The Indian Premier League on Monday announced that the legendary trio of Indian cricket Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri – would adjudicate the DLF Player of the League Award in the DLF Indian Premier League.The award consists of a trophy along with a cash prize of 10 lakhs.

Former Indian captains Pataudi, Gavaskar and Shastri who are members of the DLF Indian Premier League Governing Council were unanimously chosen by the DLF Indian Premier Leagues Governing Council as the adjudicators for picking the Player of the League.

The Indian Premier League Mohali Team has announced Avian Media as its communications agency and Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. as its Below the Line Partner. Avian will be responsible for implementing its integrated Public Relations campaigns and for promoting the team across India while Wizcraft’s role will be primarily to build awareness and to generate excitement for the fans through multiple on ground initiatives and match day experiences.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Neil Maxwell, Chief Executive Officer, Team Mohali, said, “We had been looking for agencies that could help promote Team Mohali with strategic communications support and deliver truly integrated campaigns across India. We were glad that both agencies – Avian Media and Wizcraft demonstrated such an in-depth understanding of the sport and also shared our passion equally. We are confident that both agencies will prove to be valuable partners during this initial phase of brand building the Team.”

Following is the list of Indian players who were auctioned at a very high price. The price tag for Dhoni was as high as 6 crore rupees and then he was followed by Sachin Tendulkar

The Leading Indians

* Icon players, who get 15 percent more than the price of the highest bid player in their teams.

Bappi da says: “It has been wonderful. I am doing three songs for my team Knight Riders which would be sung by me, Usha Uthup and a Bengali band- Bhoomi. Shah Rukh is a wonderful person who knows a lot about music. I love him as a person. He knows how to respect elders and hence has reached the undisputed position of Baadshah of Bollywood today. My best wishes that he keeps getting more and more success”.

Popular singer cum actress Ila Arun is ready to perform a track for Rajasthan Royals named ‘Halla Bol’. Ila says “Yes, I am singing ‘Halla Bol’ for the Rajasthan Royals team. It’s a very proud feeling for me to sing for the Rajasthan team since I am myself from Rajasthan. The song is written by Piyush Pandey and composed by Amar but I have also provided my inputs to give the song a really earthy flavor. It’s a very royal, rhythmic and energetic number which will have the crowds cheering for their local team.”

She also goes to say: “I don’t have much idea about the video. It doesn’t matter if I am there in the video or not but I would make my presence felt through my voice. The common man relates to my voice. However, at some point I would be going and cheering the team personally during the matches.”