PCB cancels NOCs for Pak players for IPL

Karachi, Jan 29 (PTI) In an apparent retaliation to the
snub at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, the Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB) Friday revoked all the No Objection
Certificates (NOCs) issued to its players for participation in
the third edition of Twenty20 event.

The decision effectively means that no Pakistani
cricketer can now take part in this season's IPL even if the
franchises want to rope them in as substitutes.
A statement from the board said all the NOC's issued to
players for IPL-III stand revoked.
"In future, if any player receives an invitation for
participation in IPL events, PCB will decide the matter on a
case to case basis after consulting relevant government
authorities," the statement said.
The announcement comes on the same day that the Indian
hardline party Shiv Sena said it would not allow Pakistani
players to play in the IPL and IPL commissioner Lalit Modi
also said that no franchise could pick Pakistani players
without his knowledge and approval.
All the 11 Pakistani players, including star all-rounder
Shahid Afridi went unsold in the January 19 auction in Mumbai,
prompting angry reaction in Pakistan.
The auction fiasco threatened to snowball into a
diplomatic row between the two countries with top ministers
also being drawn into the controversy. More PTI Corr
RBT


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