It was one heck of IPL auction, asn't it? Even with reduced prices, this auction had all the bumper masala. For one, ICL players coming to IPL, for those who just came back from hibernation, ICl was a break away T20 league, set up by Zee Tv CEO, which ended last season, and players who were playing in ICL were also banned from playing in their international teams for te period of 2 or may be 3 years.
Shane bond, even after a long long long lay off, and such injury laden career, got quite a bid, on the other hand, biggest shock, none of the Pakistani player even received a bid.
The reaction was immediate and emotionally charged. Afridi, who was billed as one of the major attractions of Tuesday’s auction, said from Brisbane that he was disappointed and upset with the way things panned out. ‘‘ The way I see it, the IPL and India have made fun of us and our country by treating us this way,’’ Afridi said.
Senior all-rounder Abdul Razzaq said he saw the snub to Pakistani players as a conspiracy between the IPL and the Indian government to insult Pakistani players . ‘‘ They have basically tried to hurt our cricket and image and this is most disappointing because I believe there should be no politics in sports,’’ he said.
All-rounder Sohail Tanvir, one of the stars of Rajasthan Royals’ IPL winning team in 2008, was no less bitter: ‘‘ We sent names because we thought the franchises wanted us, but if it is all about politics and security they should be clear about it,’’ Tanvir said.
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If India doesn´t want Pakistanis then what is Wasim Akram doing in KKR?
ReplyDeleteThis has really turned around for us, suddenly the egg is on our face, as Indians. Now everyone seems to be backing off, they should have been selected, but I am still glad that they were not. no problems with Pakistani people, strength to them, but their govt is such that there will be tensions again real soon, and then all of us will lose.
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