 ICL unveils list of players
21st Aug 2007 11:42 IST
Agencies
Breaking the suspense over its recruitment, the Indian Cricket League Monday unveiled a list of 50 players for its breakaway multi-million dollar league which will have Pakistan's prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf and South African cricketers Lance Klusener and Nicky Boje as its star attractions.
Apart from the big guns like Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq, two Pakistani players, Imran Farhat and Abdul Razzaq, were among the seven overseas cricketers to have signed up for the Twenty20 tournament likely to be held in October-November.
Dinesh Mongia, Deep Dasgupta, J P Yadav, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Thiru Kumaran, who have represented India in the past, were among the home draw cards announced by Subhash Chandra-owned Essel Group at a media conference in Mumbai.
Significantly, the announcement came just a day before the Cricket Board's special general body meeting where they are expected to take a decision on the ICL and the fate of National Cricket Academy chairman Kapil Dev, who also heads the ICL executive board.
Although the Essel Group officials refused to divulge the financial details, it is learnt that the Pakistani players have been offered a whopping Rs. 80 lakh per season besides performance incentives.
An average Indian domestic player is being offered Rs. 30 lakh per year, which is six times more than what they might earn if they played all the Ranji Trophy matches in a year.
The BCCI had refused to approve the ICL and said those who join the ICL would stand to lose all benefits they are entitled to from it.
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