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Prejudice to Pakistani Cricketers at IPL 2010 auction

IPL 2010 or IPL TeesraIt has been said many times that Politics and Sports should never be mixed, but when it comes to India and Pakistan it’s sometimes hard to keep the two apart. None of the eleven shortlisted players from T20 World Champion Team – Pakistan were picked up by any of the eight franchises at the DLF IPL auction for season 3. Can this be genuine? Why were Pakistani players put through the imitation of entering the auction when they were to be boycotted by the franchises?

According to Dawn an unidentified franchise official told AFP that he was not surprised because nobody was willing to take a chance due to uncertainty regarding Pakistani player’s availability. Shahid Afridi has also called it a humiliation of players adding that, “We applied for the IPL only on their insistence and not on our own.”

IPL is a heavily commercialized, lucrative form of the game and practical business considerations matter more for the franchises. So it could be obvious that it was dictated and directed by the officials to not to bid for Pakistani players. The fear of reprisal may have made franchises hesitant to gamble on a Pakistani player.

Is it the true sportsmen spirit or prejudice which has been showcased by Indian Franchise owners while there is a media campaign ‘Aman Ki Asha‘ by the two leading media groups of Indo Pak is going on to mobilize peace process?

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35 responses to “Prejudice to Pakistani Cricketers at IPL 2010 auction”

  1. Shakir Lakhani Avatar
    Shakir Lakhani

    MADdie: what makes you think the players are a security risk? As for begging in the streets of India, I think you have more beggars (per capita) than any country in the world. Finally, since you seem to care so much for India, why do you have 97,000 Indian students studying in Australia (where they are killed and injured every now and then)? Can’t your own 5,000 universities accommodate them? Or maybe your universities specialize in turning out graduates who can only work as coolies (porters) in railway stations!

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  2. Shakir Lakhani Avatar
    Shakir Lakhani

    Hend: “No one can force them to buy players”. But they can be forced not to bid for Pakistani players! Although I’m glad that Pakistani cricketers are not going to play in the IPL matches (the whole country goes into a frenzy when our team wins, it’s like they’ve won a major war), I’m convinced that the Indian government is behind all this. After all, the Indian government did try to persuade Sri Lanka not to play in Pakistan last year.

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  3. confused indian Avatar
    confused indian

    can’t agree more with one of few right minded pak player ramiz raja. and when he say that “The IPL was dealing with global stars with an elephantine ego, coming from a neighbourhood very sensitive to the decisions taken by either party. The best way out of such a volatile situation is to play with a straight bat, take a decision in advance and not when the crescendo has built up. The assurances of selection and the clearances given to them by the Pakistan government to participate in the tournament gave rise to false hopes among the fans and the media. The subsequent process of elimination was seen by the public as political and undignified.” i am totally agree.

    it was wrong for ipl and lalit modi to put false aspiration among pakistan players and making mockery of them in international forum.

    with great power comes great responsibility.”

    pls. don’t be harsh to lone lady.

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  4. Hina Safdar Avatar
    Hina Safdar

    @MADdie

    Pakistani players were added in the auction after being guaranteed for Visas by Indian high commission and as World T20 Champion team they should have been there.

    What do u mean by a risk-free cadet ? How many of them carry weapons? Are they involve in pitch DESTRUCTION IN Indian GROUNDS? How can a player be a security risk?

    It is always India which is reluctant to play in Pakistan blaming security reasons so y should they can not arrange security for Pakistani players in India?

    What Afridi has said is right that it is humiliation and what Indians are commenting on this issue is proving it so far.

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  5. Hina Safdar Avatar
    Hina Safdar

    @Hend

    If there were issues like Visas or security clearance even though the Indian High Commision had guaranteed visas for them, Players should not be auctioned. It is as simple as that. It was pre planned and humiliating as well.

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  6. MADdie Avatar
    MADdie

    @HINA

    “IPL is a heavily commercialized, lucrative form of the game and practical business considerations matter more for the franchises.”

    So why would any business conglomerate be willing to spend a few hundred thousand dollars on aplayer who is not only not guaranteed to able to play but is also a big security risk.

    Secondly, “The franchises and Franchise owners are also INDIAN aren’t they? How come they have nothing to do with India or Indian government?”

    Well sweetheart, there are more than 1.1 Billion Indians….these are only 8 of them….a few hundred million of them might not have anything to do with the government.

    Thirdly, if a Paki player is really that great and a risk-free cadet (like the players from WI and SA) why would a business that is only concerned by the profits it makes and not by national politics, not pick up the player. Makes business sense, doesn’t it?

    Finally, the reactions of the Paki players (especially Afridi) just go to show how desperate they are for Indian money. Hey, why not just come and beg on our streets…

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  7. Hend Avatar
    Hend

    IPL is a subsidiary of BCCI but a separate governance and is a separate accounting entity. IPL, BCCI or Indian government or even I an Indian do not own the franchises.

    Franchises are privately owned ventures dictated by commercial interests and owned by private individuals.

    Their decisions are based on their interests because they have invested their millions in buying the franchises and the players. Woh apnie murrzee kay maalick hai. No one can force them to buy players.

    Out of 60 odd players, only 11 were bid for. All Pakistani players were among the group of 50 who did not receive any bids.

    The only definitive fact here is the franchises did not bid for those (50) players inspite of being interested a few months ago. Rest are all allegations and speculations.

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  8. Hina Safdar Avatar
    Hina Safdar

    @Hend

    The franchises have to answer this question. Not IPL management, not BCCI and certainly not Indian government.

    The franchises and Franchise owners are also INDIAN aren’t they? How come they have nothing to do with India or Indian government?

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  9. Hend Avatar
    Hend

    First of all it is shameful that those very franchises which evinced interest in these players a month ago, did not place bids when the players came up for auction. Later they gave excuses like possibility of players not getting the visas even though the Indian High Commision had guaranteed visas for them. The franchises have to answer this question. Not IPL management, not BCCI and certainly not Indian government.

    Now having said above, the comments made by some of the players specially the immature Afridi are disgusting. To say something to the effect that ‘India’ has humiliated ‘Pakistan’ is plain ridiculous. He should know this better than common people. IPL franchises are private companies, they have nothing to do with ‘India’ or ‘Indian government’. They have their own reasons for their decisions. To paint those decisions as some sort of a general conspiracy going on in India is nonsense.

    A wronged cricketer who just lost a few hundred thousand dollar deal can hardly be justified in bringing the Indo-Pak issue into this discussion.

    Though some of these players accused discrimination, insult and humiliation, how come none of them actually vowed to never play IPL again? Rather that provoking Pakistani public with such weird statements they should actually declare a permanent boycott of the tournament and show they are really about their honour.

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  10. psytrance Avatar
    psytrance

    First remove religion from your cricket ,then talk about removing politics from sport

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