Re: IPL auction: Pakistani players ignored
Well...looks like it made business as well as political sense for the IPL franchisees to not include Pak players (no matter how talented they were) to avoid disruptions during the tournament...
Frankly I completely agree with the article...there is no way Shiv Sena or MNS would have allowed matches involving Pak players (even if they did manage to get the visas) to go ahead without issues...besides the IPL couldn't ensure the safety of Pak players...If something did happen to a Pak player then it could have led to an even bigger thing between the 2 countries...
I still don't believe that the matches would go ahead without issues coz the MNS is definitely going to create problems with games having Aus players too (considering all the attacks on indians in Aus)...but I think that issue is still controllable...