Jun 23 2009
Dhoni Is The Highest Insured Player In IPL
The second edition of Indian Premier League has been insured for USD 286 million, more than double the amount — USD 125 million — spent last season, owing to terror threats.
Besides, the whopping sum for overall insurance for the tournament, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni has attracted the highest individual insurance cover of USD 10.5 million.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh follow behind with Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya of the Mumbai Indians commanding the highest price among overseas players.
“The sum assured has been higher this time around with the tournament moving overseas,” Reena Bhatnagar, deputy general manager of Oriental Insurance Corporation (OIC), the IPL’s insurers, was quoted as saying.
“That Dhoni has been placed above Tendulkar or Ganguly, is entirely their (franchises’) perception. It is the IPL organisers who then decide and provide us the values,” she said. The package takes into account all 120 auctioned players as well as a few non-auctioned players.
