PCB Ban ICL Rebels

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is to exclude players who are participating in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) from domestic cricket.

The ICL is not sanctioned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the PCB had already ruled that any Pakistani players participating in the competition would not be considered for national duty.

Now it seems the likes of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Shabbir Ahmad, Azhar Mahmood, Taufiq Umar and Imran Farhat will have to sit out domestic fixtures as well.

A PCB spokesman told the Daily Times: "Since the ICL is not recognised by the PCB and the Indian cricket board, the players who have joined the ICL despite warnings from their respective boards will not be allowed to play in the domestic circuit.

"The rebel players have tried to contact the PCB through their respective departments but the board gave them the cold shoulder.

"The board is following 'zero tolerance policy' towards such players."