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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Oh I didn't know this, I read an article y'day (http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-p...ry/631907.html) which said uncapped players will be in the auction pool. I wish we could read these retention rules somewhere.
He had a good Ranji season with Haryana, his team flopped big time but he was their leading wicket taker and 5th or 6th highest wicket taker overall. I'm sure he'll be around for a few yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
Ok.. This is news to me. Last time (2011) it was different. We retained the likes of Jakati without sending him into auction pool. Similarly, Manish Pandey went into auction after terminating the contract with RCB.
Can anyone clarify this. Why is Bollinger not playing for Csk this season ??
his contract is over in last season itself..
Bollinger was left into the auction pool last year along with George Bailey,Yomahesh,Vignesh and Mukund. Bollinger's ousting was on disciplinary grounds was what reported.
Well well. He was a big plus in the bowling dept among foreign players. Still none have fitted in his part. Holder and Morris have to perform better.
CSK fever everywhere!
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Flash Mob/Song Stockholm, Sweden 2013 IPL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMfTA4J8rw
Gurunath Meiyapppan Arrested
Gurunath Meiyappan, a top official of the Chennai
Super Kings franchise and son-in-law of the BCCI
president N Srinivasan, has been formally arrested by
Mumbai Police on charges of cheating, forgery and
fraud. The development, late on Friday night, is the
most serious setback to the IPL in its six-year history and has serious implications for the BCCI as well given
the names involved. As of early Saturday morning there was no news of an
emergency BCCI meeting but it is expected that events
will move fast through the day, to discuss the issue of
leadership - though Srinivasan insisted he would not
step down - and also Chennai Super Kings' participation
in the IPL final on Sunday. Gurunath had been summoned to Mumbai for questioning over betting and links to bookies and flew in on Friday
evening. "We have interrogated Mr Gurunath after he arrived
here at the crime branch headquarters," Himanshu Roy,
the joint commissioner of Mumbai Police, said. "We
have gone through questioning with him in detail and
after due deliberation, we have arrived at the
conclusion there is evidence of involvement in offence we are investigating and therefore he has been placed
under arrest. He will be produced in court within 24
hours as per law." Reports suggest Gurunath's interrogation in Mumbai will
continue through Friday night, and he will also be
confronted with Virender "Vindoo" Dara Singh, the
actor arrested earlier this week for alleged contact
with bookies. Police investigations suggested that
Vindoo and Gurunath were in frequent telephonic contact. Vindoo was also seen in the CSK box at IPL
matches. Gurunath's lawyer PS Raman said: "We are exploring all
legal possibilities. We are waiting for the remand
report before reading the charges against him." Srinivasan had not commented in public since the
reports first emerged on Wednesday that his son-in-
law was linked to the IPL scandal, but after the arrest
he maintained he would not resign as BCCI president. "I
have done nothing wrong," he told NDTV. "I am not
resigning, the board is largely supportive of me." Gurunath's connection to Super Kings was the subject of dispute through the day. He was the public face of the franchise, his Twitter handle said he was the "team
principal", he was seen as Super Kings' representative
at auctions and at IPL owners' meetings. Yet on Friday
evening India Cements, the owners of the franchise and
of which Srinivasan is the managing director, said
Gurunath was only an honorary member of the team management. The implications of Gurunath's arrest involve both
Super Kings, who have qualified for the final to be
played on May 26, and Srinivasan. His arrest brings into question Super Kings'
participation in the final - under the IPL's own anti-
corruption code, Clause 12.3 states that the BCCI-IPL
can terminate a franchise agreement "with immediate
effect if: c) The Franchise, any Franchise Group
Company and/ or any owner acts in any way which has a material adverse effect upon the reputation or
standing of the League, BCCI-IPL, BCCI, the Franchise,
the team (or any other team in the League) and/ or
the game of cricket." More importantly, and with wider implication,
Srinivasan's position within the BCCI is likely to be
under serious threat - not only because Meiyappan
happens to be his son-in-law but because Srinivasan
heads India Cements, who are owners of the Super
Kings. The conflict of interest that arises from Srinivasan's dual position as BCCI president and de
facto owner of an IPL franchise now has a serious
immediate implication: he will, as board president, have
to oversee any disciplinary action against either
Gurunath or the franchise. An IPL insider clarified that Meiyappan's change of
designation was not likely to have any impact on the
action that needs to be taken. "The moment you're a
team management member, irrespective of the
designation, the Anti-Corruption code applies to you.
And nobody can deny the fact that he is a part of the ownership group and team management." QUICK COMMENT Time to walk Jayaditya Gupta Over the past week the image of Indian cricket has
taken a fearsome battering. It started with the arrest of three cricketers on allegations of spot-fixing and
continued as various bookmakers and bit players who
flock to the sport were also arrested and details of
their "confessions" were leaked. Through it all N
Srinivasan, the BCCI president, maintained that there
were a few "rotten eggs" in Indian cricket, and the game was in overall rude health. On Friday night his
assertions came crashing down with the arrest of his
son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, the de facto head of
the Chennai Super Kings franchise. Gurunath's arrest - and it is safe to say the Mumbai
Police would not have taken that step, given the
implications, without very strong evidence - is a far
more serious issue than the arrest of three players. As
the "team principal" - the style on his Twitter handle -
he sat in on player auctions, attended IPL meetings as his franchise's representative and had free access to
the players at most times. He is, without much doubt,
the team's most important person - his players
referred to him as "boss". Under the IPL's anti-
corruption code, therefore, his arrest leaves Super
Kings' franchise agreement liable to be terminated with immediate effect. Where that leaves the team, which
has qualified for Sunday's IPL final, is still anyone's
guess. Any decision on Gurunath will have to be taken by the
IPL and the BCCI, which begs this question: how can
Srinivasan, father-in-law of the man arrested and
managing director of the company that owns the
franchise, also be at the head of the organisation that
will decide on the punishment? Srinivasan has so long played the conflict-of-interest game to his advantage,
watching his Super Kings team become the most
successful IPL franchise. The time has now come for
him to step down, if only to enable a free and fair
inquiry and to allow Indian cricket and its governing
body the opportunity to retrieve some of the ground it has lost. Srinivasan has long called himself a cricket
fan. To use a cricketing analogy, he needs to walk
before he is given out.
'' Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was adamant that
Gurunath Meiyappan - who was arrested
on Friday night - was the team owner of
Chennai Super Kings and that the
franchise should be eliminated from the
league. ''