PAK PLAYERS EXCLUDED IN IPL
January 22nd, 2010 by | Posted in Sports Comments Off on PAK PLAYERS EXCLUDED IN IPLWhy did IPL have to snub Pakistan cricket players is still not clear. The Government is non-committal and has a different version or is probably hiding behind the garb of visa-issue and/or something like that. The question is why were the names of Pakistan players included in the list of players to be auctioned – in the first place?
Shahid Afridi
Cricketers from Pakistan had participated in the first edition of IPL in 2008. Why not now? A sports-cum-political comedy of sorts has occured, which is becoming more interesting than the matches themselves.
” The participation or absence of Pakistani cricketers in a commercial event of the nature of IPL is, thus, a matter not within the purview of the Government”, says the government.
WOW! Well said – buddy. Non-inclusion of players like Shahid Afridi and Sohail Tanvir from the cash-rich tournament is not understood as they both are crowd pullers and watching them is within the justified demands of the spectators. Afridi burns the stadium with the wilt of his willow and Tanveer can make many a heads roll with his balls. He is the highest wicket taker in the first IPL tourney. (more…)
