Second most important day for cricket: Bindra

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Posted online: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 01:44:53
Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 02:03:59

Mumbai, February 20: Former BCCI president and Indian Premier League Governing Council member Inderjit Singh Bindra said players' auction for the Twenty20 tourney was the second most important day for world cricket after the end of monopoly in the telecast of the game in the country in 1994.

"This is the second most important day in world cricket, according to me. The first was in 1994 when the monopoly of Doordarshan came to an end when we won the court case. This opened up the market forces," Bindra told reporters on Wednesday after the second round of players' auction in Mumbai.

"It's a landmark day. I have not seen anything like this before even on a cricket field. It has been amazing and full of drama. I wish it had been telecast live," he said.

Bindra also pointed out that for the first time market forces were determining the worth of a player instead of the selectors.

"This is for the first time that market forces are determining the price of a player and not the selectors. This is how free market economy works," he said after 10 players were bought over by the eight city-specific franchises for USD 7.1 million dollar with India's World Twenty20 Cup winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni sold for a staggering 1.5 million USD (approx, six crore).

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Comments - 2

Poor Taste by Sameer Kumar on 21 Feb 2008

Vulgar displayy of wealth. Just hope the stars have the senses to set up something for poor .

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Is prositution a good thing of cricket? by Sanjay on 20 Feb 2008

Worst day in cricket history, the sport turned mercenary. Indian culture is just getting more degenerate worse then prositution. These money grabbers have destroyed the country. There was a time that Purshu Ram he killed Chatrias because they overly misbehaved, as there is a need to take care of these money grabbers. In order for morality to prevail. They feel not ashamed of their hording while the masses are commiting sucide, dying, lack of education, and clean water, but still they horde.

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