Speaking to a news channel, P. Chidambaram, India's Home Minister, was scathing and critical of the IPL.
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The Home Minister's words certainly found flavour with the Pakistan cricket circles when he stated that the IPL, through the IPL 3 auctions snub of the Pakistan cricketers, had done cricket "a disservice".
He also repeated the IPL 2 agenda which was security which P. Chidambaram stated that the IPL organizers were too rigid about organizing it at a time when India went for general elections.
Although the reaction was delayed and perhaps too late for Pakistan, that there are sympathizers appears to be causing a problem for the IPL which has been trying, in its own right as a business entity, to ensure business as far as possible without risk.
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