*After the departure of Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir from the Indian team and after the announcement of the team by the BCCI, there has been a strong debate on 'Country or club, who first'. Many former cricketers have considered the BCCI responsible for the entire matter. Former captain of the Indian cricket team, Bishan Singh Bedi, clearly said that when the players are bought like slaves, what will their rights be? Former captain Sunil Gavaskar also supported the players saying that the player has the right to take a break from the game and the BCCI should not have any interference in it.
Bedi said in Kolkata that no one is thinking about sports but rather engaged in collecting all the money. He said that till the BCCI does not stop IPL, the players will continue to be injured and it will have adverse effect on the Indian team. Bedi said that he does not consider Virender Sehwag or Gautam Gambhir guilty even after injury. He said, did they have any choice? He said that these IPL players will not have said to their franchisee owner that they want to relax. Rather the franchisee management must have told them clearly that they have bought them and it is very important to play for their team*