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Franchisees arm-twist uncapped players

MUMBAI: A fight has broken out over the uncapped Indian players among IPL franchises. There are allegations of franchises with rich catchment areas arm-twisting young talented cricketers not to join other franchises even as they are picking them up for a fraction of the market price. The fight came to light when Royal Challengers Bangalore threatened to throw the rule book at Karnataka's Ranji cricketer Manish Pandey — who shot to fame in the 2009 IPL and is among the most talented youngsters — when he showed interest in joining Pune Warriors. Pandey, 21, is learnt to have rejected an offer from RCB to sign him afresh and shown interest in a deal with the new franchise Sahara Pune Warriors. RCB were offering Pandey fees as per the IPL rule which says domestic cricketers who have played for more than two seasons but less than five should not be paid more than Rs 20 lakh. Pandey's market price is obviously more. His former Under-19 colleague Saurabh Tiwary has pocketed Rs 7.36 crore by virtue of his debut in the Indian one-day team, thanks to several injuries and senior players being rested. Pandey's market price, even if less than that, would certainly be more than Rs 20 lakh. But he's being pressed to be content with that or else face a ban under IPL rules.

                                                                                                               
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