ICL wants an explanation from Yousuf

The organisers of ICL have shot a letter to Yousuf demanding explanation on his contract with them.

Two days after Moahammed Yousuf did a U-turn and aligned with the Pakistan Cricket Board, the organisers of the Indian Cricket League have shot a letter to him demanding explanation on his contract with them.

“Yousuf had got a letter asking him to explain reports of his being available to play for Pakistan within 24 hours as he was legally contracted to the ICL and had to adhere to certain clauses in his agreement with them,” PCB sources said.

Yousaf on Thursday had a meeting with the PCB Chairman Nasim Ashraf and later at a joint press conference announced his availability for the first Test against South Africa, beginning from Monday in Karachi.

Yousuf had said the PCB had assured him a secure future as a Pakistan player and he was dropping his ICL contract.

He said it was misunderstanding with the PCB which lead him to join ICL, but now everything stands clear.

Ashraf also said that the PCB would take care of all legal and financial implications arising out of Yousuf’s decision to sign a central contract with them.

Besides Yousuf, former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat and Azhar Mahmood are the other Pakistani players to have joined the ICL.

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But none of them is presently contracted with the PCB although the selectors had offered Inzamam a place in team for the first Test against South Africa, but he turned down the offer on personal grounds.