(IPL AUCTION 2018 DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS)Modi put a salary cap and had a limit on the spending purse, but the formula didn’t succeed for the first 10 years. The goal of ensuring a level-playing field has finally come true at the start of the new decade of IPL. But teams like CSK, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore had started the auction with a big advantage, having retained their best players. In Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson and young Kamlesh Nagarkoti, they have the personnel to form a lively track. For example when Rohit Sharma was made captain (of Mumbai Indians), look at what has happened to him.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2018 16:18 UTC