Solanki joins Indian rebel league

LONDON, November 10: Despite a strict advisory by England and Wales Cricket Board to stay away from Indian Cricket League, Vikram Solanki has joined the rebel league, according to media reports.
"Vikram Solanki has become the third England player to join the rebel Indian Cricket League. The Worcestershire skipper is due to join fellow county captains Paul Nixon and Darren Maddy in a move that could end his international career," according to a report in BBC.
Solanki, 31, has played 51 One-Day Internationals. Meanwhile, the ECB is putting pressure on the counties to reconsider allowing players to sign deals with the ICL.
However, the players are not bound by ECB contracts during the winter.
Irish internationals Niall O'Brien and Boyd Rankin are due to fly out to India imminently as the fourth and fifth players from the counties to join the league. And there are suggestions that some county players from overseas are due to honour similar contracts, the report said.
The ECB has e-mailed all the counties asking them to persuade those players to back down.