Ponting is justly right this time.

Ponting snubbed in bidding

IT'S not often you'd call a $US400,000 ($436,000) pay day a loss, but Ricky Ponting could be forgiven for wondering why he didn't get more. As captain of an extraordinarily successful cricket team and with a sparkling career batting average, Ponting was expected to fetch a fair sum during the bidding.

Instead, Kolkata got him for that relatively paltry figure. Ponting fared worse than West Indian Chris Gayle ($872,000) and Kiwi Brendon McCullum ($763,000). Even Pakistan's Mohammad Asif ($709,000) and Shoaib Akhtar ($464,000), whose drugs bans were controversially overturned, attracted more.

Ponting's potential earnings may have suffered because of the Sydney Test against India. Of all the Test captains up for grabs yesterday, he was the least sought-after.

Jamie Pandaram

I felt this bid on the captain was more from the heart and not the head.If symonds who was equally responsible for the sydney fiasco can fetch $1.35mn why not his captain.i personally feel for Ponting atleast where this issue is concerned.

Originally posted by: amrit23

yeah i agree that ponting is underpaid n symonds is overpaid..
ponting surely deservd more..so does shane warne..
im sure the kolkata team is going to benefit the most from ponting..coz he can return to form anytime..n hez n awesum player...though he might b unavailable for the first couple of seasons of IPL

yeah,amrit u guessed right..anyways it will be more fun,intriguing,challenging as players from various countries play as one unit...i'll miss the English players though.😭(peiterson)

Ponting is wayyyy underpaid!! 😕
He surely deserves more....watever issues had been going b/w Aussies n India...should not hav had an effect on the bids....unfortunately this did happen!
Ponting is undoubtedly a world class batsman...and is much better than many others in IPL who r being paid more than they deserve!

Originally posted by: coolsonu

Ponting is wayyyy underpaid!! 😕
He surely deserves more....watever issues had been going b/w Aussies n India...should not hav had an effect on the bids....
Ponting is undoubtedly a world class batsman...and is much better than many others in IPL who r being paid more than they deserve!

totally agree with u,this is really shocking.

Well I thought that he was a bit-underpriced but still, this is a great opportunity for cricket.

his pooor form off let has slumped da PRice pooor PONTing

but it hurts and it will affect his work,as a player and captain.....