Gayle, Taylor, Pollard, and soon Big Bravo, will all be playing in the IPL instead of making themselves available for the series against Pakistan....
And, believe me, if Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Andre Russell and Marlon Samuels do well enough in the short form of the game, and they get offered places in the IPL next season, they will be off too. Anyone who thinks this is just about the four who are currently playing in the IPL is deluding themselves.
The WICB needs to realise that this is a fight they can't win. Like Kerry Packer before them, the IPL has much more money than the WICB. So, like Packer before them, the WICB is going to have to learn how to work with the IPL, and to stop fighting them.
For starters, stop taking part in international series that clash with the IPL....
