SOURAV GANGULY HAPPY WITH KOLKATA IPL TEAM

Sourav Ganguly, the icon player of the Kolkata IPL team said that he was happy with the players won by the Kolkata franchise. After returning from the landmark auction for the bidding of players in Mumbai, he said, "Our team was not short on batting. We dont need too many batsmen in Twenty20 matches and i get satisfied with the team we have got". The Kolkata team won the following players in the auction:

• Ricky Ponting ($ 400,000)
• David Hussey ($ 625,000)
• Shoaib Akthar ($ 425,000)
• Chris Gayle ($ 800,000)
• Brendon McCullum ($ 700,000)
• Ishant Sharma ($ 900,000)
• Murali Karthik ($ 425,000)
• Ajit Agarkar ($ 350,000)
• Umar Gul ($ 150,000)

In the very first match of IPL tournament, Kolkata team will play against Bangalore team on April 18 at Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore.