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Seven Pakistani players storm into the subsequent IPL auction shortlist

The Indian premier league auction has now lifted the ban related to Pakistani players, and seven Pakistani players have stormed into the subsequent Indian premier League auction.

The IPL had banned Pakistani players for the last IPL auction owing to the dastardly Mumbai terror attacks, but the Pakistani cricketers now find themselves in the thick of things as they have been allowed to be a part of the third Twenty 20 league edition, which is scheduled to be staged from March 12, which is sure to delight the cricketing world till April 25. Shahid Afridi, the Twenty 20 captain for Pakistan, Umar Akmal, a promising batsman and Mohammad Aamir, the upcoming Pakistani pace bowler are all a part of the shortlisted Pakistani cricketers as the list also includes Imran Nazir, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Razzaq and Rana Naved who have been benefactors of the Indian Premier League auction.

As it was the case of Pakistani cricketers to miss out last IPL league edition, it is now the turn of English cricketers to stay away from this IPL league auction, and as Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner had pointed out, the new conditions which were imposed by that of the ECB were instrumental for the absence of English cricketers from this Indian Premier league auction. Even the negotiations made between the Indian and English Cricket Boards hadn’t yielded the desired result of bringing the English cricketers to this IPL auction.

The IPL auction, where the franchises make the bid pertaining to players, which gets based upon annual salaries, is sure to include new cricketers to the already existing international players who take part with their multi-year contacts with respect to this IPL league cricket. The new recruits related to the IPL auction has added 11 Australian cricketers, 9 South African cricketers, 8 cricketers from West Indies, 8 cricketers from Sri Lanka, 4 cricketers from New Zealand and one cricketer from Canada, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Holland.

Players who got shortlisted in the IPL auction

Australia: Peter Siddle, Brad Haddin, Doug Bollinger, Jason Krejza, Noffke, Phillip Hughes, Ashley, Graham Manou, Damien Martyn, Ben Laughlin, Clint McKay, Adam Voges.

Sri Lanka: Thilina Kandamby, Chanaka Welegedara, Nuwan Kulasekera, Chamara Silva, Thisara Perera, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Zoysa.

Pakistan: Mohammad Aamir, Imran Nazir, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Rana Naved, Abdul Razzaq.

South Africa: Yusuf Abdulla, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Zander de Bruyn, Johan van der Wath, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Vernon Philander, Justin Kemp, Wayne Parnell, Rory Kleinveldt, Vaughn van Jaarsveld.

West Indies: Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Kemar Roach, Daren Ganga, Lendl Simmons, Wavell Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Kieron Pollard.

New Zealand: Grant Elliott, Shane Bond, Nathan McCullum, Lou Vincent.

Canada: Rizwan Cheema.

Netherlands: Ryan ten Doeschate

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan.

Zimbabwe: Murray Goodwin.

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