MUMBAI FINALLY WINS POLLARD

Mumbai were much eager to get Pollard in their side. They were aggressive on bidding on pollard. With four other teams bidding on him they won pollard in a tie breaker. They came for Kieron Pollard, the explosive Trinidad allrounder, and they got him. The bidding started at $200,000 and Mumbai entered the race when the price rose to around $260,000. The bids spiraled rapidly towards the maximum limit of $750,000 and there was ultimately a four-way tie between Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata. Lalit Modi then conducted the silent tie-breaker, where the franchises submitted undisclosed bids for Pollard, and Mumbai outbid everyone else. That was it for Mumbai at the auction, for they had exhausted their purse, but Nita Ambani was thrilled with her victory. They now have two exciting West Indian allrounders - Pollard and Dwayne Bravo. Mumbai also signed up Harshal Patel, the last of the U-19 players available in the draft. Pollard feels happy to be in the Mumbai Indians side along with Sachin Tendulkar.