Player Balance

The IPL franchisees in their bid to get at some players have spent tremendous amounts of money. For example while Symonds went for more than a million his compatriot and Captain with a much better record went for less than half a million. Both Symonds and Ponting don’t have much say in what happened in far away Mumbai but it still leaves a bitter taste in some mouths when a Anil Kumble gets half of what new comer with 2-3 tests under his belt gets nearly a million.
This is the first ever auction for cricketers and markets were definitely skewed by considerations like marketability and colorful personalities but eventually it is hoped that better judgement will prevail and antics and histronics will not be encouraged.
I would surely not go to watch a Sreesanth make a fool of himself nor Harbajan dancing to the pavilion after taking a Ponting wicket. It devalues the game and makes a mockery of the gentleman’s game.