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Monday, July 6, 2009
ICL players wait for board nod
INDIAN CRICKET League players looking to turn out in the Indian Premier League have to wait a bit longer before they can sign contracts with franchisees. Even though a few IPL teams are keen to sign up some of them, they can't sign on the dotted line yet.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will put in place a "system" and the players will become eligible to join IPL teams only after going through it. IPL chairman Lalit Modi has already informed the teams that they aren't allowed to complete any contract with former ICL players until further communication.
"Yes we received an e-mail from Mr Modi on Thursday in which he has instructed us not to pen deals with these players," said the CEO of a high-profile team. It's not clear at the moment what condition, if any, the board has in mind. "Mr Modi hasn't specified what criteria these players have to fulfil," the official said.
Even the BCCI isn't willing to disclose its plans. "It's correct that they can't sign contracts now. We will formulate a system and these players will be allowed to sign only after that," the BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan told HT.
"Whatever the system is, it will be transparent. We are in no hurry to finalise it since we have lots of time to address the issue (the next IPL is scheduled for March 2010)," was all that Srinivasan had to say about the "system".
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