some interest in Afridi," another source informed. :nono: The first list of players for trading is scheduled to be submitted on Monday. The second and third lists are supposed to be submitted on January 5 and 12 respectively. The IPL window is divided into two parts — 'available to trade' and 'expression of interest'. The first is meant for submitting names of those players who have signed the consent form while the second is about franchisees putting their player wish-list on paper. Some of the franchisees are relieved that they are able to talk to each other before the transfer happens. "It's going to be interesting. If we want Yusuf Pathan in our team, we can directly talk to the owners and express our wish to trade him and vice versa," a team owner told TOI. "We don't want the agents to get into this trading business. When the trading happens, we want every deal to be transparent," a top IPL official added.

[Guest Hiten.]

I don't think MI will buy him. Who the f00k is 'top IPL official' ? MI should really press hard on buying Freddie. We need a good all rounder as Polly is not returning to MI :((

[Desi Cartman]

but khareedega koun ?

[Cricketics]

i say Mumbai should buy him. and then on the top of it don't play him a single game. just keep using him as a 12th man and make him the water boy and bat carrying guy in each and every game. this will really frustrate our paki bhai log.. and thats what we would love

[Predator_05]

hahaha BEAST KHAN BAFRIDI and AGENT NEHRA. Kya team hogi inki yaar...:hysterical: Constant additions to my 'Let's all laugh at Mumbai' thread.

[Cricketics]

hahaha BEAST KHAN BAFRIDI and AGENT NEHRA. Kya team hogi inki yaar...:hysterical: Constant additions to my 'Let's all laugh at Mumbai' thread.

lol Raj thackrey Friday ko Public holiday kardega since a paki would play for Mumbai

[Holysmoke]

SRT might knock some sense into Afretard :ohmy: Can you imagine this idiot playing an innings like what UV did in the last test?

[Holysmoke]

Shoaib will be like.. I wants to play for MI. (After what we did to him last time) Finished the game in 5 overs :hysterical:

[fineleg]

why has Vijay Mallya put Zaheer Khan on sale? !

[Holysmoke]

why has Vijay Mallya put Zaheer Khan on sale? !

He wants to buy Stuart Clark:hysterical:

[fineleg]

but ZK is in such good form! does mallya know cricket!?

[Holysmoke]

but ZK is in such good form! does mallya know cricket!?

He doesnt "fit in" to the buddha test team :hysterical:

[Mr. Wicket]

"KKR already have two match-winning bowlers in Umar Gul and Ajantha Mendis (the latter was mostly sitting on the sidelines in the inaugural season).

They picked Showhaibh and sidelined Mendis?

[Holysmoke]

They picked Showhaibh and sidelined Mendis?

YES. :hysterical: Dada:haha: He had Mendis in his side all this while, didnt do jack. Then got pwnd when he faced him in SL..:haha: Now that you look at their team, they have quite a few good videsis.. Mendis Gayle Ponting McCullum David Hussey Gul They also have Pujara, and Ishant. But then again, they have AMI DAAKU RANADEB BOSE, and ass-on-fire AAG.

[Mr. Wicket]

You have to wonder - what would have happened to our preparation on the SL tour if Dada had realized what he had with Mendis, played him in the IPL and most of the cricketers got to take a good look at him?

[Holysmoke]

He did play him for a game IIRC Edit - yup.. took 1/24 against Kings 11 Punjab Can u imagine how the other Lankans, like Murali, Sanga, etc must have been laughing their ass off at Dada..

[Guest dada_rocks]

indian govt should deny visa to paki players

[sandtest]

This is part of "people-to-people" contact Pakis, otherwise Padmashree Bukhaa Dutt of NDTV will bark 24x7 that Cricket is casualty, we want p!ssfool Kirkeet with Pakis, I will go ahead and kiss candles at wagah border :giggle:

[fineleg]

hindutvas attack on NDTV can hopefully be restricted to politics forum of ICF :omg:

[amits]

mumbai pakistanis will be the best team for afridi in the ipl