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Yousuf joins Indian Premier League Cricinfo staff October 4, 2007 spacer.gif Mohammad Yousuf, the Pakistan middle-order batsman, has joined the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is organised by the Indian board, a week after cancelling his contract with the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL). "Yousuf has signed a contract with the IPL," Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, told the News, a Pakistani daily. Eight Sri Lankan cricketers, including Muttiah Muralitharan and Mahela Jayawardene, have already signed on with the IPL. Yousuf had backed out of the first Test in the ongoing series against South Africa citing lack of match fitness, a decision which fuelled speculation that he might still play in the ICL. Ashraf denied this categorically, stating, "There's no way Yousuf is going to play in the ICL. Anybody saying that he will play in the ICL to avoid financial losses must know that the IPL will pay him handsomely." The IPL is scheduled to be launched in April 2008 and will feature eight franchises participating in a 56-game season. The top four teams will then face off in the semi-finals, with the winners contesting the championship match. ------------ WTF this guy is doing? very fickle minded.. money-whore mulla.....

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Guest Hiten.
Subah ka bhoola apne ghar ki jagah phir padosi ke ghar laut aaya......:D
:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: PCB paid him $200,000 to come back to pak ..... they disguised the treat to "reward for breaking blah blah record" and ppl say SRT plays for money..... talk now biotches :angry_smile:
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Yousuf assured hefty compensation for dumping ICL Lahore (PTI): Prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf only agreed to make himself available for the Pakistan team once he was assured of financial compensation for cancelling his deal with the Indian Cricket League. "Yousuf made it clear that he had signed up with the ICL as he was insecure about his future as a Pakistan cricketer and he was getting paid good money by the ICL," a source close to him said. It was only reluctantly that Yousuf agreed to meet with the Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf last month. "It was only after the Board Chairman assured him he would be compensated for leaving the ICL contract and also promised him a better contract to play in the Indian Premier League that Yousuf agreed to make himself available for Pakistan," the source said. Yousuf reportedly had signed a contract worth USD 250,000 with the ICL for their first season with the league due to start in November this year. "The position now is that Yousuf will be compensated for the money he lost due to breaking away from the ICL and also be paid for playing in the IPL," the source said. The Board, earlier this month, awarded Yousuf $ 100,000 for being a category A contracted player and more money for winning the ICC Test batsman of the Year award. The source also said that even former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq had agreed to announce his retirement after the ongoing second Test in Lahore on being assured a handsome compensation package by the Board. ------------------------------------------------------------ PCB has worked hard to recover its best batsman!!
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