Favouring Mumbai not done, say teams CLT20

New Delhi: The 2011 Champions League competition seems to have generated its first controversy as teams have objected to the rule change which has increased the availability of overseas men for Mumbai Indians because of injury to a number of their players, sources have told CNN-IBN.
Mumbai can now field five foreigners while the other teams are allowed just four. The exception was made as eight players in the Mumbai squad were injured.
Sources added that other teams feel that the exception should have been made for everyone; "If Mumbai had seven fit players, why weren’t they all fielded?"

Mumbai Indians were allowed to field five overseas players after Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Suryakumar Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare and Pawan Suyal weren ruled out of the tournament due to injuries. In their places the Mumbai team nominated Andrew Symonds, Dilhara Fernando, R Sathish, Sarul Kanwar and Abu Nechim Ahmed.
The tournament organisers in a statement issued on September 22 said: "In the current circumstances, if the Mumbai Indians suffer one more injury to an Indian player, they will be unable to field a team due to CLT20 rules restricting teams to a maximum of four overseas players in any one match. As a result, the CLT20 Governing Council has approved a recommendation by the Technical Committee to ensure the Mumbai Indians will be permitted to select up to five overseas players in any one team, provided those players were contracted to play in the 2011 IPL."
It added that this ruling, which has now been objected to by the other teams, will also be applicable to any other team if they suffer injuries like the Mumbai Indians have suffered, which compromises their participation in the event.