January 27, 2010 7:04 PM

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Take lesson from auction fiasco, Gill Urges IPL authorities

The Sports Minister Dr M S Gill has urged the IPL authorities to take a lesson from the auction fiasco. Speaking in New Delhi he expressed the hope that players from across the border would get a chance to play in the T20 event. The entire Pakistan cried foul after none of the 11 Pakistani players in the fray were picked by any of the eight Indian Premier League franchises in auction in Mumbai.Earlier, Home Minister P Chidambaram had also chided the IPL franchisees, saying they had done a disservice to the game by ignoring the Pakistani players. Chidambaram said the cricket lovers were disappointed by the franchisees' behaviour and felt the entire controversy was avoidable.

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