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Originally Posted by Zunaid
This is to conserve cash. They can keep only 4 with one non-Indian, and the cost of retaining the top 4 can eat up into the player budget. Many of these players may just be resigned during the auction but probably at a cheaper rate. The headlines are a bit duplicitous just like the headlines about Yunus "siphoning" money "meant for the poor". Journalists are desperate.
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I think it's a maximum of 3 Indians and thus at least 1 non-Indian, Mumbai have retained Malinga and Pollard, as well as Sachin and Bhaji.
I think this whole retention process is flawed and is susceptible to price fixing. The franchises could secretly agree not to compete with each other in bidding for certain players to keep the prices down.
Taken from Cricinfo:
According to the auction rules for IPL 4, teams can retain up to four players, only three of whom can be Indians. The retained players - who must have been part of the franchise's registered squads for the 2010 season - will be valued at $1.8 million for the first player, $1.3 million for the second, $900,000 for the third and $500,000 for the fourth.
The retained players are:-
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga
Chennai: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M Vijay, Albie Morkel
Rajasthan: Shane Warne, Shane Watson
Delhi: Virender Sehwag
Bangalore: Virat Kohli
Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab have decided not to retain any of their players.
The decisions made by Mumbai and Chennai are fairly obvious and expected but maybe a little surprising to find that neither Zaheer Khan nor Bollinger were retained at the expense of say Bhaji and Vijay/Morkel.
Bangalore seem to be banking on the potential of Kohli both in terms of performance and marketing. However $1.8 million taken from the purchasing budget makes it seem a big gamble. Also note that they have not retained Kumble and Dravid, their previous captain and "icon". They probably are hoping to pick them up cheap at the auction, I can't see many teams fighting for these two.
Similarly Kolkata have not retained Ganguly probably for the reasons outlined above. $1.8 million for Ganguly would be absurd, when they can probably get him for around $200,000 at the auction.
What does this mean for the Bangladeshi players (mainly Shakib and Tamim) that are eyeing up the IPL. Well now that it seems likely that they will be available for the majority of the tournament their chances should be hopeful. What they have going for them is that they should be good value for money. Particularly for the teams that have a smaller budget due to player retention. Tamim could be a "cheaper" alternative to a Gayle, McCullum or Ghambir, and prove to be excellent value for money. Regarding Shakib, there would be no excuses for the teams if they fail to bid for him, he would be an asset to any team, whatever the price. Maybe even Abdur Razzak could join them if he keeps up this good form and takes it into the World Cup. Mashrafe would need a repeat performance against India alongside exceptional performances in the other games to stand a chance. And Ashraful... unless Sachin decides to give him a very generous wedding present I don't think IPL 4 will have the honour of having the company of Ash and his Eids.