Sourav Ganguly, the hottest man of Indian cricket, remained unsold at the very first day auction for IPL 4 that took place at the ITC Royal Gardenia.
Not a single bid was made by any of the ten IPL teams as Ganguly's name went under the hammer. Moreover, his home team Kolkata Knight Riders kept their mouth shut, showing their lack of interest for the man who top-scored for KKR last season with 493 runs in 14 matches at 37.92 with a strike rate of 117.66. He was also the 4th highest run-getter in IPL 2010.
It shows that there was no interest in the Ganguly due to his prolonged absence from international cricket or because of his age. Earlier, Ganguly was placed in the $ 200,000 price bracket, but he then up his base price to $ 400,000. Before the auction, Sahara-owned Pune Warriors was heard to be buying him at a base price, but it seems they may have changed their mind after Ganguly hiked the price. But, most of people back here in Kolkata are sniffing foul play into the incident.
Kolkata Knight Riders may have established a good team by buying Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan and Jacques Kallis, but Kolkatans are all depressed because of the omission of their favorite son, Ganguly whom the entire country fondly calls 'dada'.
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