Morgan hits the big time as €150,000 IPL deal confirmed

IRISH cricket star Eoin Morgan has been catapulted into the sport’s megastar bracket with a €150,000 deal to join the 2010 Indian Premier League.

Dubliner Morgan has been snapped up by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the third season of the cash-rich Twenty20 franchise operation. The form of the 2005 Irish Examiner National Junior Sports star has made the IPL sit up and take notice at a time when established England internationals Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan, Rob Key, Monty Panesar, Jonathan Trott, Mark Ramprakash and Anthony McGrath were all overlooked.

From what the Middlesex left-hander has so far shown in three international Twenty20s and 38 one-day appearances, first for Ireland and more recently at Test level for England, Morgan certainly has the skills to continue his skyward trajectory in the sport.