Lara’s still a cat on the wall
November 24, 2007 • Indian Cricket League
Contrary to the earlier announcement by the organizers of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) West Indian Brian Lara didn’t turn up in India today. Gaurav Seth, head of marketing at ICL, this time around played it safe and chose not to confirm Lara’s arrival sometime late Friday.
“Hopefully Lara will arrive over the weekend,” said Seth. Himanshu Modi, the ICL chief had to rush to London few days ago to have another meeting with Lara. “Lara had his own concerns but they’ve been sorted out now.” According to Seth, Modi is on his way back to India and soon things would be made clear. “He [Lara] had some concerns regarding the contract he had signed originally and wanted to renegotiate certain terms,” said Seth.
Lara, has been announced as captain of the Mumbai Champs, one of the six teams competing in the Inagural Twenty20 (T20) tournament. The Champs will play the first of their three practice games against Kolkata Tigers.