I love Indians and Passion and Hospitality in India - Michael Kasprowicz
McConnell
Indian Cricket League
'Decision to join ICL was a no-brainer' - Kasprowicz
Cricinfo staff
March 3, 2008
Retired Australian stars such as Michael Kasprowicz, Damien Martyn and Jason
Gillespie were named in the squads announced by the unofficial Indian
Cricket League for its Grand Championships. The event which starts on March
9 features eight teams - including one consisting entirely of Pakistan
players - up from the six in the inaugural Twenty20 tournament held last
December in Panchkula.
Kasprowicz called time on his first-class career last month, finishing with
a record 501 wickets for Queensland. "The decision to join ICL was actually
a no-brainer. I have played 19 years of first-class cricket for Queensland,
have had my time at the top with Australia and have also played county
cricket," he told Cricinfo. "It would be a great opportunity for me to live
in India and play here. I love coming to India, I love the passion,
hospitality and the people here. My best days of international career were
here."
Asked whether he would able to give his 100% commitment while playing a
Twenty20 league, he said, "It's about personal pride. You can't relax while
playing and I have always played my cricket hard."
He also questioned the rationale behind banning players who have joined the
ICL. "It can only be good for Indian cricket," he said. "So many domestic
players get a chance to play with the players from around the world and the
quality can only go up. It's sad that the players are being banned."
The other big-name signings for the ICL include New Zealand pair Shane Bond
and Lou Vincent, Justin Kemp, Heath Streak, Russel Arnold and Wavell Hinds.
Squads for Grand championships
Ahmedabad Rockets Damien Martyn (capt), Murray Goodwin, Heath Streak, Wavell
Hinds, Jason Gillespie, Abhishek Tamrakar, Anshu Jain, Baburao Yadav, P
Bhima Rao, Parviz Aziz, Rakesh Patel, Pallav Vora, Reetinder Sodhi, Sachin
Dholpure, KM Sanjeev, Sridharan Sriram, Sumit Kalia
Chandigarh Lions Chris Cairns (capt), Mathew Elliot, Lou Vincent, Andrew
Hall, Daryl Tuffey, Amit Uniyal, Bipul Sharma, Chetan Sharma, Dinesh Mongia,
Gaurav Gupta, Harpreet Singh, Ishan Malhotra, Karanveer Singh, Love Ablish,
Manish Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Sarabjeet Singh, Tejinder Pal Singh
Chennai Superstars Stuart Law (capt), Ian Harvey, Russel Arnold, Shabbir
Ahmed, Adam Parore, Michael Bevan, G Vignesh, Hemang Badani, Hemanth Kumar,
J Hariesh, P Vivek, R Jesuraj, R Sathish, Syed Mohammed, Dakshinamoorthy
Kumaran, Thirunavukarasu Kumaran, V Devendran, Vasanth Saravanan
Delhi Giants Marvan Atapattu (capt), Avishka Gunawardene, Nic Pothas, Dale
Benkenstein, Shane Bond, Abbas Ali, Abhinav Bali, Abhishek Sharma, Abid
Nabi, Ali Murtaza, Dhruv Mahajan, Dishant Yagnik, JP Yadav, Mohnish Mishra,
Raghav Sachdev, Shalabh Srivastava, Taduri Prakash Sudhindra, Ali Hamid
Zaidi
Hyderabad Heroes Chris Harris (capt), Nicky Boje, Justin Kemp, Abdul Razzaq,
Jimmy Maher, Alfred Absolem, Ambati Rayudu, Anirudh Singh, Ibrahim Khaleel,
Inder Shekar Reddy, Kaushik Reddy, Pagadala Niranjan, Shashank Nag, Stuart
Binny, Syed Sahabuddin, Vinay Kumar, Zakaria Zuffri
Kolkata Tigers Craig McMillan (capt), Lance Klusener, Upul Chandana, Nantie
Hayward, Andre Adams, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Abu Nechim, Deep Dasgupta,
Mihir Diwakar, Pritam Das, Rajiv Kumar, Rohan Gavaskar, Sayed Akhlakh Ahmed,
Shiv Sagar Singh, Subhomoy Das, Sujay Tarafdar
Lahore Badshahs Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), Azhar Mahmood, Taufeeq Umar, Imran
Farhat, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Shahid Nazir,
Hasan Raza, Naveed Latif, Humayun Farhat, Imran Nazir, Mohammad Sami, Arshad
Khan, Riaz Afridi
Mumbai Champs Brian Lara (capt), Nathan Astle, Johan Van der Wath, Tino
Best, Michael Kasprowicz, Anupam Sanklecha, Avinash Yadav, Dheeraj Jadhav,
Kiran Powar, Nikhil Mandale, Pushkaraj Joshi, Ranjit Khirid, Robin Morris,
Shreyas Khanolkar, Shridhar Iyer, Subhojit Paul, Suyash Burkul, Raviraj
Patil
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