By Shreyasi Talukdar 24 Apr 2025, 07:25 IST
Mohammad Amir is confident about participating in the IPL despite the diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan. In a surprising statement, he also said that he would prefer IPL over Pakistan’s T20 franchise league PSL if the opportunity arose.
Amidst the IPL 2025 and PSL 2025, Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan cricketer told Geo News about his chance of playing IPL next year. Amir who is representing Quetta Gladiators, told, “Honestly, if I get the opportunity, I’ll definitely play in the IPL.
I’m saying this openly. But if I don’t get a chance, then I will play in the PSL. By next year, I will have the opportunity to play in the IPL, and if given the chance, then why not? I will play in the IPL.”
He further remarked, “I don’t think IPL and PSL will clash next year. Because this year, the ICC Champions Trophy was everything. If I get picked in PSL first, then I can’t pull off, as I will be banned from the tournament. If I get picked in IPL first, then I can’t pull out from that league as well. Now, it depends on which league I get picked in first.
If the IPL auction happens first and I get picked, then I can’t pull off and will not play in the PSL. And if the PSL draft takes place first, and I get picked, then I can’t pull out from the tournament.”
While Amir shared his own thoughts in a positive way, his statements in the context of recent tension between two countries turned out to be controversial. In the context of recent terrorist attack in Kashmir, the BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said that there would not be any bilateral series between India and Pakistan.
Shukla further told Sports Tak, “We are with the victims and we condemn it. Whatever our government will say, we will do. We don’t play with Pakistan in bilateral series because of the government stand.
And we will not play with Pakistan in bilaterals going forward. But when it comes to ICC event we play due to ICC engagement. ICC is also aware whatever is happening they will to it.”
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