India, April 11 -- Jamie Smith experienced terrible disappointment last year after he found out that there were no buyers for him in the Indian Premier League (IPL). His base price was Rs.2 crore, which in many ways is an indication that the player strongly expects himself to find a team. The less the base price is, the more uncertain the player is. No rocket science there!

Anyway, the Ashes was underway when the mini-auction happened, and the England wicketkeeper batsman was having a horrible time in the time-honoured series, particularly with the bat. That may have influenced the IPL franchises not to go for him.

Disappointed, Smith decided to revive his career. At present, he is playing county cricket for Surrey and on Friday, he sco...