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rahulbhagchandani

22/01/2010

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After Pakistan players were not ignored by the IPL franchises during the league’s third annual player-auction, a diplomatic row has fired in between India and Pakistan
The third IPL auction took place just a couple of days back, and, as I had said, a lot of controversial stuff went all throughout the proceedings – the biggest being the snub to the Pakistan players. All saw that the Pakistan players were bade by none of the teams. Well, well, Pakistan players and government was not able to easily stomach this part and hence they started retaliating a.s.a.p. Things turned ugly soon as ministers, former legends and people started blaming the Indian government for the snub. "I have phoned the sports minister of India and recorded a protest over the unjust and discriminatory treatment meted out to the Pakistani cricketers," said the Pakistan sports minister to AFP, Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani. This was the first comment from the Pakistan-end made on January 19, 2010, a bit later after the auction. But, this comment was just not required. I don’t think that the minister had to get involved, as IPL is a private body, not even governed by the BCCI (Board of control for cricket in India). Hence, the first statement itself turned as an ‘over-statement’. Shahid Afridi, Pakistan T20 Captain quoted, “The way I see it, the IPL and India have made fun of us and our country. We are the Twenty20...
 
 

 

 
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