Centurion, May 23:
IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi has insisted that there will be no change in the number of overseas players in the playing XI as advocated by many aligned with the tournament itself.
''We have had quite few requests from the franchises on that. For the moment we will have only four overseas players in a playing XI,'' Modi said at a press conference yesterday before the semi-final match between Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils.
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders director of cricket operations John Buchanan and Daredevils' coach Greg Shipperd had asked for the inclusion of a fifth foreign player in the playing XI top to strengthen the teams in the IPL.
Modi also felt that the tournament had served its purpose because a lot of young and unknown players had got a chance to show their national selectors their true worth.
''Look at Yusuf Abdulla, no one knew much about him before the tournament. But now he has performed and he is the South African team.
''Then there are others like Shane Harwood, I can keep rattling off names who have done well. So it has been a great platform for all these cricketers,'' he said.
IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi has insisted that there will be no change in the number of overseas players in the playing XI as advocated by many aligned with the tournament itself.
''We have had quite few requests from the franchises on that. For the moment we will have only four overseas players in a playing XI,'' Modi said at a press conference yesterday before the semi-final match between Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils.
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders director of cricket operations John Buchanan and Daredevils' coach Greg Shipperd had asked for the inclusion of a fifth foreign player in the playing XI top to strengthen the teams in the IPL.
Modi also felt that the tournament had served its purpose because a lot of young and unknown players had got a chance to show their national selectors their true worth.
''Look at Yusuf Abdulla, no one knew much about him before the tournament. But now he has performed and he is the South African team.
''Then there are others like Shane Harwood, I can keep rattling off names who have done well. So it has been a great platform for all these cricketers,'' he said.
Source: central chronicle
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