New Delhi, Dec. 21: Pakistan’s cricketers will continue to miss out on the Indian Premier League bonanza after none of them were included in the auction for next year’s money-spinning event, organisers said Tuesday.
No Pakistani featured in a list of 416 players whose services will be auctioned off in Bengaluru on January 8-9 for the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament, which is to be held in April and May.
Pakistani cricketers took part in the inaugural IPL in 2008, but were forced out of the 2009 edition due to security concerns in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, and were then ignored for the 2010 tournament.
An IPL official said the Pakistan Cricket Board had not forwarded any names for the January auction. “The rules stipulate that a player must apply through his home board if he wanted to be put up for the auction. No names were received from Pakistan,” the official said.
Some of the notable absentees include former Australian stars Matthew Hayden and Glenn McGrath.
No communication from BCCI: PCB
PCB on Tuesday said it has not received any intimation from the BCCI on the IPL.
“Until today (Tuesday) we have received no intimation from the Indian board seeking clearance for any player from our side,” a source in the PCB said.
The source said the normal process has been that the BCCI first writes to the PCB which then nominates the players for IPL.