"Champion of Champions" Chennai Super Kings

[Plum]

A lot of CSK's popularity owes it to Dhoni. vada nAttula ellAm DhonikkAgavE CSK support even from rabid indhi imperialists. mumbaila irundhappO, mukkA vAsi office CSK support purely because of Dhoni, especially the Delhi-Lukcnow-Bihar gang, which was sizeable in my office.

[lawmani]

Auction today. Who are the players CSK should bid for? Budget: 4.5 mil

Here's one list:
Bollinger 200
Nannes 200
Siddle 200
McKay 100
Mitchell Stark 100
Tamim Iqbal 100
Irfan 200
Balaji 100
Ashwin 100
Bardi 100
Saurab Tiwary 100
Steyn 200
Parnell 100
Collin Ingram 100
Herath 50

Note: This is not the team we should end up with. Its just a list to consider for bidding

[Kalyasi]

I will Pick Bollinger, Nannes, Collin Ingram, Badri, Ashwin, Balaji, Irfan, Mckay and May be Siddle from this lis...

Apart from this I will try for Ross Taylor

[directhit]

Ross Taylor or another decent hitter for low down the order and two good bowlers (Nannes wud be nice) wud do it... I would love to see Irphan picked for CSK ..

[directhit]

Wud be great if we manage to get hold of Y Pathan also or maybe Manish Pandey with some under the table dealing since he is not part of auction

[lawmani]

Auction to begin at 11!

[Plum]

Pathan will probably go to Mallya or Deccan. Mallya would want all the big hitting boys

[Ramakrishna]

Mallya would want all the big hitting boys

Amaam, avaru oothi kuduthu correct panniduvaaru.

[directhit]

CSK needs one good opener/one hitter/one pacer and one spinner

Opener - Tamim/Warner or Gibbs
Low Order Hitter - Tiwary or Morgan
Pacer - Bollinger/Steyn/Nannes/Anderson (so many choices - also get PK as well if psbl)
Spinner - Ashwin or Swann (Ojha might have many bids)

[directhit]

CSK gets Hussey as well Morkel and Hussey - how fit wud they be for 3 years??! enna selection o... MSD and Fleming