IPL AUCTION NEWS

• Posted by T Ghosh February 13, 2014 - Filed in Sports - #IPL CRICKET  - 1,226 views

  Yuvraj Singh outpriced Gautam Gambhir who was the most expensive player before IPL 7 auctions, with a price of Rs 11.04 crore from Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011.

  A Rs 14 crore on the opening day of the two-day IPL 7 players' auction on Wednesday was the price on the head of Yuvraj thereby becoming the most expensive player purchased at the IPL auctions.
  
  He  is conscious about the expectations and have to face after getting the top pay packet, Yuvraj feels RCB will provide him the perfect platform to "express" his talent.
  
  Yuvi commented ,"I am very happy to go to RCB and I am looking forward to playing alongside the likes of Chris Gayle and AB (de Villiers) and all the other great guys in the team. I just feel that I am going to a place where I can express myself ."
  "Everyone is talking about my being the highest-paid player and being bought for so much at an auction, that also means that there is a lot of focus on you and on how you have to win matches, it adds responsibility.
  
  "In RCB, we've got a lot of guys who are match winners on their own -- Gayle, AB, Virat (Kohli), Albie (Morkel), (Ravi) Rampaul all can just take games away single-handed. It's a great bunch. It is great that in that kind of environment, I can go and express myself," said the flamboyant left-hander, who was the player of the tournament in India's 2011 World Cup triumph.
  
  Yuvraj outpriced Gautam Gambhir who was the most expensive player before IPL 7 auctions, with a price of Rs 11.04 crore from Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011.
  
  Yuvraj's whooping price tag came as surprise for many as of late he has been out of the Indian team due to poor form.
  
  Although he got a cold shoulder from the national selectors for the 50-over Asia Cup in Bangladesh, Yuvraj has found out a place in Indian squad for the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Bangladesh after the continental ODI championship.
  
  "But the World T20 is up first and that's what I'm focussed at the moment and I am trying to play as much domestic cricket as I can to prepare myself for that. I hope for the best," said Yuvraj, who made a remarkable comeback to international cricket after successfully battling cancer.