Fight between Juhi and Preity for Mortaza in 2009 IPL auction
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Photos of Juhi-Mortaza-Preity in 2009 IPL Auction :
Fight between Juhi and Preity for Bangla Boy Mortaza in 2009 IPL Auction :
Two Bollywood beauties fought over a baby-faced boy next door at the DLF Indian Premier League auction which held on 6th February, 2009 in Goa, with Juhi Chawla finally bagging Bangladesh pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Juhi and Kings XI Punjab franchisee Preity Zinta — leading ladies in many a film opposite the Knights’ co-owner Shah Rukh Khan — went for the unassuming Mortaza with 83 bids needed to settle the issue.
An electric half-hour had passed by then and the 25-year-old’s price had shot to $600,000 from the listed base of $50,000. It was the longest bidding in IPL history, and the 12-fold improvement on the base price the steepest ever.
The beginning, however, had as much action as a dot ball.
Knight Riders sources had hinted that Mortaza was on their wish list apart from South African batsman J.P. Duminy and Australian quick Shaun Tait. Yet when auctioneer Richard Medley announced the Bangladeshi’s name, the ladies, in true Bollywood heroine fashion, feigned initial indifference.
“There was utter silence; no one raised (the electric sabre used for bidding). Then, just before the hammer went down, KKR made a bid. Till then, it had seemed like Mortaza might go unsold,” a source from an IPL franchise said.
Preity’s Kings XI immediately joined the fray. “The bids went up by $5,000. When KKR touched $400,000 (on the 71st bid), Medley asked Preity if she was game for $410,000. She was quiet for a while and then nodded,” the source said.
The bids rose by $10,000 till the Knights touched $500,000 on the 81st. The next bid, from Kings XI, was for $550,000.
“(Then) KKR hit the match-winning sixer: a $50,000 jump over Punjab’s last offer,” the source said. “The whole thing was very dramatic — there was pin-drop silence in the room and Medley made it even more frenzied by quickening the pace of bidding. It was like speed chess.”
As Juhi and Preity fought, Kings XI co-owner Ness Wadia, unable to contain his excitement, chipped in towards the end by raising the bids a couple of times. “Our budget for Mortaza was $550,000 and we decided to stop after that,” Wadia said.
Mortaza was not surprised by the bidding war over him: he told PTI that Kings’ XI captain Yuvraj Singh had promised to take him into his side.
He also told “only a couple of days ago, the Knight Riders had offered me $150,000 to play for them but I took a chance and waited for the auction. Now I’ve been taken for $600,000. Wow!”
Following are the complete information about Mashrafe Mortaza
Juhi and Kings XI Punjab franchisee Preity Zinta — leading ladies in many a film opposite the Knights’ co-owner Shah Rukh Khan — went for the unassuming Mortaza with 83 bids needed to settle the issue.
An electric half-hour had passed by then and the 25-year-old’s price had shot to $600,000 from the listed base of $50,000. It was the longest bidding in IPL history, and the 12-fold improvement on the base price the steepest ever.
The beginning, however, had as much action as a dot ball.
Knight Riders sources had hinted that Mortaza was on their wish list apart from South African batsman J.P. Duminy and Australian quick Shaun Tait. Yet when auctioneer Richard Medley announced the Bangladeshi’s name, the ladies, in true Bollywood heroine fashion, feigned initial indifference.
“There was utter silence; no one raised (the electric sabre used for bidding). Then, just before the hammer went down, KKR made a bid. Till then, it had seemed like Mortaza might go unsold,” a source from an IPL franchise said.
Preity’s Kings XI immediately joined the fray. “The bids went up by $5,000. When KKR touched $400,000 (on the 71st bid), Medley asked Preity if she was game for $410,000. She was quiet for a while and then nodded,” the source said.
The bids rose by $10,000 till the Knights touched $500,000 on the 81st. The next bid, from Kings XI, was for $550,000.
“(Then) KKR hit the match-winning sixer: a $50,000 jump over Punjab’s last offer,” the source said. “The whole thing was very dramatic — there was pin-drop silence in the room and Medley made it even more frenzied by quickening the pace of bidding. It was like speed chess.”
As Juhi and Preity fought, Kings XI co-owner Ness Wadia, unable to contain his excitement, chipped in towards the end by raising the bids a couple of times. “Our budget for Mortaza was $550,000 and we decided to stop after that,” Wadia said.
Mortaza was not surprised by the bidding war over him: he told PTI that Kings’ XI captain Yuvraj Singh had promised to take him into his side.
He also told “only a couple of days ago, the Knight Riders had offered me $150,000 to play for them but I took a chance and waited for the auction. Now I’ve been taken for $600,000. Wow!”
Following are the complete information about Mashrafe Mortaza
Name :
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Also known as Koushik)Born : October 5, 1983, Norail, Jessore
Current Age : 25 years 124 days
Major Teams : Bangladesh, Asia XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Khulna Division
Batting Style : Right-hand bat
Bowling Style : Right-arm fastmedium
Career Averages :
●78 wkts in 35 Tests at an average of 41.19
●135 wkts in 103 ODIs at an average of 29.81
●6 wkts in 9 Twenty20 Internationals at 51.50
Best Bowling :
4 for 44 against New Zealand in 2008
Do you think KKR has done the right job by taking Mortaza using so much money?
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