Pak players eye IPL participation

LAHORE: Top Pakistani cricketers have started to campaign for another stint at the Indian Premier League after the lucrative T20 tournament was moved out of India.Sources close to the players said that although IPL chairman Lalit Modi has ruled out the possibility of Pakistani players’ participation in this year’s edition of the league, the players are lobbying for participation.Pakistani government barred the players from participating in the IPL following security concerns in the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai. The Kolkata Knight Riders had released its players Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Hafeez and Salman Butt but Umar Gul was kept by the franchise run by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.