What are the credentials required to play in IPL?

New Delhi, Feb 10: The defeat on Tuesday in the Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka brought the Indian players down to earth after the auction euphoria of the Indian Premier League (IPL) barely two days before the game.

Nor, for that matter, was half the Sri Lankan team good enough for the franchises of the highly popular Twenty20 pro league.

Dominated by the IPL rejects -- Secuge Prasanna, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Dishamantha Chameera and Sanchitha Senanayake - the islanders nearly bowled the Indians out for less than a hundred before coasting to a five-wicket victory.

The Sri Lankans can raise the inevitable question, what credentials are required to get into an IPL team?

IANS