No Pakistani player got picked up, were the reasons purely cricketing? I don’t think so. Afridi is a better pick than Pollard. So is Gul better than the injury prone Bond. Umar Akmal is the next big batsman from Pakistan. Atleast these 3 should have been picked. But they were not. I wonder why?

Franchises say doubts over availability, security concerns, Shiv sena threats, uncertain political situation. Ok point taken. But why did not they raise it earlier? What the hell was Lalit Modi doing? And what the hell was Indian Government doing? I just don’t know.

In India guests are treated like gods, but this was the case of inviting Pakistani players and telling them to get lost the moment they knock on the door. Quite un Indian behavior. If there were concerns, the invitation should not have gone out in the first place.

BCCI, IPL, and Lalit Modi are making lot of money, but they act in the most un Indian ways possible. India is getting more bad name than good name because of them. World wide India has the image of being a nice guy, but these entities are creating an image of a bully. Not good, not good at all!

This was the right time for the Indian Government to step in and rap them on the knuckles but they have distanced themselves from IPL saying its a private tournament. Private tournament or not, its an Indian tournament, and when it spoils relations with other countries and stops the peace process with Pakistan, BCCI and Modi need to get a good rap on the knuckles.

The IPL auction happened in a very un Indian way, and without the World Champions Pakistan it is certainly not premier, so this year we are just looking at an ordinary Cricket League. This is not good, not good at all!

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