Ludhiana's Dalhor costliest, Srinagar's 15-yr-old Yasir youngest in ISPL auction

Ludhianas Abhishek Kumar Dalhor became the costliest player at Rs 2050 lakh while 15yearold Sharik Yasir from Srinagar became the youngest player in the Indian Street Premier League Season 2 AuctionWhile Dalhor was roped in by last years finalists Majhi Mumbai Yasir was snapped up by Srinagar Ke Veer for Rs 3 lakhA total of 350 players were in the auction from 55 cities out of which 96 players were bought by the six teams in the league whose second edition will be held at Thanes Dadoji Kondadev Stadium here from January 26 to February 15 next yearThe six teams spent a total amount of Rs 554 crore in forming their 16member squads each as no player was allowed to be retained ahead of the auction but the franchises had the option of RightToMatch for the tennisball T10 format tournamentSix players were listed as Icon Players in the auction as among the other big buys were Punes Vijay Jaysing for Rs 1375 lakh Majhi Mumbai Mumbais Krishna Satpute for Rs 850 lakh Falcon Risers Hyderabad Srinagars Deepak Dogra for Rs 6 lakh Chennai Singam Kolkatas Saroj Paramanik for Rs 1625 lakh KVN Bangalore Strikers Indores Dilip Binjwa for Rs 6 lakh Srinagar Ke Veer and Thanes Bhavesh Pawar for Rs 850 lakh Tiigers of KolkataTennisball cricket is an exciting format and ISPL has provided a competitive platform for players to showcase their skills The inaugural season highlighted some special performances and this year the league has expanded to more cities to identify emerging talent said ISPL core committee member and legendary cricketer Sachin TendulkarAlso Read Indian Street Premier League Season 2 Thrill awaitsThe organisers informed that as many as 30 lakh applications were received for the auction which was pruned to 350 through a stringent processIn cricket whether it is with tennis ball or the season ball it is about how you handle pressure situations who plays better under pressure and that is the bottom line said former India player Pravin Amre the head of the selection committee at ISPL explaining the parameters of picking the players for auctionThe organisers also expressed their wish to take the tournament to other cities in the countrySurat Samat league commissioner said We will be conducting trials in 101 cities in the third season of ISPLMost of the team owners wanted to have a certain number of player retentions allowed going forwardWe would like to have four said actor and Tiigers of Kolkata coowner Saif Ali KhanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever