Despite claiming that the huge rewards on offer from the Indian Premier League are not tempting, Kevin Pietersen remains the 2/1 favourite to be the first centrally contracted England player to sign up for next month's tournament.Pietersen will want to ply his talents on the world stage in his belief that he is the world's best batsman and although he has stated that he will not be tempted he remains the favourite to be first centrally contracted England player to sign up.The new tournament, which begins next month, is said to be the hot topic of conversation in the England dressing room and PCA chief executive Sean Morris claims players should be given the chance. But with participation potentially threatening their England careers, speculation is growing as to who will be the first to break rank.Ryan Sidebottom and one day captain Paul Collingwood are the 3/1 second favourites, with Test skipper Michael Vaughan the 8/1 outsider on a list of likely defectors.

Over valued??????????????

Fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza on Friday was purchased for US$ 6,00,000 by Kolkata Knight Riders in the second Indian Premier League auction. he said that it is a reward for his consistent form this season. He feels that this is a result of all hard work he had put in over the years and a reward for being consistent this season. His ranking is number eight in the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers. Mortaza's bidding started with a base price of US$ 50000 but his figures kept climbing steadily with the Kings XI Punjab hot on the heels of the Knight Riders before the Kolkata side roped him for 12 times his starting price. Sachin Tendulkar has been an idol for him. He dreamt of playing alongside him some day and now they are in the same team.

Now he needs to start thinking of saving the tax as tax authorities in India have also heared this......

Loyality beats USD 132 mn............

AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani has met Manchester City officials to discuss the future of Kaka, but the Brazilian has said he is happy at the Serie A club.
Galliani spoke with City on Tuesday but Milan did not say if an offer was made for the playmaker or whether they would accept any bid.
Galliani received a delegation from Manchester City yesterday in Milan as a gesture of courtesy like always in these cases. There are no talks at the moment.
Kaka told Sport Mediaset that he is happy at the San Siro and want to grow old at Milan.
His aim is to become the captain of this team and already turned down some big offers.
The richest club in the world after being taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group, had bid 100 million euros ($132 million) for the 26-year-old, who won the Ballon D'Or and FIFA world player of the year award in 2007.