Chittagong, Jan 19 (bdnews24.com) – Shakib Al Hasan failed to attract any bids during the Indian Premier League auction in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The Bangladesh captain base price was 10 million dollars in the 'C' category.
According to the three categories, Category A players were base priced at $2.5 lakh, Category B started at $2 lakh and Category C at $1 lakh
When Shakib's name came up for auction, no franchisers were interested to acquire his services. But the world's leading all-rounder was widely tipped for a bid from one of the leading sides.
Unlike last year, which saw team-mates Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mohammad Ashraful involved in the lucrative league, Shakib was the lone Bangladeshi cricketer on the final list.
In the third addition of the IPL auction only West Indian Kieron Pollard and New Zealand's Shane Bond fetched the maximum possible bid of $750,000 before they went into tie-breaker.
Bond was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders and Pollard to Mumbai Indians respectively.
Another hot property was Kemar Roach, who went to Deccan Chargers for $720,000. His base price was $200,000.
South African quickie Wayne Parnell attracted a bid of $610,000 from Delhi Daredevils and Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif was set to join Kings Eleven Punjab for $250,000.
The IPL franchises had been restricted to only 12 cricketers out of 66, which included those returning from the rebel Indian Cricket League.
Eleven cricketers from Pakistan, Australia and South Africa, nine from Sri Lanka and eight each from England and West Indies were up for auction. Four players from New Zealand and one each from Canada and Holland also took part.
Bond and Australian batsman Damien Martyn, who both returned from the ICL, made the cut at the last moment.
Surprisingly, there was not a single bid for any Pakistani player, though most of the World Twenty20-winning team was up for auction - including Shahid Afridi, the captain, Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul and Umar Akmal.
Mohammad Yousuf and Mohammad Asif, who played for the Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural edition, were also overlooked.
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