Why don’t Pakistani players play in IPL?
Why don’t Pakistani players play in IPL?
News2News.in Explainer: IPL 2023 is the 16th season of this cricket league and the popularity of this cricket league is increasing year by year. Not only in India but all over the world, the craze for IPL is raising the heads of the spectators and the players. The biggest reason for IPL being liked by foreign players is also that they get a lot of fame and money in IPL. But you must have seen that Pak players have not been a part of IPL since 2008. Let us know in today’s News2News.in explainer, what is the reason behind this and how much damage is caused to the Pak players due to this.
Why Pak players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi are not able to play IPL
In the year 2008, on the date of 26/11, terrorists from the neighboring country Pakistan attacked the city of Mumbai. 166 people including 18 security personnel lost their lives in this terrorist attack. After this the relations between India and Pakistan deteriorated badly and India severed all ties with Pakistan. After this incident, Pakistani players were banned from playing in IPL. Now many star players of Pakistan are not able to become a part of IPL even if they want to.
These Pak players have been a part of IPL
Starting in 2008, Pakistani players were also sold in the auction, including Shoaib Malik (Delhi Daredevils), Shoaib Akhtar (Kolkata Knight Riders), Salman Butt (Kolkata Knight Riders), Mohammad Asif (Delhi Daredevils), Mohammad Hafeez (Kolkata Knight Riders), Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals), Shahid Afridi (Deccan Chargers), Misbah-ul-Haq (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Kamran Akmal (Rajasthan Royals), Younus Khan (Rajasthan Royals), Umar Gul (Kolkata Knight Riders) Be a part of the first season of 2008.
Pak players incur huge loss due to ban in IPL
Former South African player Mickey Arthur, who was Pakistan’s coach from 2016 to 2019, had said in 2016 that Pakistani cricketers suffer huge losses due to not being able to play in the IPL. This has had a bad effect on Pakistan’s T20 performance. Arthur says, ‘We learn a lot from the franchise cricket competition and I think it plays an important role. Yes, it could be that Pakistan is not doing well in T20 because of not playing in IPL.
Shoaib Akhtar, former Pakistan fast bowler and popularly known as Rawalpindi Express, says that if Pakistani cricketers were part of the IPL auction in today’s time, they would have sold for a very high price and the franchise on Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam would have been fierce for them. Babar’s price could reach up to Rs 20 crore during the bidding and auction. Apart from Babar, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan would also get huge amount in IPL.
While talking about the Women’s Premier League (WPL), Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team captain Bismah Maroof said, ‘We do not get many opportunities to play in the leagues, which is very unfortunate’. When asked about her desire to play in Women’s IPL, she says that we have a great desire to play in Women’s IPL. We wish we get a chance to play in the league, but it is something that is not in our control.
BCCI has started Women’s Premier League on the lines of IPL. After this auction, former Pakistan women cricketer Uruj Mumtaz while talking to a sports website said that it is a matter of great misfortune that Pakistani cricketers did not get this opportunity and Pakistani players could not participate in the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League. have been
Due to not being able to play IPL, Pakistani cricketers have to bear the loss of crores of rupees. While cricketers around the world earn crores of dollars from IPL. On the other hand, due to the ban of Pakistani players in IPL, many cricketers like Babar Azam, Rizwan Ahmed, Shadab Khan have to bear the loss of crores of rupees every year.
PCB lost billions due to ban on bilateral series
Ever since the 26/11 Mumbai attack, bilateral cricket relations between India and Pakistan have also broken down, due to which Pakistan cricket has to bear crores of rupees every year. In 2013, the Pakistan Cricket Board said that Pakistan cricket had suffered a loss of Rs 482 crore due to the cancellation of broadcast deals due to the home series against India not being held. During the telecast of India-Pakistan cricket match, the rates of advertisement go up to crores of rupees. In such a situation, if India’s cricket relations with Pakistan were restored, then it is possible that one to two bilateral series would have been played every year. As of now, this series is closed and the Pakistan Cricket Board is facing a loss of crores of rupees. For this reason, the Pakistan Cricket Board is going through a period of financial crisis these days.
