Breaking the suspense over its recruitment, the Indian Cricket League today
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 Twenty-20 tournament likely to be held in
October-November.
Dinesh Mongia, Deep Dasgupta, J P Yadav, Reetinder Singh Sodhi,
Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Thirukumaran, who have represented India in the past,
were among the home draw cards announced by Subhash Chandra-owned Essel Group
at a media conference here.
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.
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