CLT20 cricket 2013
is about to be kicked off. A dozen of the world’s best Twenty20 cricketers were
in high confusion after being named by more than one squad.
CLT20
regulations state that when a player elects to play for their ‘away’ team, that team must pay the ‘home’ team $150,000 compensation per
player. A ‘home’ team is classified
as a team from the country a player is eligible to represent in international
cricket. This payment is applicable for 10 of the 12 players that were eligible
for more than one team. The following is the list of cricketers who chose their
IPL club over their home clubs except Sangakkara.
Dwayne Bravo Trinidad
& Tobago / Chennai Super Kings*
Kevon Cooper Trinidad
& Tobago / Rajasthan Royals*
Nathan Coulter-Nile Perth
Scorchers / Mumbai Indians*
Faf du Plesses Titans/Chennai
/ Super Kings*
Mike Hussey Perth
Scorchers / Chennai Super Kings*
Mitchell Johnson Brisbane
Heat / Mumbai Indians*
Albie Morkel Titans / Chennai Super Kings*
Chris Morris Highveld
Lions / Chennai Super Kings*
Thisara Perera Brisbane
Heat / Sunrisers Hyderabad*
Kieron Pollard Trinidad
& Tobago / Mumbai Indians*
Kumar Sangakkara Sunrisers
Hyderabad / Kandurata Maroons*
Shane Watson Brisbane
Heat / Rajasthan Royals*
Kumar Sangakkara was very unhappy
the way his issue was dealt with. He was miffed about his loyalty being questioned
He said he is ultimately happy to
represent his home province, but was perturbed by the manner in which the board
publicly framed his situation, which he does not believe ever entailed a
question of country loyalty. Sangakkara will lose $140,000 from his IPL salary
as a result of his decision.
Sangakkara had previously said
that he had no choice but to honour his contract with Sunrisers, but the
Champions League organizers have since said that it is down to players to
choose. He will forfeit 20% of his IPL salary, or $140,000, if he
does play for Kandurata instead of Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Sri Lankan Cricket
would also miss out on a $150,000 payment that Hyderabad would have to
make if Sangakkara did not play for the team from his own country.
This is what Kumar Sangakkara said
“There's been a statement made that SLC was willing to lose $150,000 by getting
me to play for Kandurata. I think the true picture is that I incurred a
considerable financial loss out of my salary, and the board incurs a financial
loss of $150,000 out of approximately $1.5 million that they will earn through
the Champions League, via player commissions of 10% on each players' contract,
plus the half a million dollars the Champions League pays for franchise
participation. I think there is little or no comparison in the amounts lost.
None of the board members or anyone else loses individually, but the player
suffers.
The real matter is not the financial
penalty, but the issue of principle. This is not a country versus money issue,
but it was created to be so, and I as a player was left alone to be caught in
the middle of it".
SLC confirmed that they would not
be able to fully compensate Sangakkara for his lost salary if he does choose
Kandurata, but it may not be only money that motivates the decision. It
would surely be an unpopular move if he were to choose the Indian side over his
local team, with the IPL not always the most popular tournament in Sri Lanka,
especially after this year’s contracts dispute and the controversy around Tamil
Nadu’s ban on Sri Lankan players.
Finally Sangakkara has to play
for his home town over his IPL’s Sunrisers. I have no doubt that Sanga would
have preferred Sunrisers over his home team but for the political sentiment and
the unpopular sentiment that IPL seems to have generated in Sri Lanka.
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