IPL4 player retention

[jibranpatel15]

Rajasthan Royals have retained their captain Shane Warne and Australian allrounder Shane Watson ahead of the 2011 season of the IPL, a top franchise official has said. He also said they were in negotiations with a couple of Indian players ahead of the December 8 deadline for teams to nominate players they wish to keep from going into the auction. Each franchise is allowed to retain up to four players, of which no more than three can be Indian. "We are extremely happy to have signed on Shane Warne and Shane Watson," Raghu Iyer, the Rajasthan spokesman, told ESPNcricinfo. "Both of them have been an important part of the Royals. Watson was the Player of the Tournament in the first season and Warne's leadership skills are what everybody talks about." Rajasthan will lose $1.8 million per year from the auction pool for the first player retained and $1.3 million per year for the second player. Warne led Rajasthan to an unlikely title in 2008, the IPL's first season. He was the league's second highest wicket-taker, with 19 wickets at an average of 21.26, while Watson scored 472 runs at an average of 47.20 and a strike-rate of 151.76, and also took 17 wickets at an average of 22.52. Both players had expressed their disappointment after Rajasthan were expelled from the IPL on October 10 by the BCCI. The franchise responded to its termination by taking the BCCI to court, and the case went to arbitration. Last week the arbitrator, justice BN Srikrishna, issued a stay on the franchise's expulsion. He also restored all of Rajasthan's rights under the franchise agreement, including the right to take part in the player auction. While the board appealed against Srikrishna's ruling to the Bombay High Court, legal opinion suggested it will be difficult to overturn his order. Tuesday's development would also appear to underline Srikrishna's assertion that there was "no merit" in the BCCI's counsel's contention that, even if Rajasthan was allowed to participate in the auction, there was no guarantee the players they picked would be willing to enter into contracts with it. The original deadline for player nominations was December 6 but the Bombay High Court ruled that the BCCI should extend it to December 8 after Kings XI Punjab, the other terminated franchise, accused the board of deliberately delaying the arbitration hearings over their expulsion so the original deadline could expire. The retained players must have been part of the franchise's registered squads for the 2010 season.

[Desi Cartman]

Aren't they disqualified :dontknow:

[IKnowU]

wtf? Why would you retain warne? No team would pay that much anyway even if he was in the auction. epic phail by :rr:

[straight.drive]

Standard indian mentality of mindless individual worship. Warne is pretty old and his fitness would be a huge question. Yeah it is an epic :fail: by :rr:

[panesarv]

So they are playing in IPL 4?

[Bradman99]

Standard indian mentality of mindless individual worship. Warne is pretty old and his fitness would be a huge question. Yeah it is an epic :fail: by :rr:

Blah blah fitness, all he needs to do is take a couple of steps and bowl. An unfit/ageing Warne is still better than most spinners in the game.

[Sir john]

Blah blah fitness' date=' all he needs to do is take a couple of steps and bowl. An unfit/ageing Warne is still better than most spinners in the game.[/quote'] :yes: your team still needed him

[Sachin=GOD]

Kohli, Gayle retained by Challengers and Knight Riders

MUMBAI: Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Shane Warne and Shane Watson are now part of the list of 'marquee' cricketers who are not likely to figure in the player auctions next year. Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained Kohli, Knight Riders have held back Gayle, Mumbai Indians have opted for Harbhajan, Pollard and Malinga while Rajasthan Royals-now back in the picture-have signed up with Warne and Watson. Interestingly, till Tuesday evening, Delhi Daredevils had nothing to say about Gautam Gambhir and Deccan Chargers had not shown any interest in either Adam Gilchrist or Rohit Sharma. While Chargers remained unavailable for comment, B Vanchi, director of cricket operations for Daredevils said: "As of now we have only signed Virender Sehwag." Sehwag, along with Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M Vijay and Albie Morkel were the first set of cricketers to be retained. Royals were emphatic about Warne and Watson coming on board. "We're glad to have them back. Warne's captaincy in IPL has been the flavour of the tournament. Watson has been invaluable in his contribution as allrounder. As of now, we can confirm that the two are on board," Royals' chief marketing officer Raghu Iyer told TOI. Meanwhile, the Knights have opted to hold back Gayle, the swashbuckling opener who seemed to have enjoyed his stay with the Kolkata franchise despite the team's awful showing in 2009 and 2010. Mumbai Indians had a problem of plenty even as they settled for Harbhajan, Pollard and Malinga. Among others, Zaheer Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Dwayne Bravo and JP Duminy were players who could've been contenders if not for the four-player (with maximum three Indians) retention rule. Malinga for his bowling in the death overs, Pollard for his batting strike rate, Harbhajan as one of the best off-spinners were the best possible choices. As for Kohli, he seems to be the hottest property ahead of IPL 4. So much so that most franchisees are eagerly waiting to see if the Delhi batsman makes it to the auction next year. And that is precisely the reason why Challengers have decided to retain Kohli. Interestingly, Challengers were not supporting the idea of player retention, when it was first suggested to the governing council. GAMEPLAN Mumbai Indians Players retained: Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh Chennai Super Kings Players retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M Vijay, Albie Morkel Royal Challengers Players retained: Virat Kohli In reckoning: Ross Taylor Delhi Daredevils Players retained: Virender Sehwag In reckoning: Gautam Gambhir, Dirk Nannes/ Ashish Nehra, Dinesh Karthik Kolkata Knight Riders Players retained: Chris Gayle In reckoning: None Rajasthan Royals Players retained: Shane Warne, Shane Watson In reckoning: Yusuf Pathan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/iplarticleshow/7062491.cms

[Roshanrocks]

Mumbai Indians retain Bhajji , Pollard and Malinga :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: along with Goddy of course

[Roshanrocks]

Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained only ...Kohli Knight Riders have held back Gayle Rajasthan Royals have signed up with Warne and Watson.

[Roshanrocks]

CSK retain ----> MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M Vijay and Albie Morkel DD retain ----> Viru..... no news yet about GG , Nannes

[vaibhav_delhi]

I wanna see Kallis play alongside sachin for mumbai. both are class.

[Sachin=GOD]

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: along with Goddy of course

they should've retained Zak instead of Malinga.

[Sid]

they should've retained Zak instead of Malinga.

:cantstop:

[gaurav92]

:mi:

[Sid]

M Vijay ahead of Ashwin is a poor decision by CSK

[Holysmoke]

This cannot be true. How did they retain both Pollard and Malinga? I thought they were allowed only one international player?

[straight.drive]

RCB retain Kohli http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/33571/rcb-choose-to-retain-virat-kohli Management of RCB have retained Kohli. Obviously this looks like a commercial decision. There is no way Kohli is worth $1.8m.

[Lord]

why havent RCB retained Kallis?

[straight.drive]

^^^Mallya had a brain fart and retained Kohli for 1.8mil....