PANJIM: The third edition of Panjim Gymkhana Members League (PGML 3.0) players auction on Saturday witnessed competition to acquire quality cricketers through a day-long bidding process from the pre-assigned amount of points.
All seven franchises came armed with their respective strategies to acquire the best from the list of 117 members-players in the auction.
Defending champions Dempo Challengers, runners-up Priority Titans, former champions Prescon Panthers, Manas Mavericks, Baale Tigers, RC Goa and new-entrants Desserts N’More Avengers make up the field for the third edition of PGML.
Former Goa Ranji Trophy all-rounder Robin D’Souza, on his PGML debut, generated a lot of interest. The experienced 43-year-old sparked a bidding war between Desserts N More Avengers and Manas Mavericks. After a fierce round of bidding for the marquee, Manas Mavericks went all the way to acquire the popular player for the highest bid of the auction.
Amongst the other renowned players in the auction, former Ranji Trophy stars Narayan Kambli and Sudin Kamat were picked by Dempo Challengers; while Priority Titans acquired Mukhtar Kadri and ex-Ranji Trophy pacer Buddhadev Mangaldas.
Prescon Panthers’ major picks were Siddharth Ghanekar and Prajyot Rivonker;former Ranji Trophy player Kapil Angle and Sachin Sardesai were picked by Baale Tigers. RC Goa, who had retained former Ranji Trophy star Harshad Gadekar, acquired Devidas Kholkar and Aryan Mashelkar among others.
The new-entrants Desserts N’ More Avengers built their team from the scratch and picked the young Harsh Jethaji as one of their marquee players.
