Inzamam loathes idea of being 'auctioned'

Asked if he felt missing out on it when players were auctioned for mind-boggling amounts, Atapattu, who leads Delhi Giants in the ICL event, said, "I'm where I myself opted for and I'm happy being here. This was the option I got when I was through with international cricket and I'm enjoying my assignment."

Former Australian player Stuart Law found the IPL auction "innovative" but insisted he did not regret aligning with the rebel league.

"It was amazing and quite an innovative idea. Well, players being auctioned, you can see it from both ways. I think players like Ricky Ponting, who went for quite cheap, would have felt bad that it happened on the open. But frankly speaking, it would not have affected me.

"Thankfully, all this doesn't affect me. Life has been good to me and I'm happy with my life. I'm happy doing what I'm doing in ICL and I don't regret anything," he said.

Meanwhile, at a time when the cricket establishment puts one after another roadblock to the rebel league, Inzamam proposed an encounter between the winner of the ICL and IPL.

"I think it would be a good idea to have a best-of-three finals between winners of both the leagues. I don't see ICL and IPL as enemies of each other. After all, both are meant to promote cricket.

"Such a match between the league winners would encourage the players and provide excitement to the crowd. I don't think ICC should object to such initiatives," he said.

Inzamam also revealed plans to open a batting academy in Multan, which, he said, would come up by 2010.