After remaining unsold at the 2011 IPL auction, Sourav Ganguly might finally get to play after all in the fourth edition of the Twenty20 event. The former India captain got a lifeline ahead of the February 4 IPL governing council meeting after the BCCI’s letter to the franchises asking them to give their views on a few players who went unsold at the auction. According to sources, the letter specifically mentioned Ganguly’s name, along with Wasim Jaffer and VRV Singh. The franchises can buy them at their base price, which is $200,000 in Ganguly’s case.
“We have received a request that franchises — subject to them having enough balance on the salary cap to pay at least the reserve price of the relevant player — have the opportunity to sign unsold Indian players from the auction.
“The auction regulations are clear that players not taken in the auction could only play in IPL 2011 as replacement players.
