Islamabad, November 22: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt has got verbal assurances from the government that it would have no objections regarding the national players travelling to India for the Indian Premier League next year.
After attending a hearing of the Public accounts committee here today, Butt said he had also spoken to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi last night.
“I had a fruitful discussion with Lalit Modi on the exact status of participation of the Pakistani players in the IPL,” Butt added.
The PCB chief said he was personally keen to see maximum number of Pakistani players take part in the IPL next year.
“I also conveyed this to Modi and for this I have also spoken to the government which has verbally assured me they would not stop our players to go and play in the IPL if they got contracts from franchises,” he said.
–PTI