Pakistan captain Younis Khan has asked his team-mates to push for better IPL contracts following their success in the World Twenty20. "These players are now world champions and highly marketable. There is a higher value to their performances," Younis said. While many in the team turned out for their respective franchises in the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008, political tensions between India and Pakistan prevented them from playing in the second season. Younis, who played for Rajasthan Royals, noted, however, that top players like Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul and Misbah-ul-Haq were now worth more than the $100,000 contracts they had signed last year.
An outcast in international cricket, Pakistan were crowned the World Twenty20 champions after they spanked continental rivals Sri Lanka by eight wickets in a lop-sided final here on Sunday.
Younus Khan and his men gave their terror-stricken countrymen something to cheer about as they first confined Sri Lanka to 138 for six and then went on to chase down the target in 18.4 overs to put behind the heartbreak of losing the crown to arch-rivals India in the 2007 edition of the tournament.
Sun Feb 21 (07 : 35 GMT) -->1st T20 - Aus vs WI, Hobart
Tue Feb 23 (08 : 35 GMT) --> 2nd T20 - Aus vs WI, Sydney
IPL 2010 & IPL 2011
IPL 2010 is scheduled to start in the 3rd week of March.And the news is that maybe next year there can be two IPL seasons, one in India and other in a foreign country. It is expected that may be two more teams will be joining this exciting tournament next year.
