BCCI refuses to allow Indians to play in the Australian Big Bash
The Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 (CA), by not allowing their players to participate in the Big Bash.
Now, Australian cricket will have to rely on the services of the West Indian cricketers for the T20 based tournament.
CA did not ask for the Indian World Cup winning players but they were willing to hire some limited-over specialists for the Big Bash, scheduled to be played from mid December to the end of January.
The chief administrating officer of the Indian Board, Ratnakar Shetty said that the board will continue with its policy of not allowing domestic players to go since the Indian season will be played between October and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391.
"In fact last year some teams wanted Indian players and they were not available because of [the] domestic tournament," said Shetty.
The chief also added that the new Indian coach has nothing to do with the policy decision of the board because players can’t be allowed to play overseas when the domestic tournament is on.
Shetty said that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 will have their league matches in July, which does not clash with their domestic tournament so the players willing to play can participate with prior permission.
Overall schedule of the teams revealed that England players can participate in the first half of the Big Bash; while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 would enter the tournament in second half.
At the moment 35 Australian players, including the legendry Shane Warne and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918, are playing in the Indian Premier League’s fourth edition.
Warne is playing a dual role for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals, serving them as captain and coach. He has been successful in both the roles to a considerable extent as his team is currently third on the table.
Gilchrist on the other hand, is leading the Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833, who are languishing at the 7th place.
IPL has been gaining popularity globally and it’s fourth edition is currently going on.
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