Tamim Iqbal deal comes a day after Australia captain Michael Clarke
signed a contract for the team owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Ltd.,
which is owned by Sahara India. Tamim, 23, was among the long list of
players who went unsold at the February four auction in Bangalore.
In-from Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal on Thursday signed a one-year contract worth $50,000 with the Pune Warriors India to play in the Indian Premier League, finishing the franchise's line-up.
Although there was no official statement either from Sahara India or the BCCI on Tamim's deal, a top Sahara official confirmed the signing. 'We have signed Tamim at his basic auction cost of $50,000 for year. It's a one-year-plus-one deal, meaning that they will have the first right to retain him or release him after this year's event,' the official said.
But the grant of an additional foreign player's berth by the BCCI in exceptional circumstances provided a chance to Sahara India to sign Clarke & Tamim after Yuvraj Singh (cancer) & Australian James Hopes (knee injury) were ruled out of the 54-day IPL beginning on April four.
Tamim's deal was delayed as they went on a holiday to Malaysia after the Asia Cup ended on March 22 & signed the contract papers immediately on return to Dhaka on Wednesday.
Unlike Clarke & West Indies's Marlon Samuels, Tamim is expected to be obtainable for the whole event since Bangladesh have, as of now, no international engagements between April four & May 27.
They reportedly gets between Taka 35 lakh (22 lakh) & 40 lakh (25 lakh-plus) for a season. It's not surprising, therefore, that they desires to play the April three match for his club, which is chasing the title, before leaving for India.
After signing the contract papers they said that they was not setting any objective in the IPL, but that they would 'play with my heart'. Tamim represents Victoria Club & is of the highest paid players in the local league.
In-from Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal on Thursday signed a one-year contract worth $50,000 with the Pune Warriors India to play in the Indian Premier League, finishing the franchise's line-up.
Although there was no official statement either from Sahara India or the BCCI on Tamim's deal, a top Sahara official confirmed the signing. 'We have signed Tamim at his basic auction cost of $50,000 for year. It's a one-year-plus-one deal, meaning that they will have the first right to retain him or release him after this year's event,' the official said.
But the grant of an additional foreign player's berth by the BCCI in exceptional circumstances provided a chance to Sahara India to sign Clarke & Tamim after Yuvraj Singh (cancer) & Australian James Hopes (knee injury) were ruled out of the 54-day IPL beginning on April four.
Tamim's deal was delayed as they went on a holiday to Malaysia after the Asia Cup ended on March 22 & signed the contract papers immediately on return to Dhaka on Wednesday.
Unlike Clarke & West Indies's Marlon Samuels, Tamim is expected to be obtainable for the whole event since Bangladesh have, as of now, no international engagements between April four & May 27.
They reportedly gets between Taka 35 lakh (22 lakh) & 40 lakh (25 lakh-plus) for a season. It's not surprising, therefore, that they desires to play the April three match for his club, which is chasing the title, before leaving for India.
After signing the contract papers they said that they was not setting any objective in the IPL, but that they would 'play with my heart'. Tamim represents Victoria Club & is of the highest paid players in the local league.
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