From the Indian press
Commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Lalit Kumar Modi (C), accompanied by co-owner of ‘Rajasthan Royals’ Shilpa Shetty (L) with co-owner of “Kings XI Punjab” Priety Zinta, addresses a press conference after the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Mumbai on January 19, 2010. -Photo by AFP
**News and comments from the Indian press in the aftermath of the exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from the Indian Premier League.**
Times of India
****No Pakistani in IPL is a matter of shame
“Without the Pakistani players, Modi and company can still have the spectacle. But for me, IPL 3 will be nothing more than a bonfire of corporate vanities”.
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Addictions/entry/no-pakistani-in-ipl-is
Inside story: All IPL teams agreed to shun Pak players
“What was suspected after Tuesday’s auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is now confirmed - there was indeed a consensus among the team franchisees that none of them would bid for the Pakistani players.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/Inside-story-All-IPL-teams-agreed-to-shun-Pak-players/articleshow/5482239.cms
Govt did not prompt boycott of Pak players in IPL3: Krishna
“Rejecting Pakistan’s charge that its players were snubbed for IPL at the behest of India, external affairs minister S M Krishna on Thursday said it should draw a line between government programmes and private events.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-did-not-prompt-boycott-of-Pak-players-in-IPL3-Krishna/articleshow/5483829.cms
Indian Express
Minus Pakistan
“…On that day not one of the 11 Pakistanis, each of whom was up for auction because each had been considered by at least one franchisee in the preparatory stage, received a single bid.”
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/minus-pakistan/569928/
IPL should not have created false hopes
“The Indian Premier League auction’s hammer has come down hard on Pakistan cricket. Like a jilted lover, the cricket fan here is heart-broken, confused and angry. The question he asks is how could the Twenty20 world champions not have a buyer?”
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ipl-should-not-have-created-false-hopes/569838/
Hindustan** Times**
Withdraw hockey team from WC to protest IPL humiliation: Abbas
“Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has suggested that the national hockey team should be withdrawn from the World Cup in India to protest the “humiliating” treatment meted out to the country’s cricketers at the Indian Premier League auction.”
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Withdraw-hockey-team-from-WC-to-protest-IPL-humiliation-Abbas/H1-Article1-500010.aspx
IPL surrenders on Line of Control
“Players almost unknown to India have fetched record prices, but there were no takers for the current world Twenty20 champions Pakistan. That’s the message the third auction of the Indian Premier League sent out on Tuesday, when none of the 11 Pakistanis up for sale received any bids.”
http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricketnews/IPL-surrenders-on-Line-of-Control/500021/H1-Article1-499544.aspx
Samachar
Ignoring Pakistani players very shocking: former Foreign Secretaries
“While the Indian government distanced itself from the ignoring of Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, former Foreign Secretaries criticised the incident as ‘very shocking’ and ‘unnecessary.’”
http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=7522233&nextids=7522620|7516730|7522622|7522233|7522581&nextIndex=4