Pakistan Cricket Board official Asif Suhail said: "We had asked the government for advice and we were suggested not to send our players to India on security grounds."
The auction for foreign players for the second edition of the IPL is scheduled on February 6 and Pakistani leg spinner Danish Kaneria was the most valued player from the country.
Asim Kamal, Yasir Hamid, Mohammad Hafeez and Yasir Arafat were the other Pakistani players, who would have gone under the hammer.
On being asked whether it is a tit for tat reaction by the PCB and the Pakitani government after India's refusal to tour the trouble torn country in January, Suhail sai: "Look, if the Indian government can refuse to send their team to our country, our government too reserves the right to keep our players from travelling to India."
In the first edition of the IPL last year, Pakistan had then skipper Shoaib Malik, Younus Khan, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif participating
No comments:
Post a Comment