Nine international cricketers including the likes of West Indian Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Brett Lee from Australia have opted to play for their respective IPL side for the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 to be played in South Africa next month, says a report in The Hindu.
Teams from eight countries will chase the $2.5 million first prize.
“The fourth edition of the Champions League Twenty20 is only a few weeks away. The squads that will be playing in the tournament speak for themselves. They comprise the finest cricketing talent on this planet. We are in for some extraordinary cricket, in what will surely be a thriller of a competition,” said N. Srinivasan, Chairman, CLT20 Governing Council.
Mike Hussey, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine are among the nine players named initially by more than one squad which required each player to nominate the team they would play for.
“Last year’s tournament showed the fine line between making the finals and early elimination. Given the high stakes and small margin for error in the Qualifier and Group Stage, some of world cricket’s biggest names who are eligible for more than one team have been in high demand,” said Dean Kino, CLT20 Governing Council Member and Director of Legal and Business Affairs.
“According to CLT20 rules, if a player qualifies for more than one team, all those qualifying teams can nominate that player. When a player decides to play for an ‘away’ team rather than his ‘home’ team, the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket, the ‘away’ team must pay $150,000 compensation to the ‘home’ team,” he added.
Meanwhile, Daily Bhaskar reports the names of the international players nominated by more than one team:
Dwayne Bravo - Trinidad & Tobago/Chennai Super Kings
Francois du Plessis - Titans/Chennai Super Kings
Sunil Narine - Trinidad & Tobago/Kolkata Knight Riders
Michael Hussey - Perth Scorchers/Chennai Super Kings
Mitchell Johnson - Perth Scorchers/Mumbai Indians
Brett Lee - Sydney Sixers/Kolkata Knight Riders
Albie Morkel - Titans/Chennai Super Kings
Morne Morkel - Titans/Delhi Daredevils
Kieron Pollard - Trinidad & Tobago/Mumbai Indians.