Decision on Yousuf on April 30: ICL

The arbitration panel which heard the case filed by Indian Cricket League to stop Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf from playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League would not announce its final order before April 30, an ICL lawyer said. ICL legal adviser Hitesh Jain told Geo television from Mumbai that the panel had reserved its final order on the case to announce it on April 30.

This would rule out Yousuf, who was not put on the IPL players’ auction in February because of the case, from playing a major part in the IPL, which starts on April 18, even if the panel rules in his favour. The ICL had filed a case against Yousuf that he had first signed a contract with them and hence could not join IPL.