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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