PCB requests IPL to do away with deadline after visa clearance

Karachi, Dec 10 (PTI) With the Indian government clearing
visa applications of the Pakistani cricketers, PCB chairman
Ejaz Butt Thursday said he would request Indian Premier League
authorities to do away with the deadline conditions set for
the players' participation in the cash-rich Twenty20 event.

The Indian government today said visas would be issued to
the Pakistani players, who had submitted applications with the
Indian High Commission in Islamabad and Wellington.
The four players who have been cleared for visa are
Sohail Tanvir, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Gul and Kamran Akmal.
Butt said that he was in constant touch with IPL
Commissioner Lalit Modi over the issue.
"I will be pushing for the IPL to do away with the
deadline condition and allow our players to take part in the
IPL," Butt said.
"I will be talking again to Modi on the deadline issue
because now the Indian government has also given clearance for
visas to be issued," he added.
Butt described the Indian government's clearance as a
step in the right direction and hoped it would pave the way
for both countries to resume bilateral cricket ties.
The PCB Chief Operating Officer Wasim Bari said the Board
had been in constant touch with the IPL over the issue. More
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