Gill criticises IPL fiasco, hopes to see Pak players in India

New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Sympathy continues to pour in for
the snubbed Pakistani cricketers with Indian Sports Minister M
S Gill Wednesday advising the Indian Premier League (IPL)
authorities to take a lesson from the auction "fiasco" and
hoping that players from across the border would get a chance
to play in the T20 event.

None of the 11 Pakistani players in the fray was picked
by any of the eight IPL franchisees in the January 19 auction
in Mumbai and entire Pakistan cried foul after the snub.
Players like Shahid Afridi and Sohail Tanvir called it a
'humiliation' of their country but subsequently offered to put
behind the episode and make themselves available for the
cash-awash league.
Asked for his reaction on the Pakistani players' stance,
Gill said he welcomed their statement and would like to see
them play in India again.
"I have seen the graceful response of some Pakistani
cricketers to the IPL auction fiasco. I welcome the remarks
and hope there will soon be an opportunity for these boys to
play exciting cricket in India," Gill told PTI.
Clearly unhappy with collective snub to the Pakistani
cricketers, Gill asked the franchisee owners to learn a lesson
from the episode. More PTI AY
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