IPL-3 snub: Pakistan to boycott World Cup

vIndianz.com (21 Jan, 2010) — India’s Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna said on Thursday said Pakistan should draw a line between government programmes and private events.

hockey-world-cup “Government has nothing to do with IPL, on selection of players and various exercises that are connected with it. So, Pakistan will have to draw a line between where Government of India is connected and where Government of India is an actor,” he said.

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s remarks that the manner in which the players were “insulted” showed that India was not serious about the peace process.

Twenty20 world champions Pakistan was stunned after none of the country’s 11 players, including current Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi who had played for Deccan Chargers in the first season, were signed up during the IPL auction on Tuesday.

Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza had said that her country will not send parliamentary delegations to India after the main opposition PML-N said its members will boycott all official visits to India to protest the perceived snub of the Pakistani cricketers.

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has suggested that the national hockey team should be withdrawn from the World Cup in India to protest the “humiliating” treatment meted out to the country’s cricketers at the Indian Premier League auction.

Abbas said he would talk to sports minister Ejaz Jakhrani on the matter. The World Cup is due to held from last week of February in Delhi with Pakistan facing India in their opening match of a tournament they have not won since 1994.

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IPL-3 snub: Pakistan to boycott World Cup

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