Upbeat Pakistan players ask IPL for pay hike
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 at 15:17 | Updated Jun 25, 2009 at 15:37
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Karachi: Pakistan cricketers are planning to encash their Twenty20 World Cup triumph and ask for a hike in the existing contracts with their respective Indian Premier League franchisees next season.
After IPL organisers announced that Pakistani players would be welcome to play next season subject to clearance from both governments, sources in the sports management company representing players like Misbah-ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul or Kamran Akmal said they are unlikely to play on their old contractual terms of USD 100,000 each.
"These players are now iconic figures after winning the T20 World Cup and it makes no sense that they should settle for old terms when other players are being paid in millions," one source told PTI.
The Pakistani players could not take part in the second season of IPL this year after the Pakistan foreign ministry advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) against sending players to India after the Mumbai terror attacks.
The franchisees concerned then either terminated or suspended the contracts of the Pakistani players who had represented them in the first season.
IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has said franchisees were free to play their Pakistani signings next season provided the governments of the two countries give the clearance.
"Recently a senior official of the sports management company visited India and met with Modi and other franchise officials regarding the contractual issues of the Pakistani players who were not informed whether they would receive payments as per their contracts or these were terminated or suspended because they didn't play in the second season," one source said.
He said the official had spoken to the IPL organisers about the possibility of Pakistani players taking part in the next IPL season.
"But now with the Pakistan having won the World Cup obviously the scenario has changed and it is unlikely the players will go back on their old contractual terms as they feel their value is greater now," the source said.
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Posted By bjain64
Who have invited them to INDIAN Premier League? All here do we need Pakistanis in India? Guys stay back n
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Posted By trueindianfan
Respect-What respect do they want? Saohail Tanvir was rubbish and did\'nt Play , Kamran Akmal was\'nt anything great the only
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Posted By rambhani61
Forget them, IPL2 was a grand success even without them, since 20-20 is more of a fluke and less of
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Posted By saim93
Good i hope they finally get treated with respect.
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Posted By lviss
IPL DID NOT MISS THEM THIS YEAR . SO HOW DO THEY EXPECT MORE.
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