IPL 3 bidding shuns pakistan players
That is the HOT news for today. The IPL 3 player bidding happened today. There were a pool of 66 players across different cricket playing nations and only 12 were eligible for selected (read as available vacancies in the IPL teams). I, for one, am not surprised that the IPL team owners decided to shun away from selecting, rather bidding, for Pakistan players. IPL is after all a business and the owners are hard-core business men and women. They definitely know what they are doing. They have invested so much money on this and would like to reap benefits, aka profits. The ignoring Pakistan player part looks quite obvious to me. I'd have been surprised if one were selected. See, there is a rift between the two governments and the Pakistan player's participation in the IPL-3 is under doubt as there will be VISA processing issues. Why would anyone bid against a player, whom they know may not get to play in the matches? I don't think it is worth the risk to put money on the player