Mohammad Yousuf to take part in IPL bidding

Mohammad Yousuf has been cleared by the one-man arbitration panel, to take part in a bidding process to be held by the Indian Premier League (IPL) on February 8 in India.

KARACHI: Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been cleared by the one-man arbitration panel, hearing a petition by the rebel Indian Cricket League against the player, to take part in a bidding process to be held by the Indian Premier League (IPL) on February 8 in India.

According to the Pakistan Cricket Board and its legal advisor Taffazul Rizvi, the arbitration panel has suspended a stay order it issued earlier against Yousuf from signing up for the IPL which is backed by the Indian Cricket Board and other member boards of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Rizvi represented the senior batsman at a hearing of the arbitration panel on January 24 in Mumbai in which he moved two applications against the stay order against Yousuf and also challenged the writ of the panel to pass the order without hearing the batsman.

The IPL is holding a players bidding process on February 8 in which the eight teams that are scheduled to take part in the IPL Twenty20 tournament will take part in to sign on the best players.



Yousuf one of the highest paid players in the IPL players pool is one of the star attractions in the IPL bidding process. Yousuf welcomed the decision of the panel and said he had always maintained he had never done anything wrong by signing up for the IPL.

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