{"id":6675,"date":"2026-03-14T00:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:47:40","slug":"129556946-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=6675","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred: List of Pakistan players playing for Indians-owned teams | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129557888,imgsize-57096,width-400,resizemode-4\/abrar-ahmed-and-kavya-maran-ptiipl-photo.jpg\" alt=\"The Hundred: List of Pakistan players playing for Indians-owned teams\" title=\"Abrar Ahmed and Kavya Maran (PTI\/IPL Photo) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Abrar Ahmed and Kavya Maran (PTI\/IPL Photo) \">Abrar Ahmed and Kavya Maran (PTI\/IPL Photo) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The signing of Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed by Sunrisers Leeds in The Hundred has sparked debate online, but the BCCI, through its vice president Rajeev Shukla, has distanced itself.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The franchise, owned by the Sun Group, which also runs Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, bought Abrar for GBP 190,000 (around Rs 2.34 crore) during Thursday\u2019s auction after a bidding battle with Trent Rockets. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The tournament will take place from July 21 to August 16.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>EXCLUSIVE: Rahul Dravid on iconic Eden Gardens win against Australia in 2001<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla made it clear that the Indian board does not control decisions made in overseas leagues. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t concern us. It\u2019s not the IPL. What happens in The Hundred or other overseas leagues, we have nothing to do with it,\u201d Shukla told PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Abrar\u2019s signing triggered backlash on social media, and the Sunrisers Leeds X account was suspended briefly. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The reaction reflects the long-standing absence of Pakistani players in the IPL since 2009, when worsening diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan effectively ended their participation in the league.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Sunrisers Leeds came under the Sun Group\u2019s control last year after it bought a 49% stake from the England and Wales Cricket Board and the remaining 51% from Yorkshire for about GBP 100 million. Sunrisers CEO Kavya Maran attended the auction.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Interestingly, Abrar wasn\u2019t the only Pakistan player picked in the auction. Mystery spinner <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/usman-tariq\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Usman Tariq<\/a> was earlier bought by Birmingham Phoenix for GBP 140,000, though that team has no IPL links.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Despite the IPL ban, Pakistani players have still appeared in overseas leagues for teams connected to IPL owners. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Recently, Several Pakistani cricketers have played for Indian-owned or co-owned franchises in overseas T20 leagues.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Imad Wasim featured for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ILT20 in 2023\u201324 and later for Seattle Orcas in Major League Cricket in 2024 and 2025, a team co-owned by the Delhi Capitals\u2019 GMR Group. Zaman Khan also played for Seattle Orcas in MLC 2024. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>The same year, Mohammad Amir and Usman Tariq played for Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL, a franchise owned by Kolkata Knight Riders.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"O6hu2 tHlBa  \"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/microsite_v2\/website-toisa,path-book_pass_2026.cms?utm_source=TOI&amp;utm_medium=Masthead_sports\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" rel=\"noopener\" frmappuse=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Banner Insert\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" title=\"\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/129493222.cms\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/abrar-ahmed-controversy-list-of-pakistan-players-playing-for-indian-owned-teams\/articleshow\/129556946.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abrar Ahmed and Kavya Maran (PTI\/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: The signing of Pakistan spinner Abrar&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17397,17399,17400,17398,9774,17401,17402,16464,16724,1422],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abrar-ahmed-controversy","tag-bcci-statement-on-abrar-ahmed","tag-imad-wasim-overseas-leagues","tag-ipl-absence-of-pakistani-players","tag-pakistan-cricket-news","tag-pakistan-players-in-indian-leagues","tag-sun-group-ownership","tag-sunrisers-leeds","tag-the-hundred-2026","tag-usman-tariq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}