World Champions suffer Humilating Defeat without even Playing

Who said IPL is a game of cricket?? Money, Media, Publicity, Glamor and now Politics. Tuesday, 19th of Jan, Auction for IPL 3rd season. Shahid Afridi is the first name in Round One with a base price of USD 250,000. And surprise, Afridi is not picked up. Same is the fate of other Pakistani players. World champions 2009, having one of the most talented pool of players for Twenty20, but still not a single player selected by any franchise.

Reason given for this by franchises - Strategy!!

World champions humiliated by the politics going on between the nations and the ongoing saga on the visas for these players.

What has cricket has to do between all this. If this is the attitude of people who are running cricket in this country, then only money will be made by this process. Its like playing a game of gambling where you have nothing to lose but only make money.

Also if this situation continues, India should not allow Pakistan to participate in 2011 world cup.

This will be death of cricket. I hope ICC takes some action on this.

“IPL is an event to bring people close to each other, real close, like Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty. It is unfortunate that politics is being mixed with sports."