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Warne rubbishes CA’s claims

Melbourne: Spin legend Shane Warne has said the sponsorship restrictions stopping Cricket Australia (CA) from releasing its star players for the Indian Premier League (IPL) did not have any grounds.

Throwing his weight behind BCCI’s lucrative Twenty20 venture, Warne said IPL was an “exciting and wonderful” opportunity for the game and should be embraced, keeping aside the conflicting issues that have cropped up before the start of the inaugural edition.

“It’s a very exciting time for the sport. We should all be embracing the IPL rather than trying to fight it.

“From the international boards’ point of view , I understand there may be issues about players missing for a certain time or a clash of sponsors.

“But here in Australia, each state has cricket sponsors that differ from our national ones, so I don’t buy that argument, ” Warne said in his column in Daily Telegraph. — PTI

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