Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: CAB President Sourav Ganguly had earlier announced that the third edition of the Bengal Pro T20 League (Bengal Pro T20) will be auctioned to decide who will play in which team. IPLin the style of Not through drafting like the previous two times. Similarly, the Bengal Pro T20 League auction was organized at a hotel in the city on Sunday. Eight groups cleaned the house.
In that auction, Shahbaz Ahmed (Shahbaz Ahmed) was most practiced. He got the highest price in the auction. Shrachi Tribes Rarh Tigers took the all-rounder who played domestic cricket for Bengal for Tk 12 lakh 20 thousand. He has played for this team before. He was retained using the right-to-match card. Besides, Abhishek Pordel (Tk 10 lakh 40), Mukesh Kumar (Tk 9 lakh 60 thousand) and Akash Deep (Tk 3 lakh) got big price.
In all, 4 crore 8 lakh rupees were in the hands of the parties. Abhishek Pordel was taken by Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers, Mukesh was taken by Sobisco Smashers, Akash Deep went to Servotech Siliguri Strikers. Mukesh and Akash were also taken using RTM cards. Adams Howrah Warriors took Yudhajit Guha for 2 lakh 90 thousand rupees. There were a total of five categories of cricketers in the men’s auction. A Plus, A, B, Under 19 and Under 16.
Novus Purulia Royals is debuting as a new team in this year’s Bengal Pro T20 League. They also bought the house from the auction. However, questions have arisen after looking at the auction table of this team. Because Surjit Lahiri was at the auction table of Novas Purulia Royals. Who is a member of the Apex Council of CAB!
Meanwhile, the coaches and support staff associated with the senior and different age groups of Bengal coached the franchise teams of the Bengal Pro T20 League. Wriddhiman Saha, Saurashis Lahiri, Shivshankar Pal are thus associated with various parties. But in that case, they have to temporarily withdraw from the coaching of Bengal. After the Bengal Pro T20 League ended, they were reassigned to different teams in Bengal. To avoid conflict of interest.
But a section of the CAB is questioning how Surjeet, a member of the apex council of the CAB, was at the auction table of a franchise-based tournament. It is said that this is also a conflict of interest. Following the Lodha Committee’s recommendations, all state cricket bodies including the Indian Cricket Board have changed their constitutions, which are now strictly followed.
This time, the tournament was supposed to have 9 teams. However, Harbor Diamonds withdrew at the last moment. So the Bengal Pro T20 is being held with eight teams.
Top 10 highest priced cricketers
- Shahbaz Amed – Tk 12.20 lakh – Srachchi Tribes Raha Tigers
- Abhishek Pordel – Tk 10.40 Lakhs – Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers
- Mukesh Kumar – Tk 9 lakh 60 thousand – Sobisco Smashers Malda
- Sudeep Kumar Gharami – Rs 9.40 Lakhs – Novas Purulia Royals
- Yuvraj Deepak Keswani – Rs 8.60 Lakh – Novas Purulia Royals
- Able Chowdhury – Tk 8.40 Lakhs – Murshidabad Kings
- Ritvik Chatterjee – Rs 8.20 Lakhs – Adams Howrah Warriors
- Sion Ghosh – Rs 8 lakh – Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers
- Karn Lal – Rs 8 lakh – Servotech Siliguri Strikers
- Abhimanyu Ishwaran – Rs 8 lakh – Sobisco Smashers Malda
After the auction Sourav said, ‘The auction phase went very well. This is the first time it has started. All the teams enjoyed it very much because they were able to get the players they wanted. I hope it will be a great tournament.’
