When retired New Zealand bowler Shane Bond was preferred over Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Misbah-ul-Haq and a couple of other Pakistan players in the recently held IPL auction, one wondered what went seriously wrong with the franchisees. A few of them even thought how these aforesaid flamboyant players were not competitive enough to feature in the 3rd edition of this extravaganza. True, the relationship between the neighboring countries is not amicable, but is this the way to snub them? Cricket, they say, transcends borders but in this case, it’s rather disappointing from the franchisees’ end. If the Pakistan players were to be disregarded in such a way, why were they even considered in the first place?
January 22, 2010
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the problem is 1. with their visas they haven’t applied for it 2. as IPL is business no franchise are ready to take risk with Pak players.
Comment by sreenivas — January 24, 2010 @ 4:56 pm
When all the other franchisees are defending their decision, why is SRK interfering unnecessarily?
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