| MUMBAI:
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has resolved the issues with its star
players over the IPL issue. Both parties have agreed on a 21-day period for Test
players. Earlier,
the ECB was keen for a two-week release of players, which resulted in the delay
of singing of central contracts of the players.
The
three-week window falls after the end of the Caribbean tour
in April.
The
English Board has also allowed a four-week period to those
players who are not centrally contracted to participate in
the second season of the cash-rich Indian Premiere League
(IPL).
The
development will enable players like Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Owais Shah
and Paul Collingwoood to enter in the IPL. Meanwhile,
the Mumbai Indians (Mumbai franchise) have swapped Karnataka Ranji team captain
Robin Uthappa with Royal Challengers Bangalore’s left arm pace bowler Zaheer
Khan. Both
the players have moved to their respective home sides without any exchange of
cash, media reports suggested. Vijay
Mallya has purchased Zaheer Khan for $450,000 in last year's auction while Mumbai
paid $850,000 for Uthappa at that time. Mumbai Indians had earlier exchanged Ashish
Nehra for Delhi Daredevils' Shikhar Dawan. | 
