Kashmir Premier League (KPL) Chairman Arif Malik thanked the Cricket Control Commission of India (BCCI) on Monday for their antics before the first game on August 6th, not to hurt, but to help KPL.

After the news that BCCI actively participated in threatening foreign players not to participate in the KPL competition was exposed, the league has caused a great sensation.

“Thanks BCCI,” Malik said on the Dawn News program Replay“This board is the mafia in the world, and it is considered the terrorists in the world. They not only prevent the cricketers, but also prevent our production staff from reaching [to cover the event],” he added.

Malik said that before the start of the entire quarrel with BCCI, he was very worried about the marketing of the alliance, adding that this led to the popularity of KPL on social media.

The person in charge of KPL said that he has received calls from cricket committees around the world and they are now interested in learning about KPL.

He said that the “hue and shout” of B​​CCI ensured its success before KPL started. Malik said his team has made efforts and dedication for the league.

Malik confirmed that although the BCCI warned former South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs and Sri Lanka’s Dilshan to snub the KPL, they also agreed to participate in the league, adding that the former “will soon Will come here” but did not disclose the date due to security reasons.

Malik said that for activities like KPL, “even our lives should be available at any time”, adding that emotions should be kept in mind, not workload management.

Sports journalist Aalia Rasheed also agreed with the KPL executive, saying that BCCI inadvertently helped promote it in an attempt to defeat the cricket league and aroused heated discussions about KPL worldwide.

“Although international players are not encouraged to participate in the Kashmir Premier League, @BCCI has actually given the so-called T20 league a much-needed hype! The organizers of @kpl_20 must be obliged,” she wrote on Twitter.

In response to a social media user, she said that if Monti Panesa, Gibbs and Dill Mountain were all eliminated players, why would BCCI go to such an extreme and not let them participate in the KPL game?

BCCI threatens foreign cricketers

BCCI was upset about the KPL held in Pakistan and issued a warning to other cricket committees last week to allow their players to participate in the KPL.

Under the threat of the Indian Cricket Committee, several foreign cricket players withdrew from the tournament scheduled to start on August 6. However, KPL Chairman Arif Malik has stated that the game will proceed as scheduled and added that Pakistani cricketers will participate.

Sources said that the Indian board had threatened foreign players through their agents, saying that if they went to Kashmir, the gates of Indian cricket, including IPL, would be closed to them.

The six foreign cricket players who withdrew from KPL are Monty Panesar, Matt Prior, Phil Mustard, Owais Shah and Tenu Best.

PCB Slam BCCI

The Pakistan Cricket Committee (PCB) on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction with reports that the Indian Cricket Control Committee (BCCI) called multiple ICC members and forced them to withdraw retired cricketers from the Kashmir Premier League.

The Cricket Committee’s statement said: “PCB believes that because KPL has been approved by PCB, BCCI once again violated international norms and the spirit of gentleman sports and interfered with the internal affairs of ICC members.”

“PCB believes that BCCI has made this game notorious by issuing warnings to several ICC members to prevent their retired cricketers from participating in the Kashmir Premier League, and further threatened that they will not be allowed to enter India to engage in cricket-related activities. jobs.”

The statement stated that BCCI’s behavior is totally unacceptable, violates the preamble of the spirit of cricket, and sets the priority of danger, which can neither be tolerated nor ignored.

“PCB will raise this matter in the appropriate ICC forum and reserves the right to take any further action available within the ICC charter.”