As per the provision of the Indian Premier League (IPL), no team can at a time have more than 5 players from a foreign country and in the playing eleven there should not be more than 4 players at a time in the playing eleven. In such a scenario the moot point is whether these four players can turn the fortune of the team? Not likely. The team has to depend upon the local players to perform and deliver.

Where that so, why is that the Indian player, no one for that matter from any team has made any news in the auction at Indian Premier League Season 2. The irony is more so apparent if one contextualize with respect to a player from Bangladesh, Mortaza. There are many good players than Mortaza playing in the IPL but nobody would be getting the match fee that Mortaza has been bought for.

Besides, the change in the constitution of the IPL this time around, whereby the additional 15 percent remuneration was given to the Indian senior players has been withdrawn, and they also would have to perform to earn rewards. Is it not an apartheid that is being practiced by Indian Premier League? Such a premise is being raised as the focus in the team is only on the imported players, and the hype is built through the media about their prowess but they can come a cropper as well.  In such a scenario, why not then give the due respect to the Indian performers as well.

The example of Yusuf Pathan should be a right example. Shane Warne backed him up along with Ravindra Jadeja and Asnodkar and they delivered for him by winning the tournament in the first edition. The problem could also be the problem of ego, as among those who have been selected there are few green horns as well, and there would be quite a lot of heart burn among the Indian players if they are given preferential treatment at the cost of the Indian players.

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