MELBOURNE: In these days of enhanced backroom strategizing in T20 club cricket, has the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) missed a trick or two by not allowing its players to play in leagues other than the IPL? Pakistan's cricketers, unencumbered by such 'exclusivity clauses', seem to be thriving in such environments and bringing some secret sauces home.
Quick bowler Haris Rauf, for example, plays for Melbourne Stars in Australia's Big Bash League and knows a thing or two about playing at the MCG, vital information which captain Babar Azam will be banking on when Pakistan play India on Sunday.
