Daniel Vettori asks for IPL window in FTP

With the IPL once again putting to test - and with largely one-sided results - the debate of club versus country, Daniel Vettori believes that an official window for the IPL in the sport's annual calendar could settle the argument. One alternative for smaller boards would be to then go down the path that Vettori hopes New Zealand cricket will take when signing in on the Future Tours Programme for the next few years.
Speaking to ESPNcricinfo in Delhi, Vettori said the controversies such as Chris Gayle's spat with the West Indies board, and the discussions between the Indian and Sri Lankan boards over the early release of Lankans from the IPL for the England tour, would not arise if the IPL found its way into the international calendar as well.

"For me, there's a simple solution - you create a window for the IPL and all these probems go away, all the discourse and the conversations about it stops instantly," Vettori said. "A number of people have been talking about it for a long, long time. That would be great, otherwise people will continually be put into these situations and it's a tough decision."

A long-standing captain of New Zealand until he stepped down following the World Cup, Vettori leads the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. He pointed out the dilemma faced by international cricketers when having to choose between country and the IPL. "Everyone wants to play for their country," he said. "But if you understand the amount of money that's involved and its pressures, and sometimes the lack of certainty around your place in the team, it can make it [the decision] difficult. Like I said you can take all those things away by creating a small window around the IPL."

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