I thought that the IPL auction drama involving Pakistan players (and a few Aussie players as well) was just a cautious reaction by the franchises to fear of non-availability of players. But the issue seems to have snow balled into a catastrophe. While Pakistan's Interior Minister (unbelievable that its the Interior Minister who has so much time in hand to worry about Pakistan players being snubbed by the IPL) is making loud noises, the opposition has even demanded to withdraw sporting relations with India. Another funny backlash is that a team of parliamentarians who were supposed to tour India (obviously for non-sports purposes) have canceled the tour in protest. And finally here is a spectacular reaction - former cricketer Zaheer Abbas has asked for withdrawal of the Pakistan hockey team from the Hockey World Cup to be held in India. Agreed that the whole of Pakistan is outraged at the snub. But, what did the International Hockey Federation do to deserve such a snub from Pakistan?????
Staying with hockey, the eternally generous Lalit Modi as agreed to change timings of certain IPL matches to ensure that the Hockey World Cup coverage is not affected. I would have appreciated Modi had he moved matches to a different day, wouldn't you?
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