IPL chairman Lalit Modi said that two new teams would be included in season 4 of IPL and Pakistani players would be included in auction for season 4 teams. Talking to a private news channel he said that IPL officials wanted to include Pakistani players in this season too, so they included them in auction, but to select a player in the team depends on team owner or franchise BCCI has nothing to do with that.
He said that Pakistani players are always welcomed in India, Indian crowd likes to watch Pakistan and India in the ground, they have also welcomed Pakistan hockey team. Answering a query about security issues and anti-Pakistan sentiment in India, he said Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not want any such pressure on sports, they believe that sports and politics should be kept apart.