IPL 2018: Cricket is a beautiful game, tweets Saqlain Mushtaq

Whenever the IPL season rolls around, the still-imposed ban on the Pakistani cricketers becomes a trending topic of discussion. Although the participation of Pakistan cricketer would have certainly made the tournament more open and exciting, it has not been possible yet for various reasons. But while social media is usually used to seeing heated conversations being exchanged between the fans of the two countries, Saqlain Mushtaq has something more cordial to say.

As the 11th edition of the tournament kicked off on April 7, former Pakistani cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq took to Twitter to show his support for IPL and all such similar cricket leagues. The likes of the Caribbean Premier League, the Bangladesh Premier League, the Big Bash League of Australia and the latest on the block, the Pakistan Super League have definitely helped improve the spirit of the game in the last few years. All of these tournaments have followed the path set down by the Indian Premier League way back in 2008.

In his tweet, Saqlain Mushtaq applauded these tournaments for bringing together the cricketers of various nations and also wished luck to all the participants of IPL.

“Cricket is a beautiful game,It teaches to respect & honour fellow beings. Tournaments like @thePSLt20 @IPL @CPL @BBL @OfficialBPL R teaching unity & togetherness so we must respect Every tourney.Good luck & well wishes to every1 who is a part of @IPL looking 4ward to the matchs” – Mushtaq’s tweet read.

Cricket is a beautiful game,It teaches to respect & honour fellow beings. Tournaments like @thePSLt20 @IPL @CPL @BBL @OfficialBPL R teaching unity & togetherness so we must respect Every tourney.Good luck & well wishes to every1 who is a part of @IPL looking 4ward to the matchs? pic.twitter.com/kYfarnEc4u

— Saqlain Mushtaq (@Saqlain_Mushtaq) April 7, 2018

The spirit of the cricketing world has been taking some serious blows in the last few weeks, especially after the ball-tampering saga. In the light of such events, a tweet like this from the bowling consultant of England will hopefully go a long way.

Here are some of the replies to Saqlain’s tweet:

Love all five of those Franchise #T20 tournaments. They’ve massively contributed to the quality of cricket by giving young local players the chance to train & play with experienced international pros 🙂 #MIvCSK #MIvsCSK #IPL2018 #VIVOIPLonStar #IPL

— Steve Nelson (@stevenelson45) April 7, 2018

Proud as a pakistani????
Never hate anyone????
Great legend

— ???????….Arsal《Jaanbaaz》….?????? (@Arsal_gujar) April 7, 2018

@Saqlain_Mushtaq thanks a lot Saqi Bhai.. Appreciate it… Love from here..

— Sushant Kataria (@SushantKataria2) April 7, 2018

Respect sir

— King_SouL (@asiffarhad) April 7, 2018

Strongly Agree

— Awais Ullah Tahir (@AwaisUllahTahir) April 7, 2018

Respect to you spin bowling legend 🙂

— Joszi (@joshi_bp) April 7, 2018

IPL 2018 started off on Saturday, April 7 at the Wankhede Stadium with the classic clash between the defending champions Mumbai Indians and the returning franchise Chennai Super Kings.